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ALL MERCHANDISE ADVERTISED IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED 'Vol. LXXX No. 26,990 (Copyright, 1080, New York Fribun?! I no.) the Truth: News ? Editorials ? Advertisements FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1920 THE WEATHER Fair to-day and to-morrow; somewhat warmer to-day; moderate north? west to west winds. Full report on laRt pas? In ?TWO CENTS lircotrr ?w York THRICE ( KM? | rOVft Cl Within 200 Mi!*i I r.Nrrth ?5 CRXT9 TTf 2-1 Victory Gives Robins Series Lead Indians Get Three Hits Off Sherrod Smith in Third (rimie;Ca!flweI!Knoeke?? Out After Runs Are Made 8100 Infield Stops Speaker's Baiters Next Contest in Cleveland To-morrow; Robinson Says HeTl Win Title By W. O. McGeehan The brooding (;>.??< who have been watcl r.g the current world's series came to life yesterday when the Brooklyn Dodders took the third game from the Cleveland Indians at Ebbets Field by the score of 2 to 1. Uncle Wilbert Robinson's cast offs, gathered from the back yards of the big leagues and the little leagues, begin to look like world's champions. The repression that was in evi? dence at Ebbets Field in the first j two games broke in the third game, ! and the li cal baseball bug not only j began to sit up and take notice, but ho shrieked with the old abandon.! i ? ries i? starring to restore his faith ai I his voice. If it keeps this pace the series cf 1919 will be only, ? mare. Ray i . ' same "Slim" who way out of the New York irted foi t hi Indians, and ho last ' an nning. He left funs sei red against runs v. t?re enough : i ... -:...-, ._. ? j h er rod ried a left- landed En field o acked by 1 he Brooklyn ; dians .safe for the ' i That Greal $100 Infield , j Thi ? ? ?. nfield held 1 he Indians ; ' rama of 1 he pl< a <a.-.r a ". : a time tin v used I. The infield i i ? Charles H. ; . '.';! Squiro of Flat b $100 in actual ii made tue H an Dollar Quartet look ? i l ??: ! ]? i , netchy, who was . " ' ..." ; t he ? first; I'el rkin Ivil duff, v. ? the ai r by John .1. [van Oi ' jected -,>y t he . ' ihoit, an ?! J im my ' . [baseman !dii ?? '. aterial. Pcti ' i'.duff, the discarded ( . i .. I ? rst b; seba! i in the Gmal yards, and 1 ig Ed Ko ; ? the brighl and p?rticu Thi part they played in oim iva made the Hundred , dim men ories of the ind Dollar Quartet. jump v, ith bew :' ? ye itcrday. It hap n . "SI . i" Cald near I In plate ? m, and the got a base on bails. - n lumpi .1 a n< at saci. ? ; ?' oi th ? piale, and < ?lson d. < aldwell Loses Self-Possession 11, a near-hero of the 0] ne, set Caldweil'i nerves on mbling a poke by Tommy ? Olson on ti ird o nd at nrst. ( irdinai ily Cald '? ' ? ? . mosl . | o ; sed young . world. He used to wear the , happj ; i-lucky smile in victory and in defeat when he was with I ': ki an : ?ravi Wiid Bill is first gray hairs ' by Ins ? ricities, "Slim" suddi nly 1 e ;: .??>? serious person. When ? ball he began, tu . .-..: al the dirt in pikes. For life < ?a dwi . : was serious ?.. ? ... and t? al might have : ?ms undoing. Zack Wheat single between third arul ? Tar Indians' infield began to fidget : Iwell's head dropped ped at the dirt again [*< w petulant flings to first. ; days Caldw .' used to bo a f?jt worker, but yesterday he hesitated first time in a ? ball game. hed a hit just past Burn: , m, and Griffith scored. _ rhat \vn the last <>;" "Slim" for t he ' ? rris Speaker can.:' in from e O'Neill v alked down ii 1 ? . . tcher' box and the infield ? ound them in consultation. .ie left hi nd ?r v ith the si rut of a actor, ? ( i ode into the e i dwi II, with his eternal ik back to the Clev( - at. That was tin gamo, and ' prove to be th > series. "'Duster" is the young man who . . : >d fn m th ? ? ?- I --? itrengthen the rapidly tiring Indian iff at the tail end of the ' ' ' Lei ene season, and the 'Duster" did that little thing. He kept (Contlnifd en page twelve) Ebert in Trial Refutes Charge of Drunkenness Writer Who Published Report President Visited 'Barroom ? Expresses His KrjarW Sp?( id I ( ,'ii:'. ?o Tin : ribu i ' ' ' S>? J ?ii. Ti II '? no Im , BERLIN, Oct. 7. ? President Ebert defended himself successfully in court', <n Muhich yesterday against a charge ' "' drunkenness mad.- by Frederich JTreaka, a writer in the humorous week? ly Phosphor. Witnesses were called ?rom Ebert's immediate entourage, who. belong to the old buraoiscracy and "fc not Socialists. They comfttetely ex? onerated the President, testifying to I '">' rigid simplicity of his manner of j ?b ;"? and to his abstinence. rrcska based his charge on a report that President Ebert had visited a cer? tain barroom in Berlin at a time when, the defense proved, Ebi r< was no! e\ n ", Berlin. Freksa Anally agreed to * ithdraw his charge, express regret '????