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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1920
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TWO CENTS
In Greater New York
THREE CENTS
Within 200 Mile?
POCK CENTS
EUewbere
League Balks
On Plan for
Open Debate
Delegates Cling to Pol-|
icy of Secret Sessions ;
Reject Cecil's Plea for
Admission of the Public
Tittoni and Viviani
Favor Compromise
Agreement Reached to Is?
sue Minutes of Meet?
ings as Soon as Possible
By Arthur S. Draper
Sp(dal Cable to The Tribune
(jopyrlgbt, 1920. >>*e?v York Tribune Ir.o.
GENEVA, Nov. 16.?The League of |
Nations assembly to-day made a feint !
?ow-rd disposing of secrecy in its pro- '
eeedings, but when Lord Robert Cecil
jot up the de^nite proposal that the
meetings of eommi;<sions which will
hand!? all important questions should
be open to the public the delegates
balked.
Although each of the six commis?
sions will consist of one delegate from
laeh of the forty-one states represented
In the assembly, it was finally decided
that the most that could be done in the
way of publicity would be to issue the I
minutes of each meeting as soon as j
possible.
Lord Robert made a powerful plea ;
to set an example to get rid of what is j
?sometimes, perhaps foolishly, called j
secret diplomacy," contending that the j
support of the world was needed and j
that this could be obtained only by |
taking the world into the league's j
confidence.
Sought to Destroy Records
The original suggestion which brought
ou the deba*." was to the effect that '
all the commissions should meet in ;
private and that no minutes of their j
proceedings should be preserved. Lord
Robert proposed that full minutes be ;
taken and that the public be admitted
to conferences. Signor Tittoni of Italy
and Former Premier Viviani of France !
opposed the admission of the public,
although they agreed to the wisdom !
o? giving publicity lo the debates when I
the reports of commissions are pre-- !
seated to the assembly. H. A. L. ,'
Fisher, head of the British delegation, j
supported Tittoni and Viviani, while
?? Nct Zealandcra* sided with Lord !
Eobert.
The dobalc showed clearly that the
time had not arrived when statesmen
of the great powers were prepared to ?
depart entirely from the old methods ,
of procedure, although they unques?
tionably wen feeling the pressure for:
?changi.
Ge.rge N'icoll Barnes, representative1
?iBritisl aoor, who with Lord Robert
represents thj advanced liberal wing in ;
the assembly . ai i .poke in opposition ;
to work behind closed doors and to dry i
reports couched in business language '
that mean nothing and that are given j
out afterward to the public.
.Way to Discussion Opened
Barnes, who is continuously at work
removing restrictions which may retard
the league and developing the interna- ?
tional spirit which he regards as es?
sential to In? work of the league.
finally succeeded in bringing the de?
bate on publicit; to ??? close by provid?
ing for accession to the reports sub?
mitted by commmissions to the as-;
sembly a^ soon as the report in a par?
ticular case was complete. This will!
?pen the way to a debate. !
Barnes made a final effort to-day to |
get permission for the assembly to go
i ?uto secret session to-morrow to have!
? a discussion of the question of the ad?
mission of former enemy states to the
??ague. \ iviani opposed this procedure
man eloquent speech, which drew the
first real applause of the session.
?'ext to the matter of publicity the
?ost important development was a
movement on the part of non
taropean countries to get full rep?
resentation on the different com?
missions, particularly in the exec?
utive offices. Members of the Indian
?e-egation pleaded that non-Europeans
?could be elected president* of some
Of the con.missions, while Viscount
??nu, former Ambassador at Washing
(Coritlnued en ?an? three)
Officials Say Mail Car
Thieves Got #3,500,000
v? S. Investigators Report One
*ack Contained 8800,000
in Federal Konds
. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Nov. 16.?Loss
J? the Chicago, .Burlington * Quiiicy
"?il car robbery last Saturday night
*!'l total at least, ?f.'i.fiOO.OOu according
?? a story published to-day by a local
?Wspaper. This became known, says
3?.Paper when additional postoffice
?mcials came to assist local investiga?
tors m B check of the insurance on the
5-?<en pouches.
Jne sack, which was ripped open,
?ontainiMi $800,000 in government
??nds, the investigators declared. The
S -onds were being carried from San
J francise? t,> w,^,,;,,,.-..^ it r
Off]
eisro to Washington, 1). C.
cers made a thorough search but
?"> more sacks were recovered.
Merle Phillips, 20 year old mail sor?
ti;.0** tn? train, sticks to his storv
?aat he merely stood watch on the
'?h?V?tlVt' while two otlu'rs d?d the
?S>? 2*i Officerfl assert they are con
;'';:"- that he is withholding valuable
'?ormat?on.
