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Vol. LXXX No. 27,073
(Copyriclit, 11)20,
New York Trlbnno tne.)
Firsc w i^ast ? the Truth:
_THURSDAY,
ftew s ? Manorial s?Adveiusements
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy to-day and to-morrow;
somewhat warmer to-day; south?
west and west winds
lull Report on Last Page
DECEMBER 30, 1920
* * *
TWO CENTS
iit?-iit??r \r\\ York
THREE CENTS
Within ?00 .Miles
FO?R CFNTS
Flsewlier?
Indict Travis
?With Judson
And Wendell
Compt relier, His Deputy
and Broker Accused of
Grand L a r c e n y and
Fraud in Bond Deals
$5,000 Bail Each
Quickly Provided
Grand Jury Strongly
Urges Law to Curb Lax
Methods of Spending
The October additional grand jury
(yesterday returned individual indict
ptents. each consisting of four
Counts, against State Comptroller
Eugene M. Travis, Comptroller
elect James A. Wendell and Albert
L. Judson, a broker. The d: fendants
are charged v.ith grand larceny o?
ftate funds and fraudulent auditing
of state accounts.
The indictments were handed up
to Judge John F. Mclntyre, in Gen?
eral Sessions, where the three men
were arraigned and, through counsel,
pleaded not guilty. Bail of $5,000
in each case was quickly furnisheii
and their attorneys were given until
Friday to make necessary motions 01
new pleas.
In addition to the indictments, the
grand jury handed Judge Mclntyre a
piesentment in which the attention of
the new Legislature and Governor
elect Miller is called to the ''extreme
laxity" of the methods by which the
eir.king and trust fends of lhe state
have been invested, and "suitable legis?
lation" to correct this condition is
'earnestly recommenced." Fhc work
of Assistant District Attorney Ferdi?
nand P?cora in presenting the case is
also praised by the grand jury in the
? sentment.
Two Alleged Transaction?
indictments are based on twe
?d criminal financial transactions
was the amous "moral obligator
? ' in which it ir alleged Comp
? Travis paid Judson $100,650 o
. i!.y for municipal bonds it
of their market value. Th'
* er transaction wad the sale of Nev
? -, C ty bonds by Judson to Travis, ii
chis cas? said *o be icr $130,000 in ex
?eta of their market value.
liter their bail bonds were signe?
!g( Mclntyre, who assured Travi
i: ' "? am sorry this occasion ha
and you may be sure of a fai
. I," the indicted men were aske
whether they had any comment t
Wendell's response was the cus
tomary "nothing to say," and Comp
- Travis replied that h" was "
of few words."
"I am innocent and time will sho\
that I am innocent' he added.
Judson, however, said in an amuse
fashion: "Indictments are quite popu
1st nowadays, aren't they? Almost a
popular as appendicitis was a few year
?go "
Travis retires from office to-morro'
?nd his former assistant, Wendell, b<
conies Comptroller Saturday.
The grand jury's investigation, whic
lasted approximately five weeks, pre
out of persistent rumors of mismar
egement In the purchase of bonds b
Comptroller Travi?; for the state sin!
ins? ?;;n.?. These rumors assumed sue
proportions that in August Distri?
Attorney Edward Swann appointed M
Pecor:i -o b^gin an inquiry, which r?
Bolted in a John Doe investigation b<
fore Chief Justice Frederic Kernocha
ef Special Sessions.
Profits Put at $1,000,000
Tne J?rn Doe inquiry developed bei
Rational testimony a--, to the methoc
r' invest ng $31,000,000 of state func
Vork (' tv municipal bond
principally through Judson, whos
re s a o to have been moi
than $1,000 000 during the Travis a?
minist ral
Assistant District Attorney Pecoi
Drought out testimony tending to sho
that virtually the entire 531,000,000 i
bond;: were bought .'rom a small grot'
?.* New York brokers at prices usual'
in excel <<< those quoted by oth?
brokers This group consisted of Wi
liam S. Fanshawe, Albert L. Judso
Georg? B. Gibbons and Colonel Wi
(C'nt;nu?d ?n see* uvtn)
Factory Force Strikes
Against Own Profit Pia?
Newborn Men Obiect Wlir
Earn'riii- Fall 10 Per Cent;
Owners to Close Plant
NEWBl RM, N. C, Dec. 29 En
:'?'???" of the N'ewbern Iron Worl
and . Compai v ?ted to-day
' ' ' v. agreemei
r ' with the c mnai
go on Btrike Pay received !
the work? r la ?. week, the first und
u which was based <
pronta of the concern above opera
?ng exj ? ? -, amo inted to a red icti?
bt ? ? t cen? from "he amount r
e ived tr e previous week.
accepted the redu
?t, but to-day a
o ild not abide bv tl
?*"; ? ' d to have been verba1,
? ? on a profit sivu-ii
. thr? atened to r
out unti pro nised their form
y ( ?mrtpany officias r?p i
.'<: to grant the d
' U ry the p!"
d remain closed indefinitely. T
ol I he largest of its kii
irV M of th? ; tat'
'?'?' ': ' ' i t went '/r? strike a mon
*tt v.h<n a 10 per cent wage reductl
announced, bat remained out on
'?>y. Subsequently, however,
??oltional wage reduction ol 10 p< r ce
*'* ?nnoui preeiplti ting a ?tri
?flieh wai ???:?,) through acceptan
' / '/' cials of the profit, sha
, the ui< n One
pmenti und? r the n?