^ admit the falsity of his writings. ?;r also agreed to stand the costs of; M?e suit. I IL S. Population 105,683,108: 51 Per jCent Live in Cities Fig-res May Reach 118,000^000 When Possessions and Citizens Abroad Are Tabulated ; War and Influeik ' i Halt Gains WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. - The 1920 population of continental United States was announced to-day by the Censas Bureau as 105,683,108. This was an increase of 13,710,842, or 14.1) per cent, since 1910. To-day's total does not include the populations of outlying possessions, which will he announced as soon as the figures for Alaska and the mili? tary and naval services abroad are tabulated. It is estimated, however, that those possessions have 12,250,000 inhabitants, so the total number of people living under the American flag is in round numbers 118,000,000 The figures for continental United States compare with 91.972,266 ten years ago and 75,994,575 twenty years ago. The increase lor the last decade, however, Teil li.i per cent he low that of the preceding decade. Immigration Decrease Felt Director Rogers of the Census Bu? reau, in a formal statement, attributed this reduction to the almost complete stoppage of immigration during the World War, an increase in emigration during the same period, deaths in the influenza epidemic of 1917-1918, and war casualties. The statement noted that the trend of population from the country to the city had been greatly accentuated since 1910. For the first time in the coun? try's history, it said, more than hall the entire population was now living in urban territory. Preliminary tabulations. Mr. .Rogers said, showed that 54,816,209, persons were living in Incorporated places of 2,500 inhabitants or more and 50,860, 899 in rural territory. This situation was clearly reflected in the figures as to farms in the coun? try, which also were made public to? day. These placed the total of farms at 6,459,998, an increase of only 98,-100 or 1.5 per cent in ten years, as against. an increase of 624,l30 or 10.9 per cent in the decade ending in 1910. Mr. Rogers's statement said in part: "It may bo roughly estimated that the annual excess of births over deaths throughout the United States is ap proximity 1 per cent. "The excess of immigration over emigration during the decade was ap? proximately 3,733,000. Since the bulk of these foreign-born persons came to the country during the first lour years of the decade it may be roughly esti? mated that the increase due to excess of births over deaths in their families was about 10 per cent. Many Quit Farms for City "During the decade there has been an increase in that portion of the population living in urban territory of 12,192,820, or 28.6 per cent, and in thai portion living in rural territory of 1, 518,016, or only ?.l per cent.; and il the comparison is extended to covei the two classes of rural territory i' appears that that portion living in in corporated places of less than 2.500 in habitants shows an increase of 1,745, 371, or 21.5 per cent, whereas that por tion living in purely country district; shows an actual decrease of 227,555, o six-tenths of 1 nor cent.'' Five Killed, 26 Hurt in Tanker Blow-Up at Pier Three Olhers Missing in Brooklyn Gas Explosion; Two Victims Are Burned Beyond Recognition Man in Hospital May Die l se of Acetylene Torch or Spark From Cigar Thought Possible Causes An explosion of gas on the tank steamship G. 11. Crowe, in her berth at the James She wan & Sons shipyard, at the foot of Twenty-seventh Street. Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon, killed five men and injured nVore than a score. Three are missing and it is believed ' ley either were blown to pieces or were thrown into the water and drowned. The dead men, all of them workmen employed by the shipyard, were: Joshua Start, thirty-three years old, o. Third Avenue and .Nineteenth Street, Brooklyn. Start, who is survived by a . . ow and three young daughters, was blown through the roof of a machine shop and instantly killed. Thomas Fox, thirty-four years old, of 1214 Boynton Street, the Bronx. John McCoy, forty-nine years old, of 5801 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, Two unidentified men. Six in Hospital Six of the seriously injured are in hospitals, They are: Peter Keane, thirty-six years old, of 5010 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, in !.gian Hospital, with burns of the body, fuer and head and a fractured leg. He may die. Albert Suyerson, twenty-nine years old, of 518 'Fifty-second Street, eyes ,nd face burned. Herbert Halstead, forty years old, of 4915 Sixth Avenue, burns of head and face. Lawrence McKeon, thirty-two years old, of 442 Forty-first Street, body burned. t red Perry, forty-eight years old, of 138 East Third Street, head and face burned. I-'..?ward Daton, twenty-nine years old, ol 442 Forty-ninth Street, burns of eyes and face. Twenty other men who were caught in the blast were attended on the doc.k bj ambulance surgeons and sent home. (Continued on paga toven) L\ S. Hospital Uses Force On insane Hunger Strike! Denver Objector Given Enough Nourishment Daily to Sustain Healih, but Refuses to Eat Fro, I /''???:'.: ?:?? ii i; .?