-OMAHA, Nov. 16. -An estimate in a
^?ncil Bluffa newspaper that the
?mourn of property stolen from a mail
J? in that c'ty Saturday nijtht will
{???1 ?3.500.000 is fairly accurate, in
;Jf op nion of L. U. Patterson, Buperin
'??deiit of mails at Council Bluffs.
?jr. Patterson said the figure re
^rted in the newspaper would "come
i pr*"y close" to the amount stolen.
I . "ostniaster Georjre Hughes said he
^?ught the paper's information was
""?rect, but that he was not in a pesi
"on to go into details. Assistant Post
r^ter Johnson at Council Bluffs said
? was not in a position to contradict
*?? account.
) fc?Sw,l? J*- <-'.???olf and all other ?ports:
I.ltS?**. cha,mplon?hip event? ?choiMloct
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League Policy Is Fixed Opposing
Encroachment on Monroe Doctrine
GENEVA, Nov. 16 (By The Associated Press).?All danger that
the assembly of the League of Nations may encroach upon the Monroe
Doctrine by considering American questions in the absence of the
United States has been averted by the withdrawal of a request by
Bolivia and Peru for a revision of their treaty with Chile. It was the
purpose of Bolivia to gain access to the sea and Peru to secure recon?
sideration of the vexing Tacna-Arica question.
It is not expected that any other American questions with dan?
gerous possibilities will come before the present session of the assembly.
Six committees, charged with dealing with all questions of the
agen?a, began work to-day. Each committee has forty-one members,
all the nations having delegates at the meetings here being represented.
French Train
Guns on Reds
In Sebastopol
Admiral Prepares far Re- ?
prisais if Bolsheviki Loot
City or Attempt to Molest
Any of the Inhabitants
Americans Feed Refugees j
Part of Wrangel's Army In?
tact; Anti-Soviet War to
Go On; Peasants May Aid
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 15 (By
The Associated Press).?The French
admiral of the Black Sea forces sent a
wireless to the Bolsheviki after the
evacuation of Sebastopol by General
Wrangel's troops, threatening repris?
als if the town were looted or the pop?
ulation molested.
A panic is reported to have occurred
at Yalta during the evacuation and re?
markable scenes were said to have been
witnessed in Sebastopol and Feodosia.
French Protect Refugees
The French have officially assumed
the protection of the Crimean refugees
in Corstantinople and have provided
accommodation for 2,000 of them in
the military camps on the Bosporus.
The refugee ships anchored in the Bos?
porus are awaiting orders from Paris
us to their movements. The Russians
are being fed by American and French
soup kitchens.
LONDON, Nov. 16.?Although the
Admiralty has issued no orders to the
commanders of the British warships
in the Black Sea except carefully to
observe strict neutrality, it was said
ufficially to-day that British ships
would assist in rescuing non-combat?
ants if they were really in danger.
The question of rescue work is lefl
to the discretion of the officers on the
spot.
No troops will be transported undei
any circumstances, it was added.
General Wrangel has arrived in Con?
stantinople on board the Russian
cruiser Korniloff, says a cfispatch tc
the Exchange Telegraph from Con?
stantinople.
PARIS, Nov. 16.?The defeat of Gen
era! Wrangel will not end the fiRli
against the Bolsheviki, Basile Makla
koff, special South Russian envoy il
Taris, said to-day.
"We will never give up the struggl
against Bolshevism," be said. "Ther
are other ways besides the use of arm
and munitions in which the Bolshe
?vises can be put down, and perhaps th
light will continue along bloodies
lines."
Wrangel's Third Army Intact
General Wrangel's 3d Army is sti
intact in the Ukraine, M. Maklako
explained, and this could form th
basis of a new military movement. N
? decision will be made by the leaders c
the anti-Bolshevist movement unt
General Wrangel reaches Constant
nople and a careful survey of the sitt
ation is made, he declared.
M. Maklakoff paid the attitude of tl
Russian peasants was daily beeomir
more actively antagonistic to Bolsh
l vism, givinc much encouragement 1
i those waging war against the Soviets.
The defeat of General Wrangt
(Continuad an p?e? tnree)
! Psycho-Analyst Digs
facts Out of Blank Mind
Woman* Missing From Home
Since Monday, Restored to
Kin by Doctors Questions
In rain-drenched clothing and suffer?
ing from hunger and exposure, a woman
leaned wearily yesterday against a
lamppost on Jerome Avenue, Wood
haven. Her bedraggled appearance at
iiacted the attention of v. patrolman.
