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First to Last?the Truth: News
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Editorials?A dvertisements
30, L92?
T H E W E A T H E R
Partly cloudy to-day; fair to-morrow;
little change in temperature;
moderate southwest winds
foil Report on I>a?t Pac?
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TWO CENTS
?Iri'uli-r tiexv York
THREE CENTS
Wiil.i,, -.?m \fii_?
FOI R CENTS
poles Driven
To Border of
East Prussia
Russians Do Not Attempt
to Cross Lino, but Make
Rcadv for Attacks on
Warsaw From 3 Points
Cavalry Within 37
Miles of Lemberg
Franco - British Mission
Reports Poland Can Be
Saved by Quick Help
By William C. Dreher
Special Cable to The Tribune
(Vmvrlgbt, l'.'2-\ New York Tribune Im-.
BERLIN, July 29- Dispatches from
JJoenigsberg to the effect that under
sre=sure of the Russian advance many
Polish troops in their flight had reached
?he East Prussian frontier caused great
eieiteuient here to-day. In reply to a
telephonic inquiry fror.?, the govern
?tnt, the President ol East Prussia
made a reassuring statement. Ho de?
clarer! the Russian , roops. Tar from
saw.
He also denied a report that a se
irmed German Red army is pre
to attack the Poles from the
rear.
The hurricar.?? Russian advance ot
tie last few days, coupled with the
fill o'.' Pinsk, has cause?! anxiety here,
u it was feared that a turbulent p.er
msn element might attempt some coup
ut the bidding of Moscow. Due do
tailed story, widely published but au?
thoritatively denied later, represented
German communists as having pre
- plan to proclaim a Bolshevik
Hope For Hungarian Revolt
Special Cable to The Tribune
Sht, ;??.), New ', ork Tril une In .
: I, July 29.?Latest French dis?
patches indicate a change in Bolshevik
Their dispositions of troops
re not such as to po:iit to an advance
:: Warsaw. Their object now appears
o be to turn into Pola'i.d from the
outh. They wish to take Lemberg and
he Hungarian frontier, in the
belief that the tires of revolution will
immediately flame i?p in Hungary
present government. They
.;.-o expect a revolution to break put
:i Austria, thus bringing Bolshevism
?!' step nearer to we ?tern Europe.
They consider that under such condi?
tions the present Polish government
ilso must fall.
Although the Bolshevik and Polish
. ' ! meet to-morrow, hostili?
ties will not cfip.se. In all probability
about terms foi an armis
:e will drag on for some days while
?he Bolsheviki continue their opera?
tions.
Serious alarm over the situation is
felt in France, where Churchill's ?ani?
des on Bolshevism have created a
?treat impression. The French, how?
ever, aro opposed to utilizing German
assistance against the Reds. No objec?
tion i.T taken to the principle* of Ger?
man intervention, but it i i feared that
as Germany would have to be paid for
her help France would again be called
upon.to ?nahe all the necessary sacri
r.ces.
Mission Recommends Help
PARIS. July 29.?The Franco-British
mission i'? Poland has made a report
on the military situation ;?? that coun?
try which, it declares, is not so des?
perate but that it can he retrieved :
Without great difficulty if the mission's j
three niu'ri recommendations are fol
lowed.
The mission reports that the Polish
manpower is satisfactory, both as to
quality and quantity, although ?nos? er
the army services are poorly organized.
It recommends, fhst, the immediate
sending of munitions t<, Poland; sec?
ond, the immediate employment of 600 !
French officer ai d 200 British officer! ;
and, third, a regrouping of the Polish
Jtmy, notably, th< moving <?? troop:,
-ont the Galician front to the north?
ern front.
In connection with these recommen?
dations, it can be added that it has
wen derided that France is to send
?imitions immediately via Danzig. The
French la.;- aid thej have noi
?hipped any munitions m Poland since
:ts offensive began more than two
??onths ago. [1 also has been decide,-!
'?hat 600 French officers shall bo
faced by Poland in responsible posi- ?
it?ltued on ftagn 5)
Man H'.?hi for Demanding
$25,000 of Henry Ford
'?Jal Inspectors Arrest Deiroit
*r After Three Threatening
?Letters Are Received
patch to The Tribune
? DKTRul r, July 29. Letters demand
u??T 125,000 of Henry Ford are alleged
?o have been font to the automobile
?wnufacturer by Edward (?onion, of
'J's ?":'y. Gordon is now in custody
01 Detroit p?lice. The ? tors, post
?"e? inspectors say, asserted Mr. Ford
*?uld be killed if ho did not, produce
l"e mon????.
