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First to Last? the Truth: News ?Editorials
OCTOBER 12, 1920
Advertisements
THE WEATHER
Fair to-day and to-morrow; little
change In temperatore; fresh
south to southwest winds
Fnll report on last par?
TUESDAY,
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TWO CENTS
In ??renter Now York
THRF.F CENTS
Wilhln ?00 Mile?
FOCB CENT*
Klsewher*
Mails Blanks
Robins With
3 Hits, 1 to 0
Brooklyn Cast-Off Victor
in Pitchers" Duel With
Smith as Burns's Double
Scores Speaker in Sixth
Indians Need One
Game to Win Title
Robinson** Men Miss Big
Chance When They Fill
Bases in Second Inning
By W. O. McGeehan
CLEVELAND, Oct. 11. The 1920
world's series, to all intents and pur- I
poses, ended here to-day, so far as ,
Flatbush and vicinity are concerned. !
Sergeant Sherrod Smith, the hope of :
the Dodgers, lost a pitchers' duel to
"Duster" Mails, a discarded Dodger, by
the tight score of 1 to 0. The quarrel ?
now stands Cleveland, four carnes;
Dodgers, two games, and one more vie- j
jory will give it officially to the In-!
diana.
A single by Speaker, followed by a ;
two-bagger hy Cleveland George Burns, I
in the sixth inning settled the game
und quite probably the series. There
were two out when it happened.
This piece to-day might be called :
;The Left-Hander's Revenge."
Once upon a time "Duster" Mails,!
who he'd the desperate Dodgers to \
three scattered hits to-day, used to
hold a situation with Charles Ebbets,
the Squire "of Flatbuah. Through the
summer the "Duster" used to warm up
M a pitcher. In the winter he kept the !
stands at Ebbets Field neat and clean
with a broom and a paint brush.
Demanded Raise; Let Out
He was never taken Quite seriously'
as a pitcher, but with the brush and ;
broom he had no peer among the em?
ployees of the good old Squire. Being
? an ambitious young man, the "Duster"
wanteii to rise in the world. One day ?
he approached the good old Squire with i
? demand for a alight increase in pay
for the painting und dusting of the i
stands.
The good old Squire was deeply
paim .. the request. It sounded mer-,
eenary to him, First he remonstrated
gently with the player, then he became
angry. Finally hu opened the gate of
Ebbets Field and cast the "Duster" out j
into the cold world.
"1 go, but I shall return and muss up '?
your Dodgers with my good left hand,
cried the "Duster" at the parting. And j
to-day he kept his word. Long exercise j
with "the broom at Ebbets Field had put
strength into his arm und he turned it
against the hired men of the Squire. |
The left-hander's revenge was com- ?
p?ete, for while Speaker scored the i
winning rim and while George Burns?
batted it in, it was "Duster" Mails, the I
left-hander, who held the Dodgers
scoreless.
May End Series To-day
There ought to be a moral to this
homely tale, it should teach magnates
not to scorn the humble left-handers
even when they seem to have more
shingles looBe ?n their roofs than even
left-handers an' supposed to have. Cast
the raspberry at a left-hander and it
is quite likely to return after many
nays and the last raspberry is the
bitterest,
To-morrow may end this series, if
8peaker comes back with Coveleskie, ?
as he is quite likely to do if he wants j
the thing to end with considerable
abruptness There is no particular
reason why it should be dragged out. ?
'twould have been actually over to-day j
instead of practically so if the mag-,
lates had not slipped over the nine
frame schedule during the consterna?
tion causH by the shock at Chicago.
I'ncle Wilbert Robinson has a lot of
pitchers left, but somehow they seem
to he more or less superfluous. Richard
de Marquis Marquard might be able to
prolong the acony, but the Rube was
?Tricing to the local legal authorities
?ertaln ticket deals here and the Rube
is not in the frame of mind to pitch
i"ood ball games.
All Over but the Shouting
The pastime was somewhat mild to?
day. A pitchers' liuel is nothing much I
to froth at the mouth over and any?
thing that might have happened to-day
would have seemed an anti-climax after
?hat happened yesterday. There is no
farther anxiety in this place. They
fiel, quite confidently, that it is all
?"er but the shouting and they will at?
tend to that at the proper time.
Uncle Wilbert Robinson has one con
'?lation only, and that is that the pen?
nant-winning Dodgers of 19L'0 put up
?better fight than the Dodgers of 1916.
Rain to-morrow may delay the end, but
'tseeniR hardly probable that anything
MM could.
The "Duster" strode into the box In
t*e first inning with the tragic dignity
?i Hamlet's papa's ghost. The "Dus
{**" is a most theatrical young man.
