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ment.??," and they are panicky over the
movement of troops, said to he Polish,
from Vilna along the railway toward
the Latvian frontier.
Latvian? also are uneasy and have
mobilized troops along their border to
resist the "outlaw" Polish troops
should they attempt to cross. En-,
tente officials are bxercised over the
attitude of the forces in Vilna, which
are said to have prevented the League
of Nations Commission from entering
the city, and, it is alleged, subjected it
to what the British describe as "in?
sults."
Finnish Treaty Reported Signed
As bearing upon the relations be?
tween Finland and Poland and between
the two nations named and Soviet
Russia, it may be noted that a Hel
singfors dispatch Thursday night re?
ported that a peace treaty between
Finland and Soviet Russia had been
signed that day at Porpat, Esthonia.
Bolsheviki Admit an Attack
By Superior Forces in North
LONDON, Oct. 15,?A Russian Bol?
shevik communication received here
this evening reports that there is con?
tinued stubborn fighting in the Molo
detchno, Minsk, Slutsk and other sec?
tors. In the region between the Pros
kuroff Railway and the Dniester an of?
fensive with superior forces is being
conducted against the Bolsheviki.
On the southern 'front, in the Niko
? . pol region, after a fierce battle at the
River Buzuluk the Bo shevik cavalry
defeated the anti-Bolshevik troops, cap?
turing a large amount, of booty. The
communication says that the anti
Bolshevik forces here have retreated
to the left bank of the Dnieper, aban
. doning guns and ammunition.
Chancellor Day Urges
Election of Wadsworth
Syracuse University Official Says
Record of Senator in Wash?
ington Proves Ability
James R. Day, chancellor of Syracuse
University, yesterday came out strong?
ly for the reelection of Senator James
W. Wadsworth. In a letter to James
R. Sheffield, of Senator Wadsworth's
campaign committee, Dr. Day says:
"I have followed Senator Wads
worth's record at Washington during
the last six years very closely, and
while 1 have differed with him in some
matters I have agreed with him in
other things vital to the welfare of our
state and country. He introduced the
bill extending pay to women of the
United States Army Nurse Corps. He
supported the investigation of child
labor in the United States. He framed
the bill which strengthened the posi?
tion of the chaplains in the United
States army, in which the churches
were deeply interested. He obtained
for the Commission on Agriculture a
favorable report on a bill creating a
special commission on rural questions
and urban home settlements. He in?
troduced the civil service retirement
bill. He used his influence also to ob?
tain legislation looking toward equal
pay for equal work for the women
teachers of our state.
"At present .he. is chairman of the
United .States Senate Committee on
Military Affairs. I fully agree with
the Senator's position on our army.
He opposes 'he militarism of a large
Standing army and favors our protec?
tion by the National Guard. These are
the considerations which have decided
me to vote for him in November. His
experience, anility and integrity qual?
ify him in a very large degree to serve
the people of this state in the United
Stales Senate."
German Reds
Near Union
With Soviet
(Continued from page ono)
Krnest Daumig, the two last named
men having supported Bolshevism dur?
ing the first two days of the conf?r?
ence.
Threatened With Disorder
During the speeches of Dittmann and
Stocker '.he conference frequently
threatened to end in disorder. The
gray head of George Lebedour always
Was a storm center to the radicals.
Twice he invaded the Left Wing and
threatened ils leader, Adolf Hoffmann.
Members of the left continually were
held down by their leader, and the
uproar generally proceeded from the
galleries end the conservatives.
Zinovieff's residence is unknown,ex?
cept to the Communists, who have re?
fused to disclose it.
At the conclusion of the Russian's
address the radicals of the. party and
the audience in the packed galleries
stood with bared heads singing "The
Internationale," while tin- Conserva?
tives ivalked slowly out of the hall.
A great ovation was accorded Zino
Tieff, with many "hochs" and cries of
''Long live the Internationale!" and the
waving of hat-.
It was expected that the vote as to
whether the Independents will adhere
to the Moscow organization would lie
taken to-day.
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Man o' War to Race
No ?More, Says Riddle
Champion Thoroughbred Will
Appear a! Rose Tree Next
Week, Then Shipped South
N,., , ?: Pit ,. it, h lo Tin Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 15.- Man o'
War will rate no more, according to a
positive announcement made to-day by
Samuel I). R.ddle, owner of the great
thoroughbred.
Riddle repeated his assertion in a tel?
egram to .1. (,). Keene, of Kentucky, re?
fusing another race for a $5(4,000 purse,
1( be run at, Latonia,' against Willis
Shnrpe Kilmer's Exterminator,
Man o' War is back now and in lordly
seclusion. Mr. Riddle announced this
afternoon thai not even his closest.
iriends would be allowed to see the horse
until the animal has had a chance to
pull himself together arid rest up after
his race against Sir Barton and the ride
from Canada.
"If anybody wants to see Man o' War,
I have arranged that ha will positively
appear next Wednesday at Rose Tree,"
said Mr. Riddle. "1 will make arrange?
ments there so everybody who goes will
be able to see the horse in comfort. '
will try to so arrange mat*??s that
?.V- visitors will have a good look at
rr-.-.X T'jaV is probably the last time he
will be seen in these parts, for he will
then travel South, and it is a question
jf he will ever be in this section again."
Oiina Accepts Japan's Plan
For Action in Manchuria
TOKIO, Oct. 15 (By The Associated
JPress). The newspapers announce that
Chin? has accepted Japan's proposal
for joint military operations in
era Manchuria but that China re?
quested withdrawal of the Japancss
.forces a* soon as order was established!
