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Fjrst to Last? the Truth:
SATURDAY
News? Jbunonais? Adveu-A^emanis
THE WEATHER
Fair to-day and to-morrow; continued
cold; fresh and strong went
and northwest winds
Fall Report on ?MSt **:ig?
NOVEMI?ER 13, 1920
two rrxTs
In (?renter New York
THP.KF (FNTS
? Ulila 200 Milei
FOI'R CFNTS
r i?'?Ii?ti
McAdoo and
Morse Named
!n Shipping
Deal Inquiry
Former Cabinet Officer
Connected With Ship
Company, as Attorney;
Ex-Employee an Official
2.400 Fraud Cases
Under Scrutiny
- i
Investigator Calls All
Firms Crooked; Block
Sl.500.000 Steal;
Get"BigFis!v*HeSays
Further testimony substantiating the
charges of graft, waste and corruption
.;., .rt. 0pc) itions of '.ho United States
?hipping lUx.ird wap offered yesterday
,ef re the Congressional committee in
the innu^'v i"*'1 ?llegationsVontaincd
?n a special report submitted by two
.-? ?ts investigators. The hearing is
being held in the Federal Building,
this city.
John T. Meehan, deputy chief of the
Division of Investigation of the United
States Shipping Beard, was questioned
Mr. Meehan supplied a great deal oi
the material upon which A. M. Fishe:
ar.d J. F. Richardson, the committe<
invest gators, made their report.
Occupying the stand for more thai
five hours, Mr. Meehan testified t<
many ?nstanc .- of fraud, conspiracy t?
defraud and graft in dealings betweei
?.he goveri ment and contractors, shi]
operators and supply agents, an?
rangin i * from ten to hundred
of thousands of dollars.
lie said that there were on the lis
of ?.i.? department of Investigate
2,400 casi - still being investigated
many of which, he believed, would re
suit in criminal prosecutions. Case
cf petty graft, he said, wore so immer
,,i:.- that In- would consider it inadvis
? pr?s prosecutions in connectio
wii ?:. ' ? . until men higher up lia
teen punished. Among the higher up
he included men occupying positions c
impurtance in tin Shipping r>oard, son,
? ? . have li ft its employ or hav
--?d and others of whoi
till an in the employ of the board.
Morse and McAdoo Mentioned
The names of Charles W. Morse nn
im Gibl McAdoo, former Keen
tary of the Treasury and counsel f<
Worse, were brought :nto the ii
r; by Mr. Mechan ir: connectio
th? d'sc'jsslon *nf political ii
fluer.ee in ihe operations of the Shi]
Mr. Morse's name appeared in t!
nj a I i< hi ad of the Virgin
Idii .- i orporati n, of Alexa
h figured in the j'.lleg.
Rh ?nehardt, an audit
employed at the plant by the Fine
* ?la Meehan said, confessed that t
ha ? ? -?. m n
""th ' edge of Hen Mors**, \
?' n >n, ; r signing blank voue
the Emergency Fleet Corpoi
? ???? tent of hundreds o? the
R '..; for lumbi r and oth
!- which w?re to be used ostc
' the shipping plant, but whi?
. wi re diverted to priv<
pi rations at P.osemont.
Rhine! ardt ev?. r indicted
Congressman Walsh, chairm
? ? tl tee.
"N " replied Meehan. "We turr
i '? ?del ce in his case to ?
ent oi iustice, but I do i
become of it."
Mr. Meehan said that following
" sig Secretary of the Tro
iry, Mi McAdoo became c ?unsel
'?. Morse, and added:
"The feel g has been that Mr. Mo
'"'1 ; be getting as much conaid
? ?re ready allowance
one ? ? ii not for the appeara
McAdoo in his behalf as co
el, i ' two weeks after his res
natio ; ? ? tary of the Trensui
McAdoo'8 Secretary Made Official
Mi eel an as erted also that sin
? - y with Mr. McAdoo's app?.
??nee as counsel for Morse, W, J. M
tin, s< :retary to McAdoo, bee;
treai irer of Mors? 's c ?mpany.
"! n't want the impression to
wever," explained Mr. Mee!
"that McAdoo ever interfered with
h'.rc. i ered < ur w ork."
The name of Joseph P. Tumi
!'; esident Wilson, also
' enl .?* by Mr. Meehan, in pies
lavit alleged to have 1
? man named Edward McG
laptain Yatos, for
? ? ( of the board at
:ad offered him a posltior
year simply to draw
salarj ? thout appearing at the o
Mr ' ehan testified that Mc(
had applii i for a position in the
(Continued on pago six)
Landlord, Arrested by
Policeman Tenant, Freed
Nol Disorderly, Court Hold?..
bul Must Face Charge of Let
ting Child Run Auto
?Magistrate Geismar, in Flatbush
? -:'<7 -' ?". Brooklyn, yesterday dis?
missed a charge of disorderly conduct
Patro man William Tjarkes
it Louis LipkowitZ when t le
*ttei objected t.. luir.,,- stopped in the
*_rv".' because his thirteen-year-old
r,a'?'?;?';' ! was driving his motor car.
