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Vol. 1 XXX No. 27,051
(Copyright, 1910.
N??v York Tribune Inc.)
First to Last?the Truth: News
WEDNESDAY, DE(
- Editorials ? A dvsi tisements
EMBER S, 1020
T H
WE ATHER
Cloudy to-day and to-morrow, proba?
bly rain or enow to-night or to?
morrow; not much ch:-:r.ge
in temperature.
Full Report on Last Tupe
TWO CENTS
In Greater New York
THREE CENTS
Within 20U Mile?
FOIR CKNT*
F.l(,ewher#
U. S. Captain Confesses
Berlin Sent Him and 300
Others to Betray Troops
John Willers, Formerly
of Co. I. 18th Infantry,
Says He W ould Have Led
Regiment to Slaughter
Accused of 86.000
Robin?ry at Camp
Nation-Wide Search Ends
as Ex-Lieutenant Meets
Him in Elevator Here
??? er . thirty years old, of
?94 K .? ? le Drive, who served dur?
ing the war as a captain of Company
i. 48th I nited States In.fan-.iy, con?
fessed yesterday afternoon at the
East Fifty-first -Street, police station
that he had beer sent to the United
.States by the German government in
1914 as ;: spy. He was locked up
last night at Castle Williams, Gov?
ernor's Island after being turned
over to the government authorities.
He said that he was one of three
hundred imperial German cadets
?ent to this country for spy work.
[t was his purpose, he said, to reach
France and then betray his regi-!
ment at the front, so that his entire
command -vould be wiped out.
He told detec ives that they would
be surprised if they knew the num- j
ber of high officers who served at j
Washington during the war who
were in reality in the employ of the
German government.
Trained at Cainp Sevler
Willers trained with his regiment a' |
Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C. After
the armistice was signed and he found :
himself still in the United States he j
deserted, taking with him f>6,000 in :
company funds. Since that time he has !
?wandered in many parts of the country
enjoying undisturbed freedom. Not |
until yesterday afternoon, when he was ',
recognized by a former lieutenant of'
the 48'..! Infantry, did he feel that he \
was in dar.gsr. His meeting -with the
ex-lieutenant in an elevator at 512
Fifth Avenue led to his arrest.
Thi former lieutenant was Hugh J.
Hannigan, a salesman for the Inter- ;
mate Pulp and Paper Company, who
ser/ed with Company D, 48th Infantry.'
in the presence of Mr. Hannigan and
Sidney P. Howell, of 31 Nassau Street.
?nd Francis Hatch, of the American
International Corporation, and several;
detectives Willers told his amazing
itory. His confession waa complete in
?very detail.
Tells Story Deliberately
Willers is a little more than six '
feet in height. He is smooth shaven,
has a sharp chin, a high forehead and '
blue eyes. He has broad shoul iers
and carries himself in soldierly fash?
ion. Confronted by Hannigan ana by
Howell and Hatch, who served in his
company at Camp bevier as lieuten- i
ante, he told his tory slowly and de?
liberately. He spoke with great em-I
phasis ;. , .. play? the utmost cooi- j
nesa from the time of his arrest until \
lodged iat1; in the afternoon at Castle
Williams.
"I .-.ave nothing to regret,'' he said.
"it .- just ?.:. fortunes of war. Luck
was against me ar.d I'll have to pay.
I only did what a soldier of the
fatherland Bhould have done, and I'm
ic-ry that .' was unable to fulfill my
real purpose, which was to go with
my regiment nto the trenches ami
thin gee that it was slaughtered."
He shrugged oulders slightly
and_ stroked tin. "Perhaps i
"ouid have been killed with them, but
that would not have mattered," he
?aid.
"For the last few days I feared that
I would bave bad luck. I dropped my
tortoise shell gla .<-. and bioke them
?short time ago and I have been ill
?t ease ever sii ce. ! believe in lu? k
?e?lly, ? do, '
Willei ? he came to the United
C?Rtlntl?4 on 0jf> nlpven.
Tip on 8200,000 Bonds
Given by Bandit's Wife
Girl, 17. Obtains ><>rr?*t of til'*
Hiding Place From Prisoner
and Inform- I . S. Officers
KAN i CI '?'.-. Dec, .5 -A girl,
*?e of , - mber of a band of
nn\ : -. ? .... ,.,j infermation
>?-?-. I li: Major . a pri .
V-"T ?''? - M ir Pei t< nt ary at
leral authori
. daj will probah y les :i to
'-.. - :,? n $11 0,000 and
nmfitjQ 0f f. berty bond . toll n by
"?'. .'? -' K -
' ??'? y ? .... ...... old, v/ife
?? Char i ..;.,..? :. -.,, .,;,- wounded
u k I ;;-.'. . . , . ,. . ( , .