After working on the case several
?*??. Postal inspector K. E. Fraser,
???(I by the Detroit police and post
??*e inspectors from three states,
wu aoou* lll<> young man'sarrest,
W n Mr? Ford received the first
?euer it waa turned over to Inspector
fraser it demanded that the money
? sent to "Edward Warren, ??enera:
?eiivery, Detroit." No one called at
'? genera! delivery window for mail
il J[e.SSl;d to a person of that name
?"?in a week Mr. Ford received an
h? . 1ott''r 'n which th?; sender sai
S???*8' :?w;"'e detectives were on hi
jj?1?. He demanded thai the mone
?* sent to 420 Dis Avenue.
i. ? dummy package was prepared
?? sent to the address, but before i
thijtakl>" ,n<'rt' Mr. F< rd received :
t,,r<J Iftirr even more throatenin
?*i the others. Wednesday, however
F Package was delivered to the ad
."""<* HnH r.nrdnr ????- orr-??-?rl
Red Revolt Overthrows
Lithuanian Government
WARSAW, July 29 (By The
Associated Press).?According to
word received here to-day, a
?Soviet revolution has started at
Kcvno, where the Lithuanian
government has been overthrown.
No details of the revolt have
reached here.
U. S. Agents
?C7
11 many Mauls
k Bars
News of Proposed ?Clean-Up
Precedes Them and Most
Saloonkeepers Dispose
of Their Whisky Supply
$35,000 Stocks Seized
Only Two Arrests Are Made;
Move Seen as First Step
of Enforcement Crusade
Forty prohibition enforcement, agents
from New York and an equal number
from Philadelphia arrived in Newark
yesterday with four motor trucks and
the avowed determination to "clean un"
the city. They had fttty-two search and
seizure warrants to be served in New
, ark and forty-eight more which are to
be served in other communities,
The elaborate raid had been planned
! in Washington as a lesson to dealers
; ir illicit liquor and to prohibition
: agents who failed to enforce the law.
It was said to be the first step in a
crusade to make the law effective in
this district. There was a suspicion
; abroad also that recent assertions by
the Anti-Saloon League that the situa
| tion in Now Jersey ?vas a scandal had
1 something to do with the expedition.
Evidence on which the warrants
were issued was obtained several weeks
; ago. however, though the raid itself is
believed to have been planned Wednes?
day when George W. Van Note, prohi?
bition director for New Jersey, con
? ferred in Washington with John F.
Kramer, Prohibition Commissioner.
Preparations for the raid were made
| with the utmost caution and agents
were drawn from outside cities to pre?
vent a whisper of their intention from
becoming known. It was expected
that hundreds of thousands of dollars'
worth of liquor would be discovered
and evidence obtained upon which
most of the liquor dealers of Newark
could be driven out of business. It
?vas not intended to make any arrests.
News of Raids Precedes Them
Things did not turn out just that
way, however. The eariy afternoon
editions of the Newark newspapers,
which were on sale before the raiders
got down to work, announced that they
: were in town and what they intended
to ?lo. It was a warning which was
quite unnecessary so far as the saloon
men of the city were concerned, bow
! e\er, for it had been impossible for
? the preceding twenty hours to buy a
: drink in a Newark, saloon, even in
those where before that it had been
sold openly across the bar.
A'most all of the liquor which the
raiders believed they were going to
seize had been hidden securely and
was no* to be found. Saloop after
saloon was searched without avail and
as the bailed prohibition men emerged
they were greeted with jeevs and
laughter by the crowds that followed
them in tlu-ir rounds. In all they got
about $35,000 worth of liquor.
Even their announcement that there
would be no arrests failed to forecast
the e-'ent accurately. The agents who
visited Robert Leach's saloon, at Wash?
ington and New streets, found that
they had to make a few arrests to
maintain their dignity.
Leach's saloon was innocent of any?
thing' stronger than sarsaparilla, but
the .searchers noticed that there was
a dumbwaiter shaft in the rear room
which extended upward through the
apartment? which occupied the upper
floors of the building. They announced
that their warranta covered the entire
building, and beg.".n to search it sys?
tematically from the saloon up.
On the third ftoor, in the apartment
of Arthur Everton, an automobile
salesman, they were stopped by Mrs.
Everton when they trierl to open the
door of a room adjoining the dumb?
waiter shaft. She was drawing a glass
of water when the men entered, and
she kept it in her hand as she followed
them about the apartment. When they
(Continued on pr.ge ?'.)
Tan ker Be lie ved
Lost in Explosion
?'? ireless fails ta> Find
Trace of the Kehuku
After 48 Hours* Search
According to information given out
by the Columbus Shipping Company, the
steamship which i.-> believed to have
exploded and .sunk at sea off Avalon, '
N J., Tuesday morning is the com?
pany's oil tanker Kehuku. ["he vessel,1
which left New York Monday in ballast
for Port Lobos. Mexico, i;i command of
Captain J. Robertson, would have been
about off Avalon at the time the ex?
plosion was reported.
During the last forty-eight hours the
owners have been trying to get in
touch with the Kehuku, but have been
unable to raise her by wireless. Oper?
ators of the Naval Communication Serv?
ice have been making ?similar offerts
from the various stations along the
Atlantic coast.
Although she had no oil cargo, it \va<
explained that her tanks might have
contained gas generated from previous,;
oil cargoes, and it is feared thai, it
was the explosi ?n of this gas which |
was seen by observers on the beach
near Avalon.
