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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2(i, 1920
THE V E A ? ii E R
Cloudy to-day and probably to-n?orro?:
no change in temp?rature;
moderate wind?
Ful! Keport on I,n?t fur?"
TWO CENTS
In Orrater Nrw York
THRKK CBXTS
Within 200 Mil*?
rorn cfnt*
D.S. Demands
Equal Rights
In Mandates
Colby Notifies Great Brit?
ain of Objections to
Restriction of Discus?
sion to Leagrue Nations
Cliief Issue Based
On Oil Resources
Opposition to Creation of
Special Interests in the
Near East Made Gear
from Th? Tritt!.??'? Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25. ?The spe?
cific demand that the American govern?
ment be accorded equal privileges with
?11 other governments, within or out
jid? of the League of Nations, in all
mandate territories, is made in the |
L'nited States note to Great Britain, j
triad? public here to-day. The note la
the third that bas passed between the I
two governments on the subjtct of oil ?
concessions in mandate territories. It J
?pas delivered by American Ambassador I
John W. Davis to the British Foreign j
Office Wednesday and Is addressed to ?
Earl Curron, Secretary of State for !
Foreign Affairs. The note is signed by j
ftcretary of State Bainbrldge Colby.
While dealing particularly with the
distribution of the oil resources of
Vesopotamia, the American protest also j
?eta forth the right of the united Sutes,
as or.? of the powers associated in the
victory over the Central powers, to be
consulted as to the terms of mandates
?rid other de?ipions the right to make
nhicb accrued to the Allies as a result
cf their common victory.
Secretary Colby insists upon the ap?
plication of the principle of equality j
of treatment of all nations, irrespective '
of the mandatory power, with special ;
reference to the petroleum resources j
of the territories involved, and pro- ?
tests against the exploitation of these !
resources bv any nation to the r?iserim- i
?nation of others.
Object's to League Barrier
Sharj? issue is taken with the British
government's contention that the drafts
of the mandates for Mesopotamia and
Palestine have been prepared with a
view to securing equality -of treatment
for the commerce and citizens of all
states "which are members of the
League of Nations" and that the terms
uf the mandates can properly be dis?
cussed only in the Co'uncil of the
League of Nations and by the signa?
tories of the covenant.
The American note stands firmly on
its contention that this government is
?ntitlcd to an equal voice with all
others in the question o? mandates.
The note further asserts that the
L'nited .States "is undoubtedly one of
the powers directly interested in the
terms of the inundates and 1 therefore
request that the draft mandate forms
be communicated to this government
for its con ?deration before their sub?
mission to the Council of the league."
The note asserts that the "frankes!
discussion" should be given to the
drafts of the mandates "in order that
the fullest opportunity may be afford?
ed to conside; their terms in relation
to the obligations assumed by the
mandatory power, ami the respi ctive
interests of all governments which are
or deem themselves concerned or af?
fected."
The difficulty of harmonizing the
sgreemer.t. reached between France and
Great Britain in t ie San He no pet o
leum agreem ;nt with th*.- statement
that the petroleum resources of Meso?
potamia will be secured to the future
Arab stete is touched on in the note,
a;- '.yell as the statement of the British
M . ister in charge of petroleum affairs
thtit the San Remo agreement was
based on the principle that the conce
sions granted by the former Turkish
government must bo honored.
Selfish Interest Denied
In conclusion the note asserts that
this governmi nt has no selfish interest
in Mesopotamia or other mandate terri?
tory, based on the assumption that this
government's policy is predicated "in
any degree on . considerations of the
domestic need or production of petro?
leum or any other commodity."
The full text of the note follows:
"Nov. 20, 1920.
"The Rif-ht. Honorable Karl Curzon
of Kedleston, K. G., His Maiestv's
Secretary of State for Foreien
Affairs, etc.
"My Lord:
"1 have the honor to refer to vour
note of August 9 regarding the aPDli
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Man, 100, Is Recovering
From Serious Operation
Physicians hay Removal of Tu?
bercular Tissues Would Tax
Strength of Person in Prime
Cbaim Weiss, 100 years old. is re?
covering ?t the Home of the Sons and
Daughters of Israel. 232 East Tenth
Street, of which he has been an inmate
for five years, from an operation that
's regarded as serious even for a man
in the prime of life.
Dr. H y man Goldstein and Pr. Wil?
liam Neumann of the visiting staff of
the institution operated upon the old
Jpsn a week ago, removing tubercular
tissues, and his recovery was said yes?
terday to be assured.
