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Berlin Paper
Visualizes Plot
For Revolution
Vorwaerts Sees Conspiracy
Between Steel Helmet So?
ciety and Secret Munich
Organization to Seize Rule
?Correspondence in Code
Movement Headed by "Un
crownrd Bavarian King*"
Called uKu - Kluxism**
By William C. Dreher
Special ? t bit " .r'? Tribuna
? ?pyrlght, 19?0? New Vork Trlbun* 1nc
BERLIN- Oct. :U.-The Socialists of
Chemnitz have discovered what Vor
traerts calls "a regular conspiracy
Evangeline
50
th ANNIVERSARY
1870 ? 1920
THE standard of the
Mercantile demands
that the safety of its vaults
shall be adequate to the
most priceless possession.
The sire oi the Mercantile
permits us to offer this
security at rentals gauged
to the most moderate
income.
THE MERCANTILE
Safe Deposit Company
115 nroadvvav. New York
under the mask of the so-called Steel '
Helmet Society for the overthrow of j
the German government." Vorwaerts
asserts that the Steel Helmet Society is j
strictly a military organization, with I
army officers acting aa its leaders in '
different parts ?if the country.
The revelation also throw.? light ou
connections said to exist between the
Steel Helmet Society and the so-called !
, Orgesch, a secret society With head?
quarters in Munich, which takes it? '
name from an abbreviation of "Organ- '
ization Escherich." It was founded !
' and is led by Hr. George Escherich, j
sometimes called the uncrowned King !
of Bavaria.
The organization has close relations j
i with the Bavarian government, accord- :
ing to the Socialist report, and has i
extended itself over most of the coun- '?
: try. The ostensible object of the Or- I
; geseh is n protective ku-kluxism
i against the Reds. Although it is sup
? posed to eschew all military matters, '
j the Orgesch is said to have been be
, hind the refusal of the Munich gov- i
eminent to surrender Bavarian arms to !
the national government, and its in?
sistence upon the right to maintain '
: home guards.
Now Yorwnerta charges that the '
\ Orgesch is behind a plan for mobiliza- ,
j tion and has funds to push it. The
I organization also is said to be plan
i ning its military operations for a day j
; of uprising and to have established a
rendezvous in the little village of
Frankenberg, where the reichswehr
(national defense troops') have agreed
to undertake the arming and equipping
of members of the Steel Helmet .So- |
ciety.
The Steel Helmet Society is said to
be active in its cooperation with the
Sicherheitzspolezei (.safety police). Ac?
cording to the report in Vorwaerts, the |
Steel Helmet Society and the Orgesch :
have carried on a secret correspond?
ence in cipher. The code is changed
weekly and letters are transmitted
only by army officers who act. as |
couriers, the newspaper explains.
The Saxon government learned of
these developments and took action
which already has resulted in the resig- '
nation of one of the leaders of the j
safety police who had sought to dis- i
arm all his men who refused to join
the Orgesch.
Vorwaerts says that a Steel Helmet
Society also has been organized in Bre- :
men, and adds that it is cooperating 1
openly with the Orgesch.
Peace Treaty Denounced \
In Reichstag as Crime |
Dr. Sehiffer Asserts German Peo
pie Were Deceived Into Lay
ing Doirn Arms by President
BERLIN, Oct. 31..Dr. Eugen Schif?
fer, former Minister of Justice, speak- ?
ing in the Reichstag yesterday against
the Versailles treaty, said that the
German people had been deceived in
laying down their arms by President
Wilson, whose failure to stand by the
fourteen points, he declared, made the
: treaty a laughing stock and mockery
ol tue world.
Under the covering rote the Ger?
mans, said Dr. Sehiffer, had not only
: the moral but documentary right to
demand revisions of the treaty.
"The treaty itself," said the former
Minister, "is a crime against the Ger?
man nsiion and the whole world."
The attack met with apparent ap
proval from all sections, but Herr
. "'...-. leader of the New Communists,
prophesying a coming revolution and
?a overthrow of capitalism, declared
that his party desired revision by other
means.
wanted apvision with the coopera
of international proletariats and
the expropriation of all machinery
of production as quickly and thoroughly
. s | )ssiblc.
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M..KELY TO
KEEP WARM.
Care in personal appear- '
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taste, nothing else.
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satisfied by letter heads litho?
graphed on our MARION
BOND.
They can be had in mul- ',
ti, les of 5,000 at very mod
crate prices.
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prices. ?
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54 Lafayette Street
Telephone Franklin 4270
American Food
Keeps Austrian
Children Alive
300,000 Being Fed Daily;
Winter Shortage of Fuel |
Promises To Be More !
Acute Than Las>t Year
_I
VIENNA. Oct. 31.?The first touch!
of winter has reawakened Vienna and i
vther Austrian cities to the food and ;
fuel shortages, which President Seitz .
to-day described to The Associated
Press as "generally worse than last
year."