-. ... WASHINGTON, Oct. 7..Hungei striking does not thrive as successfully ;n St. Elizabeth's Hospital, the Federal government's institution for the treat men of insane patients in this city, as it does in Brixton jail infirmary, where Terence MacSwincy, Lord M^yor of Cork, has gone without food for fifty-six days Forcible feeding \a begun and con? tinued on patients in the United States t i pita! before hunger strikers really :.:ei under headway. The lates; in? stance of unsuccessful hunger strik? ing in St. Elizabeth's is the case of Bei jamin .1. S< lomon, of Denver, a con? scientious objector, who was brought to the Washington hospital frota the covt i nment hospital at Fort Douglas, Utah, on July 15, eighty-four days ago, IB' immediately refused to eat and has consistently declined voluntary feed? ing since. Forcible feeding, however, was decided upon by the hospital au? thorities within a few days after Solo? mon's fasting began and he has been given sufficient nourishment each day in sustain him in comparative good health, hospital physicians said. Solomon, through the Civil Liberties Union of New York City, is seeking hi:, reler.se from the hospital on the srround that he is illegally confined thenp. Babeas corpus proceedings for his re!e:i:-e have been filed in the Dis? trict of < olumbla "Supreme Court by Attorney Seth J. Shepherd jr. Domestle Holi? l'robIem? easily solvod l>y consulting Situation ?\ .i ? tod Female Ada. thiii appear In The Tribune dairy "*? by Inserting e Help Wanted Ad. Phone Beekman S000 or ?o to ?i,\ Tribun* Wani *,?!. Atronr.y. >Advt Britain Plans -s Rail and Mail Tie-Up of Erin Government Said to Threat? en Reprisals for Refusal of Irish Employers to Transport Its Munitions Two 3Iore Are Slain Dublin ('asile Statement Scores Failure to Punish Assailants of- the Police DUBLIN', Oct. 7 (By The Associated Press).?It is hinted in authoritative quarters here that Ireland is faced with a further curtailment in railway operations and a possible cessation, or at least a severe curtailment, of all postal and telegraph services. The cor? respondent understands that the gov? ernment's position is accurately re? flected in the following statement made to him this afternoon: '"For more than three months the railway employees have refused to car? ry munitions or the military and po? lice. The railways were taken over during the war under an act to insure priority for government use. Large sums were pai<l the Irish railways which benefited both employees and shareholders, who are mostly Irish? men. Deprived of Priority ''But the government has not re? ceived the priority lor which it paid. In fact, it has been actually deprived, with'two exceptions, of the us? of the railways for its most urgent needs. Care hitherto has been taken to re? frain from any action which would be likely to force an issue. It has been hoped that a way out might be found which would not involve the stoppage of railway facilities, but the time is coming when the government may have to insist on its rights. The pos? tal and telegraph services are in the same position, as a result of raids on the mails and the cutting of telegraph wires." The police barracks at Feakle, Ei t Clare, were attacked to-day by a large body of armed men. Constable Will? iam Stanley was shot dead and Ser? geant Doherty severely wounded. A police patrol was attacker] near Pomeroy, County Tyrone. Onp con? stable was shot through the breast, the other ten members oi the party escape;) injury. Failing to answer a sentry's chal? lenge, John Clifford, seventeen years old, was hot last night near his home m Londonderry and di d to-day. Outstanding Offenses Dublin Castle this afternoon gave out a list of outstanding offenses from January 1 to the week ending October 2. it was accompanied by the state? ment that it was "a significant fact that for all the murder:', and shooting i! police the number of perpetrators apprehended could be counted on the ; i cei s on one hand." "In this fact," the statement adds, "might be found the motive for re? prisals. The authorities cannot get the men responsible, or, if they <lo, they get off through hunger-striking or clemency of the government. Xu one can