German Must Be Punished
Allies Also Demand C.uxhaven
Commandant Be Removed
BKRLIN, Nov. 26.- Admiral Carlton,
?resident of the Inter-Allied Naval Com
m.ssion, has hand?! to the German
government a note demanditnr the dis?
missal of the commandant at Cuxha
ven and the punishment of those per?
sons implicated in the molestation of
?ntish and French officers.
Th? dismissal of the commandant Is
to .,o carried out in the presence of
the?* ?fteer?.
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graphie records and word? of song? you
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Republicans to Drop 250,000
Clerks From Federal Pay Roll
95,000 Employees in Washington Alone Will Be
Cut to 75,000 When Congress Reconvenes,
Senate and House Leaders Predict
from The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.?The Re?
publican leaden? in Congress are pre?
paring to start wholesale reductions in
the size of the army of Federal em?
ployees as soon as Congress meets for
the short session, instead of waiting
until Senator Harding takes office as
President and the new Republican <3on
gress comes in on March 4.
Predictions .are being made freely
by leaders in both Houses of Congress
that the number of government clerks
that will be dropped from the public
pay roll will approximate 250,000 be?
fore the Harding Administration is
many months in power.
An indication of how the *x will
be wielded was given to-day by Repre?
sentative William R. Wood, of Indiana,
chairman of the sub-committee of the
House Appropriations Committee that is
drafting the Legislative, Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill for the next
fiscal year.
Chairman Wood announced that the
sub-committee planned to reduce the
number oi Federal employees in the
District of Columbia, who now total
about 95,000, to about 75,000 in the new
legislative bill. ?.
This is only the beginning of the re?
duction that is planned, however. Chair?
man Good, of the House Appropriations
Committee; "Senator Curtis, of Kansas,
Republican whip in the Senate, and
other Republican leaders at the Capi?
tol are insisting that ;he reductions
must be made in every department of
the Federal service and' that many of
the bureaus established during the war
! shall be legislated out of existence
I altogether.
There are now more than' 700.000
men and womeu in the enmlov of the
United States government throughout
1 the country. On January 31, 1920,
there were 757,854 on the payrolls of
the Federal government, but Coneress
during the last session reduced this
number to about 700,000.
The reduction of 250.000 in the size
? of the army of Federal employees that
j is hoped for by Congressional leaders
would result In an annual saving of
? (C?ntInu?Mj on pxse nl??)
League Calls
On Wilson to
Save Armenia
Message Urges U. S. Media-?
tion in Turkish Trouble j
to End Tragedies Without I
Making Mandate Pledge !
France Only Power Ready
Greece, Serbia and Rumania
Refuse to Allow Bulgaria
to Join in the Association
By Ralph Courtney
Special Cable to The 7'rtbutie
Copyright, 15 20. Now York Tribune Inc.
GENEVA, Nov. 24.?The Council of
the League of Nations sent a cable- '
gram to President Wilson to-day ask- i
:ng him if America would act as medi
< aior between the Armenians and the
Turkish Nationalists. A similar mes- '
sage was sent to powers who'are league
members.
By this action the Council upheld]
the view of England that an entirely [
new situation had arisen in the Near
Last, and -that although America had
refused a mandate over Armenia she i
should now be asked if she would act
?.as mediator. At the same'time France
and other countries ure assuming the
i attitude that they cannot undertake
; further responsibility in the matter at
present.
It appears doubtful if any country
?ii the linsi instance will send an un-;
. qualified answer to the Council's cir
cular message. France is fully aware
thai she is the xiniy country militarily
fitted to send immediate aid to the
'Armenians. While the internal situa?
tion in other countries might prevent
, the sending of a military expedition,
i France could send both officers and
men with comparative ease.
Council Sends for Weygand
The council this afternoon tele?
graphed to General Weygand and re
??uested him to come to Geneva at once.
It was General Weygand who assisted
tlie Toles in driving back the Bolsheviki
From the gales of Warsaw. Sir Fred?
erick Munis is ou the way from Eng
land to confer with the French gen?
eral.
Whether the Council expects President
' Wilson to accept the task of mediator
| is doubtful, but a certain amount of
I precise information received by Eu?
ropean countries loads them to believe
that America is not entirely opposed to
! doing something for Armenja, and at
i the least contributing financial assist
i anee.
AU the European countries rloubt
| less would like to seo ttieir rivalry set
| at rest by America's acceptance of the
Armenian burden, They declare that
; it Is necessary for President Wilson to
i make an early decision regarding the
; Armenian boundaries, and they hope
I that this will mean still another moral
(Contlnui-il on paoo lour)
Bread Famine in Madrid
Many Tables Bare of Loaves
Wben Bakers Quit Shops
MADRID, Nov. 25.?Most of the
breakfast tables in Madrid are without
breud this morning, all the bakers hav
i ing left the shops. Only a few bread
shops were open.