Various charities are doing much to ?
relieve conditions. The American Child ;
Feeding Fund now is feeding daily
300,000 children under sixteen years,
and is also supplying overcoats, shoes,
stockings and flannel underwear to
100,000 children.
The fund and tlic Austrian govern?
ment me working in partnership. In?
asmuch as Austria bears ail expendi?
tures for freight and warehouses when
American relief supplies r<ach Huro?
nean ports, it i?1, said virtually 100
per cent of the monev contributed in
i the United States goes into actual
| relief.
"Full grown people," said President
i Seitz, "can recover from the effects
' of several years of underfeeding. But
i underfed children mean a generation
j of weaklings. The assistance given us
I by the American Relief Fund wih al
I ways be remembered by every Aus?
trian."
Sixty-eight million meals have been
distributed to undernourished Austrian
| children in sixteen months. Those
i who have been fed daily include every
! needy class of the population?from
laborers' children to those of intel?
lectuals. Thousands of families had
j insufficient garments to permit even
I one child at a time to go to the
' kitchens of the fund for food.
Reserve Board
Holds Business I
Outlook Bright
Readjustments From War
and Pre-War Conditions
Proceeding Gradually hut
Surely; Crop Yields Firm
?M o n e y Market Strong
Caution of Retailers in Buy?
ing Ho!ds Bark Trade;
Awaiting Developments
WASHINGTON. Oct. 31.?Recovery
from war and postwar conditions is
proceeding apace in the United States
and the natural forces in evidence
which make for stabilization carry as?
surance for the future, the Federal
Reserve Board declared to-day in its
monthly review of business conditions.
Although the readjustment process
has been marked by uncertainty and
some suspension of activity, the board
described the economic and business
rituation as a whole as one showing
much inherent strength and an ability
to attain a position of relative stabil?
ity through an orderly transition. It
argued that the necessary changes in
the direction of normal condition?
would be accomplished without great
disturbance unless unforeseen factor;
entered into the process.
"Price revisions in textile lines and ;
in other branches of wearing apparel, as '
well us in numerous staple commodi- j
tics," said the board, "have been the !
outstanding elements in the t ituation :
just as during the preceding month.
Caution .Shown In Buying
"Caution in buying, due to a belief
! that price readjustment is not yet
j complete, has been a noteworthy factor,
? and in some quarters has tended to
?slow-down the activity of retail trade,
j although inure npparent in the whole
[ sa^e trade. Crop yields have, on the
'whole, justified the expectation ex
I pressed at the opening of the month.
I Banking reserves have held their own
during the month ar.d there has been
a steady improvement in the liquidity
j of paper.
"Labor is less fully employed. Not?
withstanding some sporadic cuts in
I wages here and there, the general posi
Ition is about as good as it has been
so far aa actual payments or races
of wages ai.? concerned."
While the retail trade reported a
moderate increase in net sales as com?
pared with last, fall, the usual fall
! activity and buying were sai?l not to be
j in evidence. The board attributed some
I of this condition to unseasonable
! weather.
Retailers Await Developments
Reports from almost all sections in
, dicated that the retailer had deter
! mined to await, further developments
before renewing his stocks heavily
i The outstanding orders were reported
I to bo small and the general purchasing
| activity of the retail merchant was
described a? very conservative.
The manufacturer has felt thr
withholding of orders by the retailers
' and, according to reports, has not beer
| able to operate on full time in manj
lines of trade; because of a lack of
orders. Cotton mills were mentioned !
specifically as having been hard hit j
by the slackening of retail orders, j
while new business in the iron and I
steel industry has actually decreased.
In the shoe and leather industry i
the board found conditions similar to !
those in the cotton trade and other '
textiles. The leather interests are fac- '
ing liuminent. shutdowns in many places
because of the heavy decline in buy-|
ing, the report showed.
City Removes Stairway
At " L" Station at Night j
Whalen's Men Tore Down Prop- !
erly of the Car Company,
Hedley Declares
Shortly after midnight, yesterday a ?
gan:,- of workmen employed by the De- ?
partment of Plant and Structures tore
down one of the stairways leading toi
! the Third Avenue "L" station at Canal j
? Street and the Bowery. They removed ?
. the stairway in spite of the protests j
j of policemen from the Clinton Street i
, police station, who wanted to know who ?
| gave authority for the removal of the
i stairs.
i Last night Grover A. Whalen, Com
? missioner of the Department, of Plant
and Structures, and President Hedley,
? of the InterboEough Rapid Transit
: Company, made statements regarding
the removal of the strairway. There
was a difference of opinion^as to the
I legality of the department's action.