?y-n ?/,.?.. a reduction of ift per cent
'' ??-.'.-. o? the office force. T
' ''? P*J ?? , also showed a 10 p'-r ce
', ' ??' '? ;: ?oder the profit ?bari
plan.
*T"'2?U fri?,?, Hpreinl. ri?it?,/>*r<l Air M
eJoZ'' ' ''' '' M ''?"y All ?-??I ..r, I w.
E*?? r-virlx y.,i ru *??-?-,,? TyirU
/? or?l?y? ??^ Haiti!*"?!.. Off!? n 11
*? "ir. jvi uti^mie Hnu*r* uio,~A<l
Caruso Undergoes Operation;
Alarm Felt for His Condition
Surgeons' Latest Bulletin Declares Tenor Has Sup
pr.rative Pleurisy, but Has Rallied and
Treatment Appeal's Successful
Alarm was felt regarding the condi?
tion of Enrico Caruso, leading tenor of
-he Metropolitan Grand Opera Com?
pany, following the issuing of two bul
etins concerning the great singer's
condition yesterday, one declaring the
singer to be seriously ill and'the other
nnouncing an operation.
Last night the following bulletin was
given out by William J. Guard, pub?
licity director of the Metropolitan
Opera House:
"Mr. Caruso developed suppurative
pleurisy, necessitating a s:rg:cal opera?
tion. This was successfully performed
this afternoon. Mr. Caruso is resting
comfortably."
This was signed by Prs. Samuel A. |
Lambert, E. M. Evans, Antonio Stella,)
Francis J. Murray ami Philip Horo?
witz.
This bulletin followed one issued in
the afternoon, in which it was said:
"Mr. Caruso passed a comfortable
night. His condition this morning
.shows n slight but distinct improve?
ment, hut h<* still must be considered
seriously ill."
Following the second bulletin telling
of the operation, Mr. Caruso's secre?
tary, Bruno Zarato, said, when ques?
tioned at the singer's apartments in
the Hotel Vanderbilt:
"The operation performed on Mr.
Caruso to-day is very .simple and com?
mon. It calls for the use of a .small
needle, and amounts to an injection
?rito the sido in which there is conges?
tion."
None of the doctors who issued the
bulletin would talk last ni??ht.
Senator Balks
At Delay. L
el ?
Siege to Wilson
"Everybody Out to Lunch
When ? Call," Ashurst
Declares: Vainly Seeks
Action on Mining Law
Bolts Into White House
"Claim Junipers Waiting;
Like Blackbirds on a
Fence,'* Is His Charge
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.?Pressed by
his constituents for information as to
the fate of the mine assessment bill,
sent by Congress to the President De?
cember 21, Senator Ashurst, Democrat,
of Arizona, to-day spent several hours
trailing the measure through the execu?
tive offices, the Interior Department
and even the While House itself and
found out nothing beyond the fact that
the President had not as yet signed
the bill.
The Senator from Arizona, bent on
his mission of obtaining information,
walked into the White House executive
offices soon after 1 o'clock and found
Secretary Tumulty absent. Being told
that the bill about which he was seeking
information was with the President and
having pressed White House attach?s
vainly to announce to the President his
desire for a conference. Senator Ash?
urst walked directly up the path lead?
ing to the residential section of the
White House declaring that "as an
American citizen -and a United States
Senator" he proposed to obtain infor?
mation. He added that everybody at
the executive offices seemed to be out
to luncheon when he called.
Wilson Refers Him to Ti:***ulty
At the White House door the Sena?
tor was met by an attendant who led
him to a seat within ard went to seek
Mrs. Wilson. The President had just
finished his luncheon and had retire?!
to his study on the second floor. Mrs. I
Wilson directed the White House at?
tendant to tell the Senator he would
have-to take up his business first with ;
Secretary Tumulty, as the hill had not ;
been received by the President, where?
upon Senator Ashurst retired again to
the executive offices in pursuit of the
bill.
After waiting for Secretary Tumulty :
for a short time Senator Ashur?t left
the executive offices for the Interior !
Department, to which bills relating to
mining generally are referred by the ;
President. He had gone only a couple
of blocks when the executives offices
received word that Mr. Tumulty was re?
turning and a messen-rer was dis?
patched after the Senator. Mr.
?shurst retraced his steps and upon
Mr. Tumulty's arrival requested a
"frank and manly" statement as to the
status of the bill. He was informed
by the secretary that everything pos?
sible vjjuld be ?'one to expedite action
r>n the measure. Senator Ashurst
thereupon ; et out again for the In?
ferior D-rartment in cyest of whatever !
information mi?rht be obtained there.
