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Cross-Atlantic
Travel Booked
Months Ahead
Although U. S. Merchant
Marine Has Trebled Since
1914, Passenger Accom
modationsAre Inadequate
Red Tape Hurls Business
Heavy Second and Third
Class Passage for Next 5
Years, Despite High Cost
Although the gross tonnage of the
American merchant marine has in?
creased from 5,368,000 to 16,040,000
since 1914. there is still a dearth of
ships which has sent passenger rates
skyward and caused a scarcity of ac?
commodations. Much inconvenience
has been caused business men desir?
ing to i?1 abroad with the idea of re?
establishing pre-war trade conditions.
With limited passenger-carrying
facilitii s, many lines operating over
transatlantic routes are booked solid
for several months in advance in west?
bound traffic alone, while the demand
for eastbound accommodations has
been even greater.
Lines operating between the Medi?
terranean and American North Atlan?
tic potts say that they will carry
capacity lists of second nnd thiru
class passengers eastbound for the
next five years and that the number
of persons being ferried across the
Atlantic from European ports is lim?
ited only by the number of available
vessels.
Need Passenger Ships.
The cry for more passenger ships is
almost as great and as insistent as
was the cry for freight carriers during
the war. The conversion of hundreds
of passenger liners into freighters
during the war and the concentration
of ipbuilders on vessels designed
only for cargo is responsible for the
dearth of transatlantic passenger ac?
commodations, according to leaeiing
shipping men of this port.
The American business man who is
suddenly called upon to make a trip
abroad finds himself up against a
transportation problem probably far
mi re tl fficult than the business he has
in vi<\v. After he has untangled all
the red tape connected with obtaining
a passport and a sailing permit, which
includi s furnishing a birth certificate,
a sworn statement as to the nature of
the business taking him abroad, to?
gether with supporting affidavits of
other witnesses, a few photographs of
the prospective traveller and a cer
I : cate from the Internal Revenue col?
lector indicating that he has paid his
income tax, he can begin to wrestle
with tiie problem of crossing the At?
lantic wit h o u t s w i m m : t: g.
Passage Price Increased
Here he will find a situation more
discouraging than that involved in the
pas.-.'..- ?. trictions. If the success
of his business affairs depenes upo?
his immediate departure for Europe he
probably will consider them doomed i
? 'ti '.. ' : round of the steamship
offices. ?If also will discover that he
cou. lele a trip half way round
the world in 1!'14 for what it now
costs him to make a transatlantic voy?
age o-' 3,0i 0 miles.
If the business man is in luck, he]
mighf obtain accommodations left open
through the cancellation of the pas?
sage of some person who at the last
minute had heen prevented from sail?
ing. Bui thft list of those waiting for
such cancellations is large and he
would have to take his turn, unless "tie
happi ned to have some weighty in?
fluence with the steamship company.
While he may be well able to afford
to travel first class, the business man
probably would consider himself for-;
t?nate I - be able to book second class.
He : a$ - vi n thi n find himself sharing;
a cabin with an humble alien returning
to his native land to spenel his war
earninj .
Half Traffic of 1914
While tho elemand for transatlantic
passage* apparently has overwhelmed1
th' accommodations, the roc-1
end of arrivals and departures kept'
here- by the Steamship Men's Associa?
tion shows that traffic is only about half
what i' was in 11'14. In May and June
of that year t?tere sailed from Amer-1
?can north Atlantic ports 1C4.3U0 trans?
atlantic passengers. Of this number
approximately 100,000 were third class,
or steerage passengers.
In -May ami June of 1920 the out?
going total was 80,323, of which 50,000;
passengers traveled third class. Fig?
ure's fur incoming passengers for one
month in 1914 show a total of 105,100
arrivals. The; corresponding month for
1820 showed 45,120 arrivals.'
Available tonnage of tho passe-nger
carrying variety is greatly depleted,
owing to war losses and the conversion
eif many liners into freight transports.
The North German Lloyd anel the Ham?
burg-American Line, which carried a
lar^e percentage of the passenger
trade, are practically non-existent at
present, and with their fleets also have
disappeared many great "floating ho?
tels" that flew British, French anel
Italian flags.
Long Time for Repairs
Many large passenger carriers were
has*:!y converted into troop transports
during the war, anel in many cases their
interior fittings were wrecked beyond
repair. The lemgth of timo necessary
to restore to her former condition a
ship that lias been "trooping" for four
years is indicated in the case of the
While. "Star liner Olympic, a vessel of
45,000 tons, whose interior fittings
probably are the mmt luxurious and
costly of any ship now afloat.
It required a Near to re-tit this vessel
for the passenger trade.
According to estimates ntadc by
various shipyards, ?t would take more
than a year to recondition some of the
other great liners that went through
strenuous years as troop carriers.
Comparatively few ot* the former
Gei nger liners have vet been
restored to thi service, although it is
prob I th it many of them will soon
I"1 een house flags of trans
atlantic steamship companies which
ha-. ?? ? ?? organized rec nt ly. One of
American Ship ami Com?
merce i orporation, which, in conjunc
t or th t'",- revived Hamburg-Ameri?
ca ! ii ' . has announced a forthcom?
ing service lo Germany and other
Euri ' " co ? itries. This concern is
planning to operate eighty-six ships,
.aggri ' ? g more than half a million
gross totis.