Japan's intention to forward addi?
tional troops to Manchurian towns
near Corea was announced in an official
communiqu? issued at Tokio October 7.
The troop-, it was said, were to be dis?
patched because of bandit laii.'s which
ut\> terrorising the populati
A remly reference guUle for the bUsy.mJUl
- ?nier.-xuntf announcement* undtr the
hfarlfnit of "Business Card?" la to-day'?
Tribune Want au ^ug? ?auvu
Polish Ruler
Resigns Then
Resumes Post
General Pilsudski Will Re?
main as President of Re
publie Provisionally at Re?
quest of the Government
Vilna Coup Disapproved
Premier, While Supporting
Zellgouski, Says He Has
Disobeyed Military Order
WARSAW, Oct. 15 (By The Associ
' ated Press).?G?nerai Joseph Pil
sudski, President of the Republic of
i Poland, tendered his resignation as
chief executive to-day. At the request
' of the government, however, General
Pilsudski withdrew his resignation
! provisionally.
Premier Witos, in a statement to
i day in the Diet on Poland's attitude
i toward the provisional government of
Central Lithuania, set up .in Vilna by
j General Zellgouski. declared his dis
! approval of the General's action. He
| expressed regret that General Zell
gouski took the initiative into his own
hands, but gave assurances that Po?
land would uphoid the new state
should it be attacked by any power.
General Ze.llgouski's action was cul
! pable military disobedience, Premier
! Witos asserted. The Premier said he
; approved the proposal that self-de
; termination be granted to the tempo
I rary government at Vilna.
I . General Zellgouaki has sent the old
' Lithuanian government at Kovno an
ultimatum demanding that all the
Lithuanian troops be withdrawn twcn
tv kilometers to the west of the Vilna
Grodno railway. The ultimatum con
| tained n twenty-four-hour time limit.
Meanwhile General Zellgouski's troops
are taking positions in various parts
i of the newly claimed territory.
The establishment of the provisional
government of Central Lithuania, tho
i name adopted by the new regime at
Vilna, is absorbing virtually all atten?
tion of the various Polish government
officials and has replaced the Riga
peace negotiations as the leading fea?
ture of the newspapers.
The occupancy of Vilna also has
caused a stir in the foreign ministries,
particularly tho British and French.
They have been in constant communi?
cation with their governments with ref?
erence to the questions arising from
the attempt to create a new state, with
Vilna as its center,
British and French Discuss Vilna.
? Both the British and French minis?
tries called on General Pilsudski and
discussed at length tne subject of
Vilna. General Pilsudski afterward
conferred with Premier Witos, Prince
Sapieha, the Foreign Minister, and
others.
It is reported some'of the members
of the League of Nations commission
of control who have been at Suwalki
have gone to Vilna to confer with Gen?
eral Zellgouski and the members of the
temporary commission of the new
state.
Several of the league's representa?
tives, having remained on the Polish
side of the line, already have discussed
the problem with a representative of
the Polish Foreign Office, who left
Tuesday for Suwalki.
Britain Faces
Tie-Up in Coal
Mine Strike
(Continued from pagr one)
? songer services will not be curtailed
the first two or three days of a strike,
full service being kept up to allow the
people to travel home. After that
pressure has subsided, however, there
will be a reduction in passenger
\ service of anvwhere from 10 to 20 per
cent.
Ban on Coaling Temporary
American Shipping Board officials
Ivre were told by the British Coal Con?
troller's Department this afternoon
that the order prohibiting the coaling
of foreign shins was issued to enable
? i l;ecking up of available supplies.
The officials were given assurances that
after this had been ('one passenger
and mail carrying vessels would re?
ceive first consideration in the allo?
cation of stocks on hand.
The- Shipping Board officials also
were assured that there would be no
discrimination against American and
other foreign ships in these classes.
Anticipating the eventuality of a
strike, the Shipping Board has ar?
ranged with the French government
for supplies of bunker coal at Brest,
where it is believed there will be suf?
ficient to meet the Shipping Board's
requirements for fifteen days. In addi?
tion to this source, there' is considera?
ble privately owned American coal at
Rotterdam and Copenhagen.
It is said that there is adequate
American-owned fuel oil in British
ports to take care of the Shipping
Hoard's oil burners, which constitute
half the hoard's fleet now in British
Continental waters.
Determined to Go Out
Although two days remain in which
some unexpected turn may be given
to the alarming situation created by
the deciaon of the miners to strike-,
hope at the moment is at a low ebb.
All reports from the mine fields show
the majority of miners are determined
to have nothing to do with the wage
proposal of the owners and are ready
-even eager?to tight it out.
"There is a bitter spirit among the
men,'* said Herbert Smith, vice-presi?
dent of the Minors' Federation,to-day.
"lf the government refuses to give
way, only starvation will defeat the
miners and they will go back then dis?
contented."
The public attitude, as voiced by
many of the London newspapers, is
hostile to tiie position taken by the
miners, who are accused of lack of
rea m, wanton folly, wickedness and
a desire to impose their will ty
rannously upon tiie whole nation. The
miners are told by the newspapers that
? the liiblicwill support the government
end it is insisted that if they strike
they mu ,'. learn through defeat and
disappointment that, powerful as. they
are. the nation is still more powerful.
Alarm for the country's economic posi?
tion is j ravely expressed.
"A large number of important in
d'.i.-t i des already are in so tottering a
condition that only the slightest push
is required .to cause them to collapse
entirely, and a coal stoppage would
immediately he fatal," is tiie opinion
of Tiie Daily News.