The Kehuku. a vessel of 7,500 tons.
was built at Wilmington, Del., by the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, and
was taker, over from the United State??.
Shipping Hoard by her owners on
June 9.
Among those of her crew from this
vicinity Were H. M. Lake, Staten Isl?
and; Thomas W. Carey, Staten Island;
Charles S tan'-tow ski, Brooklyn; Morris
Wolf Manhattan; 2V?atteo de Martino,
Brooklyn, and A. J. F. Boyle. Man?
hattan.
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IL S. Protest
Brings Crisis
I With Japan
Tok"io\s Seizure of Isl?
and and ?Creation of
Buffer States in Sibe?
ria May Cause Break
.Washington Sees
Serious Situation
Mikado Called On to Ex?
plain Policy Adopted in
21 Demands on China
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, July 29.?The pro
i test of the United States government
against Japanese occupation of Sag
j halten Island and the setting up of
i "buffer" states in Siberia and Man
churia will, it is believed here, open
up a serious international situation
Official comment is refused, however
on account of the etttreme delicacy ol
the situation.
In any case the United States govern
' ment has "gone to the mat" with th?
: imperial government" of Japan, ob?
servers here assert. The result, thej
say, will be that Tokio must face whal
she was not compelled to face at th?
peace conference in Pai is--namely, th?
outlining of the policy which she adopt
ed since the twenty-one demands wer?
presented to China after the beginning
! of the World War.
Once the question i? opened and be
! comes a subject of international ex
: change of notes, it is said, Japan wil
| be called upon to explain her polic;
I not only in Saghalien Island, but als:
! in the creation of "buffer states" ii
1 Siberia and in Manchuria.
This policy, it is declared, is closel;
connected with the apparent determina
tion of Japan to secure exclusive con
trol of the Chinese Eastern Railroad
despite the explicit understanding tlia
it was, to be under international con
trol. This was the understandingwhei
the United States withdrew from th
Chinese Eastern Railroad.
Note Kept Close Secret
Dei "ils of the n?ftte on Saghalien l.-l
and were unavailable here. The mattei
in fact, is believed so delicate at th
present moment that there was con
siderable surprise here that the Toki
government had permitted the matte
to become public. Titis government i
taking steps to acquaint itself wit
what has actually transpired in th
Siberiai and Manchurian territory i
which Japan is establishing "buffe
states."
Dates set for certain operations b
\ the Japanese military authorities in
dicate, according to Far Eastern ot
servers, that there has been a grec
I deal of camouflage und secrecy in th
! undertakings of the imperial Japanes
government. For instance, it is said,
i certain report to the Tokio goverr
ment from the military commander i
; Siberia is dated July 1. ami states hi
: intention to seize territory extendin
- 150 miles west of Lake Baikal.
The.truth is that this thing whic
was about to be dorn was already
: fait accompli or. July I.
The two buffer states already hav
been carve-! out, it is said. They ai
; now occupied by 10,000, approximate!
?a division, of first class Japanes
1 troops. With 50,000 troops, this terr
tory could be dominated by Japan, an
on the extent of the domination d?
sired for the time being will depen
the strength of the force kept there.
This territory is composed of tw
triangles, the apex of each triang'
resting on the Siberian and Manchuria
border. One triangle is carved nort
and cast in Siberia; the other sont
and east into Manchuria. One I?.
of the Siberian triangle runs aloit
the Amur River. The other exten?
along the Chinese Eastern Railwa
with the base resting behind Vladivo
tok. Starting from the same ape
the other triangle of territory has oi
of its legs pat-all? ling the Kaste.?
Railway, while the other runs straigl
through Manchuria.
United States Studying Situation
This one has no practical base, lea
ing it without definite limits as
"buffer state," and therefore all tl
better adapted to the process of pe?
etration. All this is declared to ha?
been practically accomplished befo;
the military commander in Siberia r
(Continued on Page 3)
I-'
Seven U. S. Warships
Ordered to Turkey
WASHINGTON, July 29.?
The cruiser St. Louis and six de?
stroyers were ordered to-day to
proceed from Philadelphia to
Turkish waters. They probably
will sail within ten days. Admi?
ral Mark L. Bristol, in the Near
East, nlready commands four
American destroyers and the
cruiser Chattanooga. The St.
Louis is commanded by Captain
D. E. Thcleen.
It was announced that the
measure is purely precautionary,
to protect American lives and
property should the necessity
arise. j
Drastic* Bill
Drawn to End
Irish Disorder
i -
Lloyd George fells Del?
egation Thai it Will Be
Presented Nest Week
in House of Commons
Cannot Leave the Empire
-
Munitions Will Be Sent
Says Premier, and All
Rail Strikers Arresten!
LONDON. July 29 (By The Associ
ated Press).?A bill to deal with th?
disorders in Ireland will be introduce;
next week in the House of Common:
and passed in all its stages, accord'n;
to an announcement by Andrew Bona:
Law. the government leader, in ?hi
House to-day.