(if!-, Fifteen German Ships
Another new line is the United
States .Mail Steamship Company, to
which has been allocated fifteen of
the largest German passenger carriers,
among them being the George Wash
ington, America, Mount Vernon anel
President Grant. Several new pas?
senger liners under construction for
the Shipping Board will be ready soon
for allocation to various American con?
cerns which are prepared to operate
them in transatlantic anet coastwise
trade lane-s.
Recently, eiuoted rates show that, a
first class passage between New York ?'
and th<> important ports of England i
costs from $200 to $5,000, the latter
figure- indicating the largo suites. To
France the price ranees from $200 to
$1,400, depending upon the ship and
i' accommodations.
First-class passage to Italian nnd
Scandinavian ports costs between $200
and $500. Ow each pafsage a war tax
of $5 is collected. Second-class accom
modations now cost about what i first
class brought bcforo tho war, while
the steerage passenger now pnya what
were formerly second-class rates.
Figures contained in the 1020 edition
of Lloyd's Kegistijr of Shipping juRt
issued .how that despite the great
jrrowth of the American merchant
marine and the intensive production of
ships both here and in England, the
world's steam tonnnge is to-day 8,600,
000 gross tens less than it would have
been had the war not interfered with
the normal rate of expansion.
British rjelow Normal
Although Great Britain is now b ild
ing nearly 1.."00,000 gross tona ff ?hips
more than this country, the H or. 5.1
merchant marine is stiil 781,000 tons
below tho toti.l at the outbreak o? war.
The Register shows that the total
for all types of vessels over 100 gross
tons is "now 57,314,000 gross tons, an
? increase of 8,225,000 over the pre-war
1 figures. Of this amount the United
: States holds 16,049,000 tons and the
j United Kingdom 18,330,000. The British
lead, which before the war was ap
i proximfttely 14,000,000 tons, has been
j reduced to about 2,300,000.
In steel steamers, however, the
i British lead is a large one, the margin
i in this case being 4,680,000 tons. Amcr
', ican holdings of wooden steamers arc
' much greater than the British, al?
though this type of ship has in most
. cases proved to be a failure. This
; country also leads in sailing tonnage
; by a wide margin.
Distribution of Tonnage
The distribution of the gross ton?
nage of tho two countries by types is
1 as follows:
United United
States. KlnBdom.
i Steel stoamrrs.13,118,000 17.79S.000
[r< n steamers. 227.000 277,000
Wooden steamers... 1,234,000 35.000
Total steamers. . . 14,574.000 38,110.?00
Sailing ships. 1,476,000 220.000
Total, nil typos. . 10.043.000 18,330,000
Holdings of atl types of vessels by
the two countries and the other mari?
time nations on June 30, 1914, 101!? and
! 1020, aro given by Lloyd's Register as
j follows:
1914. 1919. 1920.
United
Sot-?,.. 6,368,000 13.09:0000 10.049,000
; : ? :
Kingdom.19,257,000 16,656;000 18.330,000
Othercoun
Iri s ....2 1,404,000 21,272,000 22.935,000
World tot'l.49,089,000 60,919,000 67,314,000
These figures indicate that while
the United States has trebled her pre?
war holdings, Groat Britain and all]
' other maritime nations combined are j
about '2,000,000 tons below 1014 total. ?
Increases Sailing Tonnage
The reduction in the world's sailing!
tonnage since 1914 has been 041,000
I tons, a much smaller decrease than
was shown in tho previous six-year
periods. This would soem to show that
the general shortage of steam tonnage
has given new life to the construction :
of sailing vessels.
The United States is the only coun- ?
try which has increased its volume of
sailing tonnage since the beginning of
the war, 43 per cent of the world's j
total now being under the American
flag. !
The proportion of sailing vessels in j
the world's tonnage is now under 6
per cent, as compared with 8 per cent j
in 1014 and 22 per cent in 1902,
How the maritime position of Ger?
many has changed since the beginning!
of the war is shown clearly by Lloyd's I
figures. While in 1014 Germany was'
second to the United Kingdom, with j
more than 5,000.000 tons of merchant j
steamers, only 410,000 tons are record- -
ed under the German flag in the late ?It
edition of the Register
Spends $20,000 to Prove
He Is American Citizen
Henry Musser, Manufacturer, of
Manila, Come to U. S. to
Trace Ancestry
Thousands of miles of travel, an ex?
penditure of ^20,000 and hours of labor
poring over dusty records dating back
to ]ol2 is what it is costing Henry
Musser, of Manila, P, I., wealthy manu?
facturer of plumbing supplies, to prove
that, he is an American.
"But it's worth tho money." says Mr.
Mussor, who is in Chicago en route to
Oklahoma from Virginia, whore he went
to get the genealogy of his mother's
family. 1
It was during the hectic days of the !
war that somebody conceived the idea
that Mussor was a German and not an ,
American at all, and that somebody
whispered his suspicions to a few more
somebodies.