The Times and The Daily Mail, claini
. ing a desire to show fairness to both
sides, refrain from condemnation of
either and make suggestions by which
they believe the difficulty might be
? met, but declarations ascribed by
' various newspapers to the miners in
; dicate such proposals are not likely to
be considered.
The Laborite mouthpiece, The Daily
, Herald, says it has every hope and
every confidence that the other great
unions will stand by the miners, and
declares, "The day of the capitalist is
at hand." The newspaper appeals for
solidarity on the pint of the workers.
\British Coal Strike Will
Not Hurt V. S. Shipping
America Has Reserve Supply on
the Other Side of Atlantic;
F ranee and Italy Affected
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.?The turn
around of American ships in British
ports will not he slowed up by the
embargo placed on the export (^\' coal
by the British government, officials of
j the Shipping Board said to-day. It was
explained that most American vessels
clearing for English ports coal for the
rouoc! trip on this side. To meet any
? emergencies the board lias an adequate
reserve supply of bunker coal on the
other side.
Imposition of the embargo, officials
of the National Coal Association saki.
will not affect coal prices in the United
Stai; s. They explained that the amount
! of coal available for export at the
present time was governed by the vari?
ous Interstate Commerce Commission
priority orders. ?Nearly all domestic
; coal, they said, is covered by the
priority orders, and while the demand
for exp< rt coal will be increased, it
cannot r< act on coal for home con?
sumption.
Franc-, Italy and the Scandinavian
countries wiil be pinched probably
htm any others by the cutting of
exports, tigures available show.
Prance has been getting 750,000 tons a
from Croat Britain; Italy, 350,
000 tons; Norway, Sweden and Den?
mark. 180;000 tens; .'auta America,
?0,000 tons, and Spain '..',000 tons.
About 250,000 tons a month of British?
oa! has rone to British depots and
Egypt and 100,000 tons to miscellane?
ous destinations.
On account of accumulation of very
' small stocks of coal in the "United
I Kingdom the government several
i months ago restricted exports to
1,750,000 tons a month. This figure
| has been slightly exceeded recently,
i exports going to more than 2,000,000 a
month.
i Departing Ships Ordered
To Coal for Round Trip
British Strike Will Affeet Ma?
terially This City's Fuel;
Export Embargo Is Urged
I The pending strike of British coal
I miners will affect materially the coal
i shortage in this city. As a result of
' the British strike order al! ships plying
! to British ports, were ordered to take
l on sufficient coal in their bunkers to
; last them the round voyage, even if
cargo space is reduced.
An official of one of the conl ex?
changes yesterday stated that all coal
shipped abroad is loaded under official
i permits, and that for some time the
; demand for export coal has far ext
! ed the facilities for loading it n tu?
' Atlantic seaboard.
I Charles S. Allen, secretary of the
Wholesale Coal Trade Association of
; New York, yesterday wrote Public
: Service Commissioner Lewis Nixon
: suggesting that a practical coal man
! be included on the committee appointee
Thursday by the commissioner to super
? vise coal shipments from the mines t.c
j the local bins.
At a meeting of the Bronx. Taxpayers
Association in Eagle Hall, 142d Street
! and Third Avenue, resolutions wert
| passed calling upon the city, state ant
j Federal authorities to take imm?diat?
i measures to insure an adequate suppl]
of coal for the. winter.
The resolution also calls upon tin
I Federal authorities to compel the mim
? owners to sell to New York City deal
ers, and that uni 'lie shortage o
I coal necessary foi omesi ? insump
' tion has been > ?:. ? ? ? ikei
to limit the am' unt of cos i ?
for manufacti??? " : ,? ? ? ? ?????..?
building purpo - .'.':?:? u
embargo on sb pm : ' ?
eign countries.
Steamship 4?i re ?f s r ? w
Tie-ljp if*' Coal Famim
British Cr( ?i Htm
This Port ?i U rippled
Oil Burners Art. Sot ':>?</?
The colossal sti ? ? ?he Bi ?lis
miners, which, will lo-day i
England, and the shortage -oal ;
, this port threaten to tie up a larj;
par! o? British shipping to and out t
New York.
All British steamships except tl
! few that have been converted into o
'burners will be hard hit by the stril
at home and the coal shortage her
Steamship offic ? Is made no effort ye
terday to mmin izc the gravity of tl
situation, but they expressed their ii
tention of crossing no bridge;; unt
they came to them.
It is generally . lerstood that f< -
; if any, of .' e British ships now
port will be tied up at this en
Agents of the British lines expie .??
the hope that they would be able to g
! enough coal eventually to send all the
, craft to England, but no provision,
is said, will be'made to coal here f
I the round trip. Some vessels can car
! enough coal to get to England and ba
again, but such a procedure wou
I m'sn a loss of money.
The taking of surplus coal for
return trip requires the elimination
! much profitable cargo, and such tran
portation represents heavy losses
I the ship owners.
The White Star liner Olympic ai
?the Cunarder Aquitania, the two iar
est passenger carriers in the New Yoi
j Cherbourg and Southampton servu
; are oil burners and can maintain
! regular schedule, despite tnc Briti
strike and eo; ! shortage. Tue Olymr
can carry 50,000 barrels of oil in l
tanks of her double skin, and this
enough to carry her to and from En
land without refilling. The Aquitar
has a similar round-trip capacity.
Steamship men look for a" grc
! dearth of passenger transportation he
and in England, and it is generally 1
j lieved that the Olympic and the Aqt
I tania will be filled to capacity v.
passengers on every trip across t
! Atlantic until the coal situation is ?
justed.