Promised Answer Delayed
Secretary Tumulty, during the Sen- '
ator'i absence and upon return of ;
"resident Wilsoti from his daily auto-I
r.? bile ride, wert t.? the White ?House i
for a conference with the I resident. I
Soon after 6 o'clock .Senator Ashurst
visited the executive offices for the I
fourth time, and announced after his
visit that he had bten promised an \
answer by telephone within an hour
r.-*t<-r Mr. Tumulty had talked with;
Secretary of the Interior Payne, at!
I'inehurst, N. C.
Senator Ashurst at 7 ?SO o'clock had!
received no word fifm the executive
offices, and announced to newspaper men '
(Continu??! en nnx! pai?-)
Booze Used to Sprinkle
Streets of Albuquercpie
State W. G T. V. Organizes a
L'nique Demonstration to
Celebrate Dry Victory
Special Dmpa'ch to The Tribune
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M? ?>ec. 29. ?
Janu.iry 10 is going to be a red letter
day in th?* history of the dry enforce?
ment movement in Albuquerque. On
that day BOO gallons of whisky, some
good and some bad; wines, red, whit??
nod yellow, and other illega' alcoholic
beverages, will be poured into one of
th? big municipal street sprinklers and
thon spread upon the main business
thoroughfare to settle the dust, if
there be any, until the last drop thus
has been disposed of.
The snrink?ng of city streets with
booze v.'iil be tne spectacu'ar feature
of th?; big celebration the state W. C.
'1. U. i* planning in crr.memoration
of nations prohibition. The day will
'??? called "Carrie Nation Day," in honor
of one of the late militant dry leaders.
More than 10') rrn-n have offered their
services to drive the booze loaded
sprinkler, on which seats will bt; pro
??d???! for a score of women prohibi?
tionists.
The li'j'j.-jr wan confiscated in varl
?oux raid? mad? by tho prohibition offi?
cers.
I'ln*hnr*t. S. V.?* a r>, 1 ' n h Hot?! now oprn.
lnt*r?*tln-< ???/??n'l In r?lf und ollur ?ix.rJ*
Thru ?yuJIman. i'trin.. t.UU I?. H. dally?-Ailvt.
ays
Merchant Slain
Bv Assassin in
Crowded Street
Cheese Dealer Is Shot Down
While on Way to Store
at 10 o'Clock in Morning
in Busy Thoroughfare
Crime Is Still Unchecked
Cafe Man Held Up; Crepes
Stolen From Undertaker;
Motor Squad Out To-day
A murderer killed his man in broad
daylight, on a crowded Xew York street ;
yesterday and escaped.
Salvatoro Mauro, fifty-live years old, \
a prosperous Italian merchan-, left his
nome at 121 East Houston St net about
10 a. m., walked to the corner nnd
Turned south on Chrystie Street.
The curb swarmed with scores of
hoys and girls, women were going in i
and out of stores about their market?
ing and gossiping ?-?n the sidewalk,
shopkeepers were waiting on their cus- ;
tomers, truckmen wore rollire; barrels j
and boxes from their vans, idlers were
lovnging in tenement doorways.
Chrystie Street presented as busy a
morning scene as could be found any- :
where on the Fast Side. Mamo had to i
walk s.owly to keep from colliding with
passersby or stumbling over the ehil- ?
dren. He was c'osc to the gutter as he !
passed the hallway of No. 2.^2.
From the hallway as he passed a man i
stepped quickly, whipped a revolver i
from his coat pocket ami %-ed point- :
blank at the merchant. Mauro fell in !
his tracks.
Slayer Disappears in Tenement
The assassin, pistol in his hand, ran j
south a few yards to 230 Chrystie ?
Street, a tenement, and darted into the
hall. At his heels he heard two or
three men who had the presence of :
mind to break away from the panic- !
stricken crowd and the hardihood to
give chase.
The gunman turned on them savage-:
ly, brandishing his weapon.
"Back up or I'll kill you," he threat?
ened, and the pursuers wen" no.
further.
The slayer bounded up the steps and
disappeared at a turn in the stairway.j
Meanwhile the body of Mauro lay
on the sidewalk, the center of a
screaming, gesticulating mob. They1
gave way to permit the passage to the
side of the corpse of one woman who
came running from Houston Street.
She was Mauro's wife, who had heard
the shot from her apartment around ;
the corner.
Patrolman Smolick, of the Fifth
Street station, reached the .scene, a
f?".v moments after the murderer had
vanished up the tenement stairs. By?
standers told him which way he had
fled and Smolick went in search of
him, climbing clear to the roof of the
six-story building. The fugitive was
nowhere in sight. It is believed he
either escaped over the roofs of ad?
joining houses or went through a rear
window of No. 230 and dropped to
the courtvard.
i
Reserves Arc Called Oui
As Eooii as Captain Arthur Carey,
of the Homicide Bureau at Head-;
?rjuarters, was notified of the murder
he e;?!!? d out the reserves from the
Fifth Street station and, with h\> own
staff of detectives, hastened to Chrystie
Street.
Captain Carey's first move was to
(Continuad on ?age sevnn)
Rush Hour
Tie-Up Jams
Tubes and L
Police Reserves Hold the
Crowds in Check When
AH Manhattan Traffic
Halts for 45 Minutes
Women Faint in
Station Crushes
Surface Lines and B. R. T.