Lipkowitz explained that he hud ex
postulal .': when the patrolman jumped
Mi the runn ng board of his car simply
oecaus? he thought Tjarkes was pro
?uming ,n t".c;r intimacy as landlord
*nd tenant. He is the patrolman's
'?nal r.i and they have had sever?!
' ': ites about rent, one of which
brought Tjarkes into court on a sum
J6<aa*
?ag trate Geismar informed Lipko
Wit/ thai his indignation was war
ranted and told the policeman that he
"?d acted contrary to his dv.w and was
[?sponsible for the disturbance. Lip
'?'?'. has preferred chargea against
rjarkes at Police Headquarters. The
charge that he permitted his daughter
to drive his car will bo heard in Traf?
ic Court jiui the charge made against
hfer for driving it will come up in Chil?
dren's Court
League Opened to Austria and
Bulgaria; Closed to Germany
Members Are Divided Over Question of Admitting
Berlin; Plan to Develop Covenant, Despite
Alispnrp nf ?in?f?ricji: No Chanco for Kimsin
By Arthur S. Drapar
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyrlglft. 1!>20, New York Tribuno ln<*.
GENEVA, Nov. 12.?When the as?
sembly of tho League of Nations, com?
posed of delegates from forty-one
states, meets here Mondav it will be
divided on the question of admitting
Germany to tho association formed to
establish world peace. Although Aus?
tria and Bulgaria will be received on
equal terms v ith countries that dur?
ing the war were neutral, Germany
undoubtedly ?jvill remain outside of the
alliance, along with the United States
and Russia.
This much i.eems to be fairly well
established, but just how Germany
is to be held at arm's length while
the problem of her status rs being
solved is a cuesti?n that is giving the
statesmen o? powers, large and small,
considerable c incern.
There will be a fight over Germany,
either behirrd the scenes or on the floor
of the assembly meetings, or in both
places.
Geneva is crowded as never before
and, a.though hosts of correspondents
of American and German newspapers
are present, there is no league repre?
sentative of the nation whose Chief Ex
_ I
ecutive called the nssembly into ses?
sion, America.
The German correspondents were
first on .the scene. They were fol?
lowed immediately by the Japanese
delegates to the assembly, and their
party numbers nearly a hundred p:r
sons, unequalled in si..e by the delega?
tion of any other country.
Europe, Asia, Africa and South
America have all sent prominent
statesmen, accompanied by their secre?
taries, just as at Versailles a year
a?ro, but on this occasion twice as many
states are represented.
The delegates already here express
respect for Senator Harding and his
proposals for a new association of
nations, but they insist, that they didn't
come here to attend ;in inquest of the
League of Nations. Instead, they ex
pr?>ss tl-o'i* determination to help de?
velop this infant association into a
powerful alliance for the preservation
of- world peace and to call out the
assistance of ail nations in this task.
The absence of an American de egate
is a matter of the most profound regret
which is expressed on all sides, not only
by representatives of our old as: ociates
in the war, but also by the members of
the groups from Spain, Portugal. Hol?
land, the Scandinavian count'?es and
South America. Hut the very fact that
the United States hohis r.loof serves te
inspire the delegates here to greatei
(Continued en page Hirco)
Landis Heads
Baseball After
Peace Is Made
Federal Jurist Accept??
Chairmanship at Salary
of $-12,500 a Year for
Term of Seven Years
Will Remain on Bench
To Be Court of Final
Appeals Warring Cluh
Compromise on New Plan
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
CHICAGO, Nov. 12.?Peace was re?
stored in organized barcbnll to-day
when Judge. Kenesaw Mountain Landis
accepted the offer extended unanimous?
ly by the sixteen American and National
league clubs to become the head of the
beard controlling the game.
Judge Landis's acceptance was with
the understanding that he was to keep
his place on the bench, where his salary
i ? $7,500, and that he should have "on?
man control" of baseball, having no
other persons on the board of control
with him. His salary as supreme, ar?
biter in all baseball disputes will be.
$42,500, with an allowance of $10,000
a year for expenses. He agreed to
serve for a term of seven years.
The offer to Judge Landis came after
representatives of all the clubs, in two
conferences to~d7iy, had thrashed out
their differences which threatened to
start another baseball war. Kan John?
son and the other four American
League club owners, who hail held out
against the civilian nain (if control
proposed by A. D. Lasker, of Chicago,
compromised when the other eleven
owners, abandoning their proposed
twelve-club league, agreed to eettain
concessions ir. the manner of voting on
questions of inter-league interest. The
result was complete agreement, on all
the points at issue.