The Imperator and the M?uretan
of the Cunard Line, which have lai
passenger accommodations, have i
I the capacity in their coal bunkers :
, round-trip fuel, and both are depend?
, upon coal in England and in this coi
j try for each trip across the Atlantic
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| Propose League Passport
Britain Urges Plan in Confi
ence to Simplify Travel
PARIS, Oct. 16.?How to overeo
the difficulties of travel between v?
ous countries is being considered
the conference of experts called by
League of Nations, which began
sessions to-day. The complicated pa
port systems and the inability of
public to buy through tickets in a i
directions are some of the inconve
enees which, it is hoped, will be ret
died. Twenty-four nations, inclue!
the Central Powers, are represente
The British delegation is urg
yearly vis?s at a nominal charge, i
form in all countries, and the elimi
tion of passports examination on
outward journey. It advocates
issuance of League of Nations pf
ports, good in all countries, as a s
stitute for the present diplomatic pi
ports for officials. The British fa
customs examination only in the co
try of destination.
Britain Ready
For Big Strike,
Says Wiseman
Welcomes Walk-Out of Min?
ers as Opportunity for a
Showdown With Radical
Labor Element, He Avers
Pavlowa Back in U. S.
Father Keane Also on Liner
Adriatic After Irish Tour;
Ship Brings Much Gold
The strike of British coal miners,
scheduled to-day, will not bo of long
duration, according to Sir William
Wiseman. He arrived here yesterdav
on the White Star liner Adriatic. Sir
William, who was England's Treasury
representative in this country during
the war, said that the British govern?
ment did not -fear the strike, but rather
welcomed it.
The strike, he said, would result in
a showdown between labor and the
government, which had to come sooner
or later. The strike, according to Sir
William, is fostered by the younger
and radical element of the miners and
opposed by the great mass of British
industrial workers.
"The government has had ample
warning," he affirmed, "and has taken
means to provide for the operation of
all the railways. It is our impression
at home that the strike cannot and will
not last long."
Father Keane Returns
Another traveler on the Adriatic was
the Rev. Batrick J. Keane, rector of
the Roman Catholic Church of St.
Francis de Sales, Oakland, Calif., who
returned from a visit to Ireland. On
his return to California he will be con?
secrated Bishop of Sacramento.
Father Keane said that infhis travels
through Ireland he was never molested
by the British civil or military authori?
ties. He said he had given some at?
tention to a study of the Sinn Fein
movement, and was of the opinion that
if Britain made a concrete proposal to
the Irish represented bj Arthur Grif?
fiths it would be accepted.
"The Irish, however," declared Father
Keane, "would be wary, because they
have had quite enough of British
promises. I talked with many sub?
stantial Englishmen and they informed
me that if Sir Edward Carson were
eliminated the whole question would
be settled. I believe that the English,
people are sincere in their efforts to
do something for Ireland."
Anna Pavlowa, the Russian ballet
dancer, returned on the Adriatic after
an absence of nearly two years from
this country. On her last departure
from New York she went to South
America for a tour, and later went from
Buenos Ayres to Baris.
She comes here with a company of
forty dancers and will appear under
the direction of Fortune Callo, director
of the San Carlo Opera Company.
Pavlowa Dancer Held
Assisted by her entire company, she
will appear at the Manhattan Opera
House in a benefit performance for the
Navy Club. Miss Joyce Cole, one of
the Pavlowa dancers, was removed to
Ellis Island because she was under six?
teen years old and unaccompanied by
parent or guardian. Her case will be i
appealed to "Washington, and if the!
Secretary is willing to let her enter
the country under bond she will be
released.
The Adriatic brought $11,000,000 in
gold, consigned by the Bank of Eng?
land to i'ii' Federal Reserve Hank, and
also had a consignment of $3,000,000
in gold, consigned to Kuhn, Loeb &
Co.'
Among the salon passenger: were
Ci loi .?! \\ illiam J. Donovan, form r
ly of the COI h Regiment; < 'olom ?. Jef?
ferson de Moni Thompson, Cyril Scott,
Le die Howai d and M r . Dudl< y Field
Malom .
$25,000 Offer for
Proof League Will
Force War ou U. S?
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Prof. Fisher Posts Prize To j
Be Given for Essay Show-,
ingOui* Soldiers MustTake i
Part in Foreign Quarrels!
Professor Irving Fisher, of Vale Uni?
versity, temporarily managing a wing!
of the Democratic National Cominittei
in the interest of Governor Cox and
the Wilson League of Nations, yester?
day offered a prize of $25,000, to be
awarded to the persoji who shall first
prove before October 22 that ths Wil?
son League of Nations would' abridge
the sovereignty of America and force!
our soldiers to fight in foreign wars if
the United States should join the
league.
One of tii? conditions surrounding
the prize contest is that six of the
twelve jurymen who are to pass on the
submitted arguments shall be appoint-'
ed by Will II, Hay ?, chairman of thi
Republican National Committee, and'
six by Chairman White of the Demo
cratic National Committee. The prize
essays in the contest are to be sub-i
mitted to Professor Fisher's headquar-i
ters by mail or wire, the essayist to
prove to the jur,\ "that our soldiers
could be sent abroad, by order of the
bague, to fight in a foreign war with?
out the consent of our Congress and j
of our representatives on the council
of the '"ague."