'?an Olson hoisted a long fly to left
that went almost into the steerage
Customers. The "Duster" mopped his
Mow though there was nothing on it
;o mop an.i struck out Sheehan. Neis
?as thrown out by Wambsganss and
9* "Duster" inflated his chest to the
?orating point as ho strode to the
?gout.
h the Indian half of the first, Evans
r"PPed a hit past Jack Sheehan, the
rookie third baseman, but he was im
P?,'?7d on the pill trying to steal, whet)
**l'!er made a quick pass to Olson.
Wambsganss hoisted to short right
""o Speaker fouled out to Miller.
Dodgers Threaten Early
The "DuaterV chest expanded to
?"? size 0f Wilbert Robinson's front
Web when Zack Wheat made a futile
?fwf at a third strike and petulantly
_ (Continued en pi|? twelve)
Shopmen Will Be Laid Off
Norfolk & WrMrrn Announces
20 Per Cent Cut Oct. 16
? R0AXOKF. Va., Oct. 11.?Notice of
0 Per cent reduction in the shop
fore
*? of the Norfolk & Western Rail
*?? system, beginning with laborers
^a helpers, eflfectiv? October 16, has
en posted in the company's shops.
,,:*"' OffliT IIpIi?? U |dei?wnke work
t*1? executive rnad The Tribun".
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~Mh,??rri*Rt- r>r Pl?c? tt ttirru?i any (if Th?
'?M. ,V,ri? A* Alfnt?-?vor.T riUently to
44JJ la all part? of Orea'.er r.ew York.?
Irish Vice-President Seized;
Whole Country in Uproar
Arrest of Father Flanagan Believed to Carry Out
Promises of Lloyo" George for Sterner
Measures Against the "Republic"
From The Tribune European Bureau
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribuno Inc.
LONDON, Oct. 11.?Father Flanagan,
"Vice-President of the Irish Repuolic,"
was arrested to-day by a military pa?
trol at Rallinasloe. on a charge which
was not made known. The arrest has
created great excitement throughout
Ireland.
Hitherto Father Flanagan, as a priest,
has been immune from military inter?
ference and has been regarded as a re?
straining influence among; Sinn Fein
leadets. In h is latest address he dep?
recated the freo.ucnt Sinn F?in raids
for arms.
In Dublin the nrrest is taken as an
indication that the government is be?
ginning the stern measures threat?
ened by Lloyd George at Carnarvon on
Saturday. From all that is known
publicly, no less offensive Republican
could have been choren for arrest, and
other leaders are wondering who will
be next.
Mr. Lloyd George's speech ha?
stirred up the bitterest anti-English
feeling in Ireland, and it is generally
felt that recent efforts toward con
cilintion have been rendered negligible
by his utterances.
The Freeman's Journal says "Lloyd
George declares war," and asserts the
speech obviously was calculated to
stifle the spirit of reconciliation which
had been manifesting itself. The
speech is regarded as a cynical con?
donation of reprisals. Even the Union?
ist Irish Time? says the speech is open
to criticism, especially that part of
it referring to reprisals. The paper
:. declares the address was purposely
harsh.
The Irish Peace Conference, from
which many things were expected in
the matter of opening the way toward
a settlement of the Irish question,
is disheartened by the speech. Many
members believe it is needless to con?
tinue negotiations.
Rioting again broke out in London?
derry and Belfast last night. It was
necessary for the troops to resort to
bayonet charges before the mobs could
be dispersed. In Belfast the trouble
took the same old form of sectarian
disputes with fights in which stones,
rivets and revolvers were used, caus?
ing numerous minor casualties. There
was pome sniping at the soldiers. The
(Continued on pago five)
Coal Gougers
Delay Mayor's
Plan of Relief
Independent Operators Ask
$16 a Ton for Anthracite
at Mines; Price of R. R.
Controlled Firms Only $8
City Needs 300,000 Tons
Quoted S14, With November
Delivery; Car Juggling
Seen; Nixon Starts Probe
While Mayor Dylan and other of?
ficials are considering a proposal to
bring relief to the city from the coal
shortage by the direct purchase of
300.000 tons of anthracite from the
Pennsylvania mines, an orgy of profit?
eering is in prepress. It has enabled
independent operators in some in?
stances to receive the unprecedented
price of $16 a ton at the mines. That
is twice the price charged by the rail?
road-owned companies and a majority
of the independent concerns.
To what extent the coal juggling
has retarded industry and created in?
convenience along the Atlantic sea?
board is indicated by extracts from
the report of Senator William M.
Calder'a committee on reconstrucci?n
and production, mafle public yesterday.
The committee, formed primarily to
ascertain why building materials were
not available for construction, began
to inquire into the coal situation, the
report says, when it was found that
tho Interstate Commerce Commission
had issued orders that all flat and
open top cars be withheld from ship?
pers of building materials and used
exclusively for coal shipment..--.