^r.-x: two .-:?? ago, to:-i Federal
**** to -.. wen
,.A Pron ,-.,?? leader of
2? "- other wo lid re
*',? of thi -. -,, - . ? i her a life
(: '-''?".''..-* lo?e the
-AlUr tl - ,..,.,, -. , - . . , , , .... | rj ii
"Wado M- - rendered to
f*Kt off ? -,, ..??
?,: '"?'?"? ????
. l,?* girl ?. ;..<.; to Fed? ' ?
r?! ?he had < -.;,..: , tl Moi - -. '? urn
jWaaom. < .
??Obbtr
&*W?*in
Stil? At.!
in.!?0
?W?^!, '??""?'?? lnr'll.w (.-..ril'lil, I.
M4ai i.1 * *'"' " '?? '
^V/'"-* -,..r..-.-, f - .,.
Plot to Corrupt Army
Revealed in Commons
LONDON, Dec 7.-- Careful
watch is being kepi upon activi?
ties by extremis',:, to affect the
army's loyalty, ?t vva; declared by
Sir A^phibald Williamson in the
House oi' Commons to-day.
Sir Archibald replied to a
question asking whether lie was
aware of "the insidious attempts
that are being made by members
of republican and revolutionary
organizations in this country to
undermine the loyalty of the
army."
"I am aware of these at?
tempts.'' he said, "and the activi- :
ties of extremists, are being care- ?
fully watched by the military au?
thorities, and the necessary steps
are being taken, but it would not
be in the public interest to give
details."
Sir James Craig, for the Ad?
miralty, made an identical reply
to a similar question concerning
the navy's loyalty.
Clara Hamoii
In Mexico, Savs
El Paso Sheriff
Will Cost Some Money to
Get Her Across in Absence
of Extradition Machin-j
erv. He Notifies Ardmore
Newspaper Man Seized
Refuses to Betray Her; Fath?
er and Lawyers Confer;
Early Surrender Predicted
EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 7.?Ciara Smith
Hamon, wanted in Ardmore, Okla., in
connection with the killing of Jako L.
Hamon, millionaire oil man and Repub?
lican National Committeeman from Ok?
lahoma, is reported to be in a Mexican
border town near this city, according to
information received to-day by Sheriff
Orndorff, of El Paso.
The Sheriff telegraphed Sheriff Buck
Garrett, at Ardmore, advising him that
it would "cost some money to get her
across," and asking that a man be sent
to E! Paso representing the Ardmore
authorities.
Advices from Fort Worth said that
Mrs. Smith Hamon's father had been in
conference there to-day with attorneys
who had advised the woman to sur?
render. Announcement was made after
the ?"i .'?fe re nee that her surrender with?
in twenty-four hours was expected. It
was said that arrangements for her re?
turn to the United States had been
made
Ed Bryant, chief deputy sheriff at
El Paso, said he had almost positive
Information that the girl was in Mex?
ico, but that his office was bound
under obligation not to tell the source
of information or the town where siv?
was.
Awaits Help From Ardmore
"I have i.au correspondence with
1 the Ardmore sheriff and told him !
i was almost certain that the j/irl was
; across the line, and asked him for
; help," Bryant said.
The deputy said the divulging of
any information depended "?j the ac?
tion Ardmore authorities took.
SAN' ANTONIO, ']' ?>.? Dec. 7. A let?
ter addressed to -Miss Clair?' Hamon,
general delivery, San Antonio, fro.a
I Tampico, Mexico, wan received al the
local postoffice, according to a post
office official. The letter bore a return
; address, as follows: "II. O. Burkhardt,
Apaito, 406, Tampico, Mexico."
Inrjuiry at the general delivery win?
dow elicited thi Information that a
'.'.?on,an who wore neat clothes had been
calling for mail at the San Antonio
postoffice ''or the lasi ten days. She
did not visit the office yesterday or to?
day, according to a postoffice employee.
!'. M. Boss, a newspaper man, who
last night sent out dispatches from
here saying that he had conversed near
San'Antonio with Clara Smith llam?n,
was taken into custody by police early
to day, questioned for an hour and re
>a led.
}'.?. . ? ???:. . detai:.. d a'. the reque t ol
!:..: i- ' t?. Brown, County Attorney of
Ardmore, vho naked that his story be
(Continued on iiaso nix)
Citizenship Denied Aliens
W ho Claimed Exemption
No! Willing to Fight, Yon run
not Become Part of Coun?
try, Say? Court
, ;,f '? ?? Court .J u lice I rn '?;. i i
?,,;;,; . ti rdii V ?liriiii'il citi/.i-i hip
? , -, : , ?ung men who I med e>
/ iring the war on the ground
I . . alien um\ who have
. , , that they'i to be
_,-,.. of tm United tal i .
