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Voi. LXXX No. 27,0()7
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Nfw York Tribun??. Inr.)
F1?I DAY, DECEMBER 24, 1020
THE WEATHER
Clondy and colder to-day; fair ?nd
colder to-morrow; strong north?
west winds.
Fall Report en Last rag?
TWO CENT? I THREE CENTS
la Greater .New Torta | Withla ?0* ?Hem
FOCR CENT!
Elsewhere
U. S. Facing
Deficit of
Two Billions
Houston Warns Coniinit
tee Not to Increase Bur?
aca of Treasury; Indi?
cates Bonus Opposition
Fiffhls Revival of
Wat* Finance Plan
New Tax Burdens Predict?
ed; Disapproves Billion
Credit to Germany
?ram the Tribune'i Washington Bwraa
WASHINGTON'. Dec. 23.-?Secretary
of the "Treasury Houston, appearing
kef0ri ? Sei ite Finance Committee
to-day, declared himself against the
restoratior of the War Finance Cor
.::, predicted a deficit of $2,100,
000,000 in government finances this
year and $1.300.000.000 the com?
ing fiscal year, opposed the extension
ht the talked of billion-dollar credit
I G rmany, ;ir,d expressed the view
-v sources of revenue must be
and no new burdens imposed
-. ?- asury. The estimated def
the current fiscal year was
^ ,000 mor : an had previous
stimated.
he did not give an expression
bonus bill, Secretary Houston's
statements regarding the condition of
the Treasury and the prospects for
evenues were looked on by mem
: the committee as clearly indi
'i; opposition to any cash bom;.-,
He was called before the com
- - primarily on the bonus bill, but
not complete his statement and
ill appi ar before the committee again
M
- . retarv ; pposition tu the War
Corporation u?b interpreted by
as meaning a veto of the bill'
thai body recently passed
'.. d . *-: indirect opposi
- ?a accepted as mean
anus plan will not be
- i ongre - _ tl s ess ?on.
Believes Fanners Deceived
.- generally to legislation
i I to aid agriculture by means
< ongress, he said: "Any
i ut to the farmers the
? - fforts will return their
Bar price: is their worst enemy."'
yy,: ayo Senator Mc
aijtiu^ chairman of the Finance
:' e Senate in a
- whicli showed the reed
4fter : at speech many
? . i y ? ? . ?? ? concerned over
'- ' ?? ' ' 7 cal situation and
: insist on eeor.omv at
* '? irn. The data given
> Seer? -ton to-day deepened
? ly made on Sen?
t? i , ??: for holding
'
nformation given
'?'? toi wa3 contained
? port, it attracted the
: ':. caus : of the fact
' . to 1 lie committee
ng a del eil in the
es y- $2,100,000,000 this
ear and another deficit of $1,
I cxt fiscal year, Mr.
? ?aid new way; and means must
be discovered to find money, and no
' irdena added.
Mr. Houston .-aid ti at aside from the
", the ordinary if-cp'pts for
Id exceed ordinary ex
about $800,000,000 and next
year ti - would be $556,000,000.
?aid, will fail to take
tare or' the interest on the national
out" $1,000,000 000 an
terest on the
iting - pi ivided for and
. to retire the
face, in addition, the fact that
'-'?7 '- ? of revenue are declining.
'? '??? to look around for
without placing
treat r 1 on the 1 reasury," the
? <? corn m it tee.
A.( Secretary Houston proceeded with
? i national indebt
rcatoi ? ,.,- ai i : "It will
yeai to pay of?
-.iiid'-r existing law."
V. ar Finance. Cor?
poration, Mr. Houston ?aid:
"1 *?? ?? - oppo ed *o t:,r> re.-iurnp
' ' ' War finance Corporation,
larger now than
kefore .- ? he war."
Explains Former Loans
itened with the keenest
.". the hearing. In dis
- Finance Corporation,
?aid the corporation
It?ned about $46,000,000, of which $20,
W.0OO or ah 0 per cent, went
(C??ltln?4td on pa?i<i ??,,?,
?lawyer Renounces Party
WTien Held Up by Police
?vhrougfa With Democrat?, He
Announce?, am They Search
Christmas Package
a ormer city
V., whose law offices
ity : ? ist Building, at
and Forty-third Street,
home at the
',"' ?' .- ? ?- ;i package
' ' ? ' i??< '.'? ments under his
nan topped him and
? ? -, ?? ? ?? bundle.
? ? nd was *aVen
. first :;,'r.-<t police sta
?? pened the bundle, ?1
''''-r ? ?'- ted against the action
.-.;.') renounced the Dem
arty.
: ' ' ' no /,- vhich pi f.'. . . -, p<
'? " ? ' to (/fjc-i n puren a r?"-.p?-eta
g ''?'-'. ?. ?jarryujg," raid Mr. M<:
v*,,*?? to MtuUf-anl Murray. "JVk
citizen's constitutional
fcX-judg?8 1 r<,ir. 'I t'.j,
?. y. ; father wa? Mayor of Troy. I
Den ',' -. t lot I ? '
t"?v?