EiTorts of the government to supply
the population's requirements from mili?
tary bakeries were insufficient to furnish
even half the needs of the city, which
ordinarily consumes approximately 200,
0U0 kilograms daily, while the military
ovens are capable of baking the maxi?
mum of 40,000.
There were loud complaints from
crowds of women who gathered, despite
a pouring rain, in long lines from an
early hour.
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Chevrolet Is
Killed as Cars
Crash in Race
Gaston, Brother of Louis
Chevrolet, and O'Donnell
in Wreck in 250-Mile
Los Angeles Sweepstakes
Mechanician Also Dies
American Rarer Seriously
Hurt; Roseoe Sarles j
Wins; Miller Is Second;
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SPEEDWAY, LOS ANGELES, Nov.!
25.?Gaston Chevrolet, famous racing ?
driver, and Lyall .lolls, mechanician
lor Eildie O'Donnell, were killed to?
day when Chevrolet's and O'Donnell's ?
machines collided on the Los Angeles |
speedway, at the east end of the grand- !
stand, near the closa of the 250-mile j
race.
O'Donnell was so seriously injured '
that it was first reported he wts killed. I
His skull was fractured and both arms ?
were broken and little hopo was held I
that he could recover.
John Bresnahan, Chevrolet's niech- :
nnician, was seriously injured.
The wife of O'Donnell was in the !
grand stand when her husband was
injured. She rushed in an automobile
to the hospital where the driver had
been taken. j
Roseoe Sarles, driving the 250 miles !
without a stop, won the race. Eddie
Miller finished second and Eddie
Hearne third. Sarles ltd on every
lap and in addition to first prize of
i $10,000 took the same amount in lap
prizes. Miller and Hearne won $6.000
?and ?3,000 respectively. Jimmie Mur.
phy finished fourth, taking $2.000 in
j j rizes, and Joe Thomas was fifth.
Time of the Kace
Sarles's time was 2:25:20, an aver
| age of 103.2 miles an hour. Miller's
time was 2:26:14 and Hearne's
The accident occurred while Chev?
rolet, O'Donnell and Joe Thomas were
fighting to make un the half dozen
laps they were behind the leaders at
the 150-lap point. The three cars were.
bunched on tin* cast turn.
According to persons grouped about
the turn, Chevrolet turned to pass
i Thomas, who was on the inside of the
bowl, and his ear struck that of O'Don
' ni'i . who vas on the outside. O'Don?
nell's car turned and plunged down
the incline and Chevrolet's, apparent?
ly out of control, shot to the top of
the track, tore out 200 feet of fence,
then rolled down the incline on top of
the wreckage beneath which O'Donnell
and Jolis were pinned.
Four Taken to Hospital
All four men were removed to a
hospital. O'Donnell was unconscious
and attendants brought information to
the judges' stand that he was dead.
I The officials announced that hot 'n
Chevrolet and O'Donnell had been.
(Continuo?! on pago seven)
-Deaf-Mute Sent to Jail
For Turkey Dinner
k rhank You, Sir,' His Response
to Sentence That Also Assures
Him Christmas Feast
Reuben Jacobson, a deaf mute who
! lias no home, but picks up a dime or so
I occasionally from the throng passing
: Trinity Church, found it a dull and
! chilly Thanksgiving Day at Broadway
and Wall Street. Few persons were on
the street, and those who passed him
I were in a hurry to get somewhere and
reluctant to remove their gloves to
i hunt for a dime or a nickel.
Patrolman Pugh, of the Old Slip po?
lice station, saw Jacobson at his post,
, tattered, shivering and despondent, and,
? getting no reply to his questions ex
? copt incomprehensible finger talk, led
the deaf mute to the Tombs police
court, where he charged him with va
| grancy.
"This man needs medical attention,"
i Magistrate Silberman wrote on a slip
! of paper, which was handed to Jacob
I son, "but first of all he needs a good
meal and a warm place to sleep. They
have turkey and all the rest of a
Thanksgiving dinner on Blackwell's
Island to-day, and I will commit him to
the workhouse over Thanksgiving and
Christmas."
"Thank you, sir," Jacobson wrote
reatlv beneath the message.
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Army Wins |
Air Race and
Sets Record
U. S. Aerial Supremacy
Proved, Says Gen. Mit?
chell, When Plane
Makes 178 Miles an Hr.
