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NOVEMBER 27, 1020
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Is Shown as
Half - Hearted
J. R. Mochan Admits In?
vestigation Is Not Com
. plete; Sands Reiterates
Hi** Charge of Graft
Witness Says He
Saw Cheek Passed
Broker Insists Wilson's
Rrother-in-Law Received
S 1.800 as His Share in
the Form of a Loan
N>. complete inquiry into the
charcos brought against R. Wilmer
-. brother-in-law of President
5 Tucker* K. Sands has
ver been made by the government,
according to testimony given yes?
terday by John R. Mechan, deputy
chief of the division of investigation |
of the Shipping Board, before the j
Congressional committee investigat?
ing that body.
Boiling is charged by Sands with :
having accepted as a loan part of!
MO.i 0 graft alleged to have been!
aid by the Downey Shipbuilding'
ir] iration for assistance in obtain-'
, ntraet from the Shipping!
Board. Meehan said yesterday the j
case vas still open. Boiling is at1
?eseni treasurer of the Shipping'
Board. Mechan also told the com-!
? ittee that no investigation what-;
ever had been made of the charge
?' iharing in the bribe brought:
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Streetcars for Churchgoers
Ouly, Is Blue Law Chief's Aim
Or. Bowlby Also Would Bar Sunday Newspapers
and Cut Auto Gas Supply; K. of C. Will
Fight Lord's Day Alliance Plan
While th? plan to limit Sunday oper- !
ation of subway and "L" trains and
trolle-y cars to those actually needed
for churchgoers and travelers from
necessity was being revealed yester?
day as part of the program of the
Lord's Day Alliance and kindred or?
ganization?, striving for a nation-wide
Puritan Sunday, the Knights of Colum?
bus announced the initiation of a
counter-offensive to fight the enact?
ment of blue laws?coordinating it
with their camr-Uffn against Red radi?
calism.
James A. Flaherty, supreme knight
of the Knights of Columbus, made
known that the lecturers of the order
who address between 3,000,000 and
4,000,000 persons throughout the coun?
try each winter, have been instructed
to preach in connection with their cru?
sade against extremism, opposition to
the prohibition of Sunday sports. He
said:
"The Knights of Columbus oppose
no sane ideas of reform, and will al
ways work heartily for the propaga?
tion of these ideas. But wo regard
extremism of every kind as dangerous
to tho country-radical extremism
and reformers' extremism. We believe
that lawful Sunday sports are aids to
a healthy public life and we consider
it mischievous interference to attempt
to promote what are known as rigid
blue laws."
Appeal to Traction Companies
Meanwhile, the Rev. Dr. Harry L,
Bowley, secretary of the Lord's Day
alliance, is preparing, he said, to issue
a foi mal appeal to Frank Hedlcy, pres?
ident of Dw Interborough; Lindley M.
Garrison, receiver of the B. R. T. sys?
tem, and other transportation chiefs,
to curtail their Sunday service to the
minimum required to transfert wor?
shippers between their hunes and
church and to take care of absolutely
essential travel.
"And if they can't see their way to
comply with the suggestion?" Dr
Bowlby was asked.
"In that case," he answered, careful?
ly weighing hia words, "a propositior
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Fifty Families
lu Queens Flee
Brewery Blaze
200 Persons Routed From
Beds Early This Morning
by Fire That Threatens
Tenements in Glendale
Oxygen Tanks Explode
Hysterical Mothers Lose
Children in Wild Rush
From Apartment Houses
Fifty families, numbering more than
200 persons, many of them garbed only :
in their night clothes, were routed out
cf bed at 1 o'clock this morning when
fire threatened the destruction cf the
Welz &. Zerweck Brewing Company's
I laut, Madison Street and Wyckoff Ave?
nue, in Glendale, Queens.
The explosion of oxygen tanks added
to the panic of the roused families, who
occupied seven large tenements on ,
Madison Street, adjoining the property,'
many women separated from their chii- j
('ron becoming hysterical.
Police Reserves Called
Police reserves were called from the
Glendale station and '-very effort was
made to check a panic among the
frenzied dweller.- of the Madison Street
block, many of whom imperiled their
lives by attempting to re?nter t,heir
homes to rescue personal effect.-.
While a squad of reserves held the
crowd outside the danger zone, oilier
reserves sought shelter in nearby
houses for the scantily clad children
who had been turned out into the cold
when the first alarm of fire was
sounded.