Subway Overwhelmed
by Honiebotmd Throng
Every subway and elevated line in
Manhattan was crippled at the rush
hour last night by a short circuit in
the main Interborough power house at
Seventy-fourth Street and the East
River. From 5:15 p. m. until ?5 o'clock
trains made slew and halting progress
on trestles and in tunnels, the third
rails carrying onlv a fraction of the
current required for proper service. It
was not until 6:20 p. m. that service
was restored fully.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit subway,
which receives power from the Inter?
borough. v the last to regain its
quota of current. Indirectly the sur?
face lines in Manhattan and the ele?
vated and surface lines in Brooklyn
were affected by the tie-up, doing over?
whelmed by the sudden volume of
emergency traffic projected upon th^w.
Reserves Called Out
Subway stations in the theater ?lis
trict, the financial district and at trans?
fer points vveie so congested that in
many cases the reserves were called
from police stations to keep the crowds
in order, and at some stations the sale
of lickets was discontinued. Platforms
were packed solidly with humanity, the
crowd jamming the stairs and corridors
and reaching out to the sidewalk.
Trains came limping slowly in,
packed to the last inch with passengers
who had squeezed aboard at earlier
stops. In some cases both trains an?!
station platforms were so crowded that
it wa ; obviously a waste of time to at?
tempt tc open the car doors, a;; by no
po ibility could any one pet. out of
the trains or off the platform.
South of Brooklyn Bridge the selling
of tickets was suspended and the hun?
dreds of thousands came surging up
Broadway and Nassau Street, some of
them seeking a subway station where
tickets still were to be had, some hop?
ing for a perch on a surface car, and
thousands more, bound for their homes
across the Fast River by way of the
Brooklyn Bridge.
The entrance to the bridge toon was
packed solidly and patrolmen were
called from the 1 rallie station and the
Oak ?Street station to form waiting
lines at each trolley loop and elevated
stairway unt\ to keep clear . lanes
through which persons coming to Man?
hattan might reach the street.
Women Faint
?o far as the police could see. there
was no intentional roughness, but the
constant, pressure of the arriving
thousands made the congestion acute.
Several women fainted and were car?
ried into Perry's' drug- store, in the
World Building, where a first ?id
station was set up in which ambulance
surgeons worked over their patients
while the jam lasted,
At the Manhattan Bridge conuitions
were almost as bad, and ten specis.1
patrolmen were equired to handle tho
crowd at the Canal Street station,
which is a transfer point betv een In
terborouch and B. R. T. subway lines.
As it was a matinee day of Christmas
week, the crowds in the theater district
at the time the block occurred probably
wee the greatest of the year. Th'*
congestion at some of the subway an?'?
el?', ated stations uptown was almost as
bad as at the ?stations in the financial
district, at which the sale of tickets
was stopped. The West Side subway,
which serves the theater district, how-j
?ver. was not so badly crippled as moit
of the other lines, and the stations;
gradually wer?? cleared.
Cylinder Head Blew Out
The Interborough subway lines were;
the first to recover from the blockade!
and the East Side elevated lines were [
next. Then came the Sixth and Ninth;
Avenue elevated lines, and, last of al!, j
the B. R. T. . ?il.way.
The short circuit is said to have been;
rtue to the blowing out of a cylinder
head, the escaping 'team causing a
short circuit in the high tension con
nee t i in.
Fireman Killed. Two Are Hurt
In Oil Tank Explosion on Ship
An oil tank in the tanker Charles M.
Everest, of the Vacuum Oil C??n*pany
fleet, blew up last nght at a Brooklyn
pier, killing a fireman who was "wash?
ing down" after a small fire on a ves?
sel lying on the opposite side of the
per. and severely injuring two iron?
workers employed on the tanker.
John Keupp, a member of Hook and
Ladder Company 101, wa3 the fireman
killed. The injured men are Joseph
Fawc, of 110 Pioneer Street, Brooklyn,
whose left le?; was fractured, and Rob?
ert Rushford, of 390 Prospect Avenue.
Brooklyn, who was injured internally.
They wen: taken to l?olj Family Hos
p tal.
The tire was en the TV est Win?!, a
Shipping Board vessel, moored at a pier
of the Robins Dry Dock and Repair
Company, at the foot of Dwight Street,
and had nothing to do with the explo?
sion of the tank. A sho-t c rcuit in the
electrician's room <f tho West Wind
Bot nsulation to smoldering and caused
an alarm to be turned in.
Clrder Hits Fireman
The firemen made short work of the
blaze and were taking their usual pre?
cautions to make certain that, no rem?
nant of it remained when thore was n
detonation on tho opposite side of the
pier which toro out the deck plates in
the bow of the tanker in which il oc?
curred und filled the air with whirring
girders und singing fragments ot steel.
A steel girder which had b?en a
hatch hcai:] ??ii the Everest was sent
whirling across the pier. Fireman
Keupp had just left the West Wind anu
was walking down the pier. The iririlcr
hii him in its gyrations and went spin
ning onward \i> splash into the water
on th?1 further side of the West Wind.
Worker Blown Into Air
Keupp was kille?! outright, slij-ht as
the contact appeared to have been.
