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ALL MERCHANDISE \ ADVERTISED IN THE [TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED Vol. LXXX No. 27,031 (?'opyriirht, 1020, New York Tribun? In?'.) First to Last ? the Truth: THURSDAY, aw News ? Editorials ? Advertisements THE WEATHER Fair to-day and to-morrow; no change in temperature: diminish? ing west wind? Full Report on Last Page NOVEMBER 18, 1<)20 * * TWO CF. NTS In Oreuler ?w York THRKK CENTS .Vit hin ;:0IJ Mile? FOI R CENT? Etoewher* Gag Woman, Get ^500,000 In Jewelry flrj.. C. K. Palmer Is At? tacked by 3 Burglars in Her Home; Ser? vants Locked in Closets 1400,000 Necklace Gone; Victim Hurt ger Ank'es Sprained and Chivalrous French Bandit Ministers to Wounds Jewelry and furs, said to be worth l,!f a million dollars, were the loot of burglar? who lay in wait for Mrs. fharlotte King Palmer as she entered the bedroom of her home, r<9 East .Ninetieth Street, early Tuesday morn? ing and who gagged, bound, blindfolded ,nd kept her prisoner for more than six kours while they ransacked the house. Mrs. Palmer's account of the rob? bery, as told by her to the police, who visited her bedside yesterday, leaves the whole matter a complete mystery, Efforts of those who heard her story to obtain any clew to the identity o? the three robbers have fallen flat thus to The intruders entered the house be? fore 9 o'clock Monday night, at which hour they overpowered Mrs. Palmer1! miid and butler, trussed and gaggec them and locked them in ciosots. Although the robbery was report?e tc the police at 11:15 Tuesday morning it was not made public until noon yes ?.erday. ?Mrs. Paimer is a former show gir and the divorced wife of James C Parrish jr., clubman and lawyer, of 2< West Fifty-ninth Street. The polic* ?nd the Thomas J. Corrigan Detectiv Agency, which is investigating the rob hery for the burglary insurance under writers, are mystified over the manne ,r. which the thieves gained access t the house, a three-story brownston structure. Xone of the window lock rid been disturbed. ? Description of Bandits Meager Mrs. Palmer's description of th lobbers is meager, for she caught onl a glimpse of them in the dim ligh Dcfore a silk muffler was tied over he oyei. The best clew she was able t a';v? was the fact that one of the thre ?poke with u French accent. The chivalrous Frenchman, by th ,vay, lent a touch of romance to th ,;ime by the solicitude he exhibite :or his victim's comfort, spraying he Ihroat when the gag chafed, and. e. festively objecting when his coi federates suggested "hitting her on th head for luck." According to the police, Mrs. Palme lift her home about 6 o'clock Monds fvening and went to the home of Mr Sidney Drew, the motion pictui actress. Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Drew ar I? Mr. Ulrich went t<? dinner and ' tlli theacer. Maid and Butler Gagged At 9 the electric bell which Mi Palmer uses to summon her servan ?rom their quarters in the b?seme -'ang. Two nr.es signifies that Alfrei '?atizone, the Filipino cook and butlc ? wanted, while a single bell ca! ?Margaret. Creevan, the maid. Th !'>ne there were two rings, followed 1 Me. Sanzone started first. At t! !00? 0-f their stairs leading from t: fasement three men grabbed hi Moved a gag in his mouth and thr< ??m under the staircase. When Mn ?"* "Ppeared she, too, was seize gti servant w? re blindfolded a ceremoniously hustled upstairs to t '^Hour, where each was jammed in ?c.oset. warned to raise no outci "? should they succeed in loosen j ??r bonds, and the doors were lock? now the robbers occupied the nt '?? hours is not known. Hidden Behind Portieros About l a. m. Tuesday Mrs. palm !l>0 Ulrich reached the house in (?BOBsme, having left Mrs. Drew at 1 "?ne. Mrs. Palmer bad- Ulrich go ,5, *, entered the front door a ?wed up to the second floor, whe ?r,D,earo0"1 is located. As she cros* "?threshold and started to remove 1 ??PS three men glided from behi l*h\POi"eres- Ail sho observed in 1 li? ?k Jlr'1, Pa>mer says, is that en ? ''tnem had a closely cropped bh I ????suche ami wore a dark soft h J -S'.n w over his eyes. IU?? want yoiM jewelry." one of th |S'j,ffced? ""?I made a thrust for 1 ith k !U'cklace she was wearing s ?o.Mrs" PaImer says* is wo leaps to Floor Below JPf??less with fear, Mrs. Tain ""??d and fled to the head of ?? ?>?^__ (Continued on page eljht) Gpand Jury Ca?lTE^Ot Officials and Whitmi l^iry Reported to Detertni 1" J. E, Smith Was Libelle ,oy Hirnhheld Affidavits (?2*2). **-city officials and ex-G ?h r.."hitman were before the ?onS v*ry crand ?jury' of which R '"?i??