"If -, :,\ ??' ?i i- i'.' -?? ling i fight for
country," said J u* I ice 'I ierney,
, ; certainly an not cril tied to en
. ,- ,-./., (up in it." I?'i na pupi ? ;
v.-? ; " ?" is n t?r?J to event?, ev??i nppi
!? ? ri'-'iriiigi .' ? un !.'
... : . .-. l; the
could ? ol read
Way Opened
For Sweeping
City inquiry
?_6 ?v
Unterniyer Approves Sep?
arat?1 Legislative Probe
Because Eoekwood Quiz
Faces 6 Months' Work
The way was cleared yesterday for !
the, investigation of the Hylan admin?
istration and some of the county offices
in New York City by a special joint
Legislative committee. j
Piperis that the Lockwood commit- I
tee would ask the Legislature to ?
broaden its powers so that, it could;
probe into charges against the Hylan |
administration were denied by Samuel !
Unterniyer, chief counsel to the com
mittee.
Mr. Unterniyer, in repudiating th?se I
reports, repeated the declaration of j
ether members of the Lockwood com?
mittee, who belicve_ that it will take
at least six months to carry out its
investigation of the housing situation,
Meanwhile Senator Theodore Pung?as
Robinson and Assemblyman Joseph
Steinberg -.ver" receiving assurances
from prominent legislators that their
proposal to have a special investigating
co.umittee inquire into every depart?
ment of government within i lie city
of New Vor!; would go through..
Mr. T ntermyer in his statement de?
clared that sufficient evidence had been
developed to satisfy the committee that
an investigation of the Hylan adminis
i.iiiui. was necessary to the best in?
terests of the city. He added, how?
ever, that such an investigation should
be done with thoroughness and a spirit
oi* entire fairness and non-partisanship,
Half Dozen Juries Necessary
Mr. Untermyer's statement, which
was nie.de at the open'ng of yesterday's
proceeding? before the Lockwood com?
mittee, follows in part:
"It will be physically impossible to
present all or any substantial part of
our evidence of existing illegal com
? binations by the end of the year, al
. though some have buen and other-; ar :
being honestly disbanded, while the
form.- of many are being transparently
and in somi casi-, pitifully camou?
flaged. It will take six months or more
1 thoroughly to expose all such combina
1 tions if, as we, of course, intend, we
? confine ourselves to the building trades
lim.
I "My purpose i -, accordingly, if it
meets with your approval, to proceed
on the present lines during the greater
i part of the present month, introduc?
ing evidence in a sketchy way demon
| strat'ng the existence and baneful
workings of a number of those com?
bination::, and then to turn over the re?
mainder of the evidence to the various
grand juries that are now considering
the subjects and t?? those that arc
being cal'ed for tiie January term.
Wants [nquir> Continued
?'if this work is to be thoroughl*.
done it will reumre the exclusive time
. of half a dozen grand juries and oi
; about thirty capable Assistant District
Attorneys ami a large staff of investi?
gators for many months toc?me. Witl
; the convening of the new Legislatur?
I we shall be prepared to submit a res
Iolution for the continuance of the in
quiry in which the defects in the pr?s
i ent resolution '.-.ill be remedied am
th" : cope of the inauiry and the powei
of the committee will be materially
' broadened.
"You will recall my protest agams'
the .ma. ..'.iia! ion by the Legislature o
the resolution which 1 prepared, and m?
hesita ion about acting for the commit
tee for that reason.! All the difficultie
that were then presaged have sine
been realized. The deliberate strikin?
out of the immunity provision .vus :
glaringly gratuitous embarrassment, a
! predicted at the time, ft cannot, how
ever, be too strongly emphasized that
so far as 1 am concerned, and I believ
that so far as the committee : con
cerned, or can prevent any such actior
this committee will not accept the dut
or power to investigate thi city admin
i. tration or the city departments, eithe
before or after the conclusion of it
presenf labors.
"I do not mean to imply that the
are not sadly in need of investigatioi
Sufficient has already been develope
and still more : - known to us to satisf
me that such ;??i inquiry is neccssar
(Continued on Dan? slxi
25,216 German Goats
For France and llelgiun
Reparations Commission Kule
1.7 MKOOO Fowls >lu*t Also Ik
Delivered in Four Years
PARIS, 11"?-. 7. -The reparation
commission announced to-day that Gei
many musl deliver t.> France and He
(??um a total of 1,7-10,000 fowls withi
foui years, 25,165 goats within t'nr?
? .... r ? and 15,250 pig within one yea
The German representatives hin
agi.1 to this program.