30,000 Ch^HFeat;
Navy Out of Luck
Phenomenal Flight by
Vought YE-7; Daniels
and Pershing at Contest
By Jack Binns
Th? Vervllle-Packard battle plane,
pet of the Army Air Service, estab?
lished a world's record for closed cir?
cuit racing on Long Island yei.terday
by flying 132 miles In 44 mjnutes 29.57
seconds, at an average, speed of 178
miles an hour, including turns. The
lace, Brigadier General William Mitch?
ell, of the Air Service, .?-?aid, insures
American supremacy in the air.
The victory of the speedy army
machine in the contest for the Pulitzer
Trophy and Valentine Fund prizes of
the Aero Club of America was achieved
over the foremost naval machine under
thrilling circumstances before 30,000
persons. It was witnessed by General
John J. Pershing, Secretary of the
Navy Josephus Daniels and almost
every prominent aeronautical expert of
America.
TTio mere accident of faulty carbure*
tion prevented Captain Corliss C. Mose
ley, who was at the stick of the army's
speed demon, from establishing a neu
world's record for straightaway speed
As it was, the graceful single-seatei
tore around the thirty-five-mile circuit
at three miles a minute, with the en
gine throttle but three-quarters open.
Fate Prevents Navy Feat
Fate in the fortn of a broken watei
connection intervened at the critica
moment of the race and prevented th?
Navy from obtaining a close seconc
place in the contest between the riva
services. Lieutenant B. G. Bradley, U
S. M. C, was compelled to bring hi
Lo?;ning Special monoplane to a forcei
lauding within a mile of the finish line
after tearing around the last lap at 161
miles an hour with h rapidly freezini
engine.
Although this consolation was denie
to the naval team, the phenomena
performance of the TJ. S. Navy Vough
VE-7 biplane, piloted by Lieutenant A
Laverents, more than made up for th
disappointment. This is an advance
type of training plane, equipped wit
a Wright 180 horsepower motor, dc
signed for a normal speed of 100 mile
an hour. Driving his craft with super
skill, Lieutenant Laverents forced :
to the absolute limit, and auccoeded i
making an average speed of 143.3 mile
an hour for the entire course an
winning fifth ?lace from the field. II
achievement won tremendous r.pplaus
Thirty-six machines started, and a
but eleven completed the course. N<
a single mishap o? a serious natui
marred the success of the event, whic
the race official? declifted was the moi
important ever held. Almost evei
American-designed plane exceeded i
normal spec?! in the frrilling encounte
with the possible exception of the Ve
viile-Packard, which was throttU
(?own. The only foreign machine
win a place was the beautifully strean
t:ned Italian Ansaldo SVA bip ai
piloted by Bert Acosta, who beat Ca;
tain St. ('lair Street, of Alaska fam
by the scant margin of 30 seconds. Tl
latter was flying an Orenco biplane ?
the Ordnance Engineering Company.
Record Throng at Hace
The race was witnessed by t!
greatest throng ever assembled at ?
aviation meet. Every road along t!
triangular course, which stretchi
from Mitchcl Field- -the starting ai
finishing point -to Wantagh, thence
Babylon, and back to Mitche* Fiel
was jammed with automobil? s. Tl
aviation fields at the three turnii
points were crowded to capacity 1
eager spectators. The policing arrang
inents by the I". S. Army Air Servi
j.roved excellent, and kept thj landii
field clear at all times.
The interest of the vast crowds w
centered in the Verville Packard ai
the Loening Special. The latter, ?.
(Continue?: on next paye)
Untermyer
Urges City
Sue Whalen
| Also Advises Action
Againet Holland Com?
pany to Recover Funds
Paid for Ash Removal
?,
Agrees to Confer
With Steinbrink
Again Attacks the Hylan
inquiry as Mayor Writes
Note to Justify Himself
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the
I.ockwood committee, investigating the
housing situation, in a letter to Joseph
Haag, secretary of the Board of Esti
| mate, has advised that suit be brought
! against members of the firm of Holland
& Co. and Commissioner Grover A.
Whalen of the Department or Plant
and Structures for the recovery of the
i money the city has expended in remov?
ing ashes dumped on the site of the
proposed new courthouse.
It was brought out at a hearing of
the committee that Holland & Co., who
had city contracts for street cleaning
and ash removal in 1918, dumped ap?
proximately 50,000 cubic yards of ashes
on the site which the city had paid
? large sums of money to have exca?
vated. To remove these ashes and
have the site cleared again the city is
?aid to have contracted to pay $400,000.
Mayor Hylan's Version
Mayor Hylan, in a lengthy statement
yesterday, however, gives another ver?
sion of the ash-dumping affair. Ho
says that after the buildings were torn
down the courthouse site was left in a
deporable condition, with water and
refuse in various parts. To give it a
respectable appearance, he says, the
Courthouse Commission granted per?
mission to dump steam ashes in there
to fill it up.