Three alarms were turned in, and for
a time it was feared the flames would
wipe out trie brewery property and the
adjacent buildings.
Fire Starts in Garage
The tire originated in the garage of
the brewery and spread to an addition
used as a bottling plant. At 2 o'clock
th'u. morning the police reported the
fire was under control and the families
in the houses along Madison Avenue
were permitted to return.
The fire was the third within three
months at the brewing plant. The first
fire occurred during the early days of
the B. R. T. strike. Another iiru was
di covered In the plant about six weeks
later.
The origin of last night's fire has not
beei determined.
One Dead in Tornado,
$ 100,000 Property Loss
I'ort Arthur. Texas, Hit hy High
Win?! That Lasts for
Two Minute??
BEAUMONT, Tex., Nov. 2G. ? One
person dead, another missing and prop?
erty loss of approximately ? 100,000 is
i the result of a tornado of two minutes'
duration which struck late to-day at
Port-Arthur, Tex.
A portion of the Port Arthur Canal
ft Dock--Company's sheds was demol?
ished by the storm.
American Lost in Germany
Carried Million Marks; May
Have fieen Murdered
BERLIN, Nov. 20, An American
named Chase, who was on his way to
h .? family, has d? ?appeared
from the Dortmund Railroad station,
the newspapers report. Two American
i .. laintances alno are missing.
i ha e, a goldsmith, is known to have
had a million marks in his possession.
The police are searching on th*3 as?
sumption that he was murdered.
Amiy vs. Navy
""THE big game to-day will
be covered in Tribune
style by the Tribune experts:
(irantland Hice
Heywtnnl ilrtmn
For all the details and, in ad?
dition, brilliant, writing read
The Sunday Tribune
Doctor Fights
Razor Battle
Over a Nurse \
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I Dr. John W. McElroy and
Apartment House Man?
ager Engage in Desperate j
Struggle in Room at Hotel |
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Both Accuse Each Other i
Ralph Burkhardt Is in Hos?
pital With. Wounds in
Throat; Physician Jailed
Dr. John W. McElroy, who is at?
tached to the Post-Graduate Elospitnl,
and Ralph Burkhardt, manager of n row
?of apartment houses on Cathedral Park
! way, fought with razors last night in
! the physician's room at the Hotel Albert.
! in East Eleventh Street, until the fur?
niture was upset and smashed, the en
; tire hotel aroused and Burkhardt se- :
i ;
! riously injured. The physician suffered -,
peveral minor clashes.
Both arc under arrest, charged with I
felonious assault. Burkhardt is in St,
Vincent's Hospital. The police said
i that the men fought as the result, of
| peremptory notice served on Dr. Mc?
Elroy by Burkhardt that his attentions
to a nurse with whom Burkhardt was j
acquainted must cease at once.
In one particular, the police said, i
the stories told by both men agreed?
neither ever had laid eyes on the other
, until Burkhardt thrust open the phy- I
sician's door and walked in.
Says Doctor Attacked Him
That was about 8 o'clock. Burkhardt
had entered the hotel and gone straight
: to Dr. McElroy's room on the sixth
floor without making inquiries at the
desk or elsewhere, so far as the police
I could learn. His account of his call
is that he informed the physician that
his attentions to a certain young
, woman must cease and that they were
discussing the subject without heat
when the doctor got a razor from his
trunk and attacked him.
Dr, McElroy's version of the encoun?
ter is that, without previous notice by
telephone or even by a knock, his door
swung open arid Burkhardt walked in,
?pulled a razor and cried: "I'm going
to get you! "
Dr. McElroy said that he dodged the
! wild slash which the intruder made at,
'? him, shoved him aside with a thrust of
: his arm and told him that he must,
have come to the wrong room.
"No; you're the man I want!" Burk
I hardt replied, according to the physi?
cian, and rushed at him again.
I>r. McElroy, whose home 's in At?
lanta, Ca., used to play football at
Georgia Tech, and since then has he!d
a commission in the Gordon High?
landers in Flanders, and the rank of
major in the American Expeditionary
! Forces. He 'was wounded three limes
I at Ypres and doesn't run at the sight
or cedd steel, whethei it's a bayonet or
, u razor.