- i A'"'irall is foreman, in Vln.al Courts Building yesterc ^'?e included ex-Police Commissio ,???? Woods, former Deputy Po ^missioners Frank Lord and L (?r Dunha'n. Captain "Honest D -^?an and Frederic Whitin. of ^""ittce^f Fourteen. ?? *as said that the investiga! !>W determine whether Assist 7^'? Attorney James E. Smith ?$<j? y the publication of cerl !>?,'*]'* by Commissioner of Accoi Si ?, ' In connection with the fti\ p'?n Police Commissioner isj ;? "-oiuinissioner Hirshiield and g**6* Dominick H?nry have been V f*".as witnesses. 1'??L Vury wiil conduct its next ??.,, ru??day. at which time Jus ?W? S- Weeks, of the Crim A*t?Uki0? the Supreme Court, wil U. S. Marine Officer Killed 3 Haytian Captives, Says Witness Lieutenant, Now Retired, Called Men Out, Shot Each in Back, Native Testifies 5 Two Other Murders Charged at Inquiry By Wilbur Forrest Special Cable to The Tribune Copyright, 1920, New York Tribuno Inc PORT-AU-PRINCE, Hayti, Nov. 17. ??Adolph Bourgot, a native Haytian, to? day testified before the United States naval board of inquiry which is inves- j tigating the conduct of the Marine i Corps in Hayti that he saw Lieutenant Freeman Lang, of the gendarmerie, kill three native prisoners at Hinche in 1917. This is the most serious charge brought against any individual during the hearing. The witness said a skirmish had just occurred in which the attacking Cacos were repulsed. Immediately afterward Lung called out the three men, singly, from the prison, and shot each of them in the back, the witness testified. Lang, who is from Los Angeles and is not now connected with the Marine Corps, is in business in Hinche. He was in court when the witness testi? fied and was granted the right to de? fend himself with counsel. Bourgot will be cro^s-examined to? morrow. Harris Lifschitz, an American citizen of Russian' extraction, testified that he was an eyewitness to the killing of two natives by a gendarmerie lieuten? ant in the interior of the country. He. said one of the natives was killed de? liberately and the other was slain when a crowd at an election booth was tired upon. Colonel I. M. Little, field command? er, testified that rumors of trouble were much magnified in the country. It is believed that the board of in? quiry will complete its hearings with? in a fortnight. Capital Thinks Root Sure to Succeed Colby Proposed Conference with Harding in Marion Taken To Indicate Selection Tac i itly Has Been Agreed On Lodge To Be Consulted j - 'Opponents of Treaty Pre? fer Massachusetts Man for State Department By Carter Field WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.--Senator ! Harding has extended an invitation to Elihu Root to go to Marion on Decem? ber 10 to confer with the President I elect on questions of foreign policy. j The fact that this invitation has been sent to Mr. Root is taken by VVashing-' ! ton observers as another evidence that ' Mr. Root will be offered and will ac? cept, the post of Secretary of State. i Failure to obtain Mr. Root in the Hording Cabinet would be a public , calamity, in the opinion of the man i who was closest to Mr. Harding during ! the campaign and who advised with the President-elect constantly on ques? tions involving the peace treaty and international relations generally. A statement to this effect was made within the last few days by Mr. Harding'? adviser, and there is excel? lent reason for thinking that he would never have made the statement?being an excellent politician in addition to his other qualifications?if lie thought there was any doubt about Mr. Root's appointment. It has been known here that Mr Root has been reluctant to undertake the duties of the office again and that he personally would prefer to remain at home with his family rather thar move to Washington for the next foui j years. But it is believed that he wil j agree to make the sacrifice for the sake of the party and of his country, despite his personal desires. Office Seekers Persistent Mr. Root's going to Marion early ii December will enubie the President elect and Mr. Root to work out definite ly their policies before Mr. Hardini plunges into the hurly-burly of Wash ington. Even in the little town o Marion it is going to be difficult t protect Mr. Harding from the horde o office seekers and men in importan places in the party who want t bei friends named to office. After Mi : Harding gets to Washington he wil have very little time, it is feared, fo the calm consideration of the country' problems until the first big batch o appointments is made. This is one of the explanations o why sightseers who visit the Senat galleries during the