"I understand," added the Mayor,
"that there were in the neighborhood
1 of "00 permit holders who had been,
i given permission to dump ashes in this
?till and not one contractor, as Mr. Un
I termyer woulcl like to have the public
j believe."
The Mayor also cited facts and
I dates tending to correct what he de
jcXres might be a misleading impres
j sion obtained from the testimony in
connection with the time of his appear
I anee at the Ewen Street Police Court
I in Brooklyn, where he is said to have
met Commissioner of Accounts Hirsh
fiold, and wh<*re, Mr. Untermyei* has
brought out, John T. Hcttrick, the law?
yer head of the limestone ring, was
a stenographer. The Mayor also at
tempts to show that attacks on him
are 'nspired by private interests.
Commissioner Whalen, on the witnes:
stand, has said that he had a half in
i terest in the firm of Holland & Co
I until August, 1917, when he said he
! severed all connections with the con
I cern. He declared he gave away everj
j dollar's worth of his interest in tin
I partnership to Edward B. Holland, tin
j other member of the firm, but that m
deeds or writing of any kind figure?.
l in the transaction. The transfer wai
: made by mutual agreement, he said
; and he didn't remember where it tool
! place.
Untermyer Alleges Vandalism
Jr. connection with the suggested sui
Mr. Untermyer added: "There is ni
doubt, in my mind of a recovery, and i
| will ihen also develop under what au
ity and influence this act of van
dalism was perpetrated." ,
He declared that -'there seems to b
: such an obsession on the part of cer
i tain officials of the city thnt they cai
succeed in covering up their own short
! comings by drawing red herrings aero.
their unfortunate trails in the form o
abuse and misrepresentation of m
every act and deed that it is unsafe fo
me and inimical to the inquiry I ar
conducting to have anything to do wit
them."
Mr, Untermyer inclosed the con
tracts, affidavits and other document
prepared by the Board of Estimate i
, carrying out his suggestions to protec
the city und which the board has aske
him to scrutinize. The forms were re
vised by Mr. Untermyer, who pointe
out that they contained such drasti
changes that they should be fully dis
cussed before action is taken on then
j Having declined to meet the Mayor o
: Corporation Counsel O'Brien on th
mi ..?!, however, he agreed to mee
leier Steinbrink, the newly appointe
: associate counsel for the board.
Mr. Untermyer also enclosed a let
(Continued on paie six)
Bronx Ku-Klux Klan Holds Off
Detectives, Smashes Billboard
The Van Cortlandt chapter of the
? Ku-Klux Klan was abroad before dawn
| yesterday. Four of them levelled re
] volver? - at the private detectives
guarding the billboard at Broadway
and Mosholu Avenue, to which resi
I dents of the neighborhood objected,
! while the others, about a dozen in
! number, attacked the billboard with
axes.
People living in the vicinity pooh
1 poohed a story the detectives told last
! week of a masked gang who tried to
'. burn the billboard in the dead of
I night, but this time the detectives had
I two prisoners in Morrisania Police
' Court to substantiate their account of
| the attack.
The prisoners sa'.d they were Louis
, Griglinto, of 387 First Avenue, and Jos
; eph Fay, of 022 East Seventeenth Street.
They were held for further examina
; tion on a charge of robbery made by
I the private detectives, who said that
! while they stood under the revolver
i muzzles of the quartet they were
Searched and relieved of several ar?
ticles which were not returned when
1 the gang departed in haste at a warn?
ing that the police were coming.
The private detectives asserted that
the wrecking crew came in automo?
biles, caught the guards in the shanty
they had put up to shelter them and
had them Ml covered before they sus
j pected evil intentions. Before the bill
, board had succumbed to the axmen,
the private detectives said, a picket
? came running in with word that the
police were coming.
The wreckers jumped into their au?
tomobiles and made otf at high speed,
! it was ailded, forgetting in their haste
1 the two men who were captured.
Fay told Magistrate Sweetser that
Griglinto, the other prisoner, had
hailed him from an automobile at
Twenty-fourth Street and First Avenue
! and invited him to jump in and mane
some easy money. That was all he
knew of the affair, he said. Griglinto
asserted that he wasn't the one who
: had hailed Fay and that probably it
was the,same man who had yelled to
I him from the same automobile a few
? minutes before at Twenty-eighth Street
and Second Avenue, extending the
same invitation.
On Tuesday last Justice Richard H.
Mitchell, of the Supreme? Court in the
Bronx, issued a writ of mandamus to
John J. Kennedy, of 5806 Mosolu Ave?
nue, one of the adjoining property
owners who protested against the pres?
ence of the sign on city property,
.-?.gainst the O. J. Gude Company, 550
West Fifty-seventh Street.