"This announcement is intended for |
every newspayer in the United States,"
Professor Fisher said, 'and is being
given for distribution to the various
press associations. If Mr. Hays admits
that such statements and notices are un- '
rroved, unprovable, untrue and absurd
ho is respectfully asked to publicly so
state, and also to publicly state thai
he is requesting his speakers, pr js
bureaus and Republican newspapers to
cease making such fal - ? : tatemen! "
Chairman Hays said last night thai
he had not received the Fisher prop
osition. -
115 Suicides in a Day
The Save a Life League, of 108 We?t I
Seventy-seventh Street, which gets '
uaily reports of deaths by suicide re- '
ceived reports yesterday of 115 'sui?
cides, the largest number ever reported !
to the league in a single day. Previous?
ly the greatest number of such deaths
reported to the league in one day was
106. The daily reports are not com?
plete for any one day, and only rough?
ly, when the average of a considerable
period is taken, do they reflect the
actual number of persons taking their
own lives in the United States on any ?
one day.
Of the suicides reported yesterday
from twenty-three states, sixty-two ?
were of men and fifty-three of women. ?
Ten were children less than 14 years
old, three of them boys and seven j
girls. Massachusetts led in the num- ;
ber reported, with seventeen; Pennsyl?
vania came next, with fifteen; Ohio's I
ten put It in third place, and New York '
was fourth, witk nine. . '
Recognition of Mexico,
Aim of Creei'a TWp
-.?
Returning to U. S., After Con-i
ference With Huerta, to Urge
Immediate Action
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. ? George
Creel, former chairman of the Commit?
tee on Public Information, is return?
ing to Washington from Mexico City
to work for the immediate recognition
of the present government of Mexico,
according to advices from the Mexican
capital to-day, quoting an interview
with Creel, published in El Heraldo,
the official government organ.
Creel had a conference of six hours
with Provisional President de la Huerta
immediately on his arrival in Mexico
City, in company with Roberto V. Pes
queira, financial agent of the Mexican
government In New York. Creel and
Pesqueira left this morning for the
United States, and Creel was quoted as
saying that on his arrival in Washing?
ton he would see President Wilson.
in the course of the statement as
published in El Heraldo Creel attacked
the State Department for interference
in the controversy between the oil j
companies and Mexico. He declared
the controversy was one strictly be?
tween the companies and the Mexican
government, with which the United
States government should not have
concerned itself. At the State De?
partment to-day, when the Creel state?
ment was made known, it was said
that unless tho department had inter?
fered the Allies would have been un?
able to obtain the oil necessary in the
conduct of the war.
Creel obtained a passport from the
State Department the first of this
month, and at the department it was
said at the time that in making appli?
cation for the passport he had given an
the reasons for his trip to Mexico "busi?
ness and pleasure." Just before his
departure he saw President Wil-ion, but
it was denied that he was going to Mex?
ico on any official mission.
Friends here of Mr. Creel said that
he had gone to Mexico to obtain ma?
terial for a series of articles which he
was planning to write.
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Walker Ousted
As Executor of !
Searles's Will
(Continued trnni paga one)
ionaire. Mrs. Rowland and her three
children are given bequests of nearly
$?1,000,000. The court reserved the
right to name the person or persons
against whom the charge of undue in?
fluence should be made, and reserved :
decision on other charges made by ;
counsel for the nephew as the basis of j
issue for jury trial,
Nephew Sought a Loan
Before the court returned its lind- ;
ing Mr. Choate made an argument in |
behalf of the will in which he charac
terized the charges that the instru- ;
merit was secured through a piot as ;
"absurd and grotesque." He read a ',
htfer dated May 8, 1917, in which Al?
bert Victor Searlcs sought to obtain
a loan on his prospective share in his !
uncle's fortune.
The attorney also asserted that he I
believed there were papers in existence!
which would show that Albert Victor
irl ? actually p?oposed to pledge an
interest in the estate for financial as- :
sistance given him in contesting the
will. Mr. Choate did not divulgo the j
?amo i ? the person to whom the letter
was addre jsed.
'?'ho letter read stated that under no'
circumstances should any word of the
proposed transaction he made known:
to the rich uncle, becaus* if he learned I
of nis nephew borrowing on his
pect.i in the estate he might cut him j
off without anything.
"Presumably he (,Mr. Searles) will
remember him (Victor), in his will,"
the letter sta ed. "Even if the nephew is
cut off and the money goes to charity
he could, with an array of noted law?
yers, who would be glad to fight the
c; c, tie up the es' tte for yens. Such i
a large amount ii involved that the ben?
eficiaries would be ready to compromise
and give him a part rather than 'nave
the estate tied up in lit tion for
years. The n iphew is willing to sign a !
proper not foi the amount received."
Brother of Cork's Mayor
Ai Mercy of British
P, J. MacSwiney, Who Went'
Aci oss Without Passport, Can't
Get Status of U. S. Citizen
LO N' DON Oct. ! 5 ( B y T h e A s s oc ? - j
ated Press). Pet v J. MacSwinev, of
Mew Y- rk. broth? ; of Lord Mayor
MacSwiney of Cork, who came to Eng?
land without a passport or a eaman's ?
certificate, thereby /iolating interna
i onal lav.-, to-day appea ed to the
\ nerican authorities in London Eor ad?
vice and to ascertain if there was any'
method by which he might be givenJ
the stall's c( an American citizen here.
The American authorities informed I
Mr, MacSwiney that it was impossible;
for them to intervene in hin behalf.
They suggested that he was at the
mi '.'?;.' of the British government, which
could deport him without interference!
from Ann dean officials.
The- Ho Office, which has been,
aware of /th tation arising from M r.