The coinm : 3i ion al so announced t hi
Germany has almost completed deli
i rv of the livestock advance, requin
un il -r Annex 1, l'ara graph 'i of the nein
? i cal '. . ' ?ermany has be? n : : ' rucl i
bv the comni i?sion i ?? del ? ver v, it h
? nonthi .'I'1 OO'l horse; . 125,000 shei
und 90,000 cattli , including l{0,000
i ?I ?'. The ' otal number ..r horse
h pep an?! cuttle to I"- delivered eve
I ml] , will be : xod later. The Allii
i|i n anda n re ron idei ed hen- ? ?> be re
onable, bul I lie i ej.ntal iv? . of ti
( ,..r,'?;:i n government will be heard I
thi ' '?r " ion aga?n.
Vmni < mil?, ?tlnllnellve. In r.rrnt vnrlrt
, , .-? in? ??;?. i| - ?.,.,? pulnirvn C,
' . ,, m? A ' o? ,' r. v.iii ?i. ?O John .
i, i ? >
School Bids
Raised 60%
Bv Hettrick
%i_
Lawyers Notes in His Own
Hand, Which Estimate
Board Ignored. Produce
Sensational Evidence
A nother Indictment;
More Rings Bared
\X itnesses Flee, Process
Servers Are Attacked.
Committee Is T o ? d
Taking evidence on the basis of
which the Board of Estimate probers
had failed to lind any trace of irregu-l
larity. Samuel Untermyer, counsel for
the I.ockwni.fi committee, yesterday de?
veloped testimony tending to show
that John T. Hebtrick's alleged code of
practice scheme of collusive bidding
had raised the contract price on sev?
eral schoolhouses from 20 to 60 per
cent.
This evidence had previously been
turned over to Corporation Counsel
O'Brien to assist the Board of Esti?
mate in its investigation of the $62,
000,000 worth of outstanding city con?
tracts. The contractors involved de?
clared under oath before the board that
the bids had been made in a perfectly
regular manner. The evidence was then
returned to the Lockwood committee
with the aforementioned results.
The committee also uncovered two
additional monopolies in building ma?
terial:-, comprising t'-ap rock un,! sand
mixtures, tv.o essentials in houoing
construction.
Witnesses in Flight
Mr. Untermyer said that the commit?
tee v.as having great difficulty in going
ahead with this phase of its inquiry
because of the sudden iligLt of numer
ou- important witnesses to Philadel?
phia, Atlantic City and "other more
congenial places at this time.''
He criticized the Department of Jus
tic- and other Federal authorities for
their alleged failure to cooperate in
apprehending the witnesses wanted. He
announced he would seek grand jury
action on contempt proceedings against
several persons who had been sub?
poenaed but had disregarded the
serv ice.
The additional grand jury yesterday
handed down another indictment in
connection with the criminal phase ol
the inquiry. The name of the ac?
cused or the offense charged was no!
made public. This makes the twenty'
fifth indictment handed down sine?
the beginning of the Lockwood in
quiry.
The story charging that Hettricl
through his code of practice mulctei
the city of many thousands of dollar.
??as told by John Eisenberg, a clerk ii
! the lawyer's office. Eisenberg sai?
that Hettrick is still at his home ii
Seabright, N. J., and that the fou
clerks at his office continued witl
their work as usual and received thei
| wee 1:1 y pay checks.
Mr. Untermyer produced three sheet
I from ilettrick's filer, freely annotate
| in the lawyer's shorthand character.
! which were interpreted by Eisen!.er;
These sheets, the witness said, showe
how bids for city work on limestone
plumbing, heating and ventilating wer
jacked up by Ilettrick's juggling.
In the case of a cut stone job o
Public School <i," it. was shown that th
; lowest or' five bids for the job was $7'
' 583. A high "accommodation bid" wa
| stuck in at $5,260. The $2.';tf.'S bid wa
; boosted by Hettrick to $4,283, it was in
dicated, and the other bids submitte
varied between these two figures.
Some Raised Bids
A sheet on which appeared the bid
for Public School No. 100 snowed ths
' every one of five bids had been raise
to permit the lowest bidder, or th
man chosen to get the contract,
higher margin of profit. The coi
tractors' figures and the figures t
I which they were boosted appear a
follows: "From $92,770 to "?101,500
$95,790 lo $10,582; $97,681 to S] 02,000
$9-1,000 to $101,050.
The contract went to Weils & Nev
ton, who had submitted to Hettrick a
(.. .mate of $94,000 and whose figure
: wer.' raised to $101,070.
On another job for the state i
Ward's 'island Hospital Eisenberg sa
that four of seven bids submitted 1
I Hettrick were blind or accommodate
bids. The firm that received the wor
James B. Le?aban Company, had ask<
$7,020 and after Hettrick's manipul
: tion of th'- figures the state had to pi
(Continuel! on paoi nlnlit)
Lloyd George
SpurnsTruce.