Htti ; f^afa't ?,,.,,? .,,r?,t??..,. order?
***d tl is basin?*? Hylan's, I ?up
I my n'r/i that I'm through,
,7** and for ail, with th? Domo?rats
'' '?''!'? t '.-/.'
'?*?*? Ff**! G*********, lu tr?A wtUtf?
Mm u r" ''/ '"* '"'"'*'? *?*?% puntar: Cor
Remorse-Stricken Judge Lifts
Christmas Ban From 3 Boys
Jersey Reeorder Leaves Dinner and Rushes Hatlessj
to Homes of Youngsters to Revoke Sen
tenee After Many Protests
WEST ORANGE, X. J.. Dec. 23.? !
j Panta Claus made a preliminary visit !
; here this evening:. There were no pat- I
! ter of hoofs no elfin bells; nor did the j
I jolly old sai!3t wear his white whiskers ?
| and fur boots, nor carry a pack. Never- ,
? theless, he left peace and pood will in '
four homes in the St. Cloud section of
; this community which had 33ot known ?
j peace since Recorder John B. Lander !
last week sentenced three boys, ten, j
eleven and twelve years old, to forego
Christmas presents and Christmas fes- ?
tivities.
The homos are tho3.e of the three !
? boys and of Recorder Lander himself. !
j Things hadsi't been just right in any of
; them since sentence was passed on trie '
I culprits, asid they had been getting ;
j worse steadily as Christmas drew
? nearer. Every mail brought letters to
the recorder's home protesting against
the punishment meted o?st to the boys, j
i especially that part of it which ex
' eluded them from Christmas.
The writers seemed to think that
[ there was a certain sacred affinity be
' tween children unri Christmas which it
i would be quite as sacrilegious to pro
j fa33e as was the act of the boy? them
i selves when they stuffed the dominie's
? automobile lamps with sand and plun
I dered the St. C!o'.:d school. It was a
j silly notion, but it preyed upon the
I recorder's mind to such ail extent that
j he barely touched his ciimier this eve?
ning asid announced tiiat ho was sick
; and was going to bpd.
He didn't go immediately, however.
Instead he went out on his porch and
! watched people hastening homeward
'from the station in. the soft radiance
! of the moon. Every group was chat
' ting and laughing excitedly, as if 013
I the eve of some gay event. Fai*cels
; protruded from every pocket, and were
: clasped under every arm. Holly glis
| tened a3id glowed ?33 passing automo
I biles and in the hospitably unshaded
windows that shone on every sido. A
brilliant star 313 the west that defied
I the rising moon winked at the Re
I corder with merry baldness.
Recorder Lander, hatless, dinnerless j
and peaceless. stumped up and down
his porch muttering: "Idiots! Senti?
mental idiots!"
The star winked again just, as Re
cos'der Lander pivoted in his sentry-go.
and instead of completing the turn he
stumped stolidly down the steps and
out into the snoonlight 1133103;? the
hurrying, chattering groups and the
whirring holly-laden motor ear.?-,
straight toward the star that was low
in the west.
His course also was straight toward
the three houses where gloom huddled
beside the yule log, and three small
boys, ten, eleven and twelve years old,
looked forward to Christmas for the
first ??333C in their lives with numb
despair.
It was Santa Claus himself that was
stalking along through the moonlight,
hatless, dinnerless and peaceless, but
not one of the hurrying groups that
slewed their pace to gaze after the
strai3ge, muttering figure guessed it,
and Recorder Lander himself was in
too much 03! a turmoil to suspect it.
Only the star, low in the west, knew,
and it winked again.
Heedless of precedent, Santa plodded
boldly to one front door after another
until he had visited all three of the
oilier Christi33asless houses, leaving at
each the sanie jerky, stilted message.
".Sorry," he said; "got to reconsider
that sentence. Ought, not. to do it ?
sentimental idiocy?but, well, it's all
oil" so far as Christmas is concerned.
Let 'cm sit up as late as they want to
(Christmas Eve, gf-t. ali 3he presents
atsybody'll give 'em, cut all the turkey
and cranberry sauce and candy they
can hold, and then?sentimental idiocy
?pack 'em off to bed at 6:30 Christ?
mas night and every night after that,,
just as' I told them in court."
The star sank behind the hills in
the west as the Recorder delivered the
message for the last time. He didn't
even notice it. There was a peaceful
joy in the moonlit; scene that pos?
sessed his soul. But not his body.
"My word!" exclaimed the Recorder,
as he strode toward the cheery win?
dows of his own home, "but I'm
hungry! Asid no hat, too! I wondet
if there's any of that pie left."
Farm Tariff
Bill Menaced
By Filibuster
Senate Democrats Prepare
Vigorous Fight on Meas-'
nre Granting Protection
to Agricultural Productsj
! From the TrlounCa Washington Bureau '?