Premier Lloyd George to-day re
ceived a large deputation of mem-ien
o? both ?louses of Parliament on th?
subject, of Ireland. The Premier ad
vised the deputation to await the in
troduction of the new bill, embo?yin/,
the proposals of Sir Hamar Green-vood
chief secretary for Ireland, for deal
ing with the disorders, he said it-' pro
visions would be found to be ver;
drastic and great hopes are entcrtaine?
that they will succeed in coping witl
the situation.
Premier Threatens Arrest:;
Whatever happened, said Mr. Lloy?
George. Ireland could not be allowei
to leave the empire. Munitions wouli
be sen? and railway men refusing l>
handle thorn would be instantly dis
missed.
In reply to a question as to whethe
generous treatment would bo accordei
Ireland beyond the present home nil
bill after she had been pacified, th
Premier said that his definition o
what Ireland ought to have was in ac
cordance with the provisions of th
home rule bill.
DUBLIN, July '_''.?. ? "Permanen
peace can be arranged between Irelan
and England on the 'oasis of Englan
now explicitly accepting the first con
dition of peace lui?! down by Presiden
Wilson in a speech in New York o
September 27, 1918, on the issues o
the great war.'' said Arthur Griffitl
founder of the Sinn F?in, to The Asso
ciated Press to-day, in discussing "Th
Freeman's Journal" suggestion tha
Ireland is ready to accept dominio
home rule.
Wilson Speech Quoted
In that speech ('resident Wilso
said: "The military powers or n
nation shall be suffered to determin
the fortunes of peoples over who?
they have no right to rule except th
right of force."
"Peace on that basis," continued M
Griffith, "was arranged after a pre
longed conflict between Switzerlan
and France by the treaty of Fribour
in 1516. That peace has since er
dured."
"The suggestion of.'The Freeman'
Journal' is mere kite-flying. It speak
for nobody but itself. The Dai
Firearm has elected representatives c
the Irish people willing to negotiat
with England on equal terms, but i
does not intend to be tricked, as s
often in the past. As Fanion <i
Valora has said, the Sinn F?in woul
negotiate with Eng?and along the line
of the first secti?/n of the Platt am?ne
ment regarding Cuba.
"In fact, one?' free, it would be i
Ireland's interest to be on friendl
terms with England, her best ? us
tortor. Had Inland been independer
in the late war she would have side
with England, because if England ha
(Continued on pane 4)
Boy Slayer Executed in Chair
For Crime Another Confesses
*
Thirty minutes after Elmer Hyatt,
nineteen, had been put to death last
night in the electric chair a; Sing Sing
for the murder of a policeman in
Rochester, a man, who described him?
self as Robert Barron, thirty, of 482
Atlantic A.venue, Brooklyn, e.alled up
Police Headquarters and told" the
switchboard operator that he liad com?
mitted the murder.
Barron telephoned from a drug store
at Fifty-sixth Street ami Ninth Ave?
nue. Ten minutes later he was ar- :
rested at the drug store i,y patrolman !
John Dynan, of the West Forty-seventh
Street police station.
At the station he told his story to j
the detectives, who ?. ?t in immediate
communication with Sing Sing, only to
be told that the youthful Hyatt al?
ready had paid the death penalty. lie
went into the death chamber at 11:09
o'c'ock and was pronounced dead at I
11:10.
Barron told his story calmly. He
gave every evidence of being sane. At
the request of the detectives he wrote
the following statement on a type- j
writer:
"The undersigned at this hour. 12:15 i
a. m., July :,0, HJL'O, assumes full re-'
spcnsibility for the offense committed ?
at Rochester for which eighteen-year- :
old F'mer Hyatt was to die to-night at'
Sing Sing. On the basis of this state-!
ment, made with full understanding of i
everything involved, it is earnestly :e
quested that the execution be deferred
twenty-four hour... The ofT.'tise re?
ferred to had to do with the killing of
Patrolman O'Brien at Rochester about;
a year ago."
Barron did rot sign the statement '
when it wp.s finished, but said he would
do so after it had been read by all the j
f1o?JfM?+i?.'r.T jTp wfls; ^?'???tlonrH *q ? ?> I
details by the detectives and answered
all quest'or.s slowly and deliberately,
pausing between statements.
When told that Hyatt alrctdy had
died in th" chair he seemed :o be
gr.'atly agitated.
Barron was well dressed. He ?.?.or.? a
trim-fitting Palm Beach suit and Pan?
ama hat. II? has a small black mus?
tache and is slight <?f baud. He told
tin police he '.vus in the rial estate busi?
ness.
The address In- gave i; a vacant lot.
He was sent to Bt-llcvue for observation.
The chaplain of the prison said after
hearing Barren's statement that there
never was any doubt of Hyatt's guilt.
Hyatt was but seventeen years oid at
the time he murdered the patrolman. On
the eve of his execution he claimed to
be eighteen, but Governor Smith was
informed from other sources he was
about nineteen. Nobody under twenty
years old had ever been executed at
Sing Sing, it was said.
'talking with the Rev. Dr. A. ??,'.