Cork Reports
1
Greenwood Is Cheered in
Commons \\ hen He Says
Surrender of Iri^?i < ihiefs
1?- Only Bast? for Peaee
New On! break of
Crime is Feared
British Pacifists Change
and Urge Firm Policy;
Opposed to Amnesty
Spinal Cable lo The Tribun?
? v.?.- :- ?ht, : :?- ' N? .? " orli I'rlbune Inc.
CORK, Dec. 7.?Advices received her?
from London to-night say that Premier
Lloyd George has refused to make a
truce with Sinn Fein. The report caused ;
great dismay among the populace, who |
look for a renewal of the campa g . ?> '
murders and reprisals.
From The Tribune's Europ 11 Tiureau
Copyright, 1920, Nov.- York Ti inn Inc.
LONDON, Doc. 7. Sir Hamar Green
wood, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and ,
Andrew Bonar Law, go\ ernnien*" spokes- |
man, answering questions in the House
of Commons this afternoon on the
Irish peace movement, gave evidence of
a hardening against a truce.
"1 am convinced," said Sir Hamar, i
"that there can be no trim- or success?
ful efforts at a truce until the leaders
of the Irish republican army either sur?
render, deliver up their arms or ar?
a 1 rested by the police."
No War Against Ireland
This reply was greeted with long ap
plause, but a moment later v !- 11 Joseph
Devlin asked whether thii meant war
to the finish, the ('?net' Secretary said.
"J have never said thai there ass an?.
question of war against Ireland, bui
against this extreme group thj govern
ment is compelled lo take every pos
sible step,''
Bonar Law told the House thai ?'?
government had not replied to the
message from the Rev. Michael O'Flan
agan, acting head of Sinn Fein, pro
posing peace and asking Lloyd Gei rg
what first step toward it he would sug?
gest. It is understood that the delay in
replying is due to the Premier's desire
to get a report from Arthur Henderson,
head of the labor commission, who re?
turned las; night from Ireland, where
he discussed peace with many leader:!
i of Sinn Fein. Lloyd George also d??
sire.-; to confer again with Dublin
; Castle.
The Premier h;i - pul aside nearly
everything else and is devoting all his
i a'.'?'lit ion to the Irish problem. The
j next forty-eight hours will go far
toward a settlement, foj several con
1 ferences have been arranged in Parlia?
ment and in Downing Street. Green
: wood came over last night from Ire?
land to meet with Lloyd George and the
Cabinet this morning to discuss the
peace movement, as well as the govern?
ment's third defeat in the House of
Lord.; debate on the Home Rule bill.
Caution Makes Impression
Tin- thing which impressed the ii? 11 .
of Commons to-day in the replies,
drawn from Sir Hamar and Bonar Law
was tile indication that '. e < al ine
"'? , 1 tsar, t In peace move ment out
stripp:ng actual developments and.
fears that an unhappy awakening may
come later.
Michael Collins, who is s.-rd to be
the head of Sinn Fein militar?, op
j erations and has been hunted by the
government for the last six months, -
reported to have issued a statement to
his men advocating caution so far as
negotiations are concerned. Sinn F?;n
leaders in Dublin have mad-' it plair;
I that Father O'Flanagan in writing to
1 Lloyd George was acting independently,
1 pointing out that nothing can be clone
authoritatively w'thout the approval of
I Dai! Kireann (Sinn F?in Parliament).
' With the arrest in Dublin late to-day
of Richard Hayes, the number of Sinn
I F?in members of Parliament who have
been taken into custody reached eight.
Arthur Henderson's declaration that
; condition are ripe for arranging u
; truce has produced a profound im
: pression.
A reactionary movement, however,
I has appeared to some estent. Those
who a few days a-jo were alarmed by
I the extent to wnich terrorism had.
I spread and began to suggest that the
time had arrived for exploring the
avenues to peace again are changing
front. Influenced b> reports that Sinn
Fein has sin t its bolt, they are show
' ing les.: inter?s tint he idea of com?
promise or conciliation. They are ad?
vocating what would approximate un?
conditional surrender on the part of
the Sinn F?in.
1 Question of Blame at Issue
On the other hand, th?1 Irish ex?
tremists are trying to create the im
(Continuod on page eleven)
Married Ex-Marine Inherits
Sultairs Throne and Harem
i WRENTHAM, Mass., Dec. 7. The palm
| trees of I,lang Liang, a small island
SOUlh of the Philippines, are ready to
wave a welcome and 1,500 dusky na?
tives await the chance to jabber a
1 greeting to a sergeant of United States
: Marines whom they regard as their Sul
' tan, according to a War Department
j announcement thai, Robert A. McClain,
a machinist cT this town, thinks ap?
plies to him.
I''"r tin' old Sultan is dead and Mc?