short session c Congress will be disappointed if the hope to see the next President in hi seat on Capitol Hill. Mr. Harding also "will confer ? Marion with other Republican leadei on the future foreign policy of th government. It is expected that Sen: ] tor Henry Cabot Lodge will pay a early visit to the little Ohio city. Sen. i tor Lodge, according to some of li close friends, wishes earnestly to r< main in" his present post as Republic? leader of the Senate and chairman i the Foreign Relations Committee. I , does not wish either to be Secretary i I State or Ambassador to Great Britai !i Continued on p&ge three) , Farmers' Union Votes To Hold Back Product 800,000 Tillers of~27 Stat? Said To Be Enrolled in . War for Higher Profits KANSAS CITY, Mo? Nov. 17.?T1 ! Farmers' National Union, with repr ? aentatives from twenty-seven state ? went on record to-day in favor of wit j holding farm products from the ma ket until "prices are restored to | profit-making level." I Charging market manipulators wi ' responsibility for collapse in prices | farm products, the annual conventi? 1 of the organization adopted a resol tion asserting farmers had be. "robbed" of $1.000,000,000 in the redu tion of values of products now ? hand. "We urge all farmers to withho this year's production from the m? kets until prices are restored to j profit-making level," the rcsoluti I read. v Cecil Declares League Is Now Going Concern Charge That Covenant Is Dead Disproved by Its Record, He Tells Dele? gates to the Assembly Denounces Secret Action Bold Policy and Open Di? plomacy Essential to Win Public Approval, He Says By Arthur S. Draper Special Cable to The. Tribune Copyright, 1P20, Now Vorlt Tribune Inc. GENEVA, Nov. 17.?Lord Robert Cecil, in an address to-day before the assembly of the League of Nations, de? clared the league was very much alive and that its report for the year was a complete answer to some in another country who had said the league was (iead. The representative of South Africa made a powerful plea for inter? national justice, a bold policy and open diplomacy. Temperately, but noue the less em? phatically, Lord Robert criticized the league council on the ground that it was too nuich occupied with organiza? tion, and that the secrecy surrounding it;; actions gave rise to suspicion in the minds of the general public. He paid a high tribute, however, to the manner in which the Brussels financial conference was conducted. In discussing the league's report for the year Lord Robert said he hoped that it would devote most of its time in the coming year to constructive work rather than to matters o.f organi? zation. He said later that he'intended to introduce resolutions requesting the council to give greater publicity to its proceedings, and also urging it to pre? sent to the assembly some plan for the protection of Armenia. Action of Poland Criticized Lord Robert's remarks on the Polish Lithuanian situation must have an? noyed former Premier Paderewski, who listened with the closest attention, while the speaker no.ted the fact thac i Poland hud taken hostile action after appealing to the league. Lord Robert asserted this was a violation of the covenant, which provided that a power must give nine months' notice before taking belligerent steps. "I venture to say that the assembly must be informed by the council of the present position of the City of Danzig and of what is being done in the Polish-Lithuanian dispute," the speaker said. "Publicity is the best weapon. The council should -publish immediately all the facts and allow the world to judge of the merits of these cases. An instructed and impar? tial public opinion is the best weapon | we have." Lord Robert is making a fight for open diplomacy, and he is easily the biggest ? influence for the new order in the assembly to-day. His independent position gives him an opportunity to advance his progressive views without restriction. Prolonged applause greeted his plea - of "Be just, fear not," and when the interpreter translated his words into ; French the assembly again applauded. In ?developing his theme Lord Robert ! related that his father, Lord Salisbury, i Continued ?n pago three) Lithuanian Troops Fire On League Commission -_, i Rifles and Machine Guns Are Turned On Envoys Under White Flag; Mistake Claimed , WARSAW, Nov. 17.