Landis Ready for Work
After their conferences, the owners
went in a body to Judge Landis's court?
room, where he received them. He ac?
cepted the offer enthusiastically, hay?
ing: "I'm ready t.~. go tj work at once.
All you have t,o do is name the time and
. establish me in offices."
Airangements ere being made to open
offices h re and employ an adequate
secretarial staff.
At Uie formal conference which fol?
lowed the first informal gathering of
the magnates the following resolution
was adopted unanimously:
'"Resolved, That the chairman of the
board of control shall lie elected by a
majority of the votes of the clubs com?
posing the American and National
leagues;
"That his successor be elected in the
: same manner and this shall be incor?
porated in the new national agreement;
"It is agreed that upon all questions
of an inter-league nature or in any
matter coming up at a joint meeting of
the two major leagues, that, the roll
be called and after voting by clubs of
each league, if there be a division, then
the American league shall cast one
vote and the National league another
vote. Should these two voles b" at
variance then the commissioner shall
cast the deciding vote and there shall
be no anneal therefrom.
"Further, That the commissioner I
shall preside at any arid all joint j
meetinas."
Minors Mav Be Represented
When the_ tuestion of the number
of the assocmvi' members of the Board
of Control was discussed, the con?
sensus was that it should be u one
man commission. No final action was !
taken on this question, but it was j
provided that in case a one-man com-i
n ission is established the presidents \
of the two big leagues shall act as
special pleaders in cases in which their i
leag ?es or clubs are involved. It was
Stipulated also that if th?- minor
leagues decided to operate with the
(Cortinucd on ?ao? th;rt?*?ii)
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Labor Delegates
Hiss, Jeer E.ed
Cross Appeal
i Central Fed?rate,! Leaders
Vc ? Not to Give Cent
Un' ' ihe "Discrimination'
Against Ireland Stops
Represent 350,000 Men
Officials Declare Lirions
All Over the Country
Will Follow the Example
! , .
Delegates to the t'entra! Federated
?Union representing 350,000 union mem
; bers of this city greeted the appeal of
the American Red Cross for members
and money with jeer? and hisses last
night at their meetinp. ?t Labor Temple,
243 East Fig '.--fourth Street.
They adopt? unanimously a resolu?
tion declaring their intention not tc
;,'?vq a cent to the American Red Cros^
until it desisted from its policy of!
"discrimination" against Ireland am
sent to that country such aid as it ha.?
been giving to Armenia and othei
I stricken nations. Ernest B?hm, thi
! secretary, was instructed lo write t?
the American Red Cross setting fort)
! the stand of the labor organization.
Charles Rothman, of the Painter;
Union; Daniel S. Jacobson, of th
Cigar .Makers' Union; Thomas Rock?
' of the Painters' Union, and John Sulli
! van, treasurer of the Central Federal
ed Union, took the lead in pledgin
I their unions to boycott the America
i Red Crus..
Primed to Oppose Appeal
The subject came up when Mr. Boh;
i read a letter signed by Elizabeth ;
! Cullen, associate director of the Re
ICross, askir.g the support of the Cei
jtra! Federated Union in the 1920 ro
i call campaign of the relief organiz;
i tion.
i Mr. B?hm was interrupted by jee
and catcal s which showed that t1
meeting was primed to oppose tl
appeal. As soon as he had finish.?
Rothman, Jacobson and others were ?
I their feet striving for recognition
| order to get their views before t
meeting. John Sullivan, who intr
j duced the hostile resolution, was t
first to obtain the floor, however.
"I think it is the ser.timent of th
\ body, as well as the sentiment gene
?ally among the 300,000 or more uni?
men in this e;ty," he said, "that r.o a
1 shall be extended lo the R id Cross u
ti! that organization does its duty
i Ireland. We have read reports of h<
1 they liave aided the distressed peoj
of Armenia, destitute pe iple of Czecl
Sltvakia and the starving inhabiiar
? of Jugo-Slavia, but we have not read
] line about their aiding the wound
| and sick in Ireland.
Worker Said To Be Disappointed
"Although the laboring man in gre
er New York has always been a star
: supporter of the Red Cross, a sun
(Contlnufii on pagt, kU)
Class to Quit in Body
If Ban Is Put on Hazing
.- i
St. John's Sophomores Threaten
to Walk Out To-day; Other
Students May Join
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Nov. 12.?The
sophomore class at St. John's College
threatened to quit school to-morrow
rallier than obey an order issued by
the governing body of th.* institution,
directing them to withdraw th i sei if
iules issued by the sophomores for the
observance of freshmen. Most of th ?
members of other classes have indi?
cated their readiness to strike with
the sophomore"
The order was issue! to check haz?
ing, which had been practiced by the
sophonvrcs 'o enforce some of th?:r
rules. The bo.ird appealed to th i senior
class to-day for support, but the stu
dcri? reiterated their approval o: the
stand of the sophomores.