"It is because of my name -a good
old Dutch name," said Mr. Musser when
the rumor reached his cars, but he
thought it a joke. Finally, when the
rumor became broadcast, Musser grew
angry.
"I'm going to prove myself a real,
bor.a fide son of Uncle Sam if it takes
my last'copper and the rest of my life
to do it," he declared hotly.
But the thing that made Mr. Musser
angrier than any other was the intima?
tion by somebody that, as he proposed
coming to the United States, he ought
to get passports.
"Passports to enter my own coun?
try?" he cried. "Not on your life! I'm
going to establish myself as an Ameri?
can so thoroughly that no one in the
world will ever question it again."
Now he is going triumphantly back
to Manila with proof of a family tree
planted more than 400 years ago.
His mother, who was Corinna E. Wil?
son, was descended from Samuel Puff
and Rebecca Dryden. T'hey came from
Belfast, Ireland", and settled in Vir?
ginia in 1791. Musser was born in
Richmond, Va., in 1847.
lie knows his father'.- ancestors set?
tled in New York in 1612, but will leave
Chicago for Oklahoma to collect, data
for a complete genealogy of his fa?
ther's family.
"I'll show 'em," he says, with antici?
patory joy- Chicago Daily News.
Laborers Use Front Door
The crowd of workmen entering and :
leaving a Pittsfleld repair shop day by ;
! day caused delay and congestion at the
> door. To solve the problem some one
suggested that employees who'had been
in the shop a certain number of years
should use the front door and the
? others should go in and come out by
tho rear door. This helped the morale
: of the working force, too, by increasing
: desire to be a "front-door" man.?Bos?
ton Globe.
INo Image on Arabian Coins
Arabic coins have a sentence from
the Koran and generally the Caliph's
name, but never an image.
Vocabulary of a Child of 2
The number of words used by chil?
dren two years old varies from a very
few words for the backward child up
to l.ooo words for more precocious
children. The average number is put
?t between 200 and 400.
'!'!,< out ol the-ordlnary places ot Now
i'ork, where unique atmosphere und
f,>.'i? peculiar to varied tastes invite the
discriminating.
ALOHA?Where home cooking Is at Its best
VKA ROOM Luncheon, 45 10 60c.
*2 W. 47th St. Dinner, 76c 10 $1.
SISTP.RS THRKE TEA ?UOT
New Ko<-lirli? ltranch
733 t-rlUaui Kami
Svtrythlns home cooked a la carta.
The Armchair at One-Fifty East
ISO East Thirty-Fourth Street
Lunch? 011s ?J miner.t
Painty servio?': home cooking: bountiful,
THF PIROUETTE 84 w. ??at Bryant 6K?.
I.unchoju. Tea. Special Dinner 91.00.
Two Arrested
As Slayers of
Whisky Runner
(Continued from p?as on?)
| Eckert when he was eighteen. She was
I married before to Jack Vail and has a
? nine-year-old son.
Fingerprints Give Clew
The initials found on Eckert'? watch,
cuff links and signet ring, which wero
i said by tho police to be "R. F. E.," led
I to linking him, by means of finger?
prints at headquarters with a Robert
i Eckert who had been arrested three
i times in connection with liquor and
automobile thefts. "Robert" is now
said to be an assumed name.
The police say that "Rob Hayes," the
name under which Eckert and his wife
registered at. Moloney's Hotel, is a
gang name. Whenever ono of "tho
mob" is arrest eel, the police say, he
gives the name of Hayes. When
Eckert and another man were arrested
at Lake Hopatcong some weeks ago
both gave the same name.
Mr. Molloy said he had traced the
movements of the automobile in which
Eckert's body was found from Friday
morning until Friday night. He says
that, in his opinion, the car never went
to Moloney's. It is em this theory that
he discredits Kane's report that the
car was stolen from back vf Moloney's
Hotel some time after 11 o'clock Fri?
day night. Kane reported his loss to
the police between 2 atul 3 o'clock Sat?
urday morning.
The automobile, a seven-passenger
touring car, was part of a funeral pro?
cession from St, Peter's Church in
Staten Island on Friday morning, lt
went to Calvary Cemetery in Queens.
Kane drove it. Mr. Molloy says he has
a witness to this.
In the evening it returned across the
Williamsburg Bridge. From this point
Kane cannot, be connected with the
movements of the car. He got out, Mr.
Molloy believes. The car went to
Catharine and Madison streets, Now
York, the District Attorney says, anel
picked up Eckert. The District Attor?
ney sniei he has a witness to this also.
Two Bullets Enter Head
Presumably the car, with Eckert and
at least two other men, came to Staten
Island shortly after that, Mr. Molloy
says. The man whom he has not yet
questioned may tell who was in the car.
According to Dr. George Mord, meeli
cal examiner, it was a man sitting on
the loose seat behind Eckert who shot
him. One of tho bullets entered the
nose and another the left ear. Roth
we-re fata!. The third pierced his
nee'k. License plates for three states
we-re found in the ear, the- police' say.