Following this Justice Mitchell or?
dered tne sign's removal, instructing
Park Commissioner Joseph Hennessy
i to have the sign removed by his own
! men if the owners of the sign failed
to comply with th* court order.
Mercantile Trust Company, 115 B'wuy.
Spend five minutes ihts noon to deposit in
our Special Interest ' ?- ; irtment. 11 starts
.?: ace >unt.?Advt.
Irish Storm Union Club
To Rip Down British Flag;
200 Police in Hard Fight
Lloyd George
To Wipe Out
Irish Terror
IN o Conciliation Possible
Until Order Is Estab?
lished, He Insists; Op-?
posed to Martial Law
LONDON, Nov. 25.?The Irish pi*>b-j
leu?, again was brought up in the I
House of Commons to-day and the
question of conciliation between the '
Irish people was raised. Premier ;
Lloyd George, giving his opinion in
the matter, declared:
"I have always been convinced that j
no policy of conciliation is possible in
Ireland until the reign of terror has ?
been broken, for the very obvious j
reason that men in Ireland who would !
be prepared to enter into negotiations ;
at the present time are in terror of !
their lives and caraiot do so freely."
Answering another Question, the ;
Premier said the Cabinet had come to
tue deliberate conclusion that it was I
not desirable at present to enforce j
martial law in Ireland. He believed it
would not help even if it were ap?
plied.
During the debate in the House last
evening Sir Donald MacLean, Liberal,
turning to Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief
Secretary for Ireland, said: "The hon?
orable gentleman comes from Canada,
where one of his ancestors was sen?
tenced to be hanged, drawn and quar?
tered for being a rebel against the
Crown! "
Sir Hamar's Retort Applauded
! Sir Hamar instantly interjected: "He
was not an assassin!" The retort was
greeted ,vith loud cheers from the Min?
isterial benches.
Continuing, Sir Donald remarked:
"He was an innocent man suffering for
some of the guilty. That is what is
happening in Ireland to-day."
This aroused cheers from the Liberal
and Labor members.
The Dublin correspondent of the
Central News says policemen anil sol?
diers were shot dead in Infirmary Road
i last evening during a search for wanted
| men.
"The number of killed obviously has
Lbeen deleted from this message," says
I the London oijjce of the Central News.
I The Irish Oftice, however, denied
I again to-day that there was a censor
| ship on news from Ireland. "News dis
? patches are untouched and are not de
; laved by the government," said an of
I iicia!.
j Thomas Johnson, secretary of the
j Irish Labor party, who was arrested in
Dublin yesterday, has been released,
| according to a government announcc
i ment last night in the House of Com?
mons. Thomas Farren, former presi
i dent of Ule Trades Union Congress, is
! being detained for the present
The body of Lieutenant Peter Ashmun
! Amts, of the Grenadier Guards, who
! was killed during the troubles in Dub
; lin last Sunday, will be borne in the
j funeral procession in London Friday
with the bodies of the other men to
! the Westminster Cathedral. Lieuten
: ant Ames, whose mother is Mrs.
Eleanor G. Ames, of Morristown, N. J.,
and who was born in Titusville, Pa., a
son of E. H. Ames, recently became en?
gaged to Miss Orr Iv.ving, a niece of
i the Duke of Roxburghe.
Tribute to Slain Officers
DUBLIN, Nov. 25 (By The Associated j
Press).- Enormous crowds, standing!
twenty deep, lined both sides of the j
route and witnessed one of the most
impressive military corteges Dublin'
ever had seen when the coffins of the of- ]
ficers assassinated here last Sunday '
\v?-re taken to-day by way of the North !
Quay to the North Wall, where they i
were placed on board a torpedo boat
destroyer bound for England.
The throngs, composed largely of |
women and girls, showed the utmost re- !
spect for the dead, and as far as is ;
known no untoward incident detracted ?
from tiie solemnity of the occasion.
? men and boys In the gathering un?
covered as the lengthy procession :
passed, and the silence maintained was I
s?j profound that no sound was audible j
between the intervals of the dirges ;
played by the bands, except the noise :
of the lumbering gun enrnages bearing :
the coffins, the clatter of the hoofs of |
(Contlni'Fff on next oaa?)
Russians Said to Prefer
Renewing War on Poland
Knvoy? Credited With Remark
That Peace, if Concluded,
Would Last Only 3 Months
RIGA, Nov. 25 (By The Associated'
Press.)?It is said here that the Rus?
sians do not believe in peace with Po- I
land. M. Joffe, head o? the Bolshevik
peace commission, is credited with hav?
ing declared that if peace were con?
cluded it would last only three months.