Whichever man started the proceod
(Centlnurd on pao? Mivrn)
U. S. Warships, on Duty
In Adriatic!, Withdrawn
D'Annun/.io Meanwhile Is Try?
ing Desperately l<? Prevent
Acceptanee of Kapallo Pact
Hpecial Uisjititch to The Tribune
Copj : Ighi Now York Tribun? Inc
MILAN, Italy, Nov. Jih ?American
warships which have been on duty in
the Adriatic are leaving for other posts
since the concl ; ion of the Rapallo
agreement between Italy and the Jugo
| Slavs.
? The Olympia is bound for the Black
? Sea, where she will take uboard refu?
gees at Odessa. She will return to the
Adriatic later to .mek up the Ameri?
cans who are still in Dalmatia. Her
final de-t inal ion is not given.
Meanwhile D'Annunzio is continuing
his desperate efforts to prevent the ac?
ceptance and execution of the Rapallo
agreement. Me has sent a long reply
to an Italian diplomatic note to Gen?
eral Caviglia at Trieste, declaring that
he does not recognize the right of
either Italy or Jugo-Slavia to define
the limits of the independent stato i !"
? Finme wit hout corn- ulti ng it.
He demands the inclusion in the
late of I inn r; of : iak and neighbor
: tig d is 1 rlct m. I le has sent n di tn - h -
men?, of this ! i ooj) i I o occupj ' he
, lands in the Bay of Fiume, which the
Italian garrisons were about to aban
don.
.'*>.'? in Peril on Steamer
j ASTORIA, Ore., Nov. 20. "S. 0 S."
i mils were received here thi-! Afternoon
from the steamer Santa Rita, a short
ditttanco south of UmatilJ? Reof, The
call ?aid the Btcnmer win iti di tres?
land the lives of thirty-three persons
wer? in danger.
Brindell Gets
Until Tuesday
To FilePlea
Stadtmiller Will Plead
to Extortion Charge on
Same Day; Five Jurors
Selected to Try Backer
New Move Made
To Bloek Inquiry
Conboy Again Seeks to
Keep Books of Building
Bureau From Committee
The developments in the Lockwood
committee's investigation of 'he hous?
ing situation consisted almost wholly
yesterday of a series of battles in the
courts.
The first criminal tria! growing out
of the inquiry came before Judge Otto
Rosalsky in General Sessions in the
case of George S. Backer, millionaire
builder, indicted on a charge of per?
jury in connection with his testimony
before the committee. The proceed?
ings yesterday only got as far as the
selection of five jurors.
Robert P. Brindell, head of the Build?
ing Trades Council, under four indict?
ments on charges of extortion and at?
tempted extortion, and Peter J. Stadt
miller, his alleged chief of staff, also
under indictment for alleged extortion
were arraigned for pleading before
Judge Mulqueen. .Martin W. Littleton
attorney for the two men, obtained un?
til November 30 to make motions ot
make whatever pleas he may desire.
After having been thwarted three
times in his attempts to tie up the
Lockwood committee's work with in?
volved proceedings in the courts, Mar?
tin Conboy, counsel for the Builders
Supply Bureau and the Association ol
Dealers in Masons' Building Materials
appeared before Justice Henry I'
Hotchkiss yesterday in another effor
to keep the books and papers of thesi
organizations out of the hand-- of thi
committee.
Justice Hotchkiss last Wednesd.iv re
fused to vacate the committee's sub
prena requiring the appearance befon
the Lockwood body of Miss ?lizabetl
O'Dea, secretary of the Builders' Sup
ply Bureau, with ail books and paper
of the bureau. Attempts to have th
seizure of the books stayed were agai
defeated before Judge McAvoy. Con
boy then took his case to the Appellat
Division, with the same result. He re
newetl his attatck before Justice Hocch
kiss ye.-terday.
Where- . he had previously contende
that the committee was not 'onstitu
tional, he ye terday held that the sub
pcenas forcintc the organizations to pr<
dure their books violated the civ
rights of the plaintiffs. Conboy d<
clared that the books of the firms wer
not now in hi-- possession and ths
while the committee might have th
right to search them he questioned it
right to seize them. He said he ha
?been informed that the committee ?'.
tends ?o seize them for examination j
its meeting next Tue; day.
"In such case," he asserted, ";
I least, a small sized rio: will ensue if
1 physically interfere and try to prever
such threatened seizure."