W?S?INGTON, Dec. 23. ?Senate
, Democrats are getting ready for a fili?
buster, if necessary, to defeat the
? emergency bill for a tariff on agricul?
tural product;. This became evident
| to-day. In fact, the filibuster was ac?
tually begun by Senator Harrison, of
I Mississippi, who objected to second
reading of the bill when it was sent
over from the House to the Senate. He
thus prevented its reference to the
; Finance Committee foi one legislative
: day.
The Democratic steering committee,
called by Senator Hitchcock of Ne?
braska, held a meeting recently and de?
cided to oppose the bill. At the time
it was admitted by Republican leaders
that they expected the measure to be
blocked, in view of the tactics to-day '
the indications that the bill will be :
prevented from passage or from coming
to a vote are more plain than ever.
If the Republicans had unlimited
time they could force the bill to a vote,
Lut, inasmuch as they are anxious to ;
pass ail the appropriation bills before ;
March 4, they have not unlimited time j
tor consid?ration of tariff.
It was early ?nth" Bession this af- :
. ternoon that the tariff measure was
sent to the Senate from the House
Senator Harrison, after first reading,
promptly objected to second reading.
Under the rules, this forced the bill
over to the next legislative day, which
will be Monday, and prevented refer?
ence to the Finance Committee.
The bill will be read for the second
time Monday, and then, under the
; rules, can be referred.
Senator Harrison, however, interro
? gated Senator Smoot closely just be?
fore adjournment of the Senate this
evening about plans for cor,.??deration
of the cariff measure by the Senate '.'<>r
:;ext Aeek.
He was toid by Senator Smoot there
would be no general finance committee
hearings, but members of the Finance
Committee would be heard. Senator
Harrison l"ft the impression he would
try to block things Monday if possible
by calling for a quorum at a time when
mariy Senators will be out of town for
short holiday vacations.
Senator Thomas, of Colorado, in the
' course of the day said ho would offer
i many amendments to "this iniquitous
embargo bill."
Senator Gay, of Louisiana, insisted
? sugar was as much entitled as any
! other agricultural product to protec?
tion.
Brit i-?li to Trade With Kuhhia
Lloyd George Announces \?rre
rnent With Soviet Envoy
rom The, Tribune's, ?turopean Bureau
i'UpyrlKhl 152??, New Vorto Tribun? Irv
LONDON', Dec. lis. Premier Lloyd
George to night told the House of Com
mon? that thi government hud made an
agreement with l/conid Kr?usln, Bol
?hev?W trade emisnary, tho term? of
which would he incorporated during
i the Common? reces?, in the commei
clal treaty with the Soviet government
French Crisis
Impends Over
German Debt
Fall of Leygnes Ministry
Seen Within a Month !
on Account of Its Views!
on Reparations Payments j
By Ralph Courtney
Special Cable to The Tribu?.'
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribuna inc.
PARIS; Dec. 23.? A political crisis !
? fraught with danger to the present
French government :s impending over
the German reparation? question. In
; brief, Germany can be asked to pay
only half or one-third of tho repara
tion which the oublie expects to be i
den anded of it.
The reparations commission has been
: pproached secretly with the request
that it moderate its demande on Ger- j
many. A week ago the total sum fixed
fo? the different governments was more
than 450,000,000,001) gold marks, mak-j
ing-, with the interest on annuities!
covering thirty years, about 600,000,- j
000.000 marks. This means no less '
ihm about 8,000,000.000,000 marks at j
th ? present rate of exchange.
Politicians Appalled
Nothing, it is said, can be gamed |
by the publication of such hopeless.
ligures. Even allowing a considerable
diminution, it would be necessary for
the Germans to pay something like
250 000,000,000 marks year'y. The
Brussels conference has set aride such
impossible theories <*nd faces the fact;
that Germany cannot possibly be asked j
to pay in money and kind more than ,
.1,000,000,000 to 4,000,000,000 marks ?
yearly at the maximum, and that Ger- I
many can hope to pay only if the ;
All-'es help her buy raw materials.
French politicians who h*)ld these
views, are appalled by the difference)
between what the public expects to '<
get and what can be obtained. They
are. therefore, very nervous concern-j
iii>' the political situation, it' being
j taken for greeted that Premier:
Leygues's ministry may fall uurii.ic the
? coming month.
it is feared that if Poincar? comes ?
; into power he may, with th?? present
Nationalist Chamber behind him, de
1 mand fulfillment of France's claims
; to the last penny. Millerand, who sees
t.'i- difficulties of the situation and
personally favors a policy of concilia
1 tion, will, it is understood, look for
. i. man who is at the same time friendly ;
the Allies and conciliatory toward
th? Germans.
Politicians express the opinion that
the situation probaDly will result in
new elections and that the President
of the republic may, at any time, with
the approval of the Senate, decide, to
| dissolve the present Chamber.
i he moment when the thorny ques-?
! tion of reparations must be settled is
approaching fast. Premier Leygues,
Lloyd George and Gio?tti probably will
I meet at Cannes shortly, and the con
i ference of expertb, which has just ad
! journed at Brussels, will meet again
I.January 10, instead of five days later,
as originally proposed.