~-Lithuanian troops tired on members of the League of Nations control commission as they j were cross ing "No Man's Land," from i General Zellgouski's lines to those of ? the Lithuanians, according to dis? patches leceived here to-day. The ! members o? the commission were car- 1 rying a white flag. The Lithuanian commander said the ] firing was due to a misunderstanding. '< The members of tho commission were ' on the way to Kovno, and the authori- j ties of both sides had arranged to cease hostilities at a cerAin hour to ! permit ths commissioners to cross "No Man's Lard." As the road was bad I the commissioners abandoned their' I automobiles and took another road, j They left General Zellgouski's lines i safely with a white flag, and were j within sight of the Lithuanians, when | they were greeted with a volley of [ bullets over their heads. Rifle and. machine gun tire continued ! for some time, the members of the i commission seeking refuge behind j mounds of earth. Finally, a native I woman crossed the field while the fir- ; ing was gcing on, went to the Lithunn- j ian commi.nder and interceded for the \ commissioners, explaining that thevi wore Allied uniforms. The firing ceaseerl and the Lithuanian commander ex- j plained ihc circumstance?. ? * Constantine ! Awaits Call Of His People Exiled King Says He Will Not Return to Greece Unless Plebiscite Gives Verdict in His Favor Compares Election With U.S. Landslide Defends Conduct in War and Insists Wisdom of His Policy Is Proved By Ralph Courtney Special Cable to The Tribune Copyright. 1920, New York Tribune Tnc. LUCERNE, Nov. 17.?Former King Constantine of Greece asserted to-day in an interview with the? Tribune cor ; respondent that he would not return to I Greece until the. people clenrly demon ' stated that they desired him to do so. j He favors a plebiscite for this purpose, and wishes this arranged when the new Chamber, which is controlled by the Constantine party, meets. He desires . only to return if unity can be secured 1 thereby. The King defended his course during | the war and said that before Venizelos ! took power it was his policy to make it ?possible for Greece to intervene latei | with some show of success. He said j that if he had intervened at the time I it was demanded of him his countrj ?would'have been overrun by the Ger I mans and Bulgarians. i He asserted that if he returned te j Greece it would not be his desire t< ! make any change in the national policy j He believes that Greece should espe ? cially regard England as its futuri friend. The King said it would take at leas : another month to arrange a plebiscite } concerning his return. He hoped tha America's ?lemoeratic citizens would ex i press such real appreciation of th I Greek demonstration of popular wil , that France and England would b i bound to respect, the echo thereof com ' ing from across the Atlantic. The King followed the course of th I Presidential campaign in America wit much interest, and he said the Ameri I cans would appreciate the revolution c 1 feeling against the persona! rule o j Venizelos which was demonstrated i j the Greek elections. Awaits Call of People I asked the King what he intende ! to do, now that his party was in powt in Greece. ; "I shall do nothing," he replied. ".A ?far as T know, I shall remain here fc the present. I have always held 1 I democratic principles and have no ii 1 tention .of returning to Greece tint the1' people clearly demonstrate thi they desire hie to do bo. "1 would like, when the new chambi I assembles, to see a plebiscite taken i ; the whole country so that the peop may declare clearly their wi regarding my person. I left Greei rather than attempt resistance for tl ' sake of my own position and to sa1 the shedeiing of Greek blooel. I pr ferred to leave the country. I desi to return only if unity can be secure "As for Venizelos, I have no desi to take any action against him or tl others of the oligarchy which has bei ? ruling my country. "My particular hope is that', abo all countries, America, which has ju held its own elections, will appr?cia what a revulsion there must have bei against the personal rule of Venizeli I followed Senator Harding's campaij and election with great interest, ar if my information is correct, I thi the Greeks in America voted almc unanimously for him. I have a grc affection for America, because, thou , a King, I am a democrat, and I I [ lieve personal rule cannot be mai tained nowadays. Says He Was Misrepresented "Please accept my statement, un all facts have become of general knoi ? edge, that I have been very badly re resented, both regarding my sentimei toward the Allies and in other matte by those whose interests it was to ma out a case against me. "I might have entered the war on t j side of the. Allies at the time whicl (Continued on page three) __ , Second Midshipman Dismissed For Hazing on Seales's Report