Clain say; he was made his son by
adoption and, by right of inheritance,
?a lie ruler of the. island
lie War Department announcement
was m trie form of an inquiry fur Rob?
ert A. McClain, ex-marine, who saw
service at I,lang Liang in 1910.
i MoClain wrote the department that
he was th.- man referred to und he has
n r. ri'.c.v. p. "'"I a reply confirming the
j ru'iori of ' he Sultan's di til ! and sa'ylnc
j that his claim would be referred to tli -
Bureau of Ir. ?;, ar Affa r . ?} -. i - %: -
will advise him lat? r.
Ti n :? ea rs ago M ci dain, as a M i rin.
sergeant on dutj in Llan? Liang I
su bdue a Moro upri ?: tig, re icuod the
aged ruler from :. party "i' Marine
who were tn iting : ini without co
eration for his ro; i ite. '? i
said he carried the Sultan to tin i ,'al
grass bed chamber, made him comfort?
able and forgi : t he incident.
[Jut the Sultan remembered it and
. a few day i lat? r a sembh 1 thi hea-1
men of the t ribe an I ? [aim .1 the
ad' ption of his big v ?to ben factor as
a son.
Now the Sultan :? dead, leaving sev
; eral pearl fl \ herie i, man; grovi of
?m -oanut palms and n harem, in addi?
tion to the royal palace of gra ; that
cnvi rs two acres. M? ?<"?? ? \ rote ti o
War Department for information coi
cerning his title to th< property which
ho seeks to secure, except the harem.
For that he makes no claim. He is
: married.
n,OUII).\?fi TimOliill TRAINS H Ml". 7
Uln.nl Coast ii. H i ?fII 11 7 i
way i '!"'! Bt). '! "!. Lonpaero 6gti ? Ulvt
Wilson Urges Congress
To Free Filipinos and
Offer Loan to Armenia
Senator and Mrs. Harding Leave
Calling Cards at White House Door
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Pee. 7.?President-elect Harding paid his respects
to President Wilson to-day by leaving his card at the White House just
before his departure for Manon.
The visit to the White House was made by Senator Harding shortly
before 4 o'clock. In one of the automobiles of Edward Beale McLean,
and accompanied by Harry M. Daugherty and Will Hays, chairman of
the Republican National Committee, Mr. Harding was driven to the
main entrance of the White House, and remained only long enough to
hand to Chief Usher I. H. Hoover, who came out on the portico as the
automobile approached, his card and that of Mrs. Harding. Senator
Harding did not leave the automobile.
The President-elect previously had called at the home of Mrs.
Eugene Hale, in Sixteenth Street, where he paid a s.nni!ar courtesy to
the mother of his former colleague in the Senate, Frederick Hale, of
Maine.
The approach of the Harding automobile to the White House was
without signal except for the ever-present Secret Service detail. The
guardians of the President-elect, in their automobile, pulled up to the
west gate of the Executive Mansion, and immediately the patrolman
on guard swung the gate open to admit the future President. The
Secret Service car then progressed to the east gate of the White House,
arriving there barely in time to pick up the Harding ear and continue
: ie escort to the Union Station.
When the cards of the President-elect and Mrs, Harding were sent
'?i Mr. Wilson he was in his study preparing to receive '.lie Cabinet,
which met this afternoon.
Greeks in Riots
Against Return
Of Constantine
Loyal, Officers Attacked by
Countrymen in Turkish
Capital; Ex-King's Por
traits Are Trodden On
The Legation Is Stormed
Athens Prepares Three
??ay Holiday to Weleome
Former Ruler to Throne
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dee. 7.?Greeks
here are virtually in a state of war
with the Athens government. Officers
loyal to Constantine are being as?
sailed in the beer shops and maltreated
in other places. Constantine's portraits
are being torn down and trodden on.
There have been boisterous demon?
strations outside the Greek Legation,
thousands of persons protesting against
tl .? return of Constantine to the throne
of Greece. Numerous dismissed Veni
zelist oificei'3 are applying to the
F r? rich army for permission to enter
the Frc nch service.
Prepare for Constantine's Return
ATHENS, Pre. 7 (By The Associated
Press).- invitation will be extended
former King Constantine to return to
Greece after the announcement of the
result of Sunday's plebiscite, which i.-,
expected to be made to-morrow.
Plans for Constantine's return eon
template his sailing from Brindisi on
i.oard the liner Patris, which will be
accompanied by the cruisers Kilkis and
Lemnos and a number of destroyers.
When the squadron reaches Phaleron
it will be met by 500 officers of the
Greek army, who will accompany Con?
stantine to I'.rn.'iis. From that port
Constantine will be brought to Athens,
and it is planned that a "Te Deum"
will be sung outside the citv walls.