Say French HangedAmerican
[Dispatch From Turkey Declare??
Relief -O?r,?,. ? ?cutefl
SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 12.?The
?State Department has been asked to
veri fy a l.spatch r< ci iv .1 in this cil y
by the Near East Relief officials saying
Captain John Shismanian, bjisiu.,
Calif., commanding the Relief ~.:;u
I nian Legion at Adena, Turkey, had been
, arrested i nd hanged by the French,
Captain Shismanian was said to be a;?
i American citizen and formerly a mem?
ber of the Kentucky National Guard.
Irish Hunger
Strike Ended
0?94t3,Day;
All Are Ordered to Cease
Fast by Founder of Sinn
Fein, Who Bids Them;
Five and Fight for Erin
Bishop Called On
Prisoners to Eat
Doctors at Cork Jail Ad?
minister Food, hut Fear!
Men Mav Not Recover!
"_ j
By Frank Getty
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyrl-ht, 1930, New York Tribuno In.*.
LONDON, Nov. 12.?The hunger
strike which five Irish prisoners in the
jail at Cork had maintained for ninety
four davs war, ended to-day when Ar?
thur Griffiths, founder of Sinn F?in
and acting president of the Irish "re?
public," called on them to abandon
their protest and live for Ireland.
In ;-. letter to Lord Mayor O'Calla
ghan of Cork, Griffiths wrote: "I am
of the opinion that our countrymen in
Cork prison have sufficiently preved
their devotion and fidelity nml that
they should now, as they were prepared
to die for Ireland, prepare again to
live for her."
Recovery of Strikers in Doubt ?
The signal thus given by the Irish
leader to end the strike affects seven
other hunger strikers in the jail whose
fast, has not been so lor:;. Only five
of the strikers be<ran their abstinence
two days before Terence MacSwincy
first refused food.
Medical opinion here is divided as
to whether the men who have been
fasting ninety-four days can be, re?
stored to health. Many physicians
doubt whether they can live. When
seen by the Tribune correspondent at.
the lime of MacSviney's funeral the
Cork prisoners were so emaciated that.
they were little mere than skin and
bones. Their face, resembled skulls.
For weeks they have been unable to
speak or even to recognize their
friends. Two of them have died, It a-;
feared that even Griffiths's reprieve
gives them little to live for.
Minds May Be Affected
London physicians say they have
never known of a ease in which a man
recovered completely after i isting more
than twelve ?lays. In many instances
that have come under their considera?
tion, the physicians say, ?he minds ot
f asters show l he effects of their ab?
stinence when they again begin eating
Griffiths's appeal was the latest devel?
opment in the tense situation sur?
rounding the situation at. the Cork jail
li ?ame as an answer to a renewei
appeal from Bishop Cohalan, of Cork
I urging that a further succession o!
?tenths would not impress the won?
more than it had been impressed a ?
ready.
The physicians at the Cork jail ex
press hopes of being able to nurse th?
strikers hack to health again.
Message Sent by Griffiths
CORK. Nov. 12 (By The Associate?
Press)- Arthur Griffiths' message ord
! ering the hunger strike to end ha
been transmitted to the survivinj
hunger strikers in the jail. The mei
were reponed to be in a deplorabl;
low state.
The hunger strikers agreed to tak'
food after the message of Mr. Griffith
had been conveyed to them.
"It will be anxious work, but we at
quite hopeful of pulling all the me
through," said Dr. Pearson to The A
sociated Press to ?lay. "The first noui
ishment will consist of infants' foot
the white of eggs ami beef juice. W
are feeling our way with each cas?
and the outlook is distinctly favorable.
Dr. Pearson denied reports that th
prisoners began to take food seve'
?lays ago. He declared they had r.
ing whatever to eat until to-day. Son.
of the strikers at first showed n
luctance to comply with Mr. Grifiith
advice to cease their fast, but all thei
finally consented.
Tiie announcement of the receipt (
the Griffiths letter.cfime so ??, after tl:
appeal made by Bishop Cohalan, ?
( ork, that there be ;? cess :ti m of th
(Continued on page three)
.. Prepares
?rive Against
orne Brews
E n f o r e e ni e n t Agents
Will Wage Campaign
to Stop Operations of
Amateur Beer Makers
Secrecy Guards
Means To Be Used
Restrictions on Sale of
Malt and Hops May Be
Full Extent of Crusade
WASHTN'CTOX, Xov. 12 CBy The As- |
sociated Press). -The Internal R?ve- :
nuc Bureau in formal statements to- ,
c'ay confirmed reports that a crusade
against home brewing of alcoholic
beverages is planned by the govern?
ment's prohibition enforcement agen?
cies.