Ilia skull was crushed by the missile.
Daw.? and Rushford were two of
a half dozen men burning out old
rivets in the tanl.er and replacing them
with new ones. It is believed that in
their work one of them sent a jet of
fame into a tank from whifih the oil
had been drained, but which was filled
with gas, tin:.; causing the explosion.
Dawe was stru?fk by one of the steel
fragments and Rushford was blown
several feet into the air, landing on
the ?I ??'??" of ', he tanker. Th?- other four
workmen ? scaped injury. Many win
dows in the vicinity were broken by
t h?, i xplosion.?
Keupp had been a fir?-mar. since 1916.
He was twenty-nine years old and
lived at 1H7?? Stockholm Street, Brook?
lyn.
lTOr.II?A INFORM \TION AT
All-niic Const I.in- Ru 11 rond Office, in?
??.roadway (32d ?t.) Tel. toogtit? is?.',.
?A?ivt.
Tin Cup Fare
At 1,000,000
Relief Meal
Starving Children of Eu?
rope Represented by
\ acant Chair Between
Pershing and Hoover
$2,011,211 in Aid
Pledged by Diners
Rice, Stale Bread and Co?
coa Comprise the Menu
on Bare Board Tables
If the hungry children of centra! and
j eastern Europe, could have peeped into
Ixthe grand ballroom of the Hotel Com
1 modore last night they would have be?
held about 1,000 men and women, all
in evening clothes and most of them
millionaires, each eating a $1,000
dinner.
But it was not the lavish dinner
| ? J ,000 ordinarily would buy. Savory
j delicacies were absent. Rattling tin
| tups took the place of clinking cut
; glasses; glittering silver cutlery was
discarded for iron knives and forks,
: and instead of guests sitting before
tables covered with immaculate linen
the hungry children would have seen
John ?. Rockefeller jr.. Prince Casimir
Lubomirski, G?nerai Pershing, Mrs.
August. Belmont, Otto H. Kahn, Mrs.
Wi.lard Straight, IMj-s. Felix Warburg,
Henry L. Stimson, Alfred E. Marling,
Herbert Hoover and scores of others
gathered around bazo wooden tables.
Menu for $1,000,000 Dinner
The menu of this $1,1)00,000 dinner,
which was served the guests at the
rate of about $50 a bite, consisted of
enly three dishes. The dishes were:
Boiled rice.
Stale unbuttered bread.
Cocoa.
Beef slew was to have been served
instead of the rice, hut it was elimi?
nated on the ground of economy.
The yellow menu card bore a picture
of a ragged child, eagerly devouring
rice out of a tin bowl, and saying:
"Thank you for saving me."
Between General Pershing and Mr.
Hoover in the center of the speakers'
tt-ble, stood an empty chair. The empty
chair was occupied by bhe "invisible
guest" the 350,.1 starving children
tor whose, benefit the dinner was given.
The dinner -.vas arrangefl by Mr.
Hoover. General Pershing and Franklin
K. Lane, of the European Relief Coun?
cil, which had undertaken to raise
$33,000,000 for the relief of 3,500,000
children war victims. Ten per cent of
the children are to be taken care of by
tifo New' York committee.
Mr. Hoover announced that as the
?linner sold for "$1,000 a plate and up,"
actually $2,011,221 had been raised
from it, since many of the diners had
"oversubscribed." He declared that
this sum would take cfu'e of 211,000
children until next year's harvest.
Relief Tuitions Served
Th?-! cost of each dinner served was
2'J cents, but even (his small cost was
not deducted fron- the pr ce paid, for
all overhead had been provide?! fo,r by
h special contribu? on. The reason why
rice, bread and cocoa were ?elected,
Mr. Hoover said, was because they rep?
resent the exact fare which the coun?
cil is now engaged in distributing to
the destitute children through 17,000
clin'cs, hospitals, 'ceding stations and
orphanages scattered through eastern
and central Europe.
Four portable army cooking kitchen^
in which the food was prepared were
wheeled into the ;;rand ballroom to
show the guests what '?ind of vehicles
the European children like most.
Not only were the children present
in the form of an "invisible guest," as
Mr. Hoover declared, but a message
from the children was read. It was
penned by Mr. Lane as. having come
from all the children in Europe. It
paid:
"We. the, unhappy children <>?' Eu?
rope, send you our gratitude. By
every wind that blows during this long
winter we will be whispering cur
thanks to our American saviors.
"We are only boys and girls, you
know; not men and women. We did
not make this awful war. We are its
last victims, and we cannot help our?
selves; always and always we will hate
to think of war.
"To die in battle, they say, is not hard
bi'cause it is so ?juick and because it
comes in a came. But to die slowly is
not easy, and to see your playmates
grow thinner and thinner and weaker
ami weaker in their cry for food- that
is not easy. We do not think Gol
meant it to be so, do you?"
Rice corisumed and tin plates pushed
aside, Mr. Hoove;-, ins arm hung lov?
ingly over the back of the empty chair,
pointed out the prosperity of America
and said no one had ground fur being
despondent her??.