Peterson. the Protestant chaplain,
Hyatt said, before he knew there was
no hope for reprieve:
"I hope Governor Smith gives me a
chance for life. If he does I'll make
good."
As the hours wore on he waited in
vain for a favorable report from Al?
bany, where his brother, H. C. Hyatt,
was nleatling with the Governor to
commute Flmer's sentence to life im?
prisonment.
A short while before supper Elmer's
motoer, ?drs. Thomas Doughty?; his
sister. Miss E. Ci. Hyatt, twenty-four,
ami his brother, who had come from
Pochester. visited the condemned youth.
i.IrB. Doughty had circulated a petition
to the Governor askiig clemency for
Elmer, which some of the jurors who
r^;.\--?.A Y,\ti\ ?i-"il
P?nzi Repays
$500,000 to
The Skeptics
Customers Who Lose Faith
in Financier Get Their
Money Back; Ex-Part?
ner Asks Million Profits
Cooliilge Orders
An Investigation
So-Called Wizard Defies
Government to Learn
Se<3ret of Operations
? Special Dispatch to The Tribune
BOSTON, July 29.?Clerks in the
modest School Street office of Charles
Ponzi, the "60 per cent in forty-five
days" magician, spent to-day pouring
cash into the hands of customers who
had lost faith in his international
postal exchange, scheme.
It was after 4 o'clock when one of
Ponzi's attach?s put hi'j head out of
the door and shouted tJ the crowd:
"Anybody else to-day ?"
While no statement is rorthcoming
as to the amount of money the Ponzi
office turned back to the customers, it
is estimated' the total must be about
$500,000. The cash was brought from
the banks by the so-called "wizard's"
employees under heavy guard.
A new attempt ?vas made to-day to
tie up Ponzi's stock in the various Bos?
ton concerns, all acquired since he
launched his first venture last fall,
which is said to have brought him a
profit of $9,000,000. These interests in?
cluded large holdings in the Hanover
i Trust Company.
Ex-Partner ?-ks a Million
Joseph Daniels, who ?ays he is a
; former partner of Ponzi's,' is seeking
? to collect $5,000,000 as his share of the
profits in Ponzi's deals in international
postal coupons. Daniels recently filed
a bill in equity against the Italian. In
his amended motion to-day Daniels
says he was to share equally in the
profits, and he seeks to enjoin Ponzi
and the defendant coi-porations from
selling, transferring or otherwise dis?
posing of stock pending hearing and
final decree. Judge Wait issued an or
dc-i of notice to Ponzi on the amend?
ment, returnable Tuesday, when Ponzi
is asked to appear.
The financier was at his office but a
short time to-day. He did not arrive
until shortly before 11 o'clock. It was
an exciting forenoon for the throngs
outside. Countless rumors wore cir
, culated that Ponzi liad disappeared.
But he hadn't. And upon his arrival
the oiitpouring of cash to the anxious
ones began, 'flu crowd cheered him
wildly.
Ponzisaid to-day he intended to open
an office in New York City imme?
diately, lie added that, "there is $30,
000,000 <,? ^40,000,000 more to be made
out of this scheme, but, it must be made
quickly." Since difficulties have arisen
' here, he says, he will have to go out?
side New England for the money he
needs. Ho said he feared the postal
conference would put an effective
cheek to his operations. He added that
he "mean; business" when he said in?
would open up in some of the larger
cities of the country.
Rival Continues Business
The Old Colony Foreign Fxehange
Company, rival of Ponzi's Exchange
Securities Company in offering i""1 per
cent profit in forty-five days, was per?
mitted t? continue business after a
conference this afternoon between Dis?
trict Attorney Pelletier and its presi?
dent, Charles B. Brightwell. The lat?
ter said to -night he was sorry the im?
pression had ?gone abroad that his
company was imitating Ponzi's. He
explained that while his company has
undertaken to deal in postal coupons,
as has Ponzi's, it is only an incidental
phase of its business. Its chief deal?
ings, he said, are in foreign goods.
He added that "the proceeds thus far
have been so enormous as to fully war?
rant the pledge of 50 per cent in forly
fivo day*." Ho pointed out that
v/hereas Ponzi issues notes, his com?
pany is selling stock.
Ponzi to-day defied the government
lo learn the secret of his operations.
"I an in the business to make
money," said he. "Ethics do not in?
terest me any more than it interests
bankers. These coupons are used as
currency in Europe. My secret is how
I cash the coupon-. I do not tell it. to
anybody. Pet the United States find it
out if it can."
Go'.'ernor Goolidge has interested
himself in the case. He instructed
Attorney General Allen to "secure all
t'ne facts" and take whatever action
seems necessary.
Whether the auciit of Ponzi's book.',
has begun the District Attorney would
not say. It is known that Ponzi's
bookkeeping consists of a single card
tiliur.' system, the cards carrying the
customers' nam/cs and addresses, the
amount of their investments and the
?late received.
Attorney General Alien. District At?
torney Pelletier and Assistant United
States Attorney Gallagher are conduct?
ing an investigation.