Speculators Control Cars
These cars, it is set forth in the re?
port, fell into the hands of- groups of
speculators, who instead of allowing
them to be loaded with coal purchased
under contract by industrial concerns
routed them to whatever destination
promised Die greatest profit. By this
maneuver contracts were evaded and
the fuel in transit became what Is
known as spot coal. When its cost
in the cars at tidal and interior points
should have been around $7 a ton,the
committee found, the manipulators
forced the spot price to from $10 to
$23 a ton.
"The committee's investigation has
not been completed and cannot be
dropped at this point," Senator Calder
said. "It is essential that the con?
stituent elements of the conspiracy
be brought into the spotlight and that
it be ascertained wKether the profi?
teers who effected this hold-up were
in any way connected wtih those in
control of the mines or railroads, or
with the political organizations who
had the power of direction and control
of both."
That speculation has been a con?
tributing influence to the present
shortage is the opinion voiced by New
York authorities. Instead of stopping
with the speculators in control of the
cars, they said, the epidemic of profi?
teering ?pears to have contaminated
some of tho independent operators.
Price $H at Railroad Mines
In contrast with the price of $16 at
the mines recorded in some trans?
actions, an official of one. of the larger
railroad-.owned companies said its mine
price on stove and nut coal Is $8. Some
independent concerns quoted prices
from 50 to 75 cents higher.
One authority on the subject said
(Continued on pugs tour)
Jealous Husband Shoots
Wife, Then Kills Self
Woman With Babv in Arms Is
Felled by Bullet Dur?
ing Quarrel
David Cohen, of IS?.? Floyd Street.
Brooklyn, died yesterday in St. John's
Hospital from a bullet he sent into
his own head after shooting his wife
in the jaw. She is in the samo hospi?
tal and probably will recover.
The couple were quarreling, Hyman
Schwager, the woman's son by a
previous marriage, told the police,
when he went to the baker's about
breakfast tune. Mrs. Cohen was hold?
ing her six-months-old child in her
arms. She had asked lier husband
for the rent money and he had re?
torted by suggesting that she get it
from lier former husband, of whom
he was intensely jealous.
When Hyman returned he found his
mother unconscious on the floor, the
baby still clasped in her arms unhurt.
Cohen lay near his wife and also was
unconscious.
The boy said hia father had called
at the house recently to say goodby
to him as the elder mnn was going
to San Francisco and that Cohen had
heard of the visit and thought that
Schwager was calling on his former
wife.
Kidnapper Says
He Smothered
Coughlin Baby
Pasquale Deelares He Hid
?nfant Under His Coat
and It Died as he Fled
From Norristown Home
Police Doubt His Story
Father of Stolen Child and
Police Fail to Find Body
in Vicinity of Egg Harbor
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 11.?An all
day search of the swamps in the vicin?
ity of Egg Harbor and New Gretna, N.
J., failed to reveal any trace of the
body of thirteen-months-old Blakely
Coughlin, who in August Pasquale, ac?
cording to a confession given out to-day
by Major Lynn G. Adams, Superin?
tendent of the State Police, admitted
having smothered under his coat as he
was stealing the child from its home
at Norristown on June 2.
In previous confessions Pasquale was
alleged to have admitted kidnapping
the child, but he asserted it was still
alive and in the custody of accomplices.
After Major Adams's announcement,
which was mado at Harrisburg, Cap?
tain Samuel M. Gerhardt, of the State
Police; George II. Coughlin, the miss?
ing baby's father, and Major C. T.
Larzelere, his counsel, left for Egg
Harbor, near where Pasquale was cap?
tured after having swindled Coughlin
out of $12,000 through letters signed
"The Crank."
Search for Body in Vain
They returned to Norristown to-night
and Captain Gerhardt said they had
.found nothing to indicate that. Pas?
quale was telling the truth in his al?
leged confession, "We have given up
the search temporarily," said Ger?
hardt. Beyond this he would not dis?
cuss the case.
Pasquale, who was captured by the
state police August 2, after carefully
laid plans, has made so many confis?
sions and given so many false clews
that the Norristown police, as well as
the Coughlin family, are inclined to
discredit his latest story. According
to previous confessions, some of which,
the authorities said, were confirmed
by their investigations, Pasquale did
not go to the New Jersey town until
the middle of July, about six weeks
after the boy was kidnapped.
In his confession, as given out to?
day by Major Adams, Pasquale is
quoted as saying that he did not in?
tend any harm should come to the
child, and that its death was due to an
accident. "I went into the room where
the baby was sleeping," Major Adams
said the prisoner told him, "by means
of a ladder placed against the house.
1 had to go out the same way.
"1 put the baby under my coat and
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Census Head's Daughter
Ends Life W ith Poison
Esther Rogers, 25, Takes Fatal
Dose in Boarding House; Act
Is Laid to Fit of Despondency
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. IL?Misa Es?
ther Rogers, 25 years old, daughter of
Samuel L. Rogers, director of the
United States Census Bureau, Wash?
ington, committed suicide last night
according to the police by swallowing
poison at her boarding house on Green
Street.