The finance ministers and the Al
!i'-?e delegates an* also expected to
meet the Germans ;?' Geneva, Febru
?i/.. 15, at the latest, which will be
jubl after the Silesian plebiscite.
French politicians are in ?i state of
: i.crveJ and it ,i impossible to tell what
may happen. It is doubtful whether
tn French governme"t has th<! courage
i to fell the truth, which is, that Gcr
I many cannot bo asked to pay ball' or
?even a third of the imount which the
reparations commission will declare
Germany owes.
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Calder Would
Seize Coal if
Cost Stays Up
Proposes Drastic Laws
and, if These Fail to:
End Profiteering, Re?
sort to U. S. Control!
?8.000,000 Ex-ress
Paid Out In Army '
Wentz Bought for Baker
at SI I, Sold lo Others
at $3.50, Is Charge
.' ? :-? Tribune's Washington It;reau
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.?Tn a speech
in the Senate in-day Senator Calder,I
who is head of the Senate special com-i
mittee which, has been investigating
the coal industry, along with housing
and various problema of reconstruc?
tion, scored the fuel profiteers and de?
clared it was the duty of the govern-!
ment to take steps to remedy the evil--1
with respect to coal of which the
public is complaining,
Senator Calder asserted that the I
War Department, in purchasing about:
2,000,000 tuns of coal from July to Xo- !
vember, had paid $8,000,000 above the
cost of this coal at the mine
He pictured the government itself as
one of the victims of tho profiteering
and expressed the view the private
coal interests were unable to prevent,
a repetition or continuance "of the
present deplorable conditions."
While Senator ("alder did not advo?
cate that the government itself should
go into the coal business, he intimated
this would follow if the legislative
steps which he proposed did not bring
relief.
Senators showed much interest In
Senator Calder's remarks and interro?
gated him with respect to coal matters.
Senator Pomerene, Democrat, of Ohio,
was especially stirred over the charge
that Colonel D. B. Went'/,, head of the
National Coa] Association, acting as
purchasing agent for the War Depart?
ment, bought, coal at $11 for the de?
partment when one of Colonel Wentz's
companies was selling coal for about I
$3.50 a ton. Senator Pomerene de- j
clared the facts should be turned over
to the Department of Justice fi r pur?
poses of prosecution an?! that if
Colonel Wentz were still in toe service
they should he turned over to the War I
Department that he might be court
martialed.
Gives Resume of Evidence
Senator Calder gave a resume of a
part of the activities of the committee
and what it had found out. The com?
mittee did not meet to-day, and decided
not to resume hearings Li] next
Wednesday.
In the mean time the committee's at?
torneys and agents will seek to go to
the bottom of the charges that govern?
ment officials have been speculating in
coal. Senator Calder has made it clear
he intends to pursue this charge to
th?' uttermost.
"During the last few days," said Sen- l
ator Calder, "revelations have been
made as to the actual cost of the pro?
duction of bituminous coal, as to the
great production this y? ht-, and as to
the fact that the railroad-, have carried
more tonnage during July, August, Sao
tember and October than ever before
in their history, and yet, as Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Aitchison re
plied when questioned before our com-.
mittee, "Has il ever been suggested |
that coal was being held for higher
prices or speculation? 1 have not any,
di ui.' of i!. re has been i hi great?
est crossing o? orders, double-cros ing
of order.' and double-crossing of con?
signees and those that have had con?
tracts for the last ninety days that 1
have ever known of in my business ex
perience."
U. S. Pays Commissions
"Coal has been so difficult to obtain
that the government itself has been
obliged to pa?/ commissions ranging
as high as 50 cents a ton, one agent
alone receiving some $75,000 for mak?
ing such purchases.
"But the committee now knows the
cost of bituminous coal it the mines .
of the respective producers; it*knows
the names of the producers and the
amounts at which they have sold their
coal; it knows something of the actiyi- j
ties of one of the great coal associa?
tions which, during, the last three :
"?ears, has spent nearly a million dol?
lars, has collected from its members !
nearly a million un?l a quarter, and is ,
now collecting at. the rate of nearly a \
half million dollars annually. This as- ?
?ociation, ?luring the last summer, has
been trying to ally itself with whole?
salers and retailers and anthracite
producers in order to present a. united
iContlniinl on pane tlireo)
. -.
Miller Piedlos ?lis Aid
In Pr?vention of Crime
SYRACUSE, N. Y.. Dec. 23.?
Governor-elect Nathan !.. Miller
brought up tin* subject of the
crime epidemic in New York to?
night at a non-partisan dinner
here at which he was the guest
of honor.
"1 do r ol know just how far a
Governor can pro to aid in check?
ing a ?i 1 uation of this kind," he
said, "but 1 pledge myself to as?
sist in every way in the enforce?
ment of nil laws for the preven?
tion of crime."
[Tc said thai the state should
heed the warning which Secretary
Hour-ton of the Treasury Depart?
ment sounded before tho Senate
I- 'inanee Committee, v. horn ho told
of the $2,000,000,000 deficit which
the national governmenl faced.