Mrs. Moloney and Donohue say Kane
was at Moloney's Hotel ail Friday own?
ing and on into the next morning and
that he told them of the loss (,f big car
and thouhgt it a joke on the part of
another chauffeur.
Mr. Molloy believes Eckert was killed
by a member of "The Mob." Ho was j
undesirable anel in their way, he says,;
so they got him. Eckert was'arrested
on Madison Street. August 12 for rob
bery ami being a fugitive from justice.
Mr. Molloy says that it was a prohibi?
tion agent named McGuiro whe* tipped
off the police as to Eckert's where?
abouts.
It was about that time, according to
Mrs. Moloney's story, that Eckert left
the hotel. His wife, the police ray,
hu = tlcd to provide hail. lie was re?
leased on a writ of habeas corpus Tues?
day, August 17, pending extradition
proceedings to New Jersey. Mrs. Eck?
ert says that lie did not return to
Moloney's. She went back last Wednes?
day, got her baggage, paid her bill and
left without giving any forwarding ad?
dress. Mrs. Moloney, however, has said
that Eckert, or Hayes, as she calleel |
him, was at the hotel Thursday night I
?'or a short time, alone. x
Eckert, it is known, calleel on his
lawyer, John Matthews, in Newark,
about tj o'clock Friday night. Mr. Mat?
thews is the I'nited States commis- i
sioner. He was not in. His wife asked
Eckert to call in the morning, but ho
said he coulel not.
Eckert's mother, ? Mrs. Margaret
Eckert, who, lives with her married j
elaughter, Mrs. Edward Hulme, at 278 {
Fourteenth Street, Brooklyn, is in the
care of a physician. She collapsed
when she heard ot' her son's death.
Her son-in-law, Edward Huimos, |
went to tlv morgue yesterday and
identified and claimed the- body. Mrs.
Eckert, too, wants the body.
Mrs. Hayes, mother of Eckert's wife,
said yeste'rday at her home, 347 Sev?
enth Street, Brooklyn, that her daugh?
ter had been staying with her for the
last few elays anel had gone to Orange, i
N. J., to arrange for an undertaker.
There was a story abroad that Mrs.
Eckert bail drawn $15,000 from a
Brooklyn bank last Thursday, or Fri- !
day." Mrs. Hayes scoffed at the; idea. !
"Where would she get that much j
money?" she said.
Three men, believed io know some- !
thing of the habitues of Moloney's were I
questioned yesterelay by the police.
They came from the Bronx. They said
they had not been te> the hotel for
more than ten days and were freed.
Mr. Molloy saiel he would address a
letter to James Shevlin, prohibition
agent, to-day, acquainting him with
some of the information which has
come to him concerning the ways and
means of bootlegging on Staten Island.
Gifts Beautify Foch Home
Whole World Has Paid l?omapc
to the French General
Marshal Foch's home in the Avenue
?le Saxe, Paris, has become one of tho
wonderful dwelling places of the world.
Far '.jttsz z than a dwelling place, it is
now a museum of glory. The rooms of
that modest first floor flat are crowded
with the1 trophies which al! civilization
has offered in homage to the man who
led the Allies to victory. Such pro?
fusion of beautiful tilings and notable
works of art is rare', and amid it the
unassuming figure- of the marshal
moves almost grieved, as it seems, by
the possession e>f these precious trib
ules, which only his kindly courtesy
induced him to accept.
They come from every part of tho
world. That large solid silver stat?
uette of a French general of the Na?
poleonic, wars is signed by Los Amigos
de Francia, a Francophile leaguo in
.Spain. Next to it is an alabaster fig?
ure by a French master. Over the
hearth stands n great gilt Empire clock
inscribed, "To Marshal Foch, from tho
grateful town of Cassel."
Gold caskets, jeweled swords of
honor, antique and valuable miniatures
and ivories, the splendid enameled col?
lar of the Grand Cross of the Bath, are
crowded together in the glass cabinets
that line the walls. Here is all the re?
spect, all the enthusiasm, all tliO|grat
itude and joy of victory of a whole
world, expressed in tho finest and love?
liest forms that tho ingenuity of great
artists, sculptors, goldsmiths can con?
trive, and it is proof and touchstone
of the merit of the man to whom they
have been offered that he lives in this
illustrious treasury of glory without
seeming to be conscious either of it or
his fame.?Continental Daily Mail.
Spirit of Poland
Becomes Synonym
For Indomitable
No Other People . in History
Have BorneOppression So
Bravely and Gloriously A?
Poles, Except the Jens
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.?"No other
people, in all the world's history, has
borne oppression so bravely and glori?
ously as the Foles, except the Jews;
and Warsaw, where tho 'Russians had
to keep a garrison of 200,000 troops
to overawe a city of 900,000 people,'
is to Poland what Paris is to France,"
says a bulletin of the National Geo?
graphic Society concerning the present
focal center ot world attention.
"Indeed, the vivacity, the gayety and
the quick wit of Warsaw's people is
a constant reminder of Paris, as well
as those deeper likenesses which spring
from Warsaw's ascendency in tho let?
ters, the arts and the social graces.