WASHINGTON. Nov. 17.?Decision of the Navy Department to dismiss from the service a second midshipman for hazing at the Naval Academy was announced by Secretary Daniels to-night after a conference between the Secretary and Rear Admiral Scales, superintendent. As in the case of the man already dismissed, Mr. Daniels said, "Admiral Scales reccmmended action in the sec? ond case after two acts of hazing had been established." The Secretary said Admiral Scales was conducting his campaign against the new hazing epidemic in the assur? ance that the "department would sup? port his earnest efforts to enforce the law against hazing." As^a preventive measure, he added, the superintendent had ordered the fourth class?those who entered in Oc? tober?into separate wings of Bancroft Hall and had "gone to the very root of the disease and is dealing justly and ?irmly with the situation." "The issue between the authorities at Annapolis and a number of midship ! men is that certain midshipmen of the 1 upper class claim the right to govern the actions of their juniors and to en i force practices contrary to the laws of i Congress and' the naval regulations," ! Mr. Daniels said. "The law and regu ? lations will be upheld." Secretary Daniels indicated to-day i that he will ignore the charges made ? by Samuel G. Baker jr., the other mid 1 shipman dismissed for hazing, that i other students equally involved with | him had not been punished. j "I stand or. my original statement j that hazing must bo stopped at the ? Naval Academy if the dismissal of all i the midshipmen is the only way to restore order," Secretary Daniels said. I He declined to elaborate on his sug '? gestion of yesterday that prison sen i tences for recalcitrant midshipmen ; were warranted in some cases. He said, ! however, that Congress, by special en ? actment, limited the navy's discip i lin/iry action to expulsion. Secretary of War Baker joined Sec ! retary Daniels to-day in strongly de j nouncing hazing, though he said that I the Military Academy at West Point ! has been singularly free from dis? orderly action by the cadets. PINF.Hl KST, N. C??5th 1mnl i er-urr Season. Golf and all other sports. Through Pullman, Tenu., Mia P. M. liAlly.?Aiivt. Brindell Indicted* Gives Bail Of $100,000; Ship Board Lost $2,000,000,000 on Fleet Deals Ex-Assistant to John B. Payne Says Most Went to Marine Gamblers in j Norway and Japan $240,000,000 Found To Be Unrecorded No Definite Account of $300,000,000Worthof Materials Distributed Of the $3,400,000,000 expended by the United States Shipping Board $2,000, 000,000 has been utterly lost to the I government in the amortization of ships, I Martin J. Gillen, formerly executive as- j sistant to John Barton Payne, chairman ! of the board, told the Congressional committee investigating the board's af- | fairs yesterday. Mr. Gillen also served'for a time as assistant to Admiral William S. Benson, I present head of the board. He recently i declined an appointment by President Wilson to membership in the body. Among the astounding charges he made yesterday to the committee were: 1. The two billion dollar loss was by no means due entirely to natural depre? ciation of tonnage values, but was in .arge part caused by the gambling in ships by Japanese and Norwegian com? panies that sold tonnage to the Ship? ping Board and also to the exorbitant rates of profit paid to men operating Shipping Board vessels. Many millions of dollars have been thrown away in i overpayments to ship gamblers, Mr. Gillen said. $300,000,000 Unaccounted For 2. The accounting system of the Shipping Board broke, down completely two years after its establishment. Up to October. 1, 1919, accounts of only eight of 8,000 voyages of Shipping Board craft had been audited. There are no definite accounts of more than $300,000.000 worth of material ex? pended. > 3. Vouchers to the amount of $2,700, 000,000 have been presented to Con? troller Warrick. He has refused to ap? prove $900,000,000 worth of these for lack of proper supporting data. The Shipping Boanl is still sixteen months behind in its' accounts. 4. Alonzo Tweedale, treasurer of the board, on taking office August 1, 1919, two years after the creation of the : body, found that $2,500.000,000 had been paid out with only the vaguest idea of what had become of it. No balance sheets had been struck show ink expenditures or money outstanding. Some $240,000,000 of securities had dis? appeared without record. After search these were found in the Girard Trust Company at Philadelphia, where they had been deposited without any sub? mission of record to the Washington ? office of the board. Ships Not Making Prolits ?. The ships now operated by the I board are not only not making profits ! for the government but are not earn i ing even depreciation and interest | charges. On the latter point Mr. Gil ] len flatly contradicted the testimony given recently before the committee in executive session by John H. Rossiter, chief of the Division of Operations. 