"But," he said, "we will have ground
for despondency if we fail in that im?
pulse of chanty by which our sur?
pluses can be placed in the hands of
these needy children. .So !on<r as any
person in this nation can entertain an
automobile, he can entertain an invis?
ible guest. There are 6.000,000 auto?
mobiles and only 3,000,000 guests.
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Church Reinstates? Girl
Who Eloped With Pastor
Taken Bark on Probation After
She Follows Example of
M:nisler in Confession
PASSAIC, N. J.. Dec. 29.?Following
the example of the Rev. Dominic Cor?
nelius Denzel, Miss Trina Hannenberg,
the member of his choir in the Nrew
Netherlands Reformed Church who
disappeared with him on November 11,
and returned several weeks l??ter, has
appeared before the church consistory,
confessed her sins and has asked to
be taken back into the church, from
which she had been expelled.
This was announced to-right by
John Rose, presiding elder, who added
??hat so far as the consistory was con?
cerned Miss Hanner.berg 1 ad b?-en
taken buck op probation, the same
sti'.ti.- occupied by Denzel.
The parents of the girl, -do were
dropped from the church because of
alleged "guilty knowledge of her
escapade, have nnt. so far as is known,
asked for reinstatement.
Qr.U.TTY an?! EFFICIT?NCY
ar? two enrdlnal principle? t.-> be c-n
ulriprod when ?nmRlric help for your ofri<--\
fartorv or hoin?" Reach '.hi? cal I oro of
nppllrants (hroiiurh n 1 rit,?inn Help Warted
A?l. I'hun?- Beekman 3000 or go to any
Tribune Warnt Ad. -.joi!!.?Advt,
New Crisis in Europe;
French Seek British Aid
In Occupation of Ruhr
D'Annunzio
Flees Fiunie
In Airplane
Italy Not Worth While
Dying For, Poet Asserts
as He Surrenders Power
to Municipal Council
ROME, Dec. 29.?D'Annunzlo has is?
sued ?"a proclamation declaring that it
is not worth while ?lying for Italy.
He said he was leaving Finnic by air?
plane. This was semi-officially an?
nounced here this afternoon, together
with the statement that the Finnic
agreement may be regarded as con?
cluded.
Complete recognition of the treaty
of Rapallo has been given by D'An
nun'zio's representatives at the 'v
buzia confer?.;-.ce with Genera! Ferrar'.?),
it was. indicated in a report rec< ived
yesterday from General Caviglia, com?
mander of the Italian regula;- forces
at Fiumc.
"1 have an impression a solution is
approaching," General Caviglia wrote
in his report on the .situation allud?
ing to the negotiations at Abba/.ia.
Complete Recognition of Treaty
The report indicated that Riccardo
Gigante, Mayor oi fiumc, and Cap?
tain Hostventuri, director of national
defense at the city, had accepted the
chief condition prescribed by Caviglia,
namely, complete recognition of the
treaty.
Agreement to disband D'Annunzio's
legionaries and the granting of gen?
eral amnesty were expected any mo?
ment. The suspension of hostilities
previously ordered has been o olonged.
Negotiations for surrender were pro?
ceeding with tin Municipal Council of
F'iume, to which D'Annunzio i as ceded
his powers.
A description of the last pha es of
the struggle in Fiume, received yester?
day, show that the legionaries re?
opened lire against the troops '.vho
wore merely holding the positions they
had ta k erf Monday night.
The fight assumed the character of
guerilla warfare all along the' line.
The legionaries took advantage of the
m.tural resources of the terrain for
lojing ambuscades.
Women Work Machine Guns
As the regulars were advancing j
across orchards they were enveloped by
tir?, from machine gun.: which had been
sunk to the level oj the ground and
cleverly camouflaged.
The houses seemed to have been j
abandoned, but when the troops ap- i
proached the legionaries, hidden be?
hind windows, behind chimney stacks i
and on balconies and roofs, suddi nly
opened fire Even women were found
working machine guns.
The gravest losses were inflicted by j
hand grenades, which were used so I
freely us to give the impression that
they must have beet?, accumulated by
scpres of thousands. It would have
been an easy matter to get the bettor
oi' the legionaries by employing artil?
lery, but the military an; hoi it,es re?
fused such recourse, except against
military building. .
Cemetery Destroyed During liatllc
The legionaries ultimately trie ? i0 j
fcrcc the regulars to retreat in 'der
to relieve pressure on the city, but
failed, owing to the stubborn resist-]
ar.ee, especially of the carabineers' and ?
Alpine troops, who fought courage?
ously for more than three hours. .The \
points where the struggle was hitter- .
est were near the railway station and i
inside the Fiumc cemetery, which was?
virtually destroyed.
D'Annunzian legionaries set fire to ;
a powder magazine in the Reci?a Val- !
Icy, ti.'Utheast of the city, la-t night,
according to a report from Abba/.ia.
The explosion,.which occurred toward
midnight, set fire to the woods sur
rounding Fiume to the east, and great
clouds of black smoke rolled down
over the city.