'.i einey's visit to London to see his
bro her, 'aas not yet decided what it
will do. In the mean time Mr. Mac-1
Swiney is being allowed perfect free?
dom in London.
Miss Annie MacSwiney, sister of the!
Lord Mayor, paid her usual visit to
Bi cton Prison this afternoon. On'
leaving the prison she said:
"My brother is confident that his !
case will receive the consideration of !
Parliament soon after that body con
venes next Tuesday. It is his hope
that through Parliamentary action he
will obtain his release. This. 1 be- :
!;'." . has kept him alive during the
last few days.
"M g mind is clear, but his whispers
are scarcely audible, The emaciation,
which ' . ' ? ? a or? I mat ? . i-? his
b gs and anas is no ?? gi\ ing hi i face
un unnatural appearance. Personally
! d< n : ( link be can hold out mm h
longer "
Irish Judges Kidnapped
Siim Peinera .S<>i?e Magistrates
on Way to Court
DUBLIN, Oct. 15.?Reports received
from Mullingar, County '? tth,
say that Magistrate Moo;. ,
trate Hyde, while motorin;
sesxion-3 at Castle Pollard to
captured by Sinn Feiners.
taken to an unknown dest
the police and military, afti-r a . ? :
have failed to discover the r
abouts.
Revolution in Peking Denied
PEKING. Oct. 15 (By The Associated !
Press).?-Peking is politically tranquil
at present, and nothing is known here?
to justify reports of any crisis, actual
or impending, i This sets at rest the
rumors current in Shanghai, as re?
ported in a Shanghai dispatch of Oc?
tober 12, that General Chang Tsao
Lin, Governor of Feng-tien, had over?
thrown the Peking government and
proclaimed a monarchy).
Naval Board
To Investigate
Hayti Scandal
(Continu?! from pago one)
that letter or heard of any 'indiscrim?
inate killings' until I read General
Harriett's repovt this week. ? am sure
he never meant to convey what these
word- have b ien interpreted to mean.
When he called my attention to sev?
eral cases I approved his suggestion
that the matter be gone into thor?
oughly and that all guilty parties be
punished. He ordered the Investiga?
tion.
"I pupposed, of course, that the or?
der for investigation and the trial of
the guilty parties had proceeded in
accordance with my direction until
August, when inquiry was made as to
the cases. No report could be found
in the Marine Corps headquarters and
a cablegram was sent to Colonel Rus?
sell in Hayti to ask about the result
of tiie investigation of those cases.
"He wired that the report had been
mailed in March. When it could not
be found 1 directed General Lejeune
and General Butler to proceed to
Hayti to make an investigation. They
did so and brought back with them a
copy of Colonel Russell's report.
Report of Two Generals
The report of Major General Le?
jeune and Brigadier General Butler,
in part, follows-:
"During the month of August last it
came to the attention of the major
general commandant thai the report oi
an investigation into the alleged mis?
conduct or certain officers of the gen?
darmerie of Hayti, which' the brigade
commander had been directed to make
by the former major general command?
ant in an order approved by the Sec?
retary of the Navy, under date of Jan?
uary 12, 1920, could not be found at
Marine Corps headquarters.
"A searching inquiry was made and
no information in regard to the report
could be obtained from any one on
duty at headquarters Marine Corps, or
in any office of the Navy Department.
"The major general commandant
also communicated by radio with the
brigade commander in Hayti in regard
to the matter, and learned from him
that the report in question had been
transmitted l'y mail from Hayti on
March 20, 1020. Apparently it had
been lost in transit. On August 31,
1920, just prior to our leaving Wash?
ington for Hayti, you gave us verbal
instructions to make a careful supple?
mentary" investigation of the whole
matter and to report in full to you on
our return to the United States.
"In compliance with your instruc?
tions ev^ry effort was made to ob?
tain full and reliable information on
the subject. We examined all officers
of the Marine Corps and of the gendar?
merie of Hayti now serving there who
had any knowledge of the affair; also
a number of enlisted gendarmes, Hay
tian officials, ex-gendarmerie officers
?tnd the French priest at Hinche, as
well as two ex-gendarmerie officers
now living in Santo Domingo, Some
of the witnesses had-left the island
and are now in the United States. An
effort is now being made to get in
touch with them.
"In our opinion, the evidence ob?
tained by u.s and by the board of in?
vestigation establishes the following
facts:
"The abolition of corvee or enforced
labor on the roads by the people of :
Hayti, which had be? n in affect und??- '
the supervision of the gendarmerie of
Hayti, in accordance with the rural
code of that country since 191G, was
directed in an order issued by the
commandant of the gendarmerie to
take effect on October 1, 1918.
"The order was not obeyed at Hinche ,
and Maissade.
"The unauthorized corvee continued
until March, 1919, when it was stopped
by Brigadier General A. W. Catlin,
United States^ Marine Corps, the then
brigade commander, who ma.de a per-,
sonal investigation of conditions at
Hi ache and Maissade at that tin e.
"During the winter of 191S 'and 1919 ;
there was a serious increase in tiie ac?
tivity of bandit bands, conditions final-.
ly becoming so grave that the gen?
darmerie of Hayti was unable to han?
dle the* situation single-handed, and in
March, mir?, the marines wen brought
into tha district ;' Hinche to take
charge of the sit nation.
"Nearly all the witnesses examined ?
r.tated it to be their opinion that the
ions bandit situation in the vicinity!
of Hinche was badly handled by the
officer who commanded the gendarmerie
in the. department of North Hayti (Ma?
jor Weils). A number < ' thes< wit
n ?ses also stated that the above-men-i
t ion cd officer gave his subordinate* offi- !
cers ord ra : i report 'everything quiet,'
in . pit c of tl e fee: that < ollii ions with
lh i : au:!us were frequently taking
place.