For his part, he said, he would
make every effort to reduce the
expenditures of the state govern?
ment,
Steel Ring
Chief Seized; ?
Gives Bail
Capt. Foster. Investigator
of Erectors' Combine.
Faces Two Indictments
as Result of Inquiry!
-* i
Five Big Concerns
Rule Lead Prices
_ i
\V itnesses Cite Increase
From 6 to 15 Cls. a Lb. ;
Iron PipeTrust Smashed
??-_?__?_ i
Captain Robert J. Foster, chief in?
vestigator for the National Erectors'
Association, was arrested at his office,
at 28G Fifth Avenue, last night, on
charges growing out of the Lockwood i
committees investigation of the. build- ',
ing industry.
Foster had been indicted twice earli?
er in the day by the. extraordinary j
grand jury considering the criminal !
evidence arising from the housing in
quiry. Ho whs charged with refusing ,
repeatedly to testify en certain mat
ters before the Lockwood committee
ami declining to produce bunks and j
papers which he had been ordered to
produce by subpoena.
lie was taken to th' Criminal Courts
Building, where he was released upon
payment of $2,000 cash bail. He was
given until December 28 to appear be- :
fore Justice McAvoy for motions or :
pleading. His indictment is considered ]
of importance by the committee, as it
is the first prosecution in connection '
with the steel phase of the investiga-]
tion.
Ring of Lead Maker?
The coi333733ttee at its hearing yester?
day also uncovered a combination of
lead manufacturers. ?'. was testified
that five concerns, constituting the
membership of the American Institute I
of Lead Manufacturers, controlled 98
per cent of the white lead production,
? ; t he country.
As white lead is the basic component!
of nearly all paints, the manipulation :
of lead prices by a "reporting plan" of
li: members of the institute ?s said 'o
have had much to do with the high cos:
of building construction.
As a result of this combination, the
price of white lead is said to have
risen from (3 cents a pound in 1918 to
15 cents last September. it U now
selling a*-. 14 cent:, a pound.
Charles F. Tuttle. aecrwtary of the!
Eastern Soil Pipe Association, who told j
of the operations of a combination of |
iron pipe manufacturers on Wednes
day, yesterday announced on the stand
that the iron pipe manufacturer- w< re
ready to disband their organization.
lie promised to ? ??e that it dis ol
within a week, ceased "price-fixing ac-;
tivitiet and began open competition I
in the cast iron field t'rom now 033."
Following this announcement, Sasnuel j
Untermeyer, counsel for trie committee,
dec ed that I he committee won ,i
therefore suspend temporarily its in- j
quiry of the cast iron pipe industry.
Foster Showed Defiance
Foster had appeared as a witness
before the Lockwood committee last
Thursday. He repeatedly clashed with
Mr. Untermeyer during the entire ;
course of his examination, assuming a
defiant attitude and- refusing to an?
swer many questions pul to him. He
was twice adjudged in contempt and;
was warned at the time that his ci e
would go at once before the grand j
jury.
In the course*o3 his examination he
iuiniitteii that as chief investigator for
?he National Erectors' Association he I
had forty operatives under his direc?
tion, of whom fourteen had been en
gaged in assignments in the steel in?
dustry, eight of them in mills and ?".
n locals of the Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers. He declined to dis?
close the identity of these operatives
m furnish their secret reports, con?
tending that it would endanger their
i i yes.
The indictments specifically charge
him with refusing to answer fourteen
questions and with refusing to produce
certain reports of his operatives, who
'sad been empjoyed by tin* erector-'' as?
sociation to investigate the work done
by members of labor unions, in the ?
erection of structural steel in tin- city
rriii throughout the country where
steel had been furnished by the Na?
tional Steel Fabricators' Association.
The indictments incidentally set
forth that the National Erectors' As-I
sociation annually controls the erec?
tion of two-thirds of the structural 1
steel put up in the United States. They :
also mention that the Iron League of
New York controls practically all the ?
iContinii-d tin pa?? ?even)
Flying Police
*/ O
Take Suspect
In Air Battle
Plane Rearing Alleged
Fugitive Riddled With
Bullets Near Winnipeg
in Thrilling Encounter
"pecial Dispatch to The Tribune
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. -"..-Machine
guns of an airplane manned by mem?
bers of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police and private detectives riddled a
plane piloted by Joseph H. Gadbury,
alleged confidence man, forcing him
to land near Winnipeg and resulting
in his capture, Minneapolis polic
learned to-day.
Gadbury, wanted in Britt, Iowa, on
a charge Of forge rj and obtaining
money under 'also pretenses, is held in
a Winnipeg jail. The police intend to
return him to the Iowa city for prose?
cution.
Gadbury, whose brother, F. G. Gad?
bury. lives at the .Majestic Hotel, in
this city, formerly was an aviator and
served in the World War. His home
is in Tama, Iowa.