6. The rates paid by the government to ship operators for operation of ships i requisitioned on the high seas at the ; time of the country's entrance into the war were 230 per cent higher than those paid by the British government. These operators were allowed a profit of 57% per cent at a time when all other war industries in the country had been placed on a 10 per cent profit basis. ' "My investigation disclosed," said Mr. Gillen, "that the board had no rec? ords to show how much money it had taken in during the war and how much was expended." Judge Payne, assuming the duties of (Continued on page six) 1,1 ??-?' ? Gillen Would Make Senate Share Responsibility for Federal Boards .-j Martin J. Gillen, executive assistant to John Barton Payne and later to Admiral William S. Benson, successive heads of the Shipping Board, told the Congressional committee yesterday that much of the irregularity at the proceedings of the board was due to the caliber of men directing the organization, and that this could not be remedied until the Senate shared equally with the President in the responsibility of appointing such officials. , "I have told the President," said Mr. Gillen, "and I have told President-elect Harding that the administrative offices of the govern? ment, in addition to the Shipping Board, should be placed in the hands of men of administrative ability. "It is the duty of the President to tell the Senate committee, which has the approval of the appointment, that the responsibility is theirs as much as his. Make the Senate lake the full responsibility as much as it does in treaty making, and let the President not feel hurt when it acts in this mnnner. Not until then will we have efficient government , in this country. And the Democrats are not any more responsible for this conditior than the Republicans. Too many politicians get the big administrative jobs, and then sit back and let clerks do the work. Nor is that any more true of the Democrats than it is of the Republicans." Palmer Bars Maximum Rate On Coal Sales Uiley, After a Conference in Washington, Says Dealers Who Try to Regulate Profit Will Be Prosecuted Plan ? Profiteer Hunt City Firms Refuse Informa? tion to Federal Agents; fjjpergency Fuel Arrives The Department of Justice will not sarction any maximum price or profit | on t&e sale of anthracite coal. That statement was made yesterday by Armin W. Riley, head of the flying squadron, upon his return from a con? ference with Attorney General Palmer in Washington. The Wholesale Coal Trade Association has passed a resolu? tion in which its members agreed "that the maximum gross margin of profit shall not exceed 10 per cent upon ?he price at the place of sale." The - present average profit is less than 5 per cent, according to Charles S. Allen, sec? retary of the association. That was the outstanding feature in ?.?. day replete with extraordinary de? velopments in connection w.ith the seri? ous coal situation. The others were* At the conference in Washington the Department of Justice mapped out a comprehensive organized plan for the purpose of investigating anjd prosecut? ing every case of profiteering from the moment the coal is produced until it reaches the consumer. This system vill aiso include investigation of charges of graft in coal transportation. Emergency Coal Delivered Burns Brothers and Madeira Hil & Co., two of the largest dealers in the city, refused to divulge infor? mation concerning their business tt Department of Justice agents. Thej now are facing the possibility of hav? ing their books impounded by the Fed eral grand jury. Several thousand tons of emer gency anthracite coal for the need? were delivered at twenty-one station: throughout Manhattan and Brooklyi yesterday. Six dealers promised Dis trict Attorney Lewis of Brooklyn ti sell coal in small lots at 80 cents i hundred pounds. . Parle Commission?? John N. Harman in that borough ha arranged to use the city ice station: and the school yards as dlstributin?. stations. * Madeira Hill & Co. refused to di vulge their business on the advice o counsel, according to Mr. Riley. Th' latter said Percy C. Madeira, presiden of the company, was sitting in Phila delphia as a member of the anthracit