Three days of rejoicing will follow his
: arrival here.
Athens to-day was filled with rumors
that the Turks were beginning an of?
fensive in Smyrna, 1: a.so was ra?
ni.?red that the Cabinet had requested
Constantine to delay his return in view
the firm financial note of the Allies
to Greece. The Italians are said to
be encouragii g the view that the Allies
do not intend to maintain their stand.
Seemingly, however, the Cabinet ap?
pears to desire to gain time.
The Greeks are maintaining a most
friendly attitude toward foreigners, al?
though worn .: conducted a demonstra
. : efore the French Embassy Sun
da? .
; ...
Superstition Delays Invitation
LUCERNE, Switzerland, Dec. 7 (By
The Associated Press).?Former King
?aid to-day he was expect
ig that the go? ernment would i. '.
'.. : i : ' : ??' urn ... < i. i ece a s a result of
? n te, but thaf I not exocet the
. ?cation to come to-day, because of
(Continued on page three)
Wilson to Get INohel
Peace Prize on Friday
Ceremony Scheduled to Take
Place in the Norwegian
Storthing, us I sual
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 7 By The As?
sociated Press?. Announcement is made
?lai ?:.,. Nobel ? eace prize will be con
f erred on President Wilson of the
! niti : Stat - on I ?ecember i 0.
i '. ceremony will take plac i, aa usual,
in the Norwegian Storthing, which
i ward: the prize.
The Nol el peace prize carries with it
a grant of about $40,000, which is enc
fifth "i the annual interest :?n .-.bout
359,000.000 left for that puroos ? by Al?
fred B. Nobel, the Swedi ii ci. -,':-:. and
tor of dynamite, who died in 1896,
The only tw(. Americnns who previously
have received the prize wer. The (lore
Roosevelt, in luOG, and Elihu Hoot, in
11912.
League Faces
Armed Clash
With Lithuania
Council Is Notified Later-1
national Army Must
^iot Enter Territory for |
the Vilna Plebiscite
Woldemar Assails Plan
i "
Accuses Chardigny With
Aiding Poles; Moscow Isj
Preparing to Interfere
By Ralph Courtney
Special Cable to Th' Tribune
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
GENEVA, Dee. 7. - Wa- is threat?
between the League of Nations and '
Lithuania. The Lithuanian govern
j ment served notice on the league at
to-day's meeting of the Council thai ;
i its international army, which is to :
supervise the Vilna plebiscite, must
not set foot on Lithuanian soi!.
A stormy scene occurred between
Woldemar, representing Lithuania,
' and Paul Hymans, president of the
league. Woldemar told the Council
| what he thought of the league ami
everything connected with it. He
charged that Colonel Chardigny, head
i of the league plebiscite commission at
i Vilna and prospective commander of
i the army there during the plebiscite,
j had been working exclusively for Po
: land. He added that the differences
? between Poland and Lithuania would
long ago have been settled had it not
i been for Chardigny.
Russia Plans to Intervene
The situation arising out of this
1 clash is comp-icated by the attitude
| of Russia made known to the Council
! at to-day's session. Documents were
produced showing that the Moscow
i government intends to interfere in the
j dispute between Lithuania and Poland.
? One note from the Bolshevik govern
! ment declared specifically that Russia
1 objects to the presence of foreign
troops on Lithuanian soil.
Sume members of the British Em
I pire delegation in Geneva believe that
i now y; the occasion to bring this whole
' question before the Assembly, and, if
; necessary, expose some of the circum
I stances which led up to the present
? situation. This, they admit, might
crise something like an earthquake in
the ieague, but it might lead they be
I lieve, to a general settlement on the
(Continued on pago three)
Harding Speeches Taken
To Mean Bigger Navy
Utterances on Trip to Guide
Hou?p Committee That
Will Meet To-day
WASHINGTON, Dee. 7.?Statements
, by President-elect Harding in ad?
dresses last Saturday a: Norfolk and
Newport News T%., have been inter?
preted by Rej blican members of the
Elouse Naval An'?-.. ?' remittee as
favoring a larger navy und a greateT
m Tenant marine, and as such '?? il
:-r de the committee in its work,
Chairman Butler sa.d to-day.
Representative Butler, in announc?
ing that the committee had been called
to meet to-morrow to outline its pro?
gram of work fur this >,->>\-m of Con?
gres... said that hearings wi ul ! be be
gun within a week. ["hese hear nes.
Mr. Butler said, had been planned
with a view of gathering a I n\
data on naval subjects in order that
at the extra session "the committee
will be ready to press legislation
through."
?H U.ITY AM? 1 I I I? IIMV
arc two cardli ul i : nclpl? a to be con
re : ? | ? .? iging h" '.;. for your office,
factory or honu Reach tins caliber of
ai illciints tin oust) a T ibuni Help Want. 1
\d. Phono Berkmnn 3000 '?r su to any
Tribune Want Ad. Agent -Advt.