The bureau did not reveal, how- '
ever, the means it purposed to em?
ploy in the campaign, nor admit that it
had approved preliminary instructions
by Prohibition Commissioner Kramer
directing that sab's of matt and hops
be restricted to bilkers and confec?
tioners.
"if malt extract, hops, isinglass,
gelatine or other materials are sold or
advertised for sale in circumstances
which ?-how that they are advertised or
sold for use in the unlawful manu?
facture of intoxicating liquor," said
the statement issued to-night by Com- ;
mis ?oner Williams of the Internal I
Revenue Bureau, "it is the purpose of?
the bureau to prosecute persons so
offending.
Home Brew Outlawed
"The so-called home brewed beer
manufactured in the home for beverage
purposes, even though for the sole use ,
of the family and bcna fide guests, is,
under th?1 bureau's construction of the
law, ?'legal, and the sale of materials,
for the purpose of such manufacturo ;
?s likewise illegal."
Commissioner Kramer still was ab?
sent from the city to-night and no '
authoritative Statement of the nature I
of such instruction as he already has
issued in the anti-home brew campaign |
was obtainable. Tin- statement of the :
Federal prohibition director of Ohio, |
however, that he had received instruc- ?
tions from Mr. Kramer to prevetit sales!
of malt and hops except to bakers and ?
to confectioners has not been denied
by the Internal Revenue Bureau, al?
though it is understood that Com- !
mii.sioner Williams has not as yet ap-i
proved these specific orders.
There was an apparent difference of;
opinion bi tween officials of the Burent: ?
of Internal Revenue and Commissioner
Kramer's staff of advisers as to the
powers granted under ihe Volstead j
act with respeci to prohibiting the |
sale of articles employed in the manu- i
facture of beer at li?me.
Commissioner Williams conferred 1
during the day with aids familiar
with the act, and-this was: followed by
numerous other conferences in the bu?
reau, the nature of which was not dis- ?
closi .1.
Confidential Instructions
Officials of the prohibition unit de-!
clined to discuss any phase of the;
question. A.ssistanl Commissioner B us !
of the prohibition staff was among'
those who talked with Commissioner
Wil iams, but neither would say what I
conclusions were arrived at
The only information obtainable at
prohibition headquarters indicated that
the order restricting the sa'e of malt
and hops to which the Ohio director
le'e rre ;, va hi the form of con?
fident al instructions sent to all en?
forcement officers. This method is
commonly employed by Commissioner
Kramer in all orders issued, no pub?
licity being given to them except m
unusual ci ses.
Notwithstanding the assertion of in?
ternal revenue officials that they knew
i nothing of the specific order, 1; was
persistently reported that at !?*ast one
i otis.-'al had been consulted regardin ,
: the advisability of ".ending it through
the r ut'.'.' to mike it a !' rmal Treas?
ury decision. When such orders bo
come of Treasury recor* they are rev
(Contlnuod on pago sevni
Aged Man's Chance Friend and
Confidant Judge Who Frees Son
Eugene Sallade has n devoted father
lo thnnk that he is a free man and at
home in Philadelphia to-day, instead of
sweeping the walks ?>n Blackwell's Isl?
and. His father, Madison Sallade, who
is eighty-five years old and of an :rre
pressible temperament, started for New
York from his home in Philadelphia ..:
5oon as he heard the young man was
to be placed on trial in this city for
illegally having narcotics in his posse
sion,
lie emerged from the subwayatFrank
lin Street yesterday morning, and was
somewhat 1. v, Idered by the gr at
trucks that throng il the street and the
warning si-, ou ta of draymen and pack?
ers as they nud?r? I greal packing cases
across the sidewalk It was a part of
the city with which he was unfamiliar.
"P. r ;- n me, sir " sai ; i ??
wl o i id come up the subway stairs at
his elbow, "but could v. u direct me to
the Court of Spec :.l Sessions? I just
arrived from i'l iladelphia, and ?ion':
know my way around here real wall. I
iu d net wish to be late."
Tells Acquaintance of His Errand
"1 am ?joing there myself." said the
?"an iddl i -I. w :t.i a quick, ap
a in ?? .t the ? d mi ?.. v !
? v.ii ? ' y i:;id mari haled ail his facu
ties and the be-t ..:' Ins wardrobe for
'. H is momentous trip. "We may as well
walk along together."
T'y ! ,1, and as they walked th?
eld?. :? man told of the erran ! which
i broughl him to New York, of the hope
1 lessly ill wife and mother at home in.
Philadelphia, who had insisted upon his
leaving her to see what he could i".o
for the-'r boy, and of the post which lie
had held under the government for
years.