be found to testify against them, either through intimidation or because of political .sentiment. There? fore, many of the police feel that drumhead justice is the only way to deal with them.'' The list of offenses follows: "Courthouses destroyed, 63; Royal (Continued en next p.ice) Sinn Fein for Dominion Rule if Majority Agrees LONDON, Oct. 7.?Leaders of the Sinn Fein have intimated that, although they desire com? pleto separation of Ireland from England, they would not oppose a broad measure of dominion home rule if it-can be proved a majority of the Irish people de? mand it, says the Daily Mail. The first thing that will be done, the newspaper says, will be the creation of a constituent assem? bly for Ireland, in which Ulster will be given representation. Used for Cox, Says Brewer $26,242.50 Paid Out by Flood Prevention Board i oReimbun-? ?Democratic CampaigiiDonorsinOhio Hypocrisy Is Bared At Senate Inquiry $5,000NoteGivenbyGov ernor in 1916 Was Paid by Metal Products Check Special Dispatch to The Tribune DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 7.-?Evidence adduced at the first session in Dayton to-day of the .Senate sub-committee in? vestigating campaign expenditures cen? tered around three revelations: A note for $5,000, dated August 10, 1917, given by Governor Cox to the City National Bank of Dayton, and paid on June 29, 1913, with a check of the Dayton Metal Products Com? pany for $5,075, covering principal and interest. The payment of $20,242.50 on Feb? ruary a, 1918, out of funds of the Dayton Flood Prevention Committee to reimburse men who had con? tributed to Cox's 1910 gubernatorial campaign. The payment of expenses of three 'temporary organizations which boosted Cox in his 1910 campaign, aggregating $31,000, by Adam Schant.'/':, former Dayton lawyer, out of funds of which $2,000 was con? tributed by the Dayton Metal Products Company, as representing 37,000 subscriptions of individuals. The sworn reports filed under the corrupt practices act hid the source of the money by listing Democratic state, city and county employees as the contributors. Hypocrisy Revealed Hypogrisy practiced in behalf of Cox in 1916 was revealed by Schantz, who was examined on the stand by Senator Walter E. Edge, of New Jersey, Repub? lican member of the sub-committee. Senator Alice Pomerene, of Ohio, is the Democratic member. Expense accounts Hied under the cor rupi practices act with the Secretary of State list the following three mush? room organizations which lived only through the 1916 campaign: forward Looking Association of Ohio, receipts, $12,600; expenditures, $12,663.73. Independen? Voters' League of Cuya hoga County, receipts, $8.200; expendi? tures. $?8,191.60. ' League for the Protection and Pre? servation of the Workmen's Compensa? tion Law, receipts, $10,800; expendi? tures, $10,700. The?Forward Looking Association re? port says that it was formed to support. Cox; so doe- the Independent Voters' League report The Workmen's Compensation League report says its purpose was to presi rve and protect the Ohio Com? pensation act. Schantz testified he gave to William Mason for the Forward Looking As? sociation, $12,000; to Gale Hartley, for the Independent Voters' League, $8,600, and to .Morris Sloman, for the Work? men's Compensation League, $10,400. Schantz said he understood the organ? izations were to work toward flood pro? tection and in behalf of candidates favorable to it. Senator V/?{ brought out on examin? ation of Schantz that although Schantz testified he furnished nearly all the funds spent by each association, their .-.worn reports hid this bj giving a list of dummy contributors for each as? sociation, the sums of money after the names aggregating approximately in each case the total Schantz said he turned over for their operation. The Dummy Contributors The dummy contributors in each in? stance were largely-Democratic state,! county, city employees or ex-employ? ers, although some brewers, saloon? keepers and attorneys were included Schantz said the $31,000 he gai ?' the three Laitues was raised as follows: From Colonel E. A. Deeds, IL E. T'al b itt, ' '. !?'