Mr. Rogers learned of her death by
long distance telephone and hurried to
this city with Mrs. Rodgers.
"Last January my daughter had an
attack of influenza," said Mr. Rogers.
"After she recovered she said she would
like, to go to Atlantic City and recuper?
ate. She had been acting as my private
secretary at Washington. I got her a
job in one of the Atlantic City Hotels
light Clerical work. She came b?ck
to visit us and then took a job in
Philadelphia, saying she thought the
change in environment would do her
good.
"From her letters we thought she
was doinjj well and had no idea she
was despondent. She could have had
whatever money she neded, and I know
that it was not financial worry that
caused her to do this."
Mr. Rogers has been in charge of
the Census Bureau for five years. For?
merly he was State Corporation Com
missioner of North Carolina. He has
lived in Washington twelve years.
Last night sao came home about 10
o'clock, according to the landlady.
She went to her room at once. About
1] o'clock a woman in the next room
heard her moaning. She tried the
door. It was locked. Other occupant*
of the house were summoned and the
door unlocked. A physician in flic
house gave the unconscious girl first
? aid and she was removed to the Gar
rettson Hospital, where she died about
?i?dn?ght.
Reds Sue for
Peace With
Gen. Wrangel
Soviet Sends Envoys to
South Russian Leader;
Citizens of 1886-1888
Ordered to Mobilize
Budeimy in Revoll;
Marching on Kiev
Insurgents Reported to
Have Seized Bolshevik
Naval Port on Black Sea
LONDON, Oct. 11. The Russian
Soviet government has sent a delega?
tion with peace proposals to the head?
quarters of General Wrangel, com?
mander of the Anti-Bolshevik Army in
Southern Russia, according to a War?
saw report received in London by wire?
less from Berlin.
PARIS. Oct. 11.?-The mobilization of
all Russian citizens born in 1886, 1887
and 18,88 is ordered in a decree just
issued by the Soviets, according to a
wireless message picked up by the
Paris station to-day.
General Budenny, the famous cavalry
leader, has severed his connection with
the Soviet government and is recruit?
ing anti-Bolshevik troops for the pur?
pose of marching on Kiev, according to
advices reaching tho French War Of?
fice.
General SemenofT, in Siberia, also
has informed General Wrangel that he
considers himself Wrangcl's subordi?
nate and has requested orders from
him.
Nikolaiev, the chief Russian naval
station on the Black Sea, is reported
to have been captured by anti-Bol?
shevik insurgents.
RIGA, Oct. 11 fBy The Associated
Press).--The Polish and Russian Soviet
peace delegates have arranged to sign
u preliminary peace treaty at the Black
Head House.
Agree to Sign Treaty
It was to have been signed to-night,
but. a delay until Tuesday afternoon
was made necessary because, of the im?
possibility of getting the Ukrainian
text prepared.
There are many unverified rumors ol
late disagreements in the delegations.
The treaty contains twenty-three
articles and two annexes.
The preliminary treaty must be rati?
fied within fifteen days after its signa?
ture and the formal exchange of rati?
fication papers must take place al
Libau within six days after ratifica?
tion. Failure to do this will constitute
mi abrogation of the armistice withir
forty-eight hours after the time limit
expires.
Under the armistice terms hot!
armies will remain in tho position:
hela by them until the moment of ceas
ing operations, provided the Russiai
and Ukrainian troops are not nearei
than fifteen kilometers from the de
termined Polish front line. A strip o
fifteen kilometers between the tw<
fronts will constitute a neutral zon<
in the military sense. It will remair
under the administration of the sidi
to which the territory goes under tin
preliminary peace terms.
Treaty Execution by Commission
Troop movements necessary to ex
ecute the armistice conditions must b?
executed at not less than twenty kilo
meters daily and must begin not late
tht'n midnight of October 18. Thi
treaty will be executed under the di
rection of mixed commissions.
An agreement was reached as to th?
boundary line between Poland an.
White Russia and the Ukraine. It runs
roughly, from Drissa, on the Dvinsl
River, east of the city of Dvinsl.
southward, passing near Baranoviteh
It passes west of Rovno and ronche
the Dniester River east of Kamenctz
Podolsk.
Monetary Claims Not Included
Settlement in liquidation of Polish
monetary claims was not included i
the armistice agreement, but will b
taken up in the treaty of peace, ac
cording to Polish officials.
The armistice, in the course of deter
mining the boundary line, recognize
the independence of the Ukraine an
White Russia
"Both contracting parties assure eac
other complete respect for their slat
of sovereignty and agree to refrai
from any kind of intervention in th
internal affairs of the other," the treat
says. "Moreover, both n^ree to includ
in the treaty obligations that neithe
create separate organizations whic
have for their purpose an armed strug
gle against the other contracting part
nor to seek the destruction of the 03
isting state and social order of th
other side meaning an attempt agains
territorial integrity, as well as the oi
ganization assuming the r?le of th
government of the other side.