"All this, too, in a city where the
most gruesome tragedies have stalked.
As recently as the years of our Civil
War the Russian army mowed down
thousands of men and women as they
knelt in the snow, singing their na?
tional anthem. Deportations are. an old
story in Warsaw; every effort at na?
tionalization was followed by slaughter,
and hundreds marched the long trail to
Siberian exile.
"Put Poland's spirit, meanwhile, be?
came a synonym for the indomitable.
The success of the Russification of Po?
land has been described as the process
of keeping 12,000,000 Poles pinned to
Russia by bayonets.
Warsaw Home of Scientists
Politically non-existent, for even Po?
land's name was expurged from all offi?
cial Russian records, the pre-war War?
saw view with world capitals in science
particularly medicine, in manufactur?
ing, in trade and in literature.
"Though Warsaw betrayed none of
the gtimness characteristic of Russian
r ? reminders of her bygone glories
and tragedies were to be found even be
.. ,v ,:;_ World War restored her au?
tocracy.
"In the Lazienki Gardens is a monu?
ment to John Sobieski, who stemmed
the advance of the Turks in Europe, a
figure as picturesque as Paderewski,
who now sees his land a barrier to Bol?
shevism's westward spread. It was in
108,'! that a Turkish force had thrown
itself in crescent formation around
Vienna. The encampment was no less
threatening, because it resembled a
circus rather than a siege, with its
herds of camels and luxurious tents
with baths and parrots within and foun?
tains without.
"Mighty events often hings on slen?
der circumstances. Sobieski hesitated
because Leopold, Austria's Emperor
first declined to address him as 'His
Majesty.' But Sobieski's hesitation is
said to have vanished when he learned
that the French Ambassador had writ?
ten to Louis XIV, who rather hoped
for the worst for Austria, 'Don't trou?
ble yourself, Sobieski is too fat tc
sit on a horse and fight.'
Origin of Vienna Roll
"The 'fot man' rode his charger inte
the thick of the fight, helping hew hi;
way to wdiero the Turkish Grand Vizie']
stood, and after the battle handed on?
of that dignitary's stirrups to an aide
with the command, 'Take it to tin
Queen and toll her that he to whon
it belonged is defeated and slain.'
''The sublime often is stronglj
blended with the inconsequential. The;
will tell you this story, with much de
tail, in Warsaw:
"Other cities have lost their pol?tica
importance and held their heads higl
because of a proud past, but Warsaw
persecuted as it was, has a highly im
portant economic present. In norma
times it was the geographical cente
of Europe, the focal point for rail ship
ments from Russia and Asia to west
ern Europe, even though the actua
western terminus of the Trans-Siberiai
Railway was at Moscow, and its, loca
tion on the Vistula gave it a place o;
Europe's inland waterways comparabl
to that of St. Louis on the Mississippi
Its output of shoes, metal articles aro
cotton makes its product sound lik
that of a busy New England city, an
its long commercial arm even reache
oui to drop $500,000 worth of bet
sugar into America in those difieren
days before 1914.
"Numerous castles of the old Polis
nobility were converted into municipr
offices by the Russians. Warsaw take
pride in it., theaters?that for the.Pc
lish drama and ballet being an esp?
cially beautiful building with two the;
ters under one roof. In artistic dam
ing Warsaw is preeminent, the m;
zurka and the polonaise being tv.
characteristic steps. Its university ho
a notable book collection and man
scientific spec ?mens."
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Thirty injured
In Attacks Laid
To Ex-Strikers
Scries of Assaults in Bronx
Yards of New Haven
?ioad Laid to Former Em?
ployees; 5 in Hospital
One Victim Near Death
Police Reserves Are Sent lo
Capture Five Thugs De?
scribed by the Victims
Violence which is believed to be' an
aftermath of the unauthorized railroad
strike of last spring caused the reserves
of the Alexander Avenue polico station
to be sent last, night to the yards of tho
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad at Oak Point, the Bronx, to
guard against a gang of five thugs, be?
lieved to bo an "entertainment com?
mittee" composed of former employees
of the road.
The reserves were sent a! the urgent
request of William Colby, captain of
the- railroad detectives, who tolel the
police that the situation was entirely
beyond his control.
Thirty Injured by,Gang
.Since Friday thirty men, most of
them railroad employees, have been set
upon by the gang. All of them suf?
fered injuries which required the at?
tention, of an ambulance surgeon, and
five "of" them are' still in Lincoln Hos
' pital. The ambulances of that insti?
tution have been kept busy responding
to calls from tho vicinity of "ho Dak
Point, yards.
The most recent victim is Hugh
Humphries, of Peyton Road, Boston, a
j clerk, who apparently was taken for a
I railroad employee as he sauntered
I through the station of the Westchcster
j & Boston Railroad at 132d Street and
I Willis Avenu?;.
Five big men, all of them strangers
to him, attacked him without warn?
ing, he said, one of them hitting him
on the head with a blackjack. His
skull is fractured and he may die. No
attempt was made to rol) him.
Others at Hospital.