When he questioned her she said t! at
she did not know her name and haci r>o
idea where she lived.
She was escoited Ao tht Richmord
Hill police station, where Dr. David
J. Callichio. of Mary Immaculate Hos?
pital, Jamaica, was called. Convince!
: that she was an amnesia victi? t he
questioned her by a psycho-analytical
method. 'J he woman finally recalled
her name, saying that she was Mr?.
Caroline Klindt, but could not remem?
ber her street address. She said she
knew that, she lived in East New York.
; Pursuing his psycho-analytical test,
-Dr. Callichio asked if she used gas or
electricity ?i her home. She said gf.s.
The Ea:;t New York office of the
Bjooklyn I'm on Gas Company was
called and asked if ttie company bad a
customer by the name of Mrs. Klindt.
Replying in the affirmative, the cus?
tomer's address was given as 6t>5 Lin
?wood Street, East New York. ?*ir.
': Callichio then communicated uh '?"' it
j address and was informed that his pa
? tient had been missing since Monday
; afternoon, and that a search for her
j had been conducted all night.
Mrs. Klindt departed from heme Mon?
day to visit friends in Manhattan.
When she left them she went to Park
Row and took an elevated train for
East New York, but remembered noth?
ing moro, she said, until she foun'.
herself in the Richmlpd Hill police
i tation. VT
Daniels Urges
Jail Term for
Cadet Hazers
Navy Secretary Says Prison
Penalty Would Restore |
Discipline at Annapolis; i
Backs Scales to the Limit
Expel 1,000 if Necessary
Declares Men Who Cairtj
Obey Orders Are Not Fit i
to Give Them to Others
Froin The Tribune';; Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.? Peniten- '
tiary sentences for Annapolis cadets ;
who persist in hazing junior students ?
at the Naval Academy were suggested :
to-day by Secretary of the Navy Dan- !
iels as an effective means of restoring '
order among the upper classmen.
Reiterating his former statement
that he would authorize the dismissal j
of the entire student body at Annapolis [
if necessary to put a stop to hazing, :
Secretary Daniels declared that he
would back up Rear Admiral Scale?,
superintendent of the Naval Academy,
in any step he might take.
"1 told Admiral Scales that iT war,
, immaterial to me whether I expelled
one or a thousand. I would rather
; have 800 obey the law than 2,200, the
present enrolment of midshipmen, who
would not. My instructions to every
man who has been placed in charge of
the Naval Academy was to have no
bowels of compassion. When men are
guilty of hazing they must be dis?
missed instanter. As long as I am
Secreiury of the Navy 1 will not tol?
erate it. It is on a par with duelling
and barbaric things. If a man goes to
Annapoiis and cannot obey orders he
is r.ot fit to give orders to other people.
"When Admiral Eberle was superin?
tendent the situation at Annapolis war,
bad. He had to dismiss sixteen men
one summer and turn back some eighty
liieii in one class. 1 told Eberle and
! Scales the same thing: That there was
no use fooling with these boys. They
cost too much money to pay them to
disobey rules. 1 am trustee of the
University of North Carolina ?:nd had
one man indicted and put in the peni?
tentiary for hazing. I think a few In
1 the penitentiary for brutal hazing
', would be a fine example."
Asked if all hazing was brutal, Sec
! retary Daniels said that the indignity
i cadets suffer was brutal.
"The question is what is brutal," he
. said. "They say, 'We didn't, do any?
thing more than make the fellow get
I under the table' or something like
. that. The indignity of it is worse
j sometimes than the physical injury.
! The worst punishment you can give a
i man is not to hit or hurt him, but to
i try to break his spirit. I have a per?
fect contempt for it. If a freshman
' hazed a sophomore 1 would not think
I so much about it, but I despise a man
j in authority or high place who vents
I his spleen on a man who cannot
| help it."
Accusers in Hazing Cases
Resign From Annapolis
Dismissed^ M?lshipman Gives
Mames of Others; Daniels's
Son* Victim. Belittles Charges
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
BALTIMORE, Nov. 16.?Revelations
of hazing at the Naval Academy at
Annapolis made by Samuel G. Baker
jr.. of Seattle, Wash., a dismissed mid-]
shipman, have caused a stir in Acad?
emy circles. Baker was dismissed No?
vember 4, and has been employed since
by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corpo?
ration.