"Upon ratification of the preset:
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League View
Made Clear
By Harding
Unalterably Opposed to
Covenant in Its Present
Form, but Hopefnf of
Practical World Peace
Wants No Chains
On U. S. Sympathy
America Ready to Do Its
Part, but Its Purposes
Must Not Be Shackled
From a Stoff Correspondent
MARION, Ohio, Oct. 11.?Returning
to-day from his speaking tour of the
Middle West and Southwest, Senator
Warren G. Harding issued a statement
which he hopes will leave not a shadow
of a doubt as to his position in re?
gard to the League of Nations.
In restating his position thf Repub?
lican candidate said he was unalter?
ably opposed to the covenant as
drafted at Paris and submitted to the
United States Senate, but strongly in
favor of a world association that would
prevent war and tend to encourage s
better understanding among nations,
Mr. Harding said his speeches were
not always fully reported in the news?
papers and that he wanted America tc
understand his "thought of cooperation
as well as the abiding opposition tc
the league proposed."
Makes Statement Explicit
Senator Hunting's statement said:
"It seems to me that there shoulc
not remain a shadow of a doubt as te
my e'xact position as regareis the p?o
posed League of Nations as drafted a'
Paris and submitted to the Senate ane
as regards the great world sentimen'
for a better understanding amont
nations to discourage war and general
ly to advance civilization. Let me re
state my position as explicitly as mj
power of words permits.
"First 1 am unalterably opposed t?
going into the League of Nations a
that particular proposition now stands
That proposal is contemptuous of an?
potentially destructive of the Americai
Constitution, It. is not favored by th
American people.
"Second- I am in favor of a woib
association?-call it what you will, th
name is of slight consequence ?tha
will discourage or tend to prevent wa
and that will encourage or tend to en
courage a better understanding araon
the nations of the earth. The old orde
of things is done with, not only !
America, but throughout the worle
rfnd the United States, always quic
with sympathy, always just and usuall
led by common sense, must play it
part in this new order.
"Third- I believe that such an assc
ciation can be fotimulated withou
wrecking the Constution, that re
mains the cornerstone of our libel
ties and of our happiness.; withot:
seizing or filching the sovereignty thz
is our pride and our inspir?ton to fin
living and good works.
Objects to Chained Sympathies
"Fourth?I earnestly believe that th
conscience, the ready sympathies, th
sense of justice and the plain comino
sense of the United States can be d(
pended upon by the rest of the worh
and that it would be stupid as well a
unlawful to attempt to chain our syn
pathies, our sense of justice and ot
common sense, to tie these strong, fin
dependable American qualities to th
possibly selfish ambitions and aims <
foreign nations or groups of natior
whose ideals are not the same as our
never have been and never will be.
"Fifth It is my purpose when elec
ed to take the ?hole people into it:
confidence as regards these matters, i
seek their advice and, more importan
to act consonantly with their at
vice; and to this end it will be n
pleasure as well as my duty to call in'
conference with me the best minds, tl
clearest, minds that America afford
1 thank God that the time lias con
when I can ask the advice of Anierics
women, and especially the mothers ?
America.
"The substance of these things h;
', been saiei in some form or other
e\ery address, and I say it all d?finit
ly now because I am not always ful
reported and I want America to unde
stand my thought of cooperation .
well as the abiding opposition to tl
| league proposed."
Senator Harding will start to-mo
1 row on what probably will be the la
speaking tour outside of Ohio befo
election. lie is scheduled to ma'
| speeches in Chattanooga October I
? Louisville, October 14; Indianapol
October 15, and St. Louis, October 1
He will return to Marion Sunds
There will be a three-hour stop
j Cincinnati to-morrow night and 6?
j Harding may he persuaded to make
; speech before he '.raves.
Speakers at Smaller Towns
The entire journey will be in
| special train. This will make it pc
(Cantlnued on paga three)
Scotch Wets Hold Up New York
As Horrible Example to Drys
By Arthur S. Draper
From The Tribune European Bureau
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Oct. 11.?The increase of
drunkenness in New York under pro?
hibition for May and June, as shown
by Magistrate McAdoo's figures, is be?
ing prominently advertised by the
liquor interests in the ,.'prohibition
campaign in Scotland. The wets are
;i!so emphaszing thut American prohi?
bition has deprived the workingman
of his drink, but has not interfered
with the habits of the wealthy. As
Glasgow is primarily a worker?" city,
with a large, radical element, this lat?
ter point is being driven home.
The wet and dry battle in Scotl - :
is growing almost warm and beginning
to resemble the final stages of an Amer?
ican Presidential fight, with Pussj I ?Ot
Johnson occupying an important place.