Fstablishing h m >? i Britt and
promising farmers of ?hat community
to build an airplane fa, tory, Gadbury
obtained approximately $18,000, it is
:'. .-? I. He also Is charged with pass?
ing worthless checi ? totalling $1,390,
after which he tartcd foi Minneapolis
and Winnipeg in an airplane.
Gadbury was forced to land at Em?
erson, Minn., near the Canadian bor?
der, where his ship underwent repairs.
Meantime private detectives from Iowa
were on his trail.
Arriving in Winnipeg these detec:
lives obtained cooperation of the Cana?
dian police, starting from Winnipeg
in ?i.". airplane to capture Gadbury.
En route to Emerson they met. Gad?
bury in his plane, and an aerial battle
rivaling an engagement in war was
fought.
The propeller of Gadbury's machine
was damaged, the gasoline tank punc?
tured and the fuselage riddled by ma?
chine gun bullets before the fugitive
landed and '.va- captured, police say.
Irish Peace ?Negotiations
May Bring a Truce Soon
Archbishop (lune Reported 1<?
Have Appointment With Mo\d
George; Secret Moves Made
LONDON, Dec. 23.?The intermedi?
aries who for several weeks have beer
quietly trying to bring together the
imperial government and Irish repre?
senta! ves for the eventual arranging o:
a 'n,e. in lr. I ird are not ceasing theii
endeavors d< pile the near approach ol
i hrisl h? . wl '?.'h. y. was hoped, woulc
maik the cessation of the long von
tinueri reign of terror.
Archbishop i lune, of Perth, Westen
\us! i3. lia, whose act ivities ii I relam
and Lo3idon are believed to have an im
portan! bearing oi '.lie preliminary ne
gol al u -, haa re tu rned here and is re
ported to liave an appointment wit h th?
Crino-. Minister, but he has refused tf
,i iscuss : ' e prospects of a se!: lenient
er quarters, however, it is inti
mated that the negotiations now goin?.
on behind the scenes may be expectei
to com?' into the open at any niomen
v ? an established common ground foi
acl ual peace parleys.
^arlliqtiake in Tennessee
Persons in Several Towns Awak
ened by Rumblings at 2 A. M.
ROCKWOOD, renn., Dee. 24.?A
earthqua a of con; idei able violenee a?
companied '???: ? rumble as of th'urule
el here and at other towns a
i as Spring City at 3: o'cloc
morning.
Ar tlarriman mai.y persona wer
awak? ned by 11 e rockii g ? thei
homes, while Glen Vice, five mile
south <>: Rockwood, reported that th
entire village was aroused by the dis
turbance, which lasted several seconds
Lloyd George and Northc
Said to Have 'Buried
iffe
I let
- a.r ( -.ille to The Tribune
i r?P? rieht, 1920, '? ! ? Vori . rltiuni i a ?
PARIS, Dec. 23.?A reconciliation
has taken place between Premier Lloyd
George and Lord NorthclirTe, publisher
of The London Times and other news?
papers, according to Paris gossip; This
piece of political information, which
had not as yet become public prop
iity, is expected to have a profound
eh"i cl ?>ii [tril ish policy and it . bo
lieved its ? ff? els will not loi | be
deh.yed.
The Premier and the publisl r have
not spoken a i ind word ?.:' ...
other since the memorable occasion, a
year or more ago, when Lloyd George
told Parliament that Lord N? ?r* i,.-!.-?"? *
behaved like a spoiler! child, ? ...
though! he had called the peace cou
fcrenci* and who did not think peace ^
could be mad" without his help. Hie
N'orthcliffe papers have since said
equally, i !" not more, unkind things
about the Premier.
Gradual Supporl Expected
Rumor, however, says that both have
found it too much of a strain to live
al enmity. They have now agreed in
principle on a reconciliation. No sud?
den change of fron' may he made by
either side, but a change of policy
will be brought about gradually.
Lord Nortncliffe, it is now said, is
convinced that Lloyd George is the'
only leader in British national life ;
worth considering, lie lias como to !
the conclusi thai Lloyd ( ieoi ; ?
should re mail Pre m ?er for anotli - -
seven yeais or more. Lloyd George
also would be happier without the
continued attacks by the Nurthclirfo
press. II?- is prepared to buy off the.-*?*
attacks by forgiving and forgetting
and making up for pas! coldnes-3, and
Lord N'orthcliffe is i ce again expected
? o become a go erran ut -.'. power in
the land.
Lloyd (. i ???:;.'
break up the \ngl I tnch antt -Lloyd
? 1 li wi gradually grow -
i.;.: up undoi ': -.or' In lltt'e load .-: - ?p.
The Pari Ma n, wl ich w : - in clos ?
allia ? v ith The 1.? ndoii 1 i mes, als.?