In a detailed statement ho gives the
names of midshipmen punished on haz
(ContlfiuPS en vif four)
I Indian Chief Carries
J Bonesel Tea to Wilson
-
| Asserts Famous Remedy of the
i Aborigines Would Make Pres?
ident as Good as New
From The Tribune'^ Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.?Boneset
? tea, famed for its curative powers
among the. Indians, will be made avail?
able for President Wilson to-morrow
| when Lemuel Occum Fielding, other?
wise known as Chief Occum, the last
j of the Mohicans, of Norwich, Conn.,
I visits the White House.
Chief Occum arrived in Washington
'? to-night and carried with him a spe?
cial package of the tea, which will b<
i left with Secretary Tumulty.
| "If President Wilson will take s
j pinch of this boneset in hot water a
j night, and drink a little of it cold it
the morning, he will be made as goo<
as new," Chief Occum declared.
The Indian chief will also see Cat<
Sells. Commissioner of Indian Affairs
to lay before that official a statemen
of the suit brought by the Indians a
Norwich to recover sixteen acres o
land in the city. The land is allege*
to have been deeded to them for
burial ground in 1830. Chief Occur
6aya the land is valued at $2,000,00(
XmM Card?, distinctive. In great rarlety
calendar? by th* world's be?t palmen
Corlies. Macy Jb Co.. 1 H. 46th at.?3? Joh
Venizelos to
Quit Greece
After Defeat
?
Rhallis, Former Premier
and Foe of Allies, Is Ex?
pected to Head New
Ministry at 80 Years
Royalist Victory
Is Overwhelming
King's Party Has 132 Ma?
jority in Parliament;
Cabinet Has Resigned
J'rom The Tribune's Buropean Bureau
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Nov. 16.?Eleutherios "Ven?
izelos, "the father of modern Greece,"
has been swept out of oftic\ and in de?
feat plans to leave the country which
his diplomacy made great. George
Rhallis, the eighty-year-old former
Premier, whose bitter enmity for the
Entente Allies and pro-German lean?
ings made him a leader among the fol?
lowers of ex-King Constantin?, will
head the new ministry.
Further returns from Sunday's elec?
tions show that the royalists were over?
whelmingly victorious, having amassed
a majority of 132 in the Parliament
which Venizelos had hoped to dominate.
The coup d'?tat, of the pro-Constan
tines was sensational ajul complete. No
possibility of such defeat had been fore?
shadowed in any reports reaching Lon?
don. All advices here told of the ex?
pected Venizelist triumph.
The vote ia interpreted ill London as
j more anti-Venizelist than pro-mon
i archie. It is suggested that Venizelos
: was an idealist who drew upon him
| self the hatred of his countrymen by
j dictatorial methods and by his insist
lenee upon the maintenance of martial
| law. The British newspapers speak of
I his defeat as a measure of the grati
i tude of the country which became ter
j riiorially great under his guidance.
Constantine's Return Questioned
The defeat of Venizelos does not nec
| essarily forecast the return of Con
j stantino to the throne, it is eaid,
; Great Britain and France, planning in
j concert their opposition to the de
I posed King's restoration, are waiting
j for some indication of the former
? monarch's intentions before defining
I their policy. There is a strong senti
? ment here ir. favor of offering the
| throne again to Prince Paul, the young?
est son of Constantino, and belief is
] expressed in some quarters that this
I procedure may be followed. The op
I position leaders, at a meeting to-day
' discussed whether they would recog
i nize the regency of Admiral Coun
I douriotis.
The last few. stirring days in Athen;
; have brought much unrest among th?
i people. The Bourse has been closec
! for fear that the unexpected results
? of the election might precipitate i
panic. There has been some rioting
| Two children were killed wl?en ',
i group of Constantinist soldiers openec
! fire on a 'mob of Venizelist demon
| strators.
| A parallel is suggested in the pr?s:
: here in the political careers o
; Venizelos and Woodrow Wilson. Botl
; had been held in the highest regan
? in Allied circles, and the leaders of tin
| Entente governments had looked V
these men to manage affairs in thei
! respective countries in the interest
l of the Allies. Venizelos won the sam>
j bitter denunciation as a dictator a
; did the American President.
Greeks resident in London expr?s
j amazement, almost horror, at the resul
j of the elections, for they had depende
i upon Venizelos's personality carryin
i the country. They fear that despit
(Continued on pa?" three)
City Inquiry
On Contracts
Called Bluff
Untermyer Charges Plan
by Mayor and O'Brien
to Apply Whitewash to
Alleged Fraud in Bids
Hylan to Testify
At Hearing To-day
Counsel Assails Board for
Attacking Committee ;
Backer Must Stand Trial
Famuel Untermyer, counsel for the i
Lockwood legislative committee on :
Housing, in a letter to the Mayor last j
night attacked the independent inquiry ;
of the Board of Estimate into the $62,- j
000,000 worth of outstanding city con?
tracts as a "whitewashing operation."