operators' Fair Price Committee. "They talk about cooperation," sail Mr. Riley, "but when it comes dowi to brass tacks they refuse. I am goinj to seek a subpoena from the grand jur; and try to have their books impounded (Continued on pit)? nine) Irish Prisoners Killed While Trying to Escape Four of Six Men Shot Dead by Soldiers; Belfast Women Check ?Sationalist Rioters WHITEGATE, County Clare, Ireland, Nov. 17.?Four of six men arrested last evening under the restoration act were shot dead this morning while trying to ercape from their escort, ac? cording to an official report. BELFAST, Nov. 17.?Renewed riot? ing broke cut in Belfast this morning. Nationalists, in the New Lodge Road district, attacked the Unionist quarter with stones. They were beaten off by women at the first onset, but returned, using revolvers, and soon were masters of the thoroughfare. An attempt was made to enter the Duncairn Presbyterian School, but the uoor3 had been fastened, so the crowd contented itself with smashing the windows, a process which was repeated on many houses along the line of ad? vance. The poiict were rushed up and, after an exciting twenty minute?, restored crder. CORK, Nov. 17.?Sergeant O'Dono ghue, of the Constabulary, was shot dead in the street to-night. His as? sailant escaped. Labor Unions Will Drive Out Radical Forces A. F. L. Executive Council Also Proposes Co-opera? tion With Capital to Meet Unemployment Problem Conservatism Is Urged Federation Will Ask U. S. to Check Rush of Immi? grants From Red Areas I WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 . By The As \ sociated Press). -Direct steps to elim ? inate radicalism from rny control in r organized labor and to meet the menace of increasing unemployment are being taken by the American Federation of Labor, through its executive council, in session here. Already a decisive victory over radi? cal elements within the organization lias been achieved at one point, and the far-reaching nature of the conferences of the council for a week past, dealing with the economic problems, appeared to-night to foreshadow some action I looking to closer cooperation between I labor and capital to meet unemploy ' ment. Conservative leaders in the Federa? tion have pounded away on the radical question for several months, insisting on a moro determined stand by the controlling body, but reports of in? creasing unemployment have now brought that subject into a position of equal importance. Demand Conservative Leadership Although leaders were reticent to? day, it developed that there was a feel? ing among certain members of the council that it should deal emphati-' cally with the attempts of radicals to bore from within. They were said to i feel that conservatism must charac I terize labor's leadership. This sentiment was based on two ?premises: First, that organized labor cannot hope to exert great power in ensuing years if its foundations are weakened by the permeation of certain radical doctrines; and, second, that the next Administration will be conserva? tive. As to the latter, it was said in ' some quarters labor could gain little i from the new Congress unless it estab : lished policies of a conservative nature. In the reorganization of the com? mittee to unionize the steej workers the , conservative element showed its strength. It eliminated from the com , mittee John L. Fitz.iatrick. chairman, i and William Z. Foster, .?secretary, both i of whom participated in the airection j of the Steel strike last winter, around which clustered int mated and out? spoken radicals. Fitzpatrick was re I placed by M. F. Tighe, a recognized ! conservative in labor policies, and Fos (Contlnued on pug?- nine; American Mine Foreman Is Shot by a Mexican ' ' Report?ed to Have Been Fired L'pon Without Warning in Messages to Naco DOUGLAS, Ariz., Nov. 17.?George U. Moore, American foreman of the Puerticitos mine of the Cananea Con? solidated Copper Company, Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, this morning was shot without warning by a Mexican known as Manuel Faiz, according to informa? tion from Naco, Ariz., to-night. Real Beer Given Place In Milwaukee Museum Dark and Light, with Plate of Pretzels, To Be Preserved in tilass Caae MILWAUKEE, Nov. 17.?Real beer has taken its place with the things that aro extinct. Two bottles of beer, one dark and the other light, with a plate of large pretzels, have been placed under a rrlass case and are on display at the ?Milwaukee Public Museum, preserved for the gaze of future generations. ? Head of Building Trades Council Takes Charges of Attempted Extortion ? as Nothing