With three weeks remaining before
the election, which will determine
whether a large area of Scotland goes
dry or the number of saloons in the
large cities is reduced, the bitterness
against the American reformer is grow?
ing, :md it will cause no surprise if he
is attacked at some of his meetings,
In Wales and West England, recently,
he was forced to seek police protec
tion ami in Glasgow he has had to1
nine cautionsly. The West credits him ;
with organizing processions of women
and children, which, march through the
streets displaying banners bearing in?
scriptions which tell of the evils of
drink.
The clergy are divided on the ques?
tion, many of the Episcopalian faith
favoring the use of wines, although
no churchman has come out in eie
fense of spirit?.
Under the heading "What Pussyfoot
Has Done for the United States'' one
newspaper says: "The thousands, in?
cluding men and women, who were
moderate drinkers, have become vic?
tims of the terrible drug habit. A new
system of graft has been built up and
hundreds of doctora and chemists are
being lined for giving bogus medtcinial
certificates. Raids are being made day
and night by an? > officers on clubs
and privat?, premises." It also points
to the "invasion of the British isles by
huge numbers of thirsty Americans."
The Scotch drys declare their cam?
paign is succeeding beyond all expec?
tations, and some venture the guess
j that the entire country will be dry
? next May. On the other hand, persons
\ who are not taking sides say that tho
, bi*?t the drys can hope for is a reduc?
tion in the number of sfi1oons in Edin
I burgh and Glasgow.
Wilson Gives Out His
Text of Speech; Proves
.Me Right, Says Spencer
j
Wliite House Report Not
Substantially Different!
From His Statement,
the Senator Insists j
-
Denounces Denials
As Mere Quibbling
Paris Speech Is Declared
To Be a Concrete Illus?
tration of Article X
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11.?-Senator Seiden
P. Spencer, whose assertion that Presi?
dent Wilson promised martial aid to
Rumania and Serbia was recently
called false by Mr. Wilson, comment?
ing to-day on the version of the Presi?
dent's controversial remarks, given out
by the White House as official, said
there was no substantial difference be?
tween this report and others from
which the Senator had quoted in h\p
speeches.
"Nothing," said Senator Spencer,
"can conceal the pledge which the
President attempted to make for this
country, by which American soldiers
are to be sent overseas whenever the
world is again troubled." Senator
Spencer's statement reads:
"The report of Mr. Carlson, which
the President now publishes, as to
what the President said on May 31,
1919, at the eighth plenary session of
the peace conference, fully bears out
what Was said by Herbert Adam
Gibbons and supported by Frank H.
Simonds, and what was written by
that great author, Dr.. E. J. Dillon, in
his book, 'The Inside Story of the
Peace Conference,' and what was sup?
ported by Paul D. Cravath, the eminenl
lawyer of New York, who was one oi
the expert advisers for the Unitec
States in Paris.
"1 quoted what these gentlemen saie
and shall continue so to do.
No Difference in Substance
"There is no diff?rence in substance
between the report now made public
by the President and the official
stenographic report from which 1
quoted. The only difference is that
thi3 last report, surrounds the clear
statement which the President made,
that an American army and navy would
be sent overseas when the occasion
arose, by some general remarks which
do not in the least conceal the fact
of what the President said.
"Nothing can conceal the pledge
which the President attempted to make
for this country by which American
soldiers are to be sent overseas when?
ever the world is again troubled.
"This pledge he attempts to make
most clearly in Article X of the League
of Nations, and what the President
said to the Rumanians and Serbs on
May 31, 1919, is nothing more than
a concrete illustration of the very
principle which he announces In
Article X.
"In the statement which the Presi?
dent has just issued he says:
"'. . . if any covenants of this
sett lenient are not observed the United
States will send her army and navies
to see that they are observed.'
"In the official stenographic recorn
the President, is quoted as saying: 'If
the world is again troubled, if the
conditions we ?ill regard as funda?
mental are upset and contested, the
guaranty which is given you means
that the United States will semi to this
side of the ocean their army and their
navy.'
French Copy Confirms Fact
"The French copy of what the Presi?
dent said May 31, 1919, as reported by
The New York Tribune, translated,
reads substantially the same:
"'If the world finds itself troubled
anew, if the conditions which we all
regard as fundamental are again drawn
into question, the guaranty which is
given you will mean that the United
States will semi to this side of the
ocean their army and their navy.'
"The statement which Dr. E. J,
Dillon makes in his book, referred tc
above, is:
"'We guarantee your boundarieF
anel your territories; that means that
we will send over arms, ships und nie::
in case of necessity.'
"In the article by Mr. Frank Simond.s
the President is quoted as saying:
" 'If the world should be troubl?e
(Continued on next pas?)