"'I a, so witnesses also stated that, in
their opinion, thie officer desired to
conceal the trae stat of affairs from
his super! irs, so as to pri vent the gen?
darmes being /'?per aii d by the ma?
rines, who at thai time were concen?
trated at Port au ''rince and Cane Hay-,
tian. Some evidence indicates that his
ord rs to officers wire partly respon?
sible for illegal executions and con
t ?nuance of corvee.
illegal Executions
"During the months or November and
December, I918, and January, 1919,
several bandit prisoners (names uti?
le n o w n ) w ere executed ill egall y a t;
Hinche by gendarmes .acting under or-j
d ' s. of gendarmerie officers, and there
is strong evidence that Gamier Jean,
the notary ft Maissade, was kille,| by
the gendarme officer on duty at that :
?
'?During the invet ti| at ion in M a- a,
1919, I.y the then brigade commander
of the conditions existing at Hinche
and Maissade, the illegal execution of
prisoners mentiom d in tiie preceding
. aragraph became known to him. He
transferred the officers of the gen?
darmerie against vhom charges were
made, but took no further disciplinary
action in the matter.
"We recommend that, the brigade
commander be directed lo institut
general court martial proceedings
against all persons implicated who can
be brought within the jurisdiction of
the court.
"We deem it appro] date to stat-- at
this time that the misconduct above
outlined is nol indicative of the gen
er,;: s^ate of affairs in the gendarmerie
of Hayti, I tu that it constitutes an ex
e- tion to the gern tal rul? of go id
e.. luct on the part of its officers and
men.
"We found the military situation
and general conditions ia Hayti at th(
time of our visit there to be excellent
from the Marine Corps point of view.
.?,?? ??.
Battleship Tennessee
Begins Her Trial Trip
?<!,)* i dreadnought, Launched
? m Months Ago, Clears
- om Brooklyn Yard
'r-d eadnought Tennessee, one
powerful lighting ships in
. launched four months ago.
< eared from Brooklyn navy yard yes?
terday on the first leg of hertrial trip,
completely fitted for sea service. The
great vessel wiH load 1,800 tons of
fuel oil at Tompkinsville, S. I., and
proceed to Newport. K. I., for torpedoes.
Engineers and contractors who con?
structed the vessel will be picked- up
at Gardiner's Bay, L. I., and will pass
on her fitness during her trials. The
vessel is equipped w i th^ twelve 14-inch
guns, twelve 5-inch guna and has twelve
decks. She is 630 feet long and the
accommodations for the crew are more
comfortable than any other ship has. j
The vessel's speed is 21 knots. '
Wife Praises Hu?band,
So Friend Steals Him
Divorce Granted to Spouse of
Millionaires' Chef After
He Elopes
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y? Oct. 16. -
After an unusual story of alleged in?
fidelity had been related to Supreme
Court Justice Young to-day he signed
an order of absolute divorce in favor
of Mrs. Zelia Chaudouard against her
husband, Louis, a former chef for New
York millionaires.
Through her attorney Mrs. Chau?
douard said that during a voyage to
France in 1914 she met Mile. Leontine
Thomas, a belle of the Paris boulevards.
The two became intimate. To Mile.
Leontine she confided what a "wonder?
ful husband" she had and told with
pride how he was chef for one of the
Guggenheim families.
When the ship docked in Havre, she
continued, Mile. Leontine booked an
immediate return passage to America,
presented herself to the husband and
so completely won him over that he
eloped to Europe with her, where sri2
lias since been known as his wife.
Detained until after the armistice,
Mrs. Chaudouard said she hurried
home, only to find her "dream shat?
tered" and her husband gone.
"No defense was interposed.
-_?
Beck Says Davis
Errs in Calling
League "American"
Declares invitation to Sit
in Council at Geneva Par?
allels Offer to Have U. S.
Join the Holy Alliance
The offer to the United States of
membership in the League of Nations
has been paralleled for its unaccept
ability only by offer of membership in
the Holy Alliance, which President
Monroe refused, James M. Beck, for?
merly Deputy Attorney General of the
United States, told a large audience
at Cooper Union last night. lie was
speaking in reply to an address made
there on Thursday night by John W.
Davis, Ambassador to England. j
Characterizing the covenant of the!
league as "a document designad t -v 1
make war rather than to prevent it.
Mr. Beck cited the existing upheaval
of the nations of Europe to show that
.the leatrue, after one and one-half years
of functioning, had proved impotent
and incapable of doing away with po?
litical and industrial unrest in the
world.
"There is a denial on the part of
the supporters of the league." he said,
"that it creates a super-state. But I
declare that it does create a super- !
state, and on a scale greater than any- j
thing ever conceived by men before.
"Mr. Davis said the league needed
no Americanization, that it breathed |
the spirit of Americanism. I disagree
with him. The essential 'feature of I
Americanism always has been inde- i
pendence. I challenge Mr. Davis to '
find one statesman of America, from
Colonial days to the present time, who
ever has advocated turning over our
independence to a council of nine na?
tions such as that at Geneva."
The power of the supreme council
of tli3 league, he said, would make it j
impossible for the United States to |
handle its Mexican problem, for ex?
ample, and would make it necessary
that this nation take up arms, if the
council so decreed, to defend Japan in
case China should, by chance, decide
to use force against Japan.