WilliamsburgSpan
Closed by Flames
Fire ??arps Bridge Su
Badly Traffic Will Be
Barred Several Days
Eleven fire companies fought a fire
or. the WiHiamsburg Bridge for an
hour last night before they could suh
ciue it. The heat from the flames
warped the tracks and it may be sev?
eral ?lays, before repairs can be com?
peted which will permit a resumption
of traffic on the bridge.
The lire started beneath the trolley
tracks on the north side of the bridge
near the Brooklyn tower. It i- thought
that a spark from .a passing boat may
have lodged in some oily waste. There
was a brisk breeze anil in a few mo?
ments a banner of flame was stream?
ing from the bridge which attracted
crowds on both sides of the river.
A tire alarm summoned five com?
panies from Manhattan. They found it
so difficult to get their streams on the
fire that another call was turned in
from a Brooklyn box which brought
six more comocnies.
The bridge was festooned with long
lines ?>/ hose, the ends of which
dangled downward to the streets,
where they were connected with hy
dnnt?? T""? f'r??"-!-. r?l?;o T.-ev" ri'lcH
No Limit on Democratic
Campaign Contributions;
ill Probe Sources Only
Hooker May
al
Run Against
Wadsworth
Many Delegates Who Vot?
ed for Kim in Conven?
tion Urge Candidacy in
Primary for Senatorship
From (i Staff Correspondent
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., July 29.
Flon H. Hooker, of New York, may
be a candidate in the primaries against
United States Senator James W. Wads
worth jr., who was designated yester?
day by the unofficial Republican State
Convention as the candidate for the
nomination to succeed himself.
Mr. Hooker was visited at his head?
quarters to-day by a number of men
? and women who voted for him in the
j convention for the Senatorial designa?
tion, and was asked to make, the race
against Wadsworth. He would not give
. any definite answer, but announced
that after he returned to New York he
would make known his plans, Mr.
Hooker will make the trip home in
easy stages by automobile.
Hugo and Thompson Stand Pat
Last minute efforts of Republican
; leaders who remained over after the
| convention to persuade Senator George
F. Thompson, of Niagara, to quit the
race for the Republican nomination for
Governor failed. Similar attempts made
last night to induce Francis M. Hugo,
; Secretary of State, to withdraw also
met with defeat. Both told the friends
: of Nathan L. Miller, who was desig?
nated by the^ unofficial convention, that
they were in the fight to stay and have
I made plans for automobile tours of the
: state.
Impartial observers here agree that
had Hooker on arriving here Saturday
night announced that lie was not a
; candidate for Governor, but for United
I States Senator, he might have beaten
I Wadsworth in the convention. The six
counties of the southern tier solid,
rock-ribbed Republican strongholds,
j with seventy-one votes -?came here to
vote for any cr.e against Wadsworth.
In other counties scores oi delegates
were hoping that some one of Hooker's
standing would come out against Wads?
worth so that they could vpte for him.
The leaders, sensing the anti-Wads
v.-orth sentiment, went among their del?
egations and pleaded with the insur?
gents to stick by the senior Senator in
the interest of party harmony, point?
ing out tiiat there was nobody else for
whom they could vote. There was a
good deal of protest voiced against
Wadsworth in such well organized dele?
gations as that from Erie County. In
other counties delegates were thrown
off the delegations before coming here
when it was known that they would not
vote for Wadsworth, and Wadsworth I
supporters put in their place. One of
these counties was St. Lawrence.
Women Behind Worker
But there was no one around whom
the attti-Wadswort!, delegates could
rally. Hooker's field agent, Calvin D.
McKnight, formerly secretary. to Gov?
ernor Benjamin B. Odell, told all who
came to plead with Hooker that Hooker
was a candidate for the Governorship
only and was not a candidate for
United States Senator. Hooker was
the one man of size here who could
have attracted the anti-Wadsworth
strength.
The New York State League of
Women Voters, which is largely Re?
publican, was prepared to get behind i
[looker, but their intentions were not j
-?nthusiastically received by some, of!
those surrounding him.
Politicians a?lmit that if Hooker or i
a man of his caliber would announce]
his candidacy against Wadsworth he
would receive considerable backing in !
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Soldiers A Hack
Brussels Chamber
War Veterans in Protest
Smash Doors and March
Into Hall With Flags
i
BRUSSELS, July 29. Thousands of
soldiers assembled outside the Chamber
of Deputies to-day to demonstrate dis-:
satisfaction with the government's I
treatment of forme- soldiers, who de
maud that a lump sum be paid every:
man who served in the war. A body '
of soldiers broke the police cordon and :
invaded the chamber, disregarding
Burgomast ?r Max's appeal--. Evcntu- i
ally M ey were persuaded to leave
peaceably,
While in the chamber the soldiers
broke doors and windows and hurled
the ushers aside. The mer. then j
marched through the chamber .with,
banners, while the astonished Deputies j
sat powerless to quell the tumult.