Putnam Honied Down;
Police Reserves Callea
Brooklyn Audience Refuses tt
Let Publisher, Held Pro-Brit
ish, Lecture in Schoolhousi
George Haven Putnam, a member o
the Putnam Publishing Company, o
Manhattan, was scheduled to lectun
in the auditorium of Erasmus Higl
School, Brooklyn, last night, but h
didn't lecture.
"Some years ago when I was in :
cemetery in England," Putnam begar
and that is as far as he got. Th?
greater portion of an audience of 501
men and women would not permit hir.
to end the sentence. Police say h
was jeered and hissed.
A stai?l section of the audience wa
amazed by the odd turn of evento, ou
according to police ?nforpiation ? rumo
had been discussed and believed b
the crowd to the effect that Putnam, :
a recent lecture in Canada,, had de
clared that America had apologized fo
starting the revolution against b'.ri'?
land.
No American flaps were in evidenc
in the high school auditorium-. No on
ited '?:?? singing of t ?
anthem. Nor did any one read th
Declaration of Independence. Thes
circumstantial bits were put togeth?
and added support to the rumor thi
Putnam had offended his own countr;
The interruption was so vigoro?,
that friends of Putnam, it is ian
i ailed the police resen '; from th
Flatbush precinct. After the arrivi
of the reserves an attempt w;>.
to resume the lecture, but the ami
ence wouldn't have it. The crow
finally was dispersed.
President's Version
And Official Text
F om The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.?
President Wilson's version of
what he told the Rumanians and
Serbians about seyiding them aid,
which was made public at the
White House to-day, reads:
"There1 underlies all these trans?
actions the expectation on the
part, for example, of Rumania
ami of Czecho-Slovakia, and of
Serbia, that if any covenants of
this settlement are not observed,
the United States will send her
archies and navies to see that they
are observed."
The official version of the Pres
ident's remarks, as translated
fro-m the official French minutes
and published in The Tribune,
read :
"If the world finds itself
troubled anew, if the conditions
which we all regard as funda?
mental 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."
Judson Kept
Data on Deals
Under His Hat
Bond Transactions Carried
in Head by Trader Who
Dealt in Million?, Ruled
by Gentlemen's Agreement
Got Cash; Never Banked
No Receipts Retained for
State Business; Memory
Poor, He Tells Prosecutor
An amazing story of informal and
unconventional high finance in which
deals in-volving millions were arranged
and carried out through a gentlemen's
agreement and of which few, if any,
records remain, was told yesterday by
Albert L. Judson. He was testifying
in the John Doe investigation being
conducted by District Attorney Swann
into the methods employed by the State
Comptroller's office in purchasing bonds
for the state sinking funds.
Testimony of other witnesses who
have been heard during the inquiry has
indicated that through Judson the state
acquired about $31,000,000 worth of
bonds in seventeen different deals. As
a result of these he is said to have
realized a profit of almost SI,000,000.
Judson told Assistant District Attor?
ney P?cora yesterday that although
.lie had been buying and selling bonds
for twenty-five years he had not found
it necessary to keep records of accounts
or even correspondence relating to his
various transactions. He declared that
what few records there were pertaining
to his activities as a bond purchasing
agent for the State Comptroller's office
he destroyed several years ago when fie
believed that he was going blind.
Memory Pe>or, Says Witness
The witness said that he preferred
to keep matters pertaining to his finan?
cial affairs in his head, although he
asserted that he had a very poor mem?
ory, notwithstanding the fact that he
had at one time performed important
services for the state in the capacity
of statistician und expert accountant.
Of the large profits he divided with
W. S. Fanshawe, of W. S. Fanshawe &
Co., brokers, 11 Pine Street, as a result
of seven separate bontl sales to the
Comptroller's office, Mr. Judson said
he took his share in cash, the sum in
currency alone' amounting to upward
of $250,000. He admitted that at1 one
time he accepted as part of his share
in the profits of a state bond sale $123,
000 in cash and on another occasion
drew $114,000 m currency.
Judson was somewhat vague as to
how he had disposed of this money.
but admitted that it costs him about
$10,000 a month to live and that lie
travels and entertains extensively and
has a number of costly "hobbies." One
of the>e is yachting. He is president
of the American Power Boat Associa?
tion, commodore of the Motor Boat
Club and was owner of the Whippoor
! will Jr., one of the fastest motor boats
: in the W? rid, which was destroyed
1 while racing in England last August.
The bon?! salesman said that he al?
ways carried considerable sums of
; money about his person and transacted
j most of ? ? on a cash basis,
(Continued on pag? ilx)
Greek King's Condition
Grave; Fever Is High
Monarch Who Was Bitten by
Pet Monkey Suddenly Takes
Turn for Worse
ATHENS, Oct. 11. The condition of
King Alexander, who was bitten by a
pet monkey several lays ago, took a
turn for the v orse to-night. His fever is
? ;,igh and his symptoms are considered
(.)'. Friday he underwent thic-e opera?
tions :'or the removal of infected flesh
from the thigh where he was bitten.