Carrel Discovers INew
Idea in Medical Science
Wife Announces Much Pain ami
Suffering Will Be Alleviated
By Its Methods
Or. Alexis Carrel, of the Rocke?
feller Foundation, \v? U-known research
worker, will shortly announce a hither- ;
to undiscovered branch of medical
science, according to Mme. Carrel, who
returned yesterday on board tho French ?
liner Rochambeau to aid her husband
in completing a report of his discovery.
Mme. Carrel said t'.iat when this new
! ranch of medical science is perfected
much pain an?! physical misery now
needlessly borne by many peop'e could
be greatly alleviated. She refused to
say anything about it.
French Socialists Join
Moscow Internationale
TOURS, France, Deo. 2D (By
The Associated Press). ? The
French Socialist party to-night
by a large majority voted in favor
of absolute affiliation with the
Moscow Internationale.
A motion by the Left wing to
join the- Third Internationale ab?
solutely was given 3,208 votos,
while another motion, introduced
by Deputy Jean Longuet, of the
Centrist section, requesting the
Congress to state unequivocally
whether it would recognize tin
barring of Longuet and his fol?
lowers from the Internationale,
received 1,022 votes.
After efforts had been made to
keep the organization intact, the
party split into what may prove
three sections.
-1
British Lobor
Will Fight for
cr
Peace in Erin
Arthur Henderson T ells
London Parley Ireland Is
Tired of Strife and Waute
a Settlement With Honor
Unions to Arouse People
Home Knie and Crown
Force Withdrawal To Ke
Features o f Campaign
By Arthur S. Draper
I rom The Tribute's European Biircau
Copyright, I222, New Yorh Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Pec. 29?"We are tired
o) strife and want peace?provided we
can have peace with honor," was a
message which Arthur Henderson to?
day told the great London Labor Con?
ference he was delegated to present to
England from Ireland. Ilenderr.on,
who is a member of Parliament, was
the head of the labor delegation which
has jus', returned from a tour of
Ireland.
At to-day's meeting, which renre
sentcd 3,000,000 workers, British
Labor announced its intention of in?
augurating a nation-wide camoaign on
an unprecedented scale to arouse the
people to the pressing necessity of a
definite settlement of the Irish question
The t'Tm "British Labor" is used ad
visedly, because for the first time the
organized labor of England, Ireland,
Scotland and Wales was united in pur?
suance of a single object. This meet?
ing ?ilro was the first joint gathering
?f the Irish and English Isbor parties,
many Iri^h delegate.-, being present.
Program Is Home Rule
Labor's Irith program is, broadly,
Home Rule. A series of popular meet?
ings, beginning at Manchester on Janu?
ary 17, ?ii! have as the r subject, the
following theme: Withdraw all Crown
forces from Ireland, place the r? spon
iibility of maintain ng irder on the
local authorities in each area, and pro?
vide for the immediate election by iro
portional repr?sent?t.on of an open
Irish constituent assembly, charge?! to
work out for Ir?'land whatever con
stitut'on the Irish people desire. This
v., iid be subject to only two con?
ditions?that it afford protection to
the minorities and that >t ; r?vent Ire?
land becoming a naval ?ir m litary men?
ace to Great Britain. Reference to
the protection (>?' m i no rit ? - : , of
course, designed to safeguard Ulster,
This policy whs approved by so p?<r
cent of Irish labor as represented at
the All-Irish Congress of November !>';.
1 he campaign to be waged with
tl se objects in view -.vil! be the
greatest in the history of British labor.
The opening gun at Manchester will
be followed by a London meeting at
Albert Hail and then speakers will
stump ; H the provinces.
Irish Oppose Martial Law
Labor believes it is starting r/ith
practically a clean slut: as, according
tr> Henderson, negotiations looking to
an Irish peace have collapsed. The re?
sponsibility, he ? .id, rested with the
government, whose policy, as exempli?
fied in Lloyd George's speech of De?
cember 10, proclaiming martial law in
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Tilden and Johnston Win
Singles in Davis Cup Event
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 30.
William T. Tilden, 2d. ?vor: '' cham^i^n :
tennis player for 1920, defeated Nor-:
man E. Brookes, of the Australasian
team here to-day in the I rs '. ent. of
che Davis Cup championship tourna- |
ment. The score was 10? S, 6?1, 1?ti, i
6-4.
A very h??t sun and a little wird;
and rain had left the court slow but
solid, and the showers of the y:\si
few days seemed not to have injured
its playing surface.
Tilden served first from the north?
ern end of the court, and he and
Brookes each won their services until
the first H'.t stood "three-all." Brookes
then won on Tilden's service and broke
through with his own. and led 5?3.
Tilden responded by winning the two ?
next games, saving the last set with a I
fine service.
For a moment Tilden was off balance,
and Brookes again won on the Ameri?
can's servie?'. Lut played weakly and
lost his own. Each p aver then won
twice, but Tilden managed to rally and
won the set. 10?8.
The second set was closely fought,
but Brookes was unable to win from
Tilden's service. He held his own up
to -l to ? and tiien lost his own
service. The las; game indicated the
weakness of Brookes, Tiiden's variety
of strokes being too much for the
older player.
Brookes was apparently fatigued at
the opening of the third se?, but he re
(. v??re i splendidly, while Tilden dete?
riorated, either from fatigue or ??era
penament. After los;ng the first game,
Brookes ran out the set, giving a splen?
did exhibition.