He informed the Mayor he would
again be called to the witness stand at ?
this morning's session of the commit- ?
tee and questioned as to his sincerity, |
together with that of Corporation Coun-1
sel O'Brien, in desiring the aid of the i
committee "in a real investigation."
He protested against the action of j
the Corporation Counsel in turning a
meeting of the board following its con- i
ference with the Lockwood body on '
Monday into an attack on the commit- |
tee and a belittling of its work.
Urges Delay by City
In support of his stand against a i
, side investigation of city departments
| by the board at this time, he said he ?
had explained that while the Lock- 1
:
? wood committee could not afford to |
: go into a special investigation of city '
contracts, evidence developing in this ?
connection from time to time would j
be turned over to the city authorities :
for action.
This, he pointed out, would render :.
a separate investigation of the con?
tracts for the time being unnecessary. '
He referred to the plan he had out- !
lined to safeguard the city and con- |
tractors in the meanwhile, and added ?
that he left the conference with the
understanding that the board would i
I consider the question of awaiting the
developments of the Lockwood com
' mittee's investigation.
Miv Untermyer's letter came on the
! heels of Judge Mulqueen's decision in
I suring a continuance of the commit
I tee's investigation. Judge Mulqueen
? denied a motion to dismiss the indict?
ment charging perjury against George
j S. Backer, millionaire builder, in con
' nection with his testimony before the
j legislative body.
Edmund L. Mooney, Backer's counsel,
I argued that the Lockwood committee
j had no power to question witnesses un
? der oath because the committee's au
i thority expired with the adjournment
j of the Legislature. Judge Mulqueen
' declared that there could be no ques
; tion of the Legislature's power to ap
j point a committee with full authority
j to act in the housing situation.
Mr. Untermyer's Letter
! Mr. Untermyer's letter to the Mayor
j reads in part as follows:
i "I take this opportunity of register?
ing my protest against what has been
reported to me as the behavior of your
Corporation Counsel yesterday before
the Board of Estimate behind the backs
of the committee and myself and which
could hardly have happened' without
your tacit approval. . . .
"It was made plain to the board dur?
ing a conference that while it was be?
yond the scope, and power of the com?
mittee and would deflect its activities
to enter upon a special and separate in?
vestigation of the many city contracts
the evidence thus far developed satis
(Contjnue.d on next paje)
Deadliest of Battle Gases
Developed by U. S. Experts
) ro? The Tribune's Washington Bureau j
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.?The devel?
opment of more powerful poisonous !
gases than were used in the late war,
with gas masks that will withstand the
fumes, is one of the after-the-armi- |
stice accomplishments of the United !
States chemical warfare service, co-i
operating with scientists of the Amer- i
?can Chemical Society.
Fool-proof and mobile cloud gas that j
ca,n be concentrated in units small |
enough to be carried by every soldier i
is the new discovery that has followed
the experimental work of chemical ex?
perts.
An explanation of the work being
done was obtained from Brigadier Gen?
eral A. A. Fries, head of the chemical
warfare service, to-day following the
announcement from Premier Lloyd
' George that England was continuing
poison gas research.
j On th? theory that the next war, if
j there is one, will be characterized by
! the use of gas, the United States gov
1 ernment is pursuing two studies?de
! fensive and offensive gas research.
' That these go hand in hand has been
demonstrated, for in addition to the
j development of new forms of gas army
I experts have had to improve the gas
| mask in order to make it effective
?against some of the new gases that
j have been brought into existence at
? the Edgewood, Maryland, arsenal.
I The experiments have given to th?
army not only gases which surpass
anything used during the World War
but a mask whic /-In recent tests W3i
worn twenty-i?ir1 honra a day for i
week, except at meal times, without:
any discomfort. Breathing was nor?
mal, speaking was simple and it turned
away absolutely all of the gases so far
known.
The principal developments thus far :
are the mobile cloud-poison-gas and a
new form of sneezing gas which forced
the United States experts to strengthen
their own masks.
The new eloud gas is so arranged
that the units required for generating
a flood of destructive vapors are con?
fined jn a solid state in small canisters
that can be carried by each soldier '
without adding more than a pound or
two to his load. During the war the
only method of setting loose a gas cloud
was to connect up a series of tanks,
each weighing in the neighborhood of
200 pounds.