Message Also Includes a
Plea for Economy That
Evokes Ironical Com?
ment by Some ?Senators
League and Treatv
Are Not Mentioned
Reading Is Marked by Ab?
sence of Enthusiasm ;
Leaders Express Views
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.?Imme?
diate independence of the Philip?
pines, a large loan to Armenia and
strict economy in approprations were
the three chief recommendations of
President Wilson in his formal mes?
sage to Congress to-day. He made
no mention of the peace treaty.
The President sent the message in
writing, according to the old fashion,
this being the first occasion on which
he did not appear in person at the.
opening of a session of Congress
with the exception of the time he
was in Paris.
Failure of the President to include
any reference to the peace treaty
left that situation just where it was.
It had been understood in some quar?
ters that the President would leave
the whole question of peace to 'i
later effort, probably with a view,
when he gets a little stronger, to
delivering a last message in person,
to the Senate and concentrating, at
that time, all the dramatic light on
that one subject.
The fact that ti ? peace treaty Is
the bu in'- of the ?ennte and not o'
both branch? ? of Congrei ; is ai
I reason whj the President did not in?
clude any reference to it in his for
? mal message to < longi
f No < hancc f?>r Treaty
Opinions amons fi ?ends of the Pres?
ident vary as to whether lie will re
submit tl " S . treaty to I his
Senal . It ii g-i ner ? conceded that
it being
ratifn i. i : e ?? ' voted
i > rai t'y it la prioi
thai ? 7 ovembei i : ? ?do
so, and if the Democra
the Pre ??dent's ord ?ill it should
now ? ?.?
,? for ? ;. ' Se?al e to
rat. fy th? : real . .,
vation." ? l i o tin;
trai '?.. the Repu! I< hip
ha pa ?sed. In the i in ne n
begun a v ry much ma r gi
.- ena1 ors thai
would be p<
any measun to d i
N o mai ter w h a
r? ;.';., thei o? ??. i ! peaco
in, vi - wiil wa it in r Mai 4
The !'? ? ?'.'.' ? gi .neat
of a woi kable i- id?
ing that the bill no ngress,
as amend? d after 1 'eto at the last
session, might : ie? I ' he n qulrements
of the situatii
Ann' hei ? ? ? '-'*'
a revision of the laws,
plification of the in? me and excess
profits taxes.
The President also ask? I the . ?
actment of ? ? Id t? i .? and
laws affecting | and i
i licensing of
anee with recon itions I : mad?
; in previous mi
The mi ssage urthei
! enactment ? the rehabilita
j tion and tra nin ? ' ?'
' and sailors, bul he aid i Ige: t ?
\ bonus.
i There was som surpri ' iat the
1 President shun:.: ! ave called
? gre ... to practice economy aft
. had permitted hi own 1? : artment
! heads, v. I o ?'?' >uld b? om ? ?'- '
1 mere word from him to rev
| demands <!-,:. nward, to ?end n ? sti
' mates callii for 1 ' of nilliona
of dollai i ' I an they were al?
lowed last year. The surpr-se was
the gr?ai r becau ? the department
; heads, it would em, I mid be able
to econom?70 more ntelligently If
, they did th? cutting I ? trian
i if Cor.:.;: ? it ..':.:.:
Philippine Idea No Surprise
The dt?i:::.:-.'.: for ?? of th?
Philippines ccca irprise.
I When the pi 1'.pp*res bill,
' genera ' after
the late William A.
".f the House i r Affair ' ? --
Pr?s -
dent Wi ipj rted ai amendment
propose 1 by Senal U P. < larke,
Arkai 1 ha e given
?.... ;. ? pende ice %
from two to after 1 ie bill's
passage.
The - Iment
and when 1 i balk
President Wi! . wrote a 1? tt? r to Mr.
Jones Demo?
cratic cauc ''. : to Bife
c.ept tl Senate an Only *
bolt by ano tii#
sol d vote ata ublicaa
memberi of-1 ; Hoi ?? prevented this
country then fron I iking a :tioi . which
,'ould ?ids would
have been turned adrift on a chaotic
-.vorhl just pea ? conference
-.vas ha*. ' ' roul ? L'arkc
? 7 c ich frank
apprei. of War Gar?
rison that the President's insistence
on it was assigned by him as one of
tho reasons " r hi : resignation.
In the Senate less than half the
members listened to the reading of
?the message, and while Democratic
; women in the galleries applauded at
the close of the reading, ?ta reception
; was strikingly cool so far i^s the mem?
bership itself was concerned, Smiles
went around the Republican side over
some of the recommendations. T'no
House was silent while the mcBBBga

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