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MARCH 17, .1.921
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?H E WEATHER
Fair to-day; probably fair and ?armer
to-morrow; fresh west windv
T?lH Krport on I ?it l'as?
TWO CENTS
In Greater New York
rilKF.F, CENTS
Within 200 Mili-i
roi ? cBKTa
Mwwliere
City Graft