"I'm a !ittl ? hit tired -" ????.-?? ? <.....,,
?he old man. "because I had to st up p tl
night to nurse my daughtar-in-law, and
t doesn't conn* so easy now to 'race
; bout the country as it once did But
I'll ' '? all right when I get in'eou-t
and know that the time has come to
1 e!p my son."
finds His Friend a Judge
Mr, Sa'lade was mucn impressed with
tl ? ? iirtesj w ii. W] ,,.., *: , .,,.,] hj3
." received :n court and
e pr? . ptni i with v.hidi he was
: ' ? - " seat in the front
" m. f wes not until h? saw
hi^ chan e acquaintance t'ho his seat
. ; ' : ' '' clad in judicial robes,
' '' ; "! ? ha I e rifided his
; ' ub ' ne of the justices who was
t de? dc th? ?' his son.
' W thai judge in the center'" he
1 ' ' ':"' att a mt.
"That is .'ust.ee Henry W. Herber*"'
? ? ? ?
A m f .r the case of Eugene
? '"'? i,r'!. after a brief
three justices, sen
ended and father and
:?? ?' '?' '?"? arm tl ??? former
? ?'? '?'? ? ? ? -~ a ?'?? 1 nig throat
' '? ::i ' licitude
' : '" ? ? ending hu?
manity ss judge.
"i '??'? ,; ?ne," he said, "that
judge id a : oy of his own."
r)nmc?i(|p Help Problems
?; by nsultln? Situation
''? ' ?pear In Tho
'? ' '-'..? H~lr>
? ; '??? kn an ai o or en '?
to any 1 -??'?" Ad. A.g??ifey -A.lvt ?
Builder Says He Paid
$32,000 to Brind?li;
Hylan in Defense Plea
-.?_?.._-"<
Strike Insurance Invented by Brindell
To "Protect" Builders, Testimony Shows
Hugh S. Robertson, a builder, told in his testimony before the
Lockwood committee yesterday of the invention of "strike insurance"'
by Robert P. Brindell, head of the Building Trades Council, and of
agreeing to take out $50,000 worth and paying Brindell $20.000 on
account.
"I said," Robertson testified concerning a meeting with Brindell
on March 10, " 'Now it would be a very nice thing to get this [labor
trouble] all straightened out so that we can get your advice and help
and cooperation in settling all these labor questions, and I want to know
what sort of an arrangement we can make.' He quoted the sum of
$50,000."
"Yes," asked Mr. Untermyer, "and how did he say he wanted it?"
"Twenty thousand dollars immediately," replied the witness, "and
the rest of the payments to come along on request?to be strung along."
"Well, what did you finally say to his offer of $50,000?"
"I said 'All right,' " answered Robertson.
The builder said he made the initial payment the following day,
when he met Brindell at the Hotel Commodore.
"We had lunch together," he said, "and after lunch he took me
back to the office in an automobile and I put $20,000 on the seat of
the automobile."
Liberals Urge
U. S. Intervene
In Cuban Poll
Threats of Revolt Heard
in Washington Unless
America Acts to Give
Presidency to Gomez
Election Frauds Charged
Protest Filed With Secre?
tary Coiby With Demand
for "Se'f-Determination"
By' Carter Field
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.?Revolu?
tion in Cuba unless the United States
intervenes is promised by representa?
tives b<*re of the Liberal party, which
on the face of the returns as cable?!
fiom Havana,"has been defeated in the
Presidential election.
Some of the Liberals here declare
that they will force intervention by the
simple process of starting a revolution.
They are still loath to believe, how?
ever, that the present government* of
Cuba will persist in declaring the
Liberals to have been defeated.
Orestes Ferrara, former Speaker of
the Cuban House, of Representatives
under President Gomez, the revolu?
tionary leader, who, ac the candidate
of the Liberal party, is claiming to
have won the recent election, has
wired the following vigorous protest
from New York to Secretary of State
Colby:
Sends Gomez Cable to Colby
"I have the honor to forward to youi
excellency the cable I have just re?
ceived from General Gome"'., Liberal
candidate for President of Cuba. Saic
cable confirms the statements which '.
had made to your excellency previouf
to the elections; 'Wherever election;
took place without interference by th?
military forces they have been won h\
us, but wherever *ne Liberals were no
allowed to cast their votes in sucl
cities as Colon, .Manguito. Perico an?
Union, located ia the province of Ma
tannas, and other cities, sucl; as Sagua
Santo Domingo, Esperanza, Cifuentes
Calabazar. Placetas and Yaguajay, ii
the province of Santa Clara, the righ
of contest was U'ken away from us
Cond tions in the province of Orient
were outrageous, and alike in Moron
province of Camaguey. If such pro
ceedings are not nullified life will b
unbearable in Cuba. Our only hop
ies in the enforcement of the note ai
dressed by the American Legation t
the peopje of Cuba on August bO, 192C
?J. ?VI. Gomez.'