The operation now is for each man
to take from Bis pack at the propitious
meteorological moment his package of
gas, apply heat, and the poisonous va?
pors roll away on the breezes into en
j emy territory. No other agent except
intense heat can release the gases, and
j instead of a host of experts and days
I cf planning to make a gas attack a
j success a mere handful of officers
j trained for the work can pick the time
j in miles of front line trenches to belch
forth the destruction.
Work at Edgewood Arsenal at the
' present time, with two battalions of
' chemical warfare service troops sta
! ticned at the post, is being confined to
I reme extent to the arsenic gases in an
I effort to develop their penetration and
! irritation. Experiments have indicated
even more startling discoveries, and
j there are tests being made at the Mary?
land camp and at Lakehurst, N. J., that
are preserved as national secrets.
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$623,000 Paid Twice By
U. S. Ship Board Error;
$1,500,000 Plant Ruined
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Specific Cases of Alleged Graft
In War-Time Ship Construction
Among the alleged instances of graft in the United States Shipping
Board testified to yesterday by witnesr-es before the Congressional
committee investigating that body were:
A bill for $623,000 pai 1 twice over by "mis-cake'' of the Loan!.
A hinge worth 83 cents cost when placed on a iloov n a Shipping
Board vessel $3 01.
Fresh water worth (J0 cents a ton sold to Shipping Board craft
fo~ $CZ a ton.
Asbestos do"- valued at $1.10 a pound sold to.the Shipping Board
for $1.60 a pound, causing a loss to the board of $1,000,000 in one year.
A ship bought for $30,000 sold to the board for $65,000.
Obregon Invites
Harding to See;
Him Sworn In
?-? .
Senator Tel?s Special En-,
voy Previously Arranged !
Itinerary Will Prevent
Making Trip Into Mexico
Fall Urged Acceptance
Presidents - Elect of Two
Republics Are Expected
to Meet at Vera Cruz
From a Staff Correspondent 1
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Nov. 16.?
Senator Harding received a formal in- i
vitation to-day from the Mexican gov- :
ernment to attend the inauguration of
General Alvaro Obregon in Mexico
City on November 00. Acceptance is
unlikely because of a previously ar?
ranged itinerary, but there is an ex?
cellent chance the Presidents-elect of
the two republics may meet in Vera
Cruz or some other Mexican port on
the way to Panama.
The invitation was brought by Elias
L. Torres, special envoy from the Mex?
ican Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Doc?
tor Cutberlo Hidalgo. Se?or Torres is
the friend and personal representative
of President-elect Obregon and in his
efforts to persuade the President-elect
of the United States to make the visit
he was earnestly seconded by Senator
Albert Fall, of New Mexico.
Se?or Torres arrived in Brownsville
yesterday on the same train that
brought Senator Fall. Then they ex?
pressed surprise ni finding each other
here. But to-day, after callin,>; on Sen?
ator Harding, they showed they had
come with the joint intention o? con?
vincing Senator Harding that a visit
to Mexico by him at this time would
vastly improve the relations between
the two nations.
Hardly Possible to Attend
Tn abatement issued after leaving
Senator Harding, Senator Fall said:
''Senator Harding assured Se?or
Torres that it would give him the
greatest pleasure and delight to accept
j the invitation provided it could be ar
; ranged as to dates and steamship
: movement without interfering with the
previously arranged itinerary for bis
trip. He expressed himself as deeply
: appreciating and fully reciprocating
i the sentiments of friendliness which
1 w?re attested by the invitation and the
i cordial manner of its presentation.
| "He suggested that it would be hard?
ly possible for him to make,the trip
into the interior of Mexico so far ae
the City of Mexico or to be a guest at
the inauguration of General Obregon
i But he added that he would considei
, arrangements to have the steamer or,
(Continued on page three)
W. D. Vanderhp in Russia
On Purely Business Trip
Denies the Intimation That He\
Was Sent as Harding Emis- ;
sary to Discuss Recognition ;
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 16.?W. D. Van- |
derlip, of California, who has been inj
Russia seeking concessions for a West?
ern syndicate and has recently arrived
here, issued a statement to-day deny-;
? ing the intimation that he had been in ;
Moscow at the instigation of Senator
Warren G. Harding in an endeavor to
bring about recognition of Russia by :
the United States..
"I came to Russia for commercial
[purposes," he declared, "and I have j
succeeded in my efforts."
Mr. Vanderlip announces that he bas :
leased for sixty years in behalf of the
? syndicate 400,000 square miles of Rus
i sian territory and that he has made ,
: other extensive contracts. With respect1
' to these he says:
"I have obtained an agreement
| whereby the Russian government will
purchase in America in three year3
, $3,000,000,000 worth of merchandise,
offering in. payment thereforv gold.