The others in the hospital are Wil?
fred Roberts, a deckhand, living at
[ 115th Street and Third Avenue; James
Kelliher, an engineer, of 355 East
l.'li'.th Street; Salvatore Carelli, of '2:,t\
East 150th Street, the Bronx, and
Nicholas Gampanazzi, a brakeman, of
321 Grand Street, Hoboken.
The police believe that the five as?
sailants, mentioned by each of the
patients in tho hospital, are men who
joined the unauthorized railroad strike,
were taken back by the company when
the strike was settled, and later were
discharged as trouble- makers.
American Students
Aid Repatriation of
Russian Prisoners
Party of Rhodes Scholars
From Oxford University
Arrives in Berlin ?o Assist,
in Y.M.C.A. Relief Work!
BERLIN, July 25.?A party of young!
Americans, all Rhodes scholars, has
arrived here from Oxford University
to assist in the V. M. C. A, relief work :
in connection with the repatriation of
Russian prisoners of war.
They will be assigned to various
prison camps throughout Germany,
where 175,000 Russians are awaiting
ships to take them home. About 25,000
already have been sent from Stettin
to Narva, but there are so few ships
available it may be months before the
last of them can be embarked. Mean?
time the Russians are suffering severe j
privations.
Almost without exception the Amer?
ican students served during the war
with the American Expeditionary
Forces or were associated with relief
work in Europe. Their leader is Fran?
cis P. Miller, of Lexington, Va., a
graduate of Washington and I^ee Uni?
versity. Other members of the party
are David M. Amackcr, Lake Provi?
dence, La.; Joseph David Doty, Graham,:
Texas; William L. Finger, Ripley, !
Miss.; Rex B. Horsey, Huntington, VV.
Va.; G. A. Feather, University of New
Mexico; F. Tr?adwell Smith and S. M.
Keney of Harvard University; I). P.
Miller, University oC Denver, and E.
Naugle, University of Texas,
Five years' confinement in prison ;
camps has reduced the Russians to a i
pitiable condition. Many are ill, some j
insane, and all undernourished, im?
properly clothed and dispirited. From I
the German government each receives !
a small monthly allowance which is!
insufficient to provide even the neces?
saries of life.
Officers at the Wiielzburg camp re?
ceive monthly 135 marks, which is
about $3.10. For the one meager daily
meal they get at the camp 53 marks
is deducted. Out of what is left they
must try to buy clothes and other es?
sentials. Such a thing, for example, as
dental attention is wholly beyond their
means. Some have sold their last
shirts to pay for shoe repairs. Shoes '
are their crying need and the prison
ers hardly take a step without calcu-:
lating tho wear on their soles. Efforts
made by rolief workers to induce them
to tako up some form of athletic?
brought tho reply, "Wo would, but it
would bo too hard on our clothes and
shoes."
Camp officials permit the prisoners
to seek outside work, which, however,
is most difficult to find. One Russian
who was employed two weeks by a
peasant ruined his only pair of shoes
anel then was charged tho full amount
of his wages for his board.
Moat of tho prisoners have henrd
nothing from their families or friends
for moro than two years, and the
Rhodes scholars will try to help the
men get in touch %vith their homes. In
almost every camp there is a rude
theater, the principal amusement and
comfort of tho men, who themselves
perform the plays. In spite of their
j apathy the' men arc interested in books
and instruction, nnd school classes
have been formed at a number of the
camps.
Trotzky Promises
To Teach Finland
"Merciless Lesson"
"We Shall Strangle Her for
Conspiracies and Treason
She Has Hatched," Said
Red Leader Long Ago
LONDON. Julv 18.- A correspondent
writes in "The Morning Post":
"The Socialist," the official organ of
the Socialist Labor party, in its issue
of July 1, publishes a speech made by
Trotzky on the relations of Soviet Rus?
sia to Finland. The speech was made
last year to the Petrograd Soviet, and
about the time that Trotzky wrote to
Loriot in France stating that when the
Reel army had finished with Denikin it
would deal with Poland; In thi3 speech
Trotzky explains that:
"Petrograd, standing as it does on
the coast of the Baltic Sea, is now the
only deior left to us which opens to?
ward Western Europe. It is as dear to
us as our eye?it is our eye . . . We
cannot, and we will not, tolerate any
approach too near Petrograd, the great
nerve center of our country."
The leader of the Red army says
that Finland is under the influence of
Great Britain. The Bolshevist govern?
ment does not desire to attack Finland
if it can avoid doing so. But the strug?
gle the Bolshevists have embarkeel upon
is "on a universal scale," and it "will
not be decided on the Esthonian or
Finnish front- it will be .decided on
the front of the whole world."
lie continues!
"The result of the struggle depends
on the action of the workers of Great
Britain and France, on the action of
the suppressed and subject races in
Asia, China, Persia, Afghanistan anel
India. On these factors depends the
! result of our struggle against the im?
perialism of Great Britain, the most
powerful, dangerous, cruel and treach?
erous imperialism the worlel has ever
seen.
"The overthrow of the Finnish anel
Esthonian bourgeoisie will be difficult,
because they are- supporteel by the
ghoulish and monstrous centipede o?