but a Joke Three Counts All In Fradus Case Prosecutor Says Other Actions Will Follow; Backer Pleads NotGuilty Robert P. Brindell, head of the Building: Trades Council and re? puted labor king of the building industry, was indicted by the addi? tional grand jury yesterday on the charge of attempted extortion, grow? ing out of the Lockwood committee's ? investigation of the housing situa I tion. He was placed under $100,000 i i bail. The bund was immediately 1 furnished by a surety company and > he was released. Under the Penal i ' Code the crime is a felony, punish 1 able by seven and a half years in | prison. The labor leader had been sum ! moned to the Criminal Courts Build? ing shortly after 2 p. m. by his coun ? sel, Martin W. Littleton, who had been informed of the additional grand jury's action. Mr. Littleton immediately entered a plea of not i guilty and asked for ten. days' tim?: to make whatever motion or change | of plea he desired. After some ar : gument Judge Mulqueen set the time i limit for making motions <m No-? ' vember i2<'. More Indictments Promised \\ In the course of the argument over ? the bail Stanley Richter, Special As i sistant District Attorney acting for j the Lockwood committee, declared that [ this was only one of ? series of ; charges that will be brought against j Brindell and that the collective extor? tion accusations would aggregate' $1, : 000.000. "We shall not only prove attempted ! extortion," said Richter, "but we wilt prove the consummated crime. I.,arg<*. sums are involved, some as high as $25,000. We are informed that the defendant is a very wealthy man as a ! result of his experiences in New York during the last year and a half. We feel the bail asked for is very mod? erate." Mr. Littleton protested that it was the largest bail ever fixed for a crim inal case in the statt-. "It amounts to a demand for punishment before gm:t or innocence is proved," he said. "You are trying to drive the accused into j prison without warrant of law." Judge Mulqueen replied that he had to get reasonable assurance that the defendant would hv present. "This is ^n unusual case," he remark<>d. "I will bo frank with you. I think tiie circum? stances warrant $100,000 bail." Brindell Only Smiles Brindell maintained a genial and smiling air throughout the entire pro? ceed nigs and seemed to regard the mat? ter very lightly. He chatted ?n a cheer : ful vein with reporters and took great , pride in the fact that he was a hun? dred-thousand-dollar man. "Who was the other $100,000 man? Nicky Arnstein, wasn't it?" !.?? queried i with a laugh. "I was ready with only ; i>50,000, and here they go and double I it. If they had onlj asked for 100,000 j real men instead of 100,000 iron men," he complained with mock seriousness, "it would have been much easier." He was nattily dressed in a mixed ! gray suit smartly cut, a dark brown ! fedora hat and a dark brown ulster ': neatly folded over his left arm. He is ? forty-six years old, tall, and with a ! streak of gray in his hair. He left the ! Criminal Courts Building with his at ! torney immediately after his bail bond ; was entered. Another development of the day if! connection with the LocXwood commit? tee's inquiry into alleged corrupt prac? tices in the building industry was the oostponement of the scheduled hearing of the committee in the City Hall yes? terday because of the illness of Samuel L'ntermyer. the committee's chief coun? sel. Mr. L'ntermyer, h owe 'er, let it be known that he would be prepared to go with the hearing this morning, when the Mayor is expected to be one of the witnesses caiiea to the stand. Another Dig at Board In the course of a message dictated over the telephone from his home at 2 East Fifty-fourth Street, explaining his inability to go on with to-day's hearing, he took another dig at the Board of Estimate inquiry, saying: "Was there ever anything bo farcial ami unpardonable in its extravagance as the latest so-called 'investigation'?" After Mr. Untermyer's first attack on the new inquiry, in which he termed it a "whitewashing operation," Mayor Hylan yesterday made public a letter he wrote in reply. He called Mr. Un? termyer's note "the rgeanest collection of insincere expressions that has thai far been presented by you to me." said his tactics were vicious and unfair and admonished the lawyer that in his next letter he "try to keep in mind some idea of decency and {air play." "You know it, I know i?V he abided, "and 1 sooner or later the whole public will thoroughly understand what is moving you tovsuch despicable attacks on me. I George S. Backer, the millionaire