Promises Decision To-day
Justice Hotchkiss seemed surprise
at Conboy's statements as to the con
j mittee's right ot' seizure, and remarke
: that ?f that, right was not vested in tb
committee along with its right 1
I Eearch it would simply be farcies
; Samuel Untermyer, counsel for tl
committee, argued that if this right t
secure po se sion of books with a sul
prrna duces tecum was not recognize
aPc-gad illegal combinations nev
would be broken up. Justice Hotchki:
asked the counsel to file briefs at
promised a decision to-day.
In connection with the Brineiell pr
ceedings before .Indite Mulqueen
General Sessions, Attorney Littleto
! in reply to Special Assistant Distri
Attorney Richter'? plea for an ear
trial, said that his clients must 1
considered innocent until provi
guilty.
"That Is so," interrupted Judge Mr
queen, "and if inn,.cent they ha
been gravely wronged. Por that re
son they should be eager to estnbli
i their innocence us soon as possibl
. If, on the other hand, they are guilt
the public should be acquainted wi
i the fact just, as prompt ly."
During th.- proceedings Judge Mi
i queen remarked that the extraordina
I grand jury to he empanelled next we
would take over the consideration
graft evidence unearthed by the Loc
wood committee.
A semblance of relations was i
stored yesterday between the Board
1.-Mu?ate and Samuel Untermyer
Meier Steinbrink, appointed '?> ass
, the board in it ? invest ipal ion of t
$62,000,000 worth of outstanding ci
; toiiti act
Mr. Steinbrink conferred with A
! Untermj er, n fter v h ich ?I was e
nounced that Mr. Untermyer and me
bers of the Lockwood committee wot
ineet the board in executive se3si
n.-xt Monday at noon to go over t
contracts and affidavits suggested
Mr. Unt ermj ir, wh Ich conti cto r ? <
; ing city wor!-. will hi .. ked to lign
a means of protecting i he city a_"in
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?Lad Flees Willi Pay Boll
To Beach Dvi?ijjr Father
I.^-Year-Old Baldwin l.oiomo?
live Works Oflice Boy Hi?
appears With $1,300
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2?. A fifteen
i year-old oflice hoy di 'appeared to-day
I from the Ba Idw n l ici motive Works
v. i I pay envelope conl ?lining ? 1,300.
I he lad i ? Klliotl M icem r, ano a
i ve.-u mi,/ to ? ? hi f;.! in--, said to be
dyin - m Spi I. me, Wash , ! be ieved by
detective to liavi indu red him to leave
i the city hurriedly. The hoy's mother
' started aero i the country Sunday
! ighl m a race to see her husband be
i for.- Ik? died, and the lad is believed to
he following.
The boy -va, last seen going down
i he fire t wer of the works shortly be?
fore noon. The empty pay ho.\ was
found in the tower.
The boy wan luis'uit'.n? i'!.'i: itrlbuting
pay envelope!! bofore he dlBnr-poarcd.
Graft Inquiry Causes
Mayor of Tokio to Quit i
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TOKIO, Nov. 2G.-?Viscount |
Tajira, Mayor of Tokio, and other j
officials resigned to-day in conse- j
quence of the investigation which j
has been started into graft scan- j
dais, as a result of which there
have heen nineteen arrests.
Premiers May
Decide Fate of
Middle Europe
Continent Awaits Kesult of
Conference in London I
on Which Bit; Questions
of Many (Nations Depend
Armenia's Future Up,
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Britain and France Report?
ed Nearer (Inity in Views
on Russia Than in Months
By Arthur S. Draper
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 1020. New Fork Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Nov. 26.-?All Europe is
awaiting the outcom of the conferences
being held in London by Premiers
Leygues of France and Lloyd George
of Great Ilritain, backed by a host of
experts. The Assembiy of the League
of Nations, sitting in Geneva, lias had
to postpone its public sessions until
the results of this London meeting of
premiers are known.
t The whole of middle Europe is in?
volved in the discussions going on be?
tween the premiers. Not only are the
?Greek, Turkish and Asia Minor ques?
tions under discussion, but Poland and
Bolshevik Russia are being talked of,
together with German reparations.