William M. Johnston. Tildim's play?
ing mate, defeated Gerald L. Patterson
in straight sots, ?S-?3, ?C?1 and G?X.
Rumania Appeals to Paris
Against Russian and
Hungarian Menace; Po?
land Also Asks Help
Foch Is Preparing
Report to Allies
Energetic Note Alarms
Berlin; Time Is Up,
but Disarmament Halts
By Ralph Courtney
s,.,,, ? ? ? .. to Tin Tribune
Copyrli SVw York Tribu? I
PARIS, Dec. 29.?Europe is on
i the eve of another crisis.
The Bolsheviki are concentrating
on the frontiers of Rumania and
rii?.' Baltic states; Poland has <ie
manded a forma] military alliance
with France; Hungary is mobiliz?
ing; Rumania has cabled to France
I calling attention to the activity of
Hungary, who, she considers, ?a
threatening her territory, and Ger?
many has told France that she can?
not keen her disarmamenl engage?
ment.
If the situation :s not immediate?
ly improved France will place a
new national government in power,
probably headed by Poincar?.
Marsha] Foch has his staff work?
ing ten In urs a day, preparing the
military report for presentation to
the Council of Ambassadors next
Friday.
If by January 1 the Germans have
not fulfilled the spa disarmamenl agree?
ments, tl ' \? es are entitled to invade
her territory. Foreign Minister Walter
Simon-, of Germany already has de?
clared officially t'.? the Council of Am?
bassadors and tu the Allied representa?
tives in Berlin that Germany cannot
disband her citizen guards as the Spa
agreement stipulated, lie also has in
limated that the Allies will not get a
reparations contrae! ;.! Brussels if they
insist on disarmament.
Perturbation in Pari?
French official circles to-night talk
with restraint of I .<? crisis, bu I
do not conceal thcii perturbation.
Simons paid a special visit to Charles
Laurent, the French Ambassador to
Berlin, in order to inform him of Ger?
many's inability to disarm her polic?
organizations. The French are par
i icularly angry thai G? rman:
have lii ed tl repi ition question
with disarmament, although Simons ex?
plained that he had nc desire to ap?
pear to be trying to blackmail Trance
Simons said hi posil on was very
Me ivas ?urroundi ; by men who
were violently opposed to .. reparations
contract and who would use any excuse
to upsel ': ? plan almost perf? clod in
Brus els. He bi ?rge : !?'-?? nee not to
make an incident of the German dis
armame I re. In Germany the cit?
izen guards w ? ???? ? i ab lolutely
Franc in , I
abolis! ?1 would help the
enemies of
tiattoi
To- ? ' h ' ?? rm ' ? r M? y el
visited Premier Leygucs, and in a long
Simons argu
France fully admits th? difficulty of
n, but she i
permit
? he Germai i ry el? menta,
which a ? arc arming .again to
fight Franc? ; ''ach of
i nment
: to-night hfivi
' I";" Gi I T?
?ng the ta I ?.'nehmen win
?
Appeal Sen! ( i Lloyd Ccorge
France is'anx now ij Kng
? if sh?
ecu] ? .
? -
erwehr in East
? : .. . nd Ba .. : a, and Premiei
eyguos to-night s? nt another pi ii ;
invil ation to Premier I loyd G?
meet in a conference.
The Uri ?3h Prem>r does not appca:
very eager for a conference just now
and there is a gx-at fear here tha'
England will use the present crisis t?
draw .till further away from France
France greatly hopes for England':
???'., but greatly fears her oppo
sit i on.
Tl ?? French government insists c
? t, an?i ir ?s said Pre
mier i.- even prepared to go t
n if there no ot ?? v.ay '>r see
- ; latter :-. 'read
has r<
??Tice ?'7i I he R iviera, t her? by in
considerable humiliation on the ?ire;
ont governn I 'aid he cor
rush t
outl of France to discu ? Eu?
pean affairs w tn a stop-gap goven
mont Buch as that headed by Leyguc
whose days are numbered.
Mold Spa Pact Violated
According to the Spa agreement, th
Allies :???.? seize, th? Ruhr district i
case of Germany's failure to carry oi
?t i t? rms, an i the refusal to disarm tl
Einwohnerwehr is held to violate or
of these agi nts.
? Action Fran?ais demands th:
'.''??.i. the retiring War Minister, 1
elevated to the Premiership. It say
"The present government will brir
war on us any time between the ne
;,ix and < ?ghteen months, whereas th
could be avoided by occupying t!
Ruhr ?lis.ru-:.
"The error of 1C?K? war- increduii
about the violation of Belgium. T
_? of 1920 is the belief in the i
violable barrier of the Rhine. The t
roi of 1920 Is faith in the control a'
disarmament of Germany. Leygu
talks in 1920 just like \ iviani ir. 1914
Viviani, who, one month before t
war, refused to see war. The? : ;
kind of stupidities are liable to cost
another million and a half men a
another 'democratic' Invasion."
The Democratic Nouvelle, arch sv
porter of invasion, ^ay6: "To incre?