It would be possible, he said, for the
council to decree that European na- I
?ions might increase their armies and
navies, while America would be forced
to reduce its fighting forces. The mat?
ter of disarmament, he said, would be
one for the Supreme Council, most of
wl members would represent Euro?
pean nations, to pass upon. t
"The Constitution of the United
States declares that the Conrrress shall
have the final word as t > the recula- '
'.ion of the size of our army and our
navy," Mr. Beck declared. "Shall we
turn over this final word to a council
in Geneva ?"
He warned against entangling alii- j
ancos, adding: "We meddled with !? i
umo and gained the enmity of a larfte
part of one country; we meddled in
Shantung with the same result. As
James Mi ?iroe predicted one hundred
years ago, such meddling can load t;>
no Kuou eithei- for Europe or for the
United States.''
Al Olne&s Grave
Spe? ? ii , Say? [arm ,;ce and
r< % ? iho ;ss
ATHEN:'. Oct. 14. ?"ne grave char?
acter of the mr.ladj fn m w1 ich King1
ider of G i ece is uffering was
?zed ti lay by Dr. GeorgeVidal.J
the noted French specialist, .? o is ins
Athens attending the King in th illness]
caused by the bite of a monkey nearly1
two ? s.- aire. Dr, Vidal said the;
gravity of the King's disea*??? was indi?
cated by th persistence of the jaun?
dice and fevey, wh ch ?as ed all last
night.
?he King appeared to rest calmly I
during th< night. To-day's bulletin on
his condition said:
"The Kin la ?uiet night.
His tempei iti re varied from 100 to
104.9. This morning his ti
ha i fallen to 100.4. tl ? pulse v ?
"Professor Vidal continues to be
: eve the strong constitution of the
King warrants hope for his rcc>
Police Shoot at
[Thief in Chase
On Fifth Ave,
Robher, With Four Others
Interrupted in Attempt
to Hold Up a Restaurant
in the Shopping Di&triet
Exciting Race Follows
Fugitive Halted by a Blow
From Club; Friend Fourni
in House Where Cri m Died
John Troy, twenty-on- y, rrs 0]<j
sprinted through the ? ? ^ppin?
district early yesterday pursued by two
patrolmen, who fired tr-i iota h'efo--.
they caught up with him and on? ,,'
, them knocked him down
They arrested Troy on a c'r.r.
trying to rob the London (
at 107 West Thirty-fifth Street, whert
the chase started.
Louis Vros, proprietor of the plac?
said four men staggered into ths
coffee house and one of therii
"Where is the money?" Troy th?n
threw some card.. in his face and
kicked him in the stomach, Y ros stia.
At that mome.i Patrolmen Walter
Clancey and Harold J. Bowers ap?
peared and a lookout Warm
tet, who suddenly sobered up and seat
tered. The pate Trov
east on Thirty fifth Street, : ?
Fifth Avenue. The f igil
east on Forty-second Street
early commuters in front of the Grand
Central Station, and reached Third
Avenue before the polii emen were
close enough to use a club. Troy fell
when he was hit, but picked himself
up and tried to go on. After repeated
blows he surrendered. Patrolman
Bowers broke his right wrist in a fall
during the chase.
While Troy was being led to ths
Thirtieth Street station James J.
Ready, thirty years old, was arrested
as one of the four w] :[0 wa3
taken in his room at 158 West Thirty
fourth Street, where Edward Hail
Crim, a West Virginia banker, was
found dying on August 8 of morphine
poisoning. At that time Ready w?s
arrested, but was dis -en he
showed that some one had. forced the
door to the room and h
Crim, while Ready was in the Herald
Square Hotel.
Ready and Troy wer" arraigned be.
fore Magistrate Raphael Tobias in Jef?
ferson Market court and were
$5,000 bail for examination Tuesday.
Both said they lived at 105 West 138th
Street. <j
Y ros. the restaurant proprietor, iden?
tified them as members of the r.old-up
gang. They coi fessed, according to th?
police.
A description or the pang apreos
with that of four rien who visited the
Epicurean Restaurant, at Seventh Ave?
nue and Thirty-fifth Street, shortly
before the attempt to rob the London
Coffee House. One of them seized an
at pie and ran out, and when the
cashier failed to pursue him the others
departed.
Yesterday's arrests disclosed the rob?
bery of the Liberty Restaurant, in
Seventh Avenue, near Thirty-eighth
Street, on Tuesday night. Wnile wo
men, wearing caps, leveled revolvers at
about fifteen casi? mers two others took
$135 from the cash register. The pro
prietor said the police asked
to disclose the incident, so that they
might have a better chance to catch
the men.
A woman uj ent of the
house ? he d sa i that
be '.vas
ther by ? had visitors,
one of who a w is Tri ?
told her of :-: bi i age ? in on?
of ?he leading hotels. A tant
ma lag r in one hotel sai ! v.
that he had brother n i Mied : . '
Ready,
.-.?'.'.'.?
ai wax's t*a nte
I^HE Knickerbocker
I Ice W agon and the
Fifth Avenue Bus
Each and every morning there
is "a woman who .sees" the
Knickerbocker Ice wagon at the?
Union League Ciub at the same
hour. She says that coming
down on the bus she has noticed
the wagon every week-day
morning for a year now?
through rn.o:\r and heat. And
she knov/s that Knickerbocker
Service is uniformly regular.
The mar hin ry "/ a good (iub runs
noiselessly and /?s regularly as clo?k
nvork. The same is (rue of all Kell
regulated ??ornes. It i i ibt ana
such homes that the Knickerl ckef la
Company lists as patrons.
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