! platinum, furs, oil products, inan
1 ga?ese, copper, timber, pulpwood, flax,
hides, grain and other raw materials,
great quantities of which are ready for
| immediate shipment. Preference is t >
; be given to ships of the American mer?
chant marine."
Mr. Vanderlip asserts that within a
i few months conditions in the tar East
j will be returning to normal, and thai
j goods purchased in America will move
i freely from all Pacific Coast ports over
I the Chinese Eastern and Siberian rail
j ways, as well as to the Baltic ports.
i Merc? tile Trost < ompai.j. 115 B'way. De
? post- Honey you do not spend. In our Spe?
cial interest Dept. Start with a dollar '.his
I naon.?A'ln.
Youth Thought
Slain Found in
A Turkish Bath
R.H. Frankel. Brown CJniver-;
sity Freshman, Spent Days >
at Motion Picture Shows;
Didn't Like College Life j
Gets in Touch With Dean
lather Tells of Mysterious
Stranger and Phone Talk j
With Son After His Visit [
Morris Frankel, president of the Uni
versal Transportation Company and the j
United States Mercantile Marine Com- i
pany, at 2b* Beaver Street, was in?
formed by the dean of Brown Uni?
versity at Providence, R. L, last night
that his son, Robert H. Frankel, six?
teen years old, who had been missing
from the university since November 1,
had been found and would be home
to-day.
Young Frankel got in touch with the
dean, it was said, when he read in the
papers that it was feared he had been
a victim of foul play. He said he had ?
been living at a Turkish bath, passing ]
his days attending motion picture
shows and had not been outside of
Providence. The only reason he gave j
for his absence was that ke did not
like life at the college.
Ike father had an explanation of his
own of the case, lie said he talked
with his son over the telephone at 1
o'clock yesterday morning after the
mysterious visit of a strange man to
his home, at 410 Riverside Drive, on
! Monday night. His son told him then
that he was well and safe and would
return home yesterday.
Affair Mysterious, Father Says
"It was a mysterious affair, and is
! not plain yet," said Mr. Frankel last
I night. "A man called who said at first
j that he was a railroad brakeman, and
I then said he was an investigator. He
j told me he had just come from Need
j ham, Mass., and for $50, the expenses
: of the trip, would put me in touch
i with my son at 1 o'clock yesterday
morning."
Mr. Frankel said he had no faith in
? the caller, who was shabbily dressed
? and somewhat shifty of manner, but he
j gave the $50 or, a chance of finding his
| son. The man left with the money and
; the father said nothing to the police.
At 12 : r,0 o'clock, lie said, the phone
j rang. A gruff voice asked if he wanted
. to talk with his son. He said he did
! and heard his son being called to the
phone. When a voice said, "Hello, pop,"
Mr. Frankel declared he recognized his
! son's voice.
"I can't tell you where I am," the '
boy continued, in response to a ques- :
tion from his father. "But what do !
you want me to do? Do you want me,
to go back to college?"
"N'o," the father said. "Come home." i
His son then told him that he could \
not start at once, but would take a
train at 11 o'clock this morning.
Intimate* It Is College Prank
Mr. Frankel was asked if he thought
his son had been kidnapped and had
been held against his will He said he i
(Continued on pig? four)
Sixteen Men Trapped
In Blazing Coal Mine
Workers Cut Off Three Miles
From Entrance; Little Hope
of Rescue as Fire Spreads
^ARLINGTON, Ky., Nov. 16.?Fire
near the opening of the Arnold mine,
one-half mile east of here, has en?
trapped sixteen men, and with the con?
flagration growing in extent little hope
exists for rescuing them.
The tire was discovered late this af
teroon. It had started from defective
wiring in a room near the opening and
spread quickly. The mine is a drift
mine, with no shafts, making rescue
DOBsible only through the one opening.
The fire can be heard blazing under lie
ground, and smoke is pouring out in
' volumes.
i The men trapped, three white men
and thirteen negroes, are three miles
back from the entrance, and it is
feared that they will suffocate. An
effort is being made to reverse the air
through the air shaft, thuj keeping
the smoke from the miner.-.
The mine is owned by the St. Ber
I nard Coal Company, of ?vans vil le, Ind.
A call was sent to Evansville for the
I mine rescue car there, but the car is
i at Winslow, Ind., too-far from the fire
to be taken there in time for use.
-H*
Harvard-Yale Game?Take early rooruinr
trains to Ker? Hivfn. See aU\ t. pac? 12.
?Advt.