. Kettering, Walter Kidder and Schant:: himself, $7,000 each; from F. M. Tait, $2,000. Marvyn Scudder, New York account? ant, testified the Dayton Metal Prod? ucts Company, which owned the Day? ton Wright Airplane Company, paid the contributions of $7,000 each for Deeds, Talbott and Kcttering. Deeds was one of the original incor? porate? of the Dayton-Wright Air? plane Company, which was controlled bj the Metal Products Company. Tal bott was preside lit of th Meta Products Company and of the City N tional Lank of Dayton, His son, M. E. (Continued on nrxt pr.ge) League Flatly Repudiated By Harding 'Strikes Deadly Blow at Constitutional Integrity,' Senator Tells Throng o? 9,000 at Des Moines' Urges Association Of Nations Plan Replying to Heckler, He Says U. S. Troops Have No Business in Germany From n Staff Correspondent DMA ?A, Neb., Oct. 7.?Senator War? ren G. Harding to-day campaigned his way across the vast corn held that is called Iowa, delivering more than a dozen speeches. In an afternoon ad? dress at Dos Moines the Republican Presidential nominee declared that tho Treaty of Versailles already had been scrapped and added that, "in simple words, I favor staying out." Senator Harding continued: "It is not interpretation "but rejection I am seeking. My position is that the pro? posed League of Nations strikes a deadly blow at our constitutional in- ! tegrity and surrenders to a dangerous! extent our independence of action." Assuring his hearers that he favored ' some scheme of international coopera- I tion, the Senator said: "We shall have! an association of nations for the pro? motion of international peace, but one; which shall so definitely safeguard our sovereignty and recognize our ultimate and unmortgaged freedom of action that it will have back of it not a di-1 vided and distracted sentiment but the united support of the American people."! Would Return U. S. Troops Senator Harding, replying to a ques? tion, said that American troops; had no business in Germany and that as soon as peace was de clared they would be coming home. To a question about Ireland, the nomi nee said h ? would no more tell Great Britain what to do with Ireland than, to permit Croat Britain to tell us what ; we should do with the Philippines. "Somebody has been saying that there' is doubt about my position respecting; the Pari-, League of Nations," declared the Senator. "Weil, I tun not for it. j The Democratic nominee for President has said he is in favor of going in. 1| am not in favor of going in. "Somebody wants to know if I am in! accord with Senator Borah, or whether j I have promised' Sen; tor Johnson to scrap the league. Well, it does not matter whether I am in accord wiwi Senator Borah or mit. As a matter of fact. I am not in complete accord with Senator Borah. Lut as President of t'no United States I would be in one. position ami as Senaten' he would be in another, and I do not pretend that I will control the Senate of the United States when I ant President. Says Wilson Scrapped League "Senator Johnson and I have nevef -aid anything about scrapping the league. The President scrapped the league himself, and hie chief agent was my friend and your friend and neigh? bor, Senator Gilbert Hitchcock, of Ne? braska. "Somebody says arc you going to submit this league to the Senate? N'ever, my countrymen, with Article 1U in it." Tin1 Senator's second principal ad (!'?'?..-? of th" day, in Omaha to-night, was on lav.' ami order. Violence and terrorism must be puigpd from Amen-! can life, the nominee declared in a! speech that followed a parade through ! streets tilled a year ago with ?i mob that burned the courthouse, lynched a. negro, trVd to hang the Mayor and looted stores. "Official terrorism" was1 interpreted by the Senator's audience! as an attack on the Department of ?I ustico. Gets Ovation at De? .Moines On his ai rival at Des Moines, Senator and Mr::. Harding were met at the trail by Governor and Mrs. W. L. Harding, Nate Ken ! ? i. Repul? icen candidate for Governor; Senator Al bi rt i'-\D\-i\\:'>. a close fri ind of Si nator Harding. ? nd Henry < '. Wallace, pub? lisher of Wallace's Farmer, and mans' other distinguished reside::* ? of the city. The candidate was driven to the Fort Les Moines Hotel through a hat waving crowd that lined the curbs on both sides "!" the street. Thor.' was a reci ption at the hotel and then the party started for the Auditorium, where 0 000 : ers ms had : at liered. Dean Ilolrti' - Cowper, of Drake Uni? versity, made the r-rowd sing "Keep he home .; is burning" and was just itarting them on "Lack up your ?. ubh s" ''? hen the audi mce spi d the ray head of Senator Harding in the door at th side of the p atforn . There (Continued en r-v three) H ?V.??CI1 a il jOlllg liOW?l awav <Lai\ 1 ' ? - A A Third And Amsterdam Avenue car, carrying thirty-eight passeng :rs, ran away last night while descending the hill on Amsterdam Avenue above Man? hattan Street and crashed into a Broad? way and Amsterdam Avenue car at the bottom. The cars telusc ped, flinging wreckage to the sidewalks and were carried by the impact a full block be? low the see:'- of the collision. Henry Helmes, niotorman of the run? away car. Buffered crushed legs. Sur? geons were compelled to am) t?te ? rii of them before he could be extricated from the wreck. William Witherax, conductor of