At a meeting held later by the Cab
inct, the public prosecutor being pres?
ent, it was decided to prosecute the
soldier.-, rcsponsibl? for the invasion
of the chamber, also a Br?ssel? news-,
paper which is believed to have in?
cited them.
tine hundred demonstrators were,
arrested, but were released on the in?
tervention of the Speaker of the ;
House. A dozen persons were injured.
The scene in the Chamb'M- was ex- j
traordinary. Soldeirs took possession
of the seats of the Ministers and ;
Deputies, smoking pipes and shouting
that they would not leave the place '
until the House had voted their
claims. The Socialist Deputy, Hubin, j
who endeavored to speak, was knocked I
down by the angry soldiers.
Two Deputies, both of whom saw
service in the war, finally were al- i
lowed to speak. They promised that
the Chamber would consider the claims
of the soldiers, which calmed the up- I
T"?n r ?
Campaign Fund Probe
Postponed Until Fall
ST. LOUIS, July 29.?United
States Senator James A. Reed
announced to-day that the Sen
I ate sub-committee would not re?
sume its investigation of cam
! paign expenditures of Presiden?
tial candidates until September.
Senator Reed is a member of th?
sub-committee.
Fight to Oust
:Mil!erand as
?Premier To-day
_ *
\ Dissatisfaction Over Spa
Coai Arrangements Will
Come to Head in Dep?
uties' Fini Dress Debate
By Ralph Courtney
.-/.'. cial Cab!'' to ?tfic Tribune
Copyright, 102'?, Nsw York Tribune :
PARIS, July 29.?A full dress debat?
on the French foreign policy has bcei
? arranged for to-morrow in the Cham
i ber of Deputies on account of the wav?
! of opposition against Premier Milleran?.
which has suddenly gathered forci
j since tht decisions of the Supremi
: Council at Spa, and the meeting of thi
French ami British premiers at Bou
logne. Should ^illerand fall his plac
as head of the new government un
? doubtedly will be taken by forme
President Poincar?.
Th" French Finance Commission ye?
' terday showed it-' opposition to the AI
lied plan of giving Germany credits fo
purchases abroad as an inducement t
'deliver coal. Millerand's Finance Min
i ister, Francois Marsai, asked th
j Finance Commission for authorizatio:
' to lend Germany up to 200,000.000 franc
? monthly during the six months co\
! ered by the Spa agreement, but th
'Finance Commission refused to discus
; this project.
Premier Millcrand to-day assemble
1 both the Foreign Affairs Commissio
j and the finance commission in
; joint sitting. He explained the reason
; for the government's acceptance of th
j Spa coal arrangements, and althoug
| a majority of the Foreign Affairs Coir
i mission . ided with him the Financ
commission persisted in its oppos:
t i o n.
Millerand's opponents to-nighi ai
hoping that to-morrow may see hi
downfall. In political circles this i
hardly thought likely, but it is a?
mitted that Millerand's position in th
Chamber suffered greatly as a result ?
the Spa concessions to Germany.
What especially arouses French ot
position to the Spa coal agreements
not so much that France has to go
the help of Germany, as die fact th.
England has again profited by the l'ai
ure to execute the Versailles Treai
by obtaining'a coal arrangement whi<
benefits her and correspondingly hur
France. England has forced France
pay the English export price for Ge
man coal, which not only is great
'ban tiie market value in Germany, b
is artificially augmented by Englai
in order to permit her to receive h
supply of subsidized coal for her d
riestic and industrial use at 28 and
shillings per ton.
The "Journal des D?bats" says th
constitutes "dumping," which is fo
bidden in treaties England has ju
signed. After pointing out that a
cording to the treaty Germany was
deliver to France 20.000,000 tons in pi
ority as compensation for mines d
stroyed in Northern France, the "Jod
nal des D?bats' go<:s on to say 'V
ar? ?tiked to renounce this priori!
We consent to pay more than the Go
man market price. We consent to ma
advances to Germany, probably high
than 200 francs a ton, which cmbi
rasses o.ur Treasury at this time
year, when everything should be pla
?-.ailing
"In this we may be helping Germa
to nay he?- debts."
The "Journal des D?bats" assc
that Germany has delivered and is ?
livering boatloads of coal to Englai
against which England makes no lo
whatever. "In the execution of t
treaty," the paper adds, "France ?a
asked to make sacrifices, while El
land contributed little or nothing, a
even reaps economic advantages the
from.''
Workers Befriend
Traition Magnat
11,000 Offer $500,01
Savings to Aid Mitt*
in Financial S tor
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, July 29.?The 1
000 employees of the Philadelp
Rapid Transit Company have offe
their combined Ravines of more tl
??00 000 to Thomas E. Mitten, pr?
dent of the company, to help I
weather the financial storm caused
his break with E. T. Stotesbury.
Further than that the workers offe
their futur? savings. And to make
offer better, they asked Mr. Mitten
ccept the money as a loan without
terest.