? ?y\< hi I virulent attacks on Lloyd
t.ieorge, wh ch made the Premier furi?
ous, LI? yd i, iorge i - credited with ?
di sire to break up this combination at
all i o ' y At ai . rate it is certain that
a shor< time ago all relations between
the .Matm and The Times were sund?
ered The Mat in's London connect ion
ft in the air and new arrange -
ment; have been made only recently
with The London Daily Telegraph. Lord
Northe' : . .? h .... changed ov er
i'.-' ' Pari ;? :.. -.. hieb 'ticefoi ih
becomes the center of his French now:
?ervice.
The Lloyd George-Northcliffe recon?
ciliation a 10, according to Paris Ros?
si", was egected over the head or ii.
Wickhnm Steed, who. it is understood.
will vacate the editorship of The Time?.
tie will he replaced by -Sir Campbell
Stuart, it is tiaul.
Enright Calls 200 Police
From Special Details to
Fight Crime in Streets
Crime Forces Mexican
To Send Home for Aid
Ramon P. de Negri, Mexican
Consul General in New York
City, viewing with alarm the ac?
tivity of thugs and bandits here
during recent week?, has taken
stops to guard against an inva?
sion of his premises.
He did not appeal to Commis?
sioner Enright or Mayor Hylan,
but took the matter up directly
with President Ohregon at Mexico
City.
I33 a cablegram sent to Presi?
dent Obregon, which was received
al Mexico City yesterday, t he
Consul General asked peri3ii?sio33
to employ special consulate police.
He said the undisturbed freedom
of New York criminals made such
a step seem advisable.
Negro Bandits
Captured After,
Siege in Barn
Beat and Rob New York
Man. Shoot Detective and
Hold Off Posse Hours
W i t Ii Victim's Pistol
.Lynching Is Threatened
Two Prisoners Are Under j
Heavy Guard in Jail
at Soutli Norwalk, Conn.
SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.. Dec. 23.
?Edward Jackson and Harry Jones,
jnegroes, acussed of rohbery, shooting a
policeman and escaping from custody,
I arc under heavy guard in the jail
1 here. Sentries patrol the vicinity of
the jail as a precaution against lynch
in?, theats of which were freely made !
when the negroes were brought into
town to-day.
The hold-up of which they are ac- j
cused, their ruthless assault 033 the
detective from whom they escaped and
the desperate resistance they offered
when cornered again, formed a climax
to a serie.- of robberies and burglaries
in which one gangster has been killed'
and another wounded, which aroused
even staid citizens to threats of
violence,
New Yorker Attacked
Jackson and Jones were arrested;
early this morning as the assailants
of James B. Toner, a New York auto- |
mobile, salesman who was robbed and
beaten into insensibility here 033 his
way home, shortly after midnight.
Judge Yosburgh held the negroes in |
$6,000 bail each on a charge of high
way robbery. They were turned over
to Detective Sergeant Thomas Hunt,
who handcuffed them and tarte.; with
them in an automobile for the Bridge?
port jail. They managed to slip their
manacles and thrust Hunt "rom the J
seat, face down in the bottom of the !
car.
Taking his revolver one of them shot
him in the back. Then they took what
ammunition Hunt had in his pocket,
abandoned the car and the wounded]
detective and started aerof? country;
for the peat swamp, one of the wildest
bits of country along the Post Road.
Motorists discovered the ear and the j
wounded man and telephoned for as- :
sistance. Hunt's wound is not regard?
ed as serious and he was able to tell
what had happened and point cut the
direction taken by the fugitives. Posses
were organized and a call was issued i
for the mobilization of the two home i
defens ? companies here.
Taking cover on the rocky, wooded 1
hillside, the man hunters spread out !
until thev had surrounded the barn..
Then they called on the negroes to
irrender. The oniy response was,
another \ ur : of tiring.
Negroes Surrender
roward sundown It was noticed that;
.- shots of the pos^e no longer drew
: . * fire of the negroes.
It was the opinion of most of the
;..gers that their lire had killed both
negroes. Just before the nnal rush
with which they intended to carry the
barn, however,*the door opened an?! the
two negroes walked out, their ha:,?is
held above '.heir heads in token of sur
Kaiisans May Be Tried for
Cigarette Gift to Harding
Inqn?rv Also Involve? Vi onipn
Who Sent ""Smoke*" to
\\ ounded Soldiers
TOPEK?. Kan., Dec. 23.?Richard J.
Hopkins, Attorney General, to-day for-!
ma!!y requested attorneys of Atchison
and Shawnee count,es to investigate re
ported violations of the state anti
c garctte law and institute prosecutions
[f ??'?? dem c warrants.
Nineteen Atchison men. each con-,
tributed 10 cents toward a fund io*> a |
carton of cigarettes sent as n gift to
President-elect Harding, while prom
ineni Topeka women and the local
?.?i-i Legion posl have sent eig-.
arette gifts to disabled ?oldiers at
Camp Funston ano in the Topeka State
Hospital, according to information re
eeived by the Attorney General, Both
tii.' gift and sale of cigarette** are
illegal in Kansas.
FLORIDA INFORMATION AT
Atlantic Coast Lino Railroad Office, 3:<?i
I Broadway ci2<X si.) Tai. t,oagacr? 6ISb.