British imperialism. When you sattle
the struggles that involve London,
Paris, India, Persia and China, the
question of Finland and Esthonia will
automatically settle itself."
Declaring that the "enemies of the
Soviet government have found their
everlasting peace in the churchyard,
but we are alive and sound," Trotzky
"We can say calmly and convincingly
to the Esthonian bourgeoisie: 'Which
kind of death do you select for your?
selves? Death by way of open hostili?
ties against us. or'by way of your
peaceful extinction?' We can, there?
fore, quite calmly wait for their an?
swer during the coming days or
weeks."
The Soviet government, says Trotzky,
will not allow Finland to be used as a
tool for blood-letting by England, and
he; threatens Finland with dire dis?
aster, saying:
''And a practical lesson will first be
given to Fnland. Finland will be the
first to come under the fist of the Red
army, and will be well rewarded for all
the panic, provocation, conspiracies and
treason hatched by her. We shall
strangle her mercilessly. Com?anles,
we have concentrated brave divisions
at Petrograd which will be reliable re?
serves for you when you start your
maneuvers."
Trotzky then expresses the opinion
that the greatest battles have yet to
come :
"We must strain ourselves te. an
even greater degree than we have
hitherto done. Our enemy is not yet
broken. A few days ago we got a se?
cret message from England. Our
friends, the' Communists, there write:
'Your progress in the heroic struggle
against counter-revolution fills our
hearts with the greatest admiration.
Many forces in our lanel which were
inert up to the present arc now becom?
ing active. Everything goes to show
more and more that Englanel will soon
stand on the threshold of the revolu?
tion."
This revolution in England is essen?
tial to the world revolution planned by
the Bolsheviki, anel the above message
from "the Communists" perhaps ex?
plains the ignorance of L?nine about
English conditions. Tre<tzky in this
address discusses how this great revo?
lution will begin. He eloes not know
whether it will break out in London,
"carried thither from Paris," or wheth?
er it will begin *in the East, because
unrest is growing there, where the
people are "crushed by the English"
anel are "revolting against English
tyranny."
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Foch to Visit U. S.
When European
Danger Is Past
Answers Invitation Given
by Knights of Columbus
at Metz; Frenchman Tells
of Aid Extended Us in War
METZ, Aug. 22. -Marshal Foch will
visit the United States when the
European situation permits him to
tak? a vaction of the required length.
The Marshal made this statement to
Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty of
the American Knights of Columbus at
the banquet last night, nt which covers
were laid for one thousand, after Mr.
Flaherty had extended a formal invi?
tation to the Marshal on behalf of the
Knights.
Marshal Foch was the principal
speaker at the banquet, which was
nttended by the burgomasters of thirty
Lorraine cities and towns and
Minister of Justice l'Hopiteau.
Captain Andre Tardicu, one of the
speakers, caused some surprise when
he said:
'You may not know that France
provided you with 80 per cent of your
airplanes, 60 per cent of your guns
and howitzers and 50 per cent of your
War material. When you return to
America and hear the oninion ex?
pressed that France is parsimonious
remember that France paid 4,500.000,000
francs in taxes in 1014 and 20,000,000,
000 this year."
VERDUN, Aug. 22.?The American
! Knights of Columbus attended mass in
I Verdun this morning. Afterwards
', Bishop Ginesti presented Supreme
; Knight James A. Flaherty with a solid
; gold monstrance which was struck by
I a piece of shell in the bombardment of
Verdun. Marshal P?tain entertained
! the Knights at luncheon. In an
address he said he welcomed the
Knights as successors of the Ameri?
ca- army, for which he had profound
respect.
Later in the day in the presence of
the Knight? Marshal P?tain laid the
cor lerstone of an ossuary, where the
bones (.if thousands of unidentified
bodies of men killed by the German
gunfire will be gathered together on
the Douamont field.
During the day the Americans
visited the American cemetery at
Romagne and went sightseeing on the
battlefields around Verdun. They also
visited the famous underground city
of Verdun. The Knights will leave
here to-morrow for Strasbourg.
Austrian Assembly Passes
Tax-on-Wealth Bill
VIENNA, Aug. 1. The tax-on-wenlth
bill has been adopted by the Assembly
after including in it the amendments
proposed by, the reparations commis?
sion. These amendments, which caused
much criticism, were designed to pre?
vent the bill contravening terms of
[the peace treaty e>r conflicting with
the Entente's proposal of May 21, 1920,
for a bond issue to cover present or
future credits to Austria.
Chancellor Renner, in presenting the
amendments, said he' did so because
-national misery forced the country to
comply with Allied demands.
Foreign Minister Bauer said, with
bitterness, that it was the first time
in history a foreign power ever drafted
and forced acceptance of amendments
to legislation pending in the Legisla?
ture of another state. He was cheered
loudly.
Social Democrats during the debate
charged that Christian Socialists had
attempted to defeat the measure by
inspiring hankers and representatives
of "big business" to go to the repara?
tions commission to point out the
dangers of the bill. When Deputy
Friedman admitted doing so,"and began
a defense of his course, there were
cries of "Traitor! Hang him!" A group
of members made a rush for Fried?
man, but he hid under a desk and
finally was rescued by officials.