the other car, was hurled from the rear platform half the length of the car and suffered a fract i the skuli. Nine passengers required medical attention. Btakas Failed Helmes discovered at 135th Street, a little below the crest of the hili. that his airbrakes did no' hold the car. He began to twist at the 'sand brake and was working furiously but vainly at ?t throughout the whole wild r',.!.. Pas? sengers who .wished to get off were pressing their thumbs or. the buzzer buttons on the Bide panels and glanc? ing wondering!;,' at the speeding street lights and buildings, but none of them renHr.?d the peril 'they were in. One or them said after the accident that the e: r was going at the rate of forty miles an hour. i':. ? Broadway ; nd Amsterdam Ave? nue ear, in chargi of Steven Keilly, ' d rman, and Witherax, conductor, ? : ? li'a-. ing the ham at 128th Street nd had just rounded the turn into \ r iam A. enue, heading south, whei the runaway hurtled into it. Patrolman Priall, of : ic West 125th Street police stati a, ran to Knicker? bocker Hi lital, at I31s1 Street and Am Le'rdam Avenue, and got Dr. Shapiro ::nd Dr. Spalding. The sha tercd and telescoped cars were filled ni.?i groan? ing passengers when they arrived. Legs Are Amputated The plight of Helmes was seen to be the most s< rious. One of his shattered 'ega hung limp and free of the d?bris, but the right leg was still gripped by locked ears. While the mctortnan ga i] e : out his brief story of the brakes that would not work, Dr. Shapiro am? putated I ;< right leg. H? mes was pul j :>, c of the cars and taken to the hospital, where his other leg was am ; utated. As soon as Witherax was found and removed from his wrecked car, he also was taken to the hospital. Dr. Spalding set tin an emergency hospital at "the curb, where he dressed the injuries of nine'passengers, men, women and chil? dren who had been hiirled about the car by tho ?-.ho,?!?? nnd rnt hv broken class. Official Paris Minutes " Reveal Wilson Promise To Send Aid to Rumania Official Peace Conference Record Oj Statement Made by the President The controversy beticeen Senator Seiden P. Spencer, of Missouri, and President Wilson over a promise of military aid to Rvmaiiia and Serbia started ivlien Senator Spencer asserted that the President had given such a promise at the peace conference. The President denied he had given the pladge. The French official minutes of the eighth plenary session of the peace conference contain the following as part of a statement made by President Wilson: "Si le monde se trouve de nouveau troubl?, si ?e3 conditions que nous regardons tous comme fondamentales, sont remises en question, la garantie qui vous est donn?e veut dire que les ?tats-Unis feront passer de ce c?t? de l'oc?an leur arm?e et leur flotte." Following is a literal translation of the French text: "If the world finds itself troubled anew, if the -onditions which we all regard as fundamental are again drawn into question, the guaranty which is given to you will mean that the United States will send to this side of the ocean their army and their navy." Senator Spencer quoted the President as Jiaving said: "You must not forget that it is force that is the final guaranty of the public peace. If the world is again troubled, the United States will send to this side of the ocean their army and their fleet." New Rent Acts Not Retroactive? Lawyer Argues Eleven Tenant Defendants. in Suit to Evict, Signed Lease Before Laws Were Passed, Plaintiff Says Agreed to Move on Oct. I First Case Under Special Legislation in Supreme Court; Decision Reserved Justice Mullan ir the Supreme Court yesterday reserved decision in the first rent case heart in that court under the new laws enacted by the special session of the Legislature in September. The courtroom was filled with lawyers, landlords and tenants interested in the test case, whose out? come is likely to have an important hearing- on the future administration of that phase of the rent laws heard by the court. The case was brought by William Brandt & Co., Inc., owners of an apart? ment house at Audubon Avenue and 170th Street, l'or a writ to oust from their apartments eleven tenants who refused to move when their leases ex? pired on October 1. M. D. Siege!, for the realty company, said that under the new rent laws I there was nothing ?eZt for the landlord to do in seeking redress but to ask t1: Supreme Court for equitable velief. He argued that no law coutd be made retroactive and that was the effect of the September law, for at that time the leases were already in effect under which the tenants agreed to give up possession of their apartments on Sep? tember 30. Then, taking advantage of the.new law, they refused t.