?A* TI?
t -
All Temporary Assign?
ments Revoked as Ar?
rests Fail to Solve Out?
rages of Reeeut Month?
Man Found in Bed
Mysteriously Shot
Hold-Ups Are Continuing;
Thieves Break Window
to Steal #1.500 in Gems
Police Commissioner Enr?ght,
whose5 detailing to "soft berths" of
\ favorites in the department has bee;
i
blamed for the under/policing of th?
.-ity and the consequent immunity
enjoyed Ivy criminals, furthe? in?
creased the ? unif<*>rmecl patrol fore?"?
last night Ly ordering the termina?
tion on December 31 of about 200
\ temporary assignments.
At the sume time tlie Commi?
sinner directed that inspectors and
: captains' who desire temporary a.
| sijjnments of patrolmen to their corr,
j mands continued must submit new
| applications, "stating the necessity
jfor detail in each case."
I Among other special details to be
ended by the Commissioner's order
are those of extra patrolmen as?
signed to the plainclothes scruads
working under the various district
I inspectors.
The order does not apply to tern
I porary assignments to the office of
the Commissioner, Deputy Commis?
sioners, telegraph bureau or to guard
raided premises or disorderly hotels.
At Police Headquarters it was an?
nounced early this morning that fifty
one persons had been arrested by the
police in Manhattan and The Bronx be?
tween the hours of 5 o'clock last night
and 2 o'clock this morning in the
round-up. The prisonars were charge?.!
with juvenile delinquency, petit lar?
ceny, carrying burglars' tools, burg
lary and other offenses.
Crime? Still Unsolved
The record of violent, crimes mad?
public yesterday showed a slight fall
ing off. due probably to the new sever
ity judges are showing and the round?
up of suspicious characters.
Most of the important crime? of the
last three weeks remain unsolved. Ar
rpst?*. were made, however, that ar?
claimed to clear up a number of rob?
beries and burglaries of from two
months to a year old.
The solution of a series of burg?
laries in fashionable apartment house?
in the Fifties and the recovery of
gowns and silverware worth nearly
S?O.OOO were claimed by the police laat
night to have followed tne arrest, yea?
terday afternoon of an alleged day?
light burglar they say they caught in
the act of j :, ?inlying an apartment door
and the proprietor of a modiste shop,
said to have been the "fence" for th?
loot.
Aillo Zalenti, an Italian, was shot
perhaps mortally, luvt night as he laj
in bed at 140 Degraw Street, Brooklyn.
A policeman who heard the report
found Zalenti unconscious with five
gunshot wounds in hi? breast and ab?
domen. The an.-a.lant had flc-?l.
Ashby P. Long, of 1325 New York .
Avenue, Brooklyn, was arrested labt
night while prowling around the sixth
floor of the Hotel Endi?ott. The pol'ce,
say he confessed to stealing $1,000
worth of jewel? from the room of Mrs..
Irene Jager.
Sixty-eight more men awaiting tria,
for robbery and burglar;, were s-ent to
tue Tombs yesterday when they wert
rearraigned and pru-. <--d unable to fur
nish increased ba :.
Judges Mclntyre ar.J P.osalsky for
feited the bail of fifty others, aggre
gating $100,000, when they failed to ap
pear.
No Leniency for Offender?
"No leniency at. this time," was the
watchword of the courts in sentencing
serious offenders.
Continuation of the outbreak of crime
in New Jersey and other nearby pointa
indicated that runny thugs may have
left New York until the Police Depart
ment relaxes its sudden drive.
Commissioner Enright refused to
comment yesterday on the article <..,"
former Commissioner AVoods in the
Weekly Review, decrying Er.right'?
abolitii a ?f the si hool "or recruits and
ascribing to that act part of the re
bilit; "< r a demoralized force.
Another Blow to Morale
Transformation of the once efficient'
Welfare Squad into a soft berth for
superanuated lieutenants of polio.-,
block ng promotion of ami itioi :
and deserving young policemen, d?
?.eloped au another factor in the Ln
right administration's breaking up of
i lorale.
The fact that the rst batch of the
. ghty-eight side-car motorcycle!
which are to be ised to patrol '?':?" ft>va
boroughs will be delivered to-day and
shortly put into service, occasioned
n ire d ssatisfaction among patrolmen,
who declare it means revival ft the
".-hoo-tly" espionage system.
Dr. Carleton Simon, Deputy Police
Commissioner in charge of narcotic
law violations, let it be known last
night that a record is to be kept of
every drug addict aviested for crim? .
Increased use of drugs, following pro?
hibition, i? attributed by Dr. Simon
as responsible for much ?>f the recen*
crime. .
Inspectors on Carpet
Chief Inspector W.lliam J. Label
urmmoned to his office at Police Hand
quarters' all twenty-two district ?tt
| spec-tors in the greater city, fit? no
monished them to tour their district
i frequently and to ?nsif<t that captain
under them enforce compliance on th?
ipitsfe ei thai* fcuue-.tiiu.aub ?Ufe da