"Auto Church Service"
Innovation in Chicago
Limousines and flivvers, cabriolets,
sedans and plain plug touring cars have
been invited to attend church their
owners chaperoning them, of course.
The occasion is an "automobile church
service," said to be the first ever in
Chicago, held by the Third Presby?
terian Church, South Ashland Boule?
vard and Ogden Avenue.
The program was held in Arcade
Court, just south of the church build?
ing, a block south of Madison Streel
and just west of Ashland Boulevard
Officers of the church obtained permis
sion from the street department t
close Arcade Court to general traffi?
during the hour of worship. Oni;
those cars whose occupants wanted ti
park in the area for the service wer
admitted.
1,000, Weary of High
Cost, Seek Utopia
No Taxes, No Profiteers and
Working Day Limited to
2 Hours in Marquetas
A land of no taxes.
A land of plenty.
A land where the maximum workfc?
day is limited to two hours.
A land of no profiteers.
A modern Mayflower is about to get
soil from F.ngland. The pioneer party
is limited to 1,000 persons. The only
conditions are these:
One must be good tempered.
One must be worldly possessed of
$1.000 for the initial expcns",
Tho pilgrims will be seeking to
| escape, not from the harshness of th?
; Stuarts, but from the strangle hold ot
j the profiteers and the tax gatherers
i Their destination is the Marquesa?
I Islunds in the Pacific.
j Enter William I'e.nn in the person
j of T. H. Disher, organizer of the ex
j pedition, who is a fellow of the Royal
| Geographical Society. His messaee'-io
the overburdened, broadcasted thro'ugh
I out England, is:
"Enough of this world of profiteer?
! and self-seekers. Come with me to the
j beautiful Marquesas, where everything
| U free for the taking and living the
| simple life under a tropical sun. Even
! ing dress is barred.
"There are about 3,000 natives in th?
j islands and I would describe them as
; thorough gentlemen. For nourishment
j there is the- choice of fish, fruit, veg?
etables, eggs, poultry, pineapple and
mangoes with copious draughts from
the cocoanut groves.
"We will market our produce on the
cooperative system and the timber of
'? the islands will provide our dwelling?.
"There are no salaried officials.
"If I receive 1,000 applications the
' pioneer party probably will start :n a
I few weeks.
"I want to build a white man's para?
dise and I want only good temp-red
people with a stake of $1.000 to join
me."
Mr. Disher declares there wi.l be nc
taxes to pay and guarantees the max?
imum working hours for self-stist?
nance as two a day. Omaha Bee.
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Britain's External Debt
Totals $6,389,440,000
Of This Amount $5.233,870,.
000 Is Due to United State?,
White Paper Shows
LONDON, July 26.?Great Britain's
external debt on March 31 last'araoant
ed to ?1,277,888,000 normal';.- $6,389,
440,000), according to a White P&pei
recently published. Of this smounl
?1,046,774,000 (normally $5,233,870,000
is due to the United States, ii
some small amounts borrowed fron
Continental countries which have to bi
paid back in United States dollars.
The various items below are workei
out on a par exchange basis:
Payable In:
:? s A. ?1,046,774.0?
Canada . 7 :
. 7.170.001
Argentina . IB.20
Uruguay . 5.954.001
' . 71
Switzerland .
Norway . NI
Sweden. NI
Spain . 2.500.001
Fiji . . 434.00
Si raits Si ? t lementa.
Mauritius . ?' -
To ci rtain alii ?. 113,1
Tor.-.; .?1.277.K8S.OO
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A product of rich, sweet milk.
It3 quick assimilation, due to
the fermenting process, turns
fatigue into pep in a moment.
Not a buttermilk.
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The Cost of Gold
The Federal Reserve Act requires that 40'^ reserve
in gold be maintained against notes in actual circu?
lation, and 35',' against deposits, in gold or lawful
money.
The World's gold production for 1919 was $365.
141,218, to which the United States contributed
$58,483,800, a decrease in excess of $10,000,000 from
the previous year. We learn that the United States
coined no gold in 1918 and 1919, but there was con?
sumed in the industrial arts in the United States alone
during 1919 $52,409,740 of gold, nearly all that was
mined in this country.
Where are we to get additional gold for our re?
serves unless we stimulate production, and how can we
stimulate production except by paying for it? With
the high cost of labor and machinery, gold production
has diminished because an ounce of gold does not bring
enough in the market to cover the cost of producing it.
and this is a condition that will continue until labor
and costs are reduced. The question is, will such costs
again be reduced to the figure necessary for the gold
miner to produce his metal at a profit? Yes, with
deflation of commodity prices and reduced taxes.
The Harriman National Bank would favor a pre?
mium on the use of gold for jewelry, dental needs,
window lettering, decoration and a hundred other
ways. With this premium upon such uses of gold paid
as a subsidy to the mine-owner, he could undoubtedly
make both ends meet and have a legitimate profit
wherewith to help pay his taxes.
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