A bulletin Sunday night had re?
ported the King's condition as im
, proved.
State Department Admit?.
However, Wallace Has
Been Asked to Cable
the Official Version
Pledge to Europe
Definitely Shown
Republicans Contend New
Wording Substantiates
Charge Made in Senate
From Tie Tribune's Washington Buren't
WASHINGTON'. Oct. 11.?The
stenographic report which Fred A.
Carlson, of Chicago, kept of President
Wilson's speech at a secret session of
the peace conference on May 31.
1919, was made public at the White
House to-day. The document, which
was described at "the official ver?
sion" of what the President prom
ised the Rumanian and Serbian
Premiers, was disclosed to suppor1
the President's denial that he had
promised to send the American army
across the seas if those Balkan state
were invaded, as alleged by Senator
Seiden P. Spencer, of Missouri.
Apparently uncertain, however,
that the version of the President's
remarks given out at the White
House refutes the charge made by
Senator Spencer and justifies Mr.
Wilson's statement that the Sena
tor's allegation was "false," the
State Department has cabled Ambas?
sador Wallace in Paris to forward
immediately a certified copy of the
official minutes of the session a'?
which the remarks in dispute were
made.
Text Expected Any Day
This was officially disclosed to-dar
by Norman II. Davis. Vnder Secretary
of State, who said the official text
might be expected any day. He ele
clined to admit that the cabled in?
structions to Ambassador Wallace had
been forwarded at President Wilson's
direction. He said, however, the re?
quest was made "several days ago."
Mr. Davis conferred with the President
at the White House last Friday, and it
in understood that the Spencer charges
were then taken up.
The White House claim to-day that
Carlson's report of the President's ad?
dress was the "official version" was re
iterated by Mr. Davis, who asserted
that at the plenary sessions of tho
peac? conference, each nation had ?n
"official" stenographer. He ?aid that
Charles Swem, the President's per?
sonal stenographer, took some of th.
American addresses and that Carlson
took others. He assumed that Carl
son's report of the eighth plenary ses
sion was accepted as the official ver?
sion.
Mr. Davis further explained that a'
the conclusion of each cession th?
various stenographers world meet with
the official secretariat of the session
and that each would contribute his re
port to make up the official minute?
of the session. It. is the official mir
utes that Ambassador Wallace ha:
been requested to furni=h.
Publication Not Proiri?ed
Asked if 'lie official minutes -no'i'?:
be made public upon their receipt, Sec
retary Davis said that the Preside] '
would have to determine that question
When told that Dr. -Tames Scotl
Brown, the chief international law ad
viser of President Wilson at the peac
conference, had admitted that the of
ficial minutes of the session were no*
in possession of the Carnegie Peacf
Foundation here, and could be pro
cured by the State Department, Mr
Davis replied that the State Depart
ment would not reo.uest such a tex
because the controversy v.is not be
tween the Stute Department und Sena
tor Spencer.
Although not aceeptin?; to-day's an
ncuncement by the White House a
the official text of what President Wil
sot. said at the eighth plenary sessioi
of the peace conference, Rep?blicas
leaders declared the Carlson repor
was a complete substantiation of th
charges made by Senat ?r Spencei
What the White House characterize?
as the "official version," made by Car!
son, friends of Senator Spencer said
was really not "official," but insteai
was merely a transcript of stcno
graphic notes made more th.?n a yea
ago. Republican leaders here jo1.
with Senator Spencer in ????mandin
that the President produce th ? officia
> i cord made at the time of the Pari
session.
Republican leaders, analyzing th
Carlson version, pointed out that, take
in relation to the whole context of th
President's Bpecch, the disputed pu
sage could not be interpreted othei
wise than as ;i statement that Rumani
and Serbia had reason to expect i
"all of these transactions" that th
United States would send her arm
and navy if the covenants should nc
be observe?.:.
Carlson"? Version of SjM^ch
Th ? text of the President'* address,
as given by Mr. Carlson, follows:
"Mr. President, 1 should be very
sorry to sie ihn meeting adjnurn
with permanent impressions such as
it is possible have bien created by
some of the remarks that our friends
have made. I should be very sorry
to have the impression lodged in
your minds that the great powers
desire to assume or play any arbi?
trary r?le in these great matters, or
assume, because of any pride of au?
thority, to exercise an unique influ?
ence in tnese matters, and therefor?
I war.t to call your attention to one
aspect of these questions which has
not been dwelt upon.
"We are trying to make a peace?
ful settlement that is to say. to
eliminate those elements of disturb?
ance, so far as possible, which may
interfere '??th the peace of the
world, and we are trying t" make an
equitable distribution of territorios
according to the races, the ethno