Mr. Whalen declared that he was en
| tirely within his rights, because the
i structure was on citv property and
? that its removal would make it possible
; to widen the approach to Manhattan
j Bridge. Mr. Hedley; however, said that
he did not think the City of New York
I or anybody else had the right to steal
j somebody else's property under cover
I of darkness. "I have been told," he
; said, "that they not only took down the
stairway, but that they took it away. ?
And if they try to take away our prop- ;
erty we shall certainly go after them, j
We will do whatever we can to get the ?
stairway back."
-?
Names of East Side
War Dead Are Sought
Memorial Committee Sends Out i
Appeal Before Closing
Its Roll
In order that no names may be j
omitted from the bronze tablet on the
memorial soon to be erected to the
memory of men from the lower East
i Sido who gave their lives in the late
: war, an appeal was sent out yesterday,
' to relatives of all dead heroes from
' that section to communicate with the
I Community Memorial Committee. Com
? munications should be addressed to
i the committee at No. 63 Madison
Street.
William A. Thompson, chairman of
1 the committee, said there were already
j in his possession 71 names, but that
he felt there probably were others
: which should be included.
Funds for the Memorial are avail
; able, he said, and application has been
j made for a site on which to erect the
? monument. As soon as a permit has
? been granted, the work will be begun.
< Governor Alfred E. Smith, himself a
i resident of the section, will break the
i ground in the near future, it is anti
? cipated. In conclusion the communica
j tion says:
"The Community Memorial Commit
? tne of the lower East Side will be
' aided and obliged if the relatives ot
! any of the brave sons who died ir
the service whose homes were in thai
; section of the city between Batterj
: and (.'Orleans parks will forward theii
'? names so that they may be added t<
; those now in hand."
?-1
Chauffeur of Bandit Car
Held in $20,000 Hold-Up
Captured by Policeman in Chase
in Which Shots Are Fired;
$16,000 Recovered
Daniel Schwartz, twenty-two years
ol?, a chauffeur, of 87 Lenox Avenue, .
said to be the leader of a gang of five :
men who held up and robbed the pro- j
prietor of a cat? and his employeo Sat
urday, was arraigned yesterday in :
YorkVille Court and held in $7.000 bail
for further examination. Schwartz
was captured only after several revol
ver shots haa been fired. When
searched two revolvers were found on j
him.
He was taken after an exciting :
chase at Twentieth Street and Fourth
Avenue after live men had held up and ?
robbed Charles Springer, a saloon?
keeper, of 37 West Twenty-first Street,
and his employee, Solomon Fleischman,
of $20,000 which they had just drawn
from a nearby bank. As the two men
turned the corner at Twentieth Street
and Broadway a large touring car
pulled up to the curb and the five men
leap'ed out with drawn revolvers.
Seizing the money they reenterpd the
car and sped through Twentieth Street
toward Fourth Avenue.
Fully 2,000 persons gave chase. Po
! liceman Frank Belinsky, of the Fast
? Twenty-second Street station, standing
at Twentieth Street and Fourth Ave?
nue, heard the commotion, comman?
deered a i, automobile and pursued
them. The robbers' car stalled and the
i live men leap??? ?ut and starred to run.
I Belinsky ct?nered Schwartz as he fled
I into a doorway. Returning to the fugi
j tive car he found $1(>,000 in bills lying
: nn fht. flm>r
The automobile was later identified
as the property of Dr. Richard J.
O'Connor, of 354 West Seventy-ninth
Street. It had been stolen while stand?
ing in front of his house.
Pullman Agents Ousted
On Charges of Grafting
Company Asks Publie to Report
Employees Who Extort Bo?
nuses for Choice Berths
Seven ticket sellers employed by the!
Pennsylvania Railroad at its New York
terminal were oismissed yesterday,
charged with extorting bonuses for
Pullman accommodations. It was said
that they held back choice berths and
chair seats and only after a bribe did
they produce the desired accommoda?
tions.
Officials of the company announced
^l
demons
Wthtf BROADWAY
The
ONLY
Fine
Merchant
Tailored
READY TO WEAR
Men s Clothes
tn
Neiv York
3
yesterday that this practice would be
' ?tamped out. Complaints of any such
attempt, they said, should be sent to
the company at once.
Commencing to-day, the former ar
I rangement by which Pennsylvania
I Railroad employees have sold Pullman
\ tickets will be discontinued in th*
terminal station at New York. The
, Pullman company will instil its own
employees a? tr. is point. Thi?* plan i*
to be adopte?! all over the syste-?
said.
5.
good tips
1 on glove
economy
\, Secure a good fit. Gloves
that fit outwear gloves that
are uncomfortable.
2. Do not wear very tight gloves.
A well made glove will fit
imoothly even when easy to
slip on ? and will last longer.
Get more than one pair for
daily use...Like shoes, two pair last
MORE than twice as long as one.
4. Get quality gloves.. The other
kind are discarded before they have
given service.
Do not ask for "gloves" ?- ask for
Fownes, with the name in the wrist.
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