Ask Inquiry by United States
"The peop.e of Cuba, realizing tha
ihe United States aione can give bac
to them the right to* elect their Presi
dent, events having shown them tha
all other roads of safety against thei
own government have been cosed t
them by the United States, regret t
be compelied to request of your e>
cellency to rectify the wrongdoing
that have taken place in this eiectioi
in which the light has been carried o
between the government of Gejieri
Menocal on one side, making imprope
u:.e of thci armed forces of Cuba, an
(Continued on paga (our)
Bandits Hold Up tillage
Bank and Get $100,00(
All Cash and Negotiable Securi
tics Taken in Kingston, Ohio
Flee in Auto, Firing at Croict
KINGSTON, Ohio. Nov. 12. -Thro
armed bi ndits, who to-day held up th
First Nati nal Bank in this place an
escaped in an automob le, secure
slightly less than $100,000 in govern
?nent bonds and c ?.-.'-., C. E. Myer
cashier, said to-night. Although errnn
posses started out immediately afti
the robbery, no trace of the men ht
been found.
The bandits cleared the bank of a
casn and negotiable securities, aft?
'arcing ??ree employ?'.-, two of the
girls, into a b-iei: ro? ni. 1 r -??' -
burgiar alarm by Beatnc? Kraf'.have
one of the employees, broug t the vi
l?ge marshal and others in time to si
the bandits depart in their automob i
after firing several shots at the crow
inquiry Fails
To Show Labor
Plotted Blast
House Wrecker Volk Clines
to Theory That Wa'l St.
Outrage Was Perpetrated
for Revenge on Brindell
Others Oppose Kis View
Man Who Took Death Wa<*on
Horse to Blacksmith Shop
Said To Have Disappeared
No facts were uncovered yesterday
] to support the theory advanced by
j The Evening World that the explosion
I in Wall Street September 16 last was
| tho outcome of labor rivalry engen
! .'ered by tho tactics of Robert P.
; Brindell, Building Trades Council boss, j
j There did come to view, however,
hitherto unpublished details, both of;
! events immediately following the death ?
' blast and of the war that has been j
. waging between BrindeH's and William
1 Zaranko's locals of the House Wreck- !
ers' Union, together with some pictur?
esque sidelights on the methods Brin
1 dell is said to have invoked to bend
contractors to his will.
Albert ?. Volk, head of the company
that was preparing the site of the New
I York Stock Exchange annex for build
! ing operations, appeared, after his ex
j amination by District Attorney Swann
! yesterday afternoon, to be the sponsor
of the scries of conclusions and deduc
j tions which The P^vening World termed
\ a "solution" of the bomb outrage.
Atwell Suggested Theory
Voile said that the theory that tho
j bomb was sent to Wall Street by per
! sons who wished revenge on .Brindell
'; for his persecution of the Zaranko
! union wa.i first suggested to him by
i George Atwell, another house-wrecking
I contractor.
Atwell, it has been testified before
the Lockwood Housing Committee, was
: one of Brindeil's closest associates in
; the alleged building graft now b.7?:?g
' investigated. Contractors have told the
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Abandon Hope for Crew
Of Missing Navy Seaplane
i Coast Guard Boats Give Up
Search of Lake Michigan
Waters lor Aviators
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 12,?All hope of
1 finding the crew of the missing naval
i seaplane from the Great Lakes naval
training stat on v/as abandoned by
searchers along the west coast of Lace
: Michigan late to-day. The last of th?J
' coast, guard boats ti give .o t le search
: returned to its station to-nignv.
Searchers said thai there was no
I hope that any of t di crew of t'ree,
1 consist ner of Lieutenant Harry E. Barr,
Ensign E. M. Clark and Gunner's Mate
I Frank .1. Caesar, were aliv< if they had
1 remained on the la,_e. The weather
i has been bitterly cold ever since they
' were last seen off CentTville Wednes?
day afternoon. A northwect gale has
been blowing roost of the t me. Tugs
which scare' ed yesterday for the sea
plane could not leave port to-day.
20.000 Call/more Homes
Without S?tp?>lv of Coal
_??-.?
Less Than 500 Tons in Yards;
Dealers C ?nf^r on Plan
t-? Sr?eed Shipments
BALTIMORE, Nov. 12 With from
15,0 ; to 20.000 houses in *1 city with
-. it coal in the ci liars, th ?r ? is less than
500 tona of coal of domestic sizes in the
yards of the coal dealers in Baltimore.
The outlook is made more dubious by
' '.he arrival of freezing weather and the
prospect of early v. nter temperatures,
. .Heated by local forecast.-?.
: . timatt? m id ? by dire?*t
rs of the Baltimore Coal Exchange at
.i meeting to canvass the co l situa
About *.-???.. y-flve leading retail coal
leulers were pre int, including most of
iccha nge's lire ".ors.
Hugh C. Hill, presi lent of the Coal
Exafoange, who presided at the meeting,
'.'.'ill appoint a commute:* to go to Phila?
delphia next week to confer with open*
?ors and selling agents in an effort to
i speed up fhipments of coal to Baltimore.