It ?3 alleged that in the negotiations,
which are being held behind closed
doors, he is using all means to pro?
tract the proceedings.
No official bulletin has been issued
as yet concerning the negotiations, and
it is said one will be issued only when
the final text of the clauses of the
treaty are accepted. It is reported,
unofficially, that an amnesty clause for
both sides has been worked out, but
that a long debate has been started on
whether it shall b8 incorporated in the
peace treaty ??r issued separately.
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Home Rule Bill Goes
To Its Second Reading
From The. Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 1920, New York Trlh-jno Inc.
LONDON, Nov. 23.?The Irish
Home Rule hill advanced to sec?
ond reading in the House of Lords
to-night, after two decisive de?
feats had been administered to
the Opposition. Lord Middleton's
motion to postpone the second
reading for two weeks and Lord
Dunraven's motion to reject the
bill were defeated with more than
one hundred voles to spare on
each motion.
There liad been rumors earlier
in the day that a sufficient ?um?
ber of peers might break away to
carry a postponement, thus giving
an opportunity of forcing virtu?
ally nullifying amendments. The
Home Rule bill is now destined
to become a law, barring unex?
pected hindrances.
Visions of Dry
Era in Panama
Inspire Alarm
Residents Fear Liquor Sup?
ply Will Be Cut Off in
Deference to U. S. PJans
to Reinforce Garrison
Harding Guest at Dinner
'
| President and Other Offi?
cials of Republic Pledge
Lasting Friendship to U. S.
By Boyden R. Sparkes
Special Cab?a to The Tribune
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
BALBOA, Canal Zone, Nov. 25.? '
Apprehension regarding the designs of
Japan toward the United StAtes, which
will necessitate the sending of addl- j
tional American troops to the Canal'
Zone, may cause the interesting and, '
from the Panaman standpoint, un- !
happy reaction of forcing Panama to j
follow the example of the United!
Sttftes and adopt prohibition. The mat- ;
ter has received much attention since |
the arrival of President-elect Harding'
and hia party in the Canal Zone and
recent occurrences add to the interest.
Conversations here turn to tue
Japanese problem of the United States
to an amazing extent. Dinner table ?
gossip in the Canal Zone, as in the
Philippines, Hawaii and in the colonies
of other nations, deals with interna-'
tional politics to a greater extent than'
in the motherland.
At present there are only 5,500,
troops here, but when barracks and !
other accommodations are provided at
least one full division and perhaps two ;
will be quartered here. American au?
thorities hesitate to send so many sol
diers from the theoretically dry home?
land into Panama while this republic '
remains an alcoholic paradise. There?
fore there is an increasing evidence of
pressure to cause the adoption of a
prohibition law. It is commonly un?
derstood here that President Porras of
Panama, who was inaugurated recently,
obtained American support for his
election, which was essential to his suc?
cess, by agreeing to work for prohibi?
tion in the republic.
Prohibition Gains in Aseambiy
When prohibition was discussed
first by the National Assembly a few
months ago one member oniy would
countenance the l?es. AH others
hooted and jeered it, which ?3 not sur?
prising to any one with a conception
of the number of saloons and canteens
in Panama. A few days ago the Na?
tional Assembly again met and voted
on prohibition. There were fourteen
wet votes and eleven dry ones.
This result caused utter consterna?
tion throughout the Isthmus, and not
the least disturbed were the Ameri?
cans. These latter are devoutly hop?
ing that Secretary Jo?ephus Daniels
will not come here, as they fear
that after his visit he would insist on
prohibition in the native towns of Co?
lon and Panama City, which are adja?
cent to the American towns of Cristo-J
bal and Balboa.
Prohibition, probably, is inevitable,
(Continued on next page;
Wilson Frees Moonshiner
Cincinnati Operator Made the
Liquor for His Own Use
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. -President
Wilson granted a pardon to-day to John
F. Schweinsberg, who pleaded guilty sev?
eral weeks ago in Cincinnati to a charge
of operating a liquor still. Schweins?
berg was sentenced to serve six months
in jail.
The court and prosecuting attorney
recommended Schweinsberg be par?
doned on the ground that he had been
i making liquor only for his own use and
? was ignorant of the law.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. Nov. 26.?Two
I prisoners at the State Penitentiary to?
day received furloughs to spend Thanks?
giving Day with their families and eigh
i te.?n others were released on pardon?
I granted by Governor Brough.
Crowds at MacSwiney
Mas?, Including Women.
Smash Windows With
Stones ; Many Clubbed
5th Ave. Traffic
Blocked 2 Hours
Riot Before and After
Serviee as Emblem 1*
Furled: Hoisted Again
Irish, sympathizers, who objected
to an English flag hanging from th*
I nion Club during a MacSwlnej
memorial service at St. PatricV r.