Investigator Tells Walsh
Committee Government
Settled with Two Firms
for the Same Contract
Colby Had Report
On Bad Conditions
Contractors Charge $25 a
Ton for Water Costing
90c; $161 for Hinge
The Congressional committee in?
vestigating operations of the Ship?
ping Board and the Emergency Fleet
Corporation heard further testi?
mony yesterday which revealed al?
leged waste and inefficiency in the
management of the board. Wit?
nesses testified to the deterioration
of $1,500,000 worth of Shipping
Board machinery in a plant at Sa?
vannah, Ga., which they said was
due to carelessness; the double pay?
ment of a bill of $623,000 to a yard
on the Pacific Coast, and loss of hun?
dreds of thousands of dollars to the
government because of indifferent
business methods. The committee is
in session at the Federal Building.
The name of Secretary of State
Colby was brought into the inquiry
by John F. Richardson, an investi?
gator for the committee, who
charged that Mr. Colby, while a
trustee for the Shipping Boai*l dur?
ing the war, received a report show?
ing general incompetence in the ser?
vice, but failed to act upon it.
The man who charged wanton care*
! lessness and disregard of the govern
I ment's interests in permitting deterior?
ation of valuable machinery and equip
? ment was Paul H. MacXeil, formerly
resident engineer of the Shipping Board,
with headquarters at Savannah, Ga. He
said he was in charge of five yards in
Savannah, among them that of the
Terry Shipbuilding Company. While,
there, he said, he learned that the ?
Terry company was using government
funds, loaned to it by the Fleet Cor?
poration, in maintaining the Savannah
Dry Dock Company, a subsidiary cor?
poration, which, MacXeil said, was in?
solvent. The witness declared that he
I repeatedly tried to stop this practice,
but each time was told to "keep hand?
? off."
$116,000 Used by Insolvent Firm
The Terry Company, Mr. MacXeil
; said, had a contract with the Shipping
i Hoard for the construction of its plant
I and received from the board $077.000
j for the work. When all but $116,000 of
i this money had been expended, the
witness testified, it was fo ind that
only 30 per cent of the work had been
| completed. He also learned, 1?<? said.
j that the $116,000 was used by the com?
pany in keeping the Savannah D
! Dock Company going. Efforts on
| part to *iop this, the witness asserted.
: were without avail. After consultinj
! with members of the ieira! department
?of the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
j he said, he was ordered to put the
j $116,000 in charge o<" a board of special
! control and to approve no further pay
ments to the Savannah Dry Doc-; Cum
pany.
This ruling, however, was reversed
by E. T. Williams, district manager oi
the Shipping Hoard for the Southern
district, Mr. MacXeil said, and the
Terry Company was permitted to con?
tinue, payments to its insolvent sub?
sidiary. The witness added that he
brought the. matter to the attention Of
H. R. Dillingham, his superior, at
Jacksonville, Fla., and was informed
by the latter that the whole matter was
the concern o.' the main office of the
Fmergency Fl< et Corporation. Mr.
MacXeil said that he made it clear to
Mr. Dillingham that the Terry Com
pany was making loans to its sub?
sidiary from government funds at a
time when it did not have enough
money to proceed with the work on il?
own government contracts and was ai
applicant for an additional loan of
$100,000.
In all the Terry Company turned out
four compposite ships and two tanker",
he said, while the Xational Shipbuild?
ing Company, another Savannah cor-?
poration where he was in charge, the
witness said, had built not more than
two hulls and completed 19 per cent
of one and '?0 per cent of another or.
government contracts when it was
closed down.
Says Only One Contract Was Honest
It was the opinion of the witness
that only one of the live contracts let
at Savannah for the construction of
shirks for the government was abso?
lutely honest. The one exception he
named was the Southland Company.
which constructed several tugs for the
Emergency Fleet Corporation.
When the Xational Company's piar.",
was closed down. MacXei! said, he man??
an examination of the niant and found
; a disorderly condition, with hug'
quantities of machinery and valuable
equipment scattered about on the ?t'.-.c.
in the neighborhood of the plant, ex?
posed to the effects of the weather and
rapidly deteriorating. He said he es?
timated the machinery and equipment
I to be worth between $1,500,000 and
$2,000,000. He said he requested au
, thority to care for this machinery but
I none was given him. MacXeil *u,id ad
I ditional supplies arrived after th?
niant had been closed and efforts on
; his part to h^v* these returned were
? frustrated.
"There was half a jr*rJ full o* it,
? covering two acres," said MacXeil. "For
all I know it still may be there, fhat's
I the way the Fleet Corporation di?^husi
nes?. Just imagine, I could not .ge;