French Deeply Interested
The French are profoundly interested
in the result of Leygues'.-. first en?
counter with Lloyd George. Some re
. gret is expressed that Premier Giolitti
! of Italy was unable to come to London
for the conference, but he is ably rep
? relented by Count Sforza, the Foreign
i Minister, and ex-Premier Venizelos of
Greece is said to be on the way to
London.
The futur? of Armenia will depend
largely upon the decisions reached by
\ the Premiers, despite the fact that the
League of Nations Council has gone
phead with its invitation to the powers
to accept responsibility in The case
of Armenia.
The preliminary discussion between
the Premiers began this afternoon.
Lloyd George was supported by Earl
Curzon and Sir Maurice Hankey.
Leygues was backed by Philippe Ber
thelot and Paul Cambon.
The first question raised was whether
i any Entente declaration of policy
should be made before the plebiscite
', is held in Greece, December 5, to de
! termine the succession to the throne.
?Before coming to London Leygues had
'? emphasized the repugnance with which
??'ranee would view the return of Con
stantine, but no announcement of
British policy was given out.
Russian Situation Discussed
This discussion involved a review
of the treaty with Turkey and the
Anglo-Franco-Dalian agreement, signed
at Sevres in August, as well as the
closely allied subject of Russia.
The French Premier has just inti?
mated that, although no trad.- agree?
ment with Russia was contemplated
by France in the near future, the Paris
government would not stand in the
way of private commercial agreements.
It is announced here that the Brit?
ish agreement with the Soviets, made
through Leonid Krassin, will be signed
in the next few days. Italian policy
is in line with the British. France
has altered her policy materially with
the collapse of General Wrangel's
South Russian armies, which she. had
recognized and supported.
Although it would cause much sur?
prise if the French should suddenly
see eye to eye with t tie British on
this subject, it can be said definitely
that the British and French are nearer
unity on their view of Russia to-night
than they have been for months.
The preliminary conferences dis?
closed some differences of opinion on
the questions of Greece and Russia
but these were not as great even a
had been expected. The discussion:
v.-i.l be resumed to-morrow.
Would Make
League Rule
Bind Nations
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Canadian, Backed by Vivi
ani, Wants All Govern?
ments to Give Delegates
Full Right of Action
Six Amendments to
Covenant Sought'
British Lose Fight to Keep
Non-Mandatorv Powersl
From Control of Board
By Ralph Courtney
Special rabie to Th' Tribune
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribun? ino
GENEVA. Nov. 26.?In Commission j
No. t of the League of Nations Assem- !
bly, which deals with the internal ma?
chinery of the organization, Canada,
supported by France, to-day made pro?
posals which, if adopted, will entirely
change the complexion of the league.
Newton W. Powell, one of the Cana?
dian delegates, presented six proposi?
tions, of which the most important was
that all members of both the council
and the league Assembly be considered
representatives of their governments
and that the decisions of the league
shall be binding on the home govern?
ments.
Although Commission No. 1 has al?
ready ruled that no amendments to
the league covenant shall be admitted
at this session, Rowell contends that
i his proposals aro merely interpreta
! tions of the covenant and have, a right
to stand.
Ren? Viviani, of France, who is on
! the commission, supported Rowell,
i arguing that he, too, believed that the
i delegates sent to the league should
i be representative of the different gov
' ernments.
i The commission was unable to come
i to any decision on the proposals, but
it appointed Rowell and Viviani as a
| committee to formulate a scheme.
It is reported that despite Viviani's
I attitude Rowell's idea is not looked on
; with much favor by Leon Bourgeois,
the other French delegate on the com
1 mission, but it is believed that in an
, open debate on the subject Viviani
?could carry the. Assembly with him>.
Other members of the commission ?re
said to be somewhat doubtful of
i Rowell's proposal.
Rowell's Argument
Rowell's argument is that his pian
would allow the league to undertake
' much of the work that is being done
i now by the Supreme Council and by
the Council of Ambassador? it? Paris.
, Rowell contends that his interpreta?
tion is undoubtedly what the men who
i drew up the covenant intended. He
pointed out. that as the covenant says
that the league's decisions shall bo
J binding on all members, all govern?
ments ought to be represented. There
' would be no point in requiring a unan?
imous vote in both the Council and the
Assembly unless it was understood
. 'hat all governments would bow to
' the league's decisions.
flu- Canadian delegates say that they
j would prefer to see Article,X crossed
oui of the covenant and would have in
' troduced a proposal to eliminate it had
not the commission discouraged the in
; troduction of changes in the covenant at
: the present stage of the league's devel?
opment. They assert that the Canadian
government bus gone very carefully
. into Article X and has decided that,
as Canada interprets it, no harm can
come from it. The Canadians insist
that they feel that, their independence
is fully safeguarded by the clause
which requires a unanimous vote in
the Council and in the Assembly.