Cathedra!, aero-.-; the way, star
lint yesterday afternoon which w?
quelled only by the combined po
reserves of Manhattan, who used
their nightsticks freely, which re?
sulted in smashed windows of the
club and a general tie-up of tr;
on Fifth Avenue for an hour ; ftd
a half.
Immediately preceding the me?
morial services a fight \va- precipi?
tated inside the club building, when
a delegation forced its way in, with
the avowed intention of tearing dow7
the flag. They waged a lively i?;?
with club members until the police
arrived and ejected the intruder--.
Many Clubbed by Police
The riot, was one of the woret e~e:
seen in New York, according to the
police. Several time? it seemed to . *
spectators that the officers who were
forcing the crowd back from the cltil'
building .luring the attack followin*
the services would be overwhelmed
Men and women, many of them shrie
ing imprecations at the club and at the
ofRceij, were thrust back by th* blue
coats, and with the arrival of reserve1,
and following a passionate exhortation
from the Cathedral steps by Ifonsignot
Michael J. Lavelio the crowd sullenly
drew back, inch by inch, into the side
Btreets. Finally the space in front of
the club was cleared and only the litt<*;
of stones and broken glass atiii
smashed hats and torn umbrellas "o?!-"
the pavement remained to tell of the
riot.
Many minor injuries were sufferet.
because of the free use of nightstick:
when the rioting was at its worst. Men
in a frenzy of excitement were clubbed
into submission. Women who tried te
dash past the police were thrust, back
none too gently, sobbing hysterically
waving Irish flags in spite of tin
hurts.
Four arrests were made by tins
police, three men being charged with
throwing stones and one with carrying
a sword cane. Ambulances were held
ready on side streets, and as a last re?
sort it was planned to summon t:.*'
Fire Department and deluge the evov,i*i
with water if the police line prove-.';
unable to hold its own.
French Tricolor Also Up
Testimony from both sides indicate^
that tin? affair was unpremeditated.
The flag was displayed, according to
official statements from the I'nion
Club, on account of the cclebiation o**
the Mayflower tercentenary. It flanket
an American flag on the Fifth Avenue
side of the club building, at Fifty-first
Street. On the other side of the Amer?
ican flag was a French tricolor, dis?
played, so club members assert, in
honor of the arrival of the French
Ambassador.
Club members said last night that
they knew nothing of memorial sorvic"*":
? for Mayor MacSwiney at the Cathedral
The club superintendent. Major Thomfc'
Murphy, however, feared the flag migh*
make trouble and hauled it down at the
very moment the delegation at the door
i had made its demands, immediately
! preceding the servie.
When the chairman of the hous?
committee, Arthur Weeks, arrived a'
the ?ub and learned what had hap
' pened and that the flag had been taken
in he ordered the emblem display?!
| once more. The sight of the bann?**.
: after the crowd had filed out of thi
- Cathedral, about 1:15 o'clock, was what
inflamed the mob to the point of storm
1 ing the club.
The crowd outside did not know of
; the fight that had gone on inside the
chib two hours before. Details of the
j combat were retailed last night by
i battered club members. Telfair F.
Minton, who, by peculiar circumstances.
j happens to be an authority on th#
i flags of aft nations ami lectures or.
? that topic, bore visible evidence of the
| fight in the form of a broad whit*
strip of plaster which pretty well cert
! cealed his upper lip.
Two Women Enter Clob
"I was in the front room looking out
i and saw a number of men gathering
opposite the Cathedra!," said Mr. Min?
ton, "but there was nothing in th*
paper about a MacSwiney meeting and
? I had no idea that any trouble im
| pended over the flag we had displayed.
! I saw a parade, with some one carry
. ing an American flag, and next to it a
j flag of the so-called Irish republic.
"There were about twelve men in
j uniform, I judge, and one who wort
| the chevrons of a non-commiss>ioned
! officer yelled: 'Take in that flag!'
"I heard a disturbance at the door
and went down to see what was the
; matter. There was a crowd at the
door. Several had pushed by the door
I iran and some one said: 'We will give
you five minutes to take that flag down
or we'll pull it down.'
"I tried to explain that the flag w?b
there as part of the Mayflower celebra.
| tion, but some one said: 'We're goin*
i to pull it down,' and there was a rUtE
for the stairs.
"I met them at the first landing,"
continued Mr. Minton, "and told them
they must go no fiirtie?. Just then
? some one hit mo t*j -.he mouth. I hU
back and f.or.ie of ?ha club r.'-emNer.
?came down the s?-:**s to my aid, ar?u