Mayor, in Bitter Clash
With Untermyer, Seeks
to Justify Himself for
Stand on School Bids
Demands Rights as
A Private Citizen
Contractor Savs Council
Head Charged $50,00?
for "Strike insurance*
Mayor Hylan's determined effcnv
to place his yersion of the scho>.~,
contracts controversy on the rec?
ord? of the Lockwood committee*?
investigation of the building indus?
try and the handing over of $32,000
to Robert P. Brindell. head of the
Building Trade? Council, by a con?
tractor were the outstanding de?
velopments of yesterday's session in
City Hall.
The hearing was the most tumultu?
ous of any of the lively sessions sc
far held. Despite protests by Sam?
uel Untermyer, the committee'?
cour.se!, that the Mayor was trying
to turn the hearing into a circv."
and the orderly investigation into a
general beer garden, the Mayor per
si; ted all through the session in try-.
:vg to get a letter before the com?
mittee exonerating him of any re?
sponsibility in having the contracts
for schools provide for limestone in?
stead of terra cotta.
Failing in this, the Mayor finally
gave the letter to the newspapers
for publication.
Many times the hearing was thrown
into disorder by demonstrations of
spectators, who jammed the little Beard
of Estimate chamber. The.- expressed
their approval or disapproval by p.p
plause or hisses. Mr. Untermyer wag;
compelled to call for sergeants at arms
I to preserve order and discipline the
participants.
\V. J. Bryan a Spectator
One of the interested spectators was
William Jennings Bryan, whoso en?
trance brought the proceedings tem?
porarily to a halt. He was greeted
with applause when he entered and
took a seat on the rostrum with mem?
bers of the committee, where he was
later joined by the Mayor. He said
there was no significance to his pres?
ence, having merely dropped in for a
visit.
The clash between Mayor llylan and~
the committee's counsel began with th?
opening of the hearing when the Mayor
! insisted upon reading a statement into
I the recorus which inci . '.<? : . .etter sent
< t i the Mayor ?rester lay by Charles B. J.
I Snyder, Superintendent of Buildings
for the Board of Education. This let?
ter showed that the p'an of the Beard
of Education authorities to switch
from ierra cotta to limestone for
school construction had been decided
! upon as far back ns early in January,
1919, a month before the letter pre?
pared by John T. Hettrick, head of the
ce" contractors schema
. and sent out by the Mayo:* under his
own name, was received.
Mr. I ntermyer declared the Mayor
? was interrupting the proceedings with
j immaterial and c? p ent matter
and if he was permitted to read state?
ments of oui ; i y it under oath n:>d
without opportunity for examination,
he. would i.e setting * bad precedent.
Tho . : ma?
th'- pe? ! know the truth, and
with a m ha tui ned to
... con] ic and ;
"I appt al to the c imm tt? a in all
' fairness to me and ti e of the
; city to let :i ? : a.?; this letter."
Not .\cling for People
"The people of the city will take
rare of themselves. You are not hera
now on bel ilf of the people of tha
city," "returned Mr. Unten
"it is only lair to m'-,1' went on tha
Mayor.
"The word iair is overdone,'' retorted
[ Untermyer.
A lutie more wrangling and the
Mayor snapped: "1 am going to give
: the letter out now to the newspapers."
Mr. Untermyer replied: "Then you
pro doing a very grave and it l?cent
,.n 1 i*on ought to be ashamed
of yi urse f for doing it."
There were cheers and hisses, and
! order was restored only after sev -re
1 pounding of the gavei by Senator
Lockwood.
A remarkable feature of yesterday's
he :ari*o partici
| pation in- questi? o: the witness?
" " T i me
and again Assemblyman Leir.inger or
? ' ?" Mip.au wmuij en?
gage witne ses for long stretches of
occupying much of the afternoon
.
As against '.ho .Mayor's efforts to
pr? that th substitution of lime
stone f? r terra cotta in the school* had
been deci led upon before he sent the
? . ? : ebr lary 8, Unter?
myer yesterday produced a long series
? i and c rrespondence that
passed between the Mayor, imnk 0.
". v.cc-prcsiaent v.' the Board o?
erii t.-nd'.-r.?
| of :ca...,o -,!;(! contractors
i and, . a:.- in which the
| use of limestone instead of terra cotta
i is urged, an I da in January,
1919.
('ntermyer Traces Deals
Mr. Untermyer tri? : to - i ..-? that the
Febiuary s letter was merely a cul
n of i 1' ??? ? sei .-s of com nunl*
cations or. the bud. th which tba
. ontract rs" ring, Bettrick a: : ,
abor unions he e'.a med *. > represent,
had been f!? of the
May ?!' i' nd the sch | -.-.s.
He p inl id out that the first ad?
vertised bid providing for the ase o?
limestone instead of terra cotta in