The offer ?.vas made simultar.eou
?.vith the offer of the employees
forego cojlectin?? the increase in wa
automatiir&Hy due them at this t
until Mr. Mitten had found suffici
financial backing to go through v
his fight against the interests rej
sentpd by Mr. Stotesbury, Horatio
Lloyd and C. S. W. Packard, all
whom resigned irotn th?? directorat?
th? transit company when the board
fused to vote affirmatively on tl
proposal to increase the fares to se
cents.
The oifer of the employees has b
?jVolinoH .v?tti thflTiV?
t
National Chairman Calls
Suggestion That Gifts
Would Be Limited to
S^OOOEach'Buncombe'
Avers Restrictions
Would Re Useless
i Will Serutinize Funds
So That ?Candidate Will
Have No Obligations
WASHINGTON, July 29.?Funds
! for financing the Democratic na
! tional campaign will be received in
any amounts, and party leaders will
1 be concerned only with the sources
i from which the money comes, George
I White, the new national chairman,
; announced to-day in paying his first
; visit to the party's national liead
: quarters. lie characterized as "bun?
combe" the suggestion that campaign
! contributions be limited to $1,000 for
jeach contributor.
The party heads will scrutinize.
I carefully all campaign gifts in or
i der that "no obligation will be en
; tailed on the candidate," Mr. White
| asserted, adding that any plans to
I restrict the amounts of gifts would
| be useless, since such could be easily
: circumvented.
Democratic campaigners will go
, before the country with the siegan
: "Peace, progress and prosperity,"
'? Mr. White announced. "With this
\ line," he added, humorously, "we will
! be 'cocksure' of winning."
Says Cox Heads Party
In discussing campaign development??,
Mr. White declared that Governor Cox
"as the nominee of the San Francisco
convention" had become the new head
of the Democratic party.
Progressivism, with a particular ap
! peal to manual labor and the farmers,
is to be the paramount issue in the
| Presidential campaign, the new chair?
man declared.
Pressed vigorously by the represent?
ative of a strong Administration news?
paper. Mr. White smilingly admitted
that perhaps the League of Nations
could be included under the broad
heading of "progressivism."
But what he chiefly means by the
word. Mr. White made clear, prior to
the indignant questioning by the Ad?
ministration newspaper man, was such
appeals to labor as the workmen's
compensation act, put through the
Ohio legislature by Governor Cox, and
the coal screen law, which forced the
mine operators to pay the minors for
the coal dust which fell through the
Bcreen, as well as the more valuable
lump coal.
Is Very Diplomatic
The Cox appeal to the farmer--. Mr
White said, would be based on Cox's
advocacy as Governor of Ohio of goud
reads and better schools;
Mr. White was very diplomatic in his
references to the League of Nations,
the White House and the possibility
of President Wilson dominating Cox's
campaign, but he left the group of
newspaper men in no doubt as to what
he thought the Democratic nominee
would do.
"I doubt whether I will see the Presi?
dent,'' Mr. White said in answer to an
inquiry. "I vill, of course, go if the
President should express a desire to
see me. But there is no particular
reason for me to see him."
"Will you see the President's b< cre
tary, Mr. Tumulty V he was asked.
"No," the chairman. said, as though
in surprise.
Commenting on the President's In?
terview with Governor Cox, Mr. White
said of course there "?.vas no iron
bound contract entered into and there
was a certain amount of elasticity in
the statements." He left the strong
impression that the league would be
touched on more or less lightly during
the campaign, with all the emphasis on
the "progressive" appeal by Cox to
labor and the farmer's.
"The most vulnerable spot in the Re?
publican defense is the reactionaryism
or stand-patism of Senator Harding,"
Mr. White explained. "In the Ohio
primary between Wood and Harding
the Progressive elements lined up be?
hind Wood and the Old Guard ele?
ments behind Harding. Frankly, we
don't know much about the League of
Nations in Ohio."
Homer S. Cummings's straight man?
date from the President to make the
League of Nations the paramount is?
su?? apparently did not. therefore,
make very much impression on the
new chairman in their talk in New
York yesterday.
Cox Sot in Touch With Wilson
On the other leading idea of th?.
President, that the campaign should be
made nation wide, with an ? special ap?
peal to the West, Mr. White is more
impressed, but not converted. He is
not sure, he ??aid, whether there should
be a headquarters on the Pacific Coast.
I; there is one it will be at San Fran?
cisco and not at Portland. Mr. Cum
mings was, undecided between the two
towns, but convinced that it should be
a', one or the other.
Mr. White also made it clear, in
answering questions,, that Governor
Cox was not in communication with
President Wilson and probably would
not be before delivering his acceptance
speech on August 7. The chairman
said Governor Cox would formally open
his campaign within a week after that
date.
Law enforcement, Mr. White said,
when asked about the "moist" ting??'
to the Cox campaign, has been one o:
the precepts of the three administra?
tions of Governor Cox in Ohio.
"The country has approved the
Eighteenth Amendment," the chair?
man said, "and it is now a ciuestion of
law enforcement."
"T- ?? o f^r?, 0, rv,,^?^ j,v n^ ^rit;