Rowel! said to-day that the com?
ments of General Jan C. Smuts and
i Lord Robert Cecil on the covenant
su ce its creation had given Canada to
? understand that before any steps could
i be taken which would alfect her, such
' as the summoning of an armed force
L'or any purpose, the Canadian delegates
to the league would have an opportu?
nity to vote on the subject, and if they
voted against ?ny proposal affecting
? Canada, unanimitj in the Council or
the Assembly would be impossible', and
j the proposal under consideration would
'nave to be abandoned.
| Cecil's Idea on Representation
Lord Robert Cecil, discussing with
I the Tribune correspondent to-nigh;
j his conception of what the relations of
| the Assembly and Council ought to be,
| said:
"1 was surprised the other day to
! hear a prominent member of one com
j mission say that he did not consider
himself a representative of his gov?
ernment. Certainly our idea in Paris
was that the members of the league
Council should represent ?heir govern?
ments. The Assembly, on the other
(Contlnuril on next page)
Baker lief uses Unknown Hero's
Body for Vie tor v Hall Honor
,..,,. , rji- .'? :'?'??-> Washington Burea*
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 1. Th ? War
Department will not permit the body
?of an unidentified American soldier to
lie ?u the crypt of Victory Hall in N'ow
York City, Secretary Raker definitely
ruled to-day.
The War Secretary refused il'" re?
quest of the Victory Hall Association's
! special committee, which laid before
j him last week a resolution seeking his
approval for tl e scheme, on the ground
that to comply with the request would
establi: h a precedent tea- ? luid have
I to be followed should other citi? ?? eek
similar authority.
"The Victory Hall proposed to bo
erected in New York,*' said Mr. Baker,
I "i-, but one of a large number of monu?
ments which will lo- erected in the
United States in memory e>f the serv?
ices and sacrifices of our army in the
World War. Each of them will, of
course, have an e ipeclal local s'gnifi
canee, but each of them no doubt will
aspire to the larger commemorative
quality of honoring all' of our deal.
Whatever action, therefore, is taken i
with regard to the proposed Victory ;
Hall ?a New. York will lie n precedent,
and while ein- naturally recognizes the
preeminence of New Veri-; as a center
of population and of commerce, iiuver
thole s less populous communities
would not i>e contented to hi- denied
the ame opportunity to show their
reverence and respect,
"As a consequence, "??ere ;h;s request
.nod others like it to be granted the
un idi nf ifieel of ' he American Expedi
tionary Forces would finally be scattered
here and the-re. separated from the
companionship of others who fell in
the samo cause. i have already had
proposed to me a number e>f similar
- requests from gre-at churches and so?
cieties, and as to them all I have felt
? that the request could not be granted
because of the precedent invoiced and
because in no other caso could the
symbolic significance bo achieved
which war. desired."
Barriers Shut Public
From Downing Street
LONDON, Nov. 27 (By The I
Associated Press).?The erection I
of barriers eight feet high which
will exclude the public from
Downing Street and adjacent
Charles Street was begun to?
night. Both streets lead from
Whitehall to a group of govern?
ment departmental offices, in?
cluding the Foreign Office and
the India Office, and also the of?
ficial residences of Premier
Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar
Law, the government leader in
the House of Commons.
U. S. May Deny
Passports for
Irish Inquiry
Unofficial American Conimis
sioners Must Define Pur?
pose of Visit to Erin Be?
fore Colby Will Make Move
Maurer IlasBeenRebuffed
State Department Embar?
rassed by Attack on British
Fias; by Crowd in 5th Ave.
Fron: The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.?Passports
for members of the unofficial American
commission to visit Ireland and Eng?
land to investigate the Irish situation,
named by the American Commission
on Conditions in Ireland, may be re?
fused by the State Department, it was
strongly intimated to-day in responsible
circles. Applications of several mem?
bers of the proposed commission are
now before the passport bureau of the
State Department for issuance, but
thus far none has been authorized by
Secretary Colby.