> move and ! are holding over without lease. Wants Case to Co to Higher Court In reply to a question by Justice Mullan whether he wished to argue on the constitutionality of the new law, Mr. Siegel said he had no such desire and, in fact, would have the justice deny the motion of the Brand! com? pany at orate, so that the matter could be expedited en anneal i . the Appel? late .Division and la.er, perhaps, to the Court of Appeals. Abraham Lipton, for several of the tenants, argued that the application of the landlord to oust the tenant* should be dismissed, as tin land : had not made out a cau ? of action if he conceded the. constitutionality of t! e rent legislation. The remedy of the Brandt company, said Mr. Lipton, was . to bring a suit tor rent. Justice Mullan interjected: "From | time immemorial it has been a right of it landlord to sue for recovery of his property." "But a court of equity cannot nullify a legislative enactment to give relie: to the landlord.'' said r: on as ? rawford, . ttorncj for two oi the defendant ten? ants. "This is America, not Russia," .said Justice Mullan. ?Were it not for the recent rent, leg? islation in this city," replied Mr. Craw? ford, "the city would have been Rus- . ?ianized. Th.- se laws are the enactment; of the public policy of the state. The court:? must accept them as such as long as they" remain on the books. "I own a house; my butcher, my baker and my plumber make me pay1 the present high c :t'. They are not restrained by the Legislature. Why should the "landlord ahne bear the i (Continued on paa? r^mty-ttirit; Pan-Germans Proclaim Allegiance to Kaiser BERLIN, Oct. 7.?Pan-German representatives from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Alsace - Lorraine and Czecho? slovakia are holding a conference at Frankfort, according to a dis? patch received from that city to-day. w At the first sitting of the con? ference, the dispatch says, a reso? lution was adopted proclaiming the allegiance of the delegates present to the former German Emperor. We Have Full Ship Control, Says Harrimaii He Makes Public Letters to Benson Declaring That American Interest* Hold 51 Pet. of Capital Stock May Own Entire Issue Financier Asserts Germans Wanted It So; No Plans for Foreign Holdings Correspondence purporting to show that the contract between the Ameri? can Ship nnd Commerce Corporation and the Hamburg-American Line for establishment of world trade routes provides that the capital is to be con? trolled by American interests was made public yesterday by W. A. Harri man, president of the corporation. On July 7 Mr. Harriman, in response to o.uestions from Admiral Benson, chain. ; a of the United State s Ship? ping Board, wrote that 51 per cent, and probably all, of the stock of the com? pany which is to sign the h nal con? tract with the Germans will be owned by the American Ship and Commerce Corporation. lie said that there was no agreement, either expressed or im? plied, for foreign interest in the stock. Admiral Benson asked the questions before giving his approval to the agreement. Mr. Harrlman's action in making the letter public is part of his answi r to ' ? ??:. ' h will serve to restore German shipping at the expense of American shipping. Mr. Harriman, in his letter, ex? plained that it was the intention to t'orra a company subsidiary to he American corporation, which would control the subsidiary stock. U. S. Company May Own All Stock' "The officials ?. t the Hamburg-Ameri? can Line,'' sa.d Mr. Harriman, "v.?si''<i to be sure that the operations or' this new company would be controlled by j the American Ship and Commerce Cor p ration a company in which it had confidence- and therefore we inserted the provision in '.'?aus- ? by which ?l per cent of the stock of this now com? pany should be owned by . n ? American Shin and Commerce Corporation. As a matter of fact, the American Snip and Commerce Corporation probably will own all the stock of the new company, If. however, this was for some reason inadvisable, certainly all the stock (Continued en page twfnty-thrrr) Western Roads Lay Off 10 to 15 P. C, of Forces Employment of Excessive Num? ber Curler I . S. Control and Trade Stamp Among Reasons Spt ? il Vis natch Vj The '."< . ? . ?? CHICAGO, Oct. 7. -Reductions in per- ' rtonnel on the principal railroads were reported in advices to-day from the j traffic centers of the middle West. Railroads centering in Chicago are letting out from 10 to 15 per cent of' heir employees, according to Clason Thompson, of the Railway News Bu? reau. Most of these are .:-. I e clerical and equipment department -, he . "This move is not I r >U2ht on by business depression,'' said Mr. Thomp? son. "While the government bad the roads there was a tendency to employ too many men. This ? i pecially trur in the accounting line. The r ???'