It was said at the department that
1 the issuance of passports for the
? American investigators "would depend
? on the purpose of their visit to the
! British Isles."
The members of the commission In
| elude Major Oliver P. Newman, for
: merly District Commissioner of Wash
i ington; the Rev. Norman Thomas, pub
i lisher of The World To-morrow, of
? New York City; James H. Maurer,
i President of the Pennsylvania State
; Federation of Labor, and known as a
i .Socialist leader; Arthur Gleason, a
' New York writer, and Dean Robert
; Morse Lovett, of Chicago University.
One Maurer PaHsport Revoked
Special scrutiny of the application
| of Mr. Maurer is to be given by the
I State Department because of the fact
that, about a year ago a passport is?
sued to him for visiting England and
European count ea to make a survey
of labor conditi n-, was revoked just
before his contemplated departure.
While the State Department has
| rigorously opposed taking any action
j that might be interpreted as offending
either the Irish sympathizers in this
country or the British government, it
was strongly indicated to-day that the
attitude of certain Sinn Fein aelherents
in this countrv was making most dif?
ficult the "hands off" policy of the
State Department.
The rioting by Irish sympathizers
yesterday before the Union Club in
?New York City, where efforts were
made to remove the British colors
! flying alongside ensigns of the United
1 States and France, was referreel to by
I State Department officials to-day as a
most regrettable incident and one
'?? which may call for an official expres?
sion of regret to the British Embassy
here. In this connection, however, it
was said that the visit to-day to the
department by Sir Auckland Geddes,
the British Ambassador, had no con
nection with the New York inc lent.
It was considered sign ficant, how?
ever, that Ambassador Geddes has been
at the State Department on two pre?
vious occasions tins week and held
lengthy conferences with Secretary of
State- Colby. The subjects discussed at
these meetings, of course, were not dis?
closed.
An official expression of regret was
dispatched to the British Embassy
here early this year by the State De?
partment when Irish sympathizers
burned a British flag on the steps of
the Treasury Building, although no
1 protest had been laid befor-, the de?
partment by the embassy. In that in?
cident the position was taken by the
. department that the insuit, occurred on
: American government property.
U. S. Quick to Apologize
Violation of the American color? in
foreign countries, which also has oc?
curred, brought forth speedy apologies
; from the.se governments, and the pol
| icy has been adhered to by th s gov
Fish Bone is Removed
From Sutherland*? Spine
Slat?* Senator From Kins-t
County Recovering From
Delicate Operation
State Senator Kenneth Sutherland
was being congratulated last night by
his friends at his hume, 2834 West
1st Street, Coney Island, on his recov?
ery from an operation for the removal
of a fish bone from his spinal cord.
Dr. Philip I. Xash, his ph; cian, said
?the Senator's recovery would be rapid.
Two years ago when the Senator was
can ?? lie. ?: ? .- for ree led ion he ? as n
jured in an auti m ibile accident on
" ? '- nue '." ab ' formed en
his sie i.--. Tl.ain became u acate
: recently that the Senator decid id to
. ibi lit to '.lie operation, winch was ; er
f, mied at the Harbor Hospital last
; Wednesday. In the absces , a the
I base of the spinal column, the fish bone
was found. Dr. Nash says the opera?
tion was entirely successful. The Sen
1 ?tor has no recollection of having swal
i lowed the bone.
,-,??
rini-tinr-t, N. ('?ilolf ?ml nil other
I -.porta; many championship ovenf? echod
i ulfld. Threiueh Inilliaan, Perm., . Ol? p m.
1 ?allr.?Advt.
Griffith and
Other Sinn
Fein Chiefs
Sent to Jail
Founder Taken From Bed!
by British and Rushed to
Cell as Troops Search!
and Strip Dublin Home
Raid Is Surprise
To Lloyd George
Other Leaders Hurriedly
Arrested; Irish Meeting
in England Forbidden;
Big Round-Up in Erin,
From, Th? Tribune's Kuro/?ea-? Bureau
(Cor.vriffht. 1920. New York Tribun? Ido.)
LONDON, Nov. 26.?Dublin Cas?
tle struck a heavy blow to-day in
Ireland, beginning a round-up of
Sinn F?in leaders which the London
evening papers hail as signalizing
a determined effort to stifle all op
position to British rule by putting
the heads of the republican move?
ment in jail.
The crown forces arrested Arthur
Griffith, the founder of Sinn
F?in and acting president of the
"Irish republic"; Professor John Mc?
Neill, Member of Parliament for th?
Nationalist University in Derry;
McNeill's son, Joseph McBride and
E. J. Duggan, Sinn F?in Members of
Parliament, and many other i-epub
licans. The first arrests were made
this morning and to-night the round
; up is continuing.
Big Clean-up Move? Begun
The round-up is the biggest ele^n-np
movement started by the government
since the Easter rebellion in 1916.
; Griffith was arrested after that clash,
, bul was later released.
Griffith was taken in bed at his horns.
He offered no resistance. No arms
were found in his home, but a large
J number of documents wer-! captured
and confiscated.
Griffith is supposed to have been the
directing genius of the Sinn P?in or
j ganization during Eamon de Vulera'a
| absence in the United States. Profes
| sor MacNeill 'was formerly viee-presi
j dent of the "Irish republic," and is de
! scribed as one of the principal organi?
sers of the Sinn F?in army. Both
! Griffith and MacNeill have been popu?
larly regarded ar moderate? Sinn
i Keiner;-.
Griffith Arrest a Surpris?
- LONDON, Nov. 26 (By The Asso?
ciated Press,.?The arrest of Arthur
! Griffith in Dublin, it is said, came *b
i a great surprise to Premier Lloyd
? George and the Irish Office. It is even
declared that it brought forth some
adverse criticism from the Premier and
' from those in the inner circles of
10 Downing Street, tue Premier's offl
? cial residence.
No orders for the arre?t of Griffith
; had been issued here, it is said. Higher
officials have considered him one of
| the strongest moderating influences in
'? Sinn Fern organization, and no evi?.
I dence to the contrary, report says, h*?,
(been forwarded to them from Dubli:
DUBLIN, Nov. 26 I By The Associated
Pre - - i. A statement issued from Dub?
lin Castle, the seat of the government,
? with regard to the Griffith arrest, read;
"Arthur Griffith wa?. arrested at his
residence in St. Lawrence Road at 2
a. m. A large quantity of literature?
'ah- taken from his house. No arm?
were found. He was in bed at the time,
ami was taken away in a motor lorry.
He mad" no statement. ;Ls arrest was
effected without, trouble."
Griffith Seheelulert for Address
Mr. Griffith was to have addressed a
meeting of the ?ri-:i Self-DeterminatioB
League at .Mane-he.-er next Sunday.
When the news of the arre.-,-, of Grif?
fith and Professor MacNeill wa? circu?
lated it created a great sensation
ro ighout the Dublin population.
In a vivid account of the raid on the
and her husband's arrest, Mrs.
Griffith said:
"The reason why both Arthur and
Professer MacNeill are being taken
away is that no moderate leaders will
to guide the young men. and
the British government may think they
will c me out. It has been trying to
force them out in order to massacre
. Griffith saiil she was awakened
at 'iv1 o'clock this morning by tho
crashing of a pane of glass in the
front itoor of the Griffith home,
"i jumped to the window of our up
Iroom and called out," sh?
continued. "Tho seven men compos
Ing the party pointed revolvers at me,
shotting '< ome down at on-e.'
"1 turned ar.d called to Arthur 'Here
they come; jump,' and then slipped on
a dressing gown and ran downstairs.
The men, all of them members of the
[auxiliary police, had reached the !and
ing already. They had 'mashed the
? window and cut the door chain. They
rushed ?nto Arthur's room with re?
volver! pointed and placed him, under
! arrest.
"When they took him away later T
? said to them: 'Where ere vou going to
; put him?' To tl is one of them re
. plied: 'We are g< ing to shoot or han-;
him, as he jolly well deserves.'
"Our seven-year-old child, who had
dee] ng by our bed, he-ard the
rema - began to scream and became
ric;.1,. As they drove off, however.
ai.'her man Bhouted back: 'Wc at?
taking him to the Bridewell.'
Third Arrest of Leader
Mrs. Griffith said her husband had
been sleeping at home for the tir-1
time in a week. She recalled that th'?.
was the third time he had been ar^
rested. The first wa? in the" winter
rising of 1916, when he was kept Im?
prisoned for eight month?, and the see.