?? are now trying to g<-f- back to norm;.!." In Cincinnati the movement of freight has dropped so much in the last ten days that moro than J00 clerks and switchmen employed by the even railroads in that city have been laid off. In Decatur, 111., the Wabash w off more than BOO men in its mechani? cal department on account of a slump in business. The New York Central has decided to reduce its force.? ?0 per cent throughout the system, according to - : ?:? ? if] Elkhart. I;:d., and ! land to-day, but this could not be verified. The reduction ?3 .-.aid to be planned for next week. Reports from St. Paul ^ay that the Great Northern ha* laid off clerks in its general offices, pay rolls on the Northern Pacific are being sliced, and reductions are b?ing put into effect on other roads. Statement Made in Reply ?o Protest of Bratiano Against Austrian Treaty Then Under Discussion Spencer Exact In Quoting Him Abstract in Possession of Tribune Bares Pledge to Send Army and Navy A copy in French of the official minutos of the secret session of the peace conference on May 31, 1919, which gives the text of a statement by President Wilson that has been called into controversy by Sena? tor Seiden P. Spencer's assertion the President had promised aid to Rumania and Serbia, has c ?me into the possession of The Tribune. Joseph P. Tumulty, Secretary to the President, said yesterday trat Mr. Wilson had no stenographic rec? ord of the session and. as far as the President knew, none was in this country. The President's statement, which was interpreted by the Missouri Sen? ator as promising aid to the Eu? ropeans whom the President was ad? dressing, is printed on page 'J-'l of the official abstract of the official Fren c'a miau Occasion for Statement It is recalled that the President's re? marks resulted from protests- by Pre? mier Bratiano of Rumania against th? treaty with Au.-tria, which was under discussion. Tlie Rumanian objections were answered first by ! lemenceau, and then Bratiano rejoin".'. In the discus? sion which resulted Ignace Paderewski, of Poland; Dr. Kramar, of Czecho-Slo vakia, and Dr Trumbitch, of Jugo? slavia (Serb: .', stated tl attitudes o:' th>ir governments. Finally Pri Wilson took the floor arid, in reply to the Rumanian Premi r' plea tor pro? tection, assured Bratiano that^n case cf need "the United States will send to this sicie of the ocean its army and navy." Secretary Tumulty's statement yes? terday was in reply to an appeal to tho I t to ettle the con ro? ersy by producing the minutes of the secret session of t h ? peat e ci on May 31, 1919 he actually did saj un thai on. Mr Tumulty ad led that it wu ? "up to thosi m iking the charges I ? produce the proof." Spea ; . lent W ilson, Ser retary day brandi d Senator Spi tement a~- "abso? lutely and . . alse." Last Tuesday Preside ilson sent a let it .- to Senat r ?? 'er, in which h? said the S nat : ic-nt quoting the Pre e. On Wednes? day the i ; . ident ienator th.? following "1 a m pcrfcc ; I o leave to the voti i ?: o I ' 'I (termino .-.a.,-. ' ?: uth." On Page 23 of th itrace Presid nl V. ? "Si !c moi de troubl?, s< I gardons tous sent rem:::-- en question, i v i . ? i .1 tant que, dai ' t fa sorte des divers probl ti?remi ni faisant '."'' Wilson's Words Translated Pri sid ? '?' The m nut s . "If tl anew, if t] gard as fundamenta . . d rawn into questioi ?riv in to you wi! aited Slates will s -t I to 1 : heir arm* and t? ? it surprising, in these cor.d ions, that they i: he Ui i ? ??? uld want to reach a settlement of the diverse m c::-* lively sat ; ' The abstract Th< Trio mi 's po? ? ? the stenograpl fiiZiu pa, - Of this, ddl i - - -,\ : s half of !' Pages '?2 and - ' and five Page 24. It is The President out by Bratian >. wh i ?ng that the Rum not had even twenty-four hours to ex : . ? ? ' ' i them the previous evening, submitted a series of docum ted Annexes A, B, i and D, explaining Rumania's ? toward the guar? anties of mil '?';? and th?1 pra Annex B sum mar ;? i I. eetions to the e treatment of national minoril document said in part: "' . . . Rumania ha* ? qua!?iy of the right? i o nom ri to a)l her citizens, ?without distinction as to ?.. . . . la general as.- Ruma pared to accept whoso the states adhering to th* League tcknou for their reaped I . On no other terms can Rumania admit, in a.i" ; mention by for nto the admin ? i A Guaranty of Peace n ply, n I ranslatod "rent the official Fi ? ? Engp . "The Allied i isa ciatcd ii antee the mai upon which He sha'.i kgree, con ditioni ill he they who will haw? to assume th ? gation and the burden; it i - that tac responsibility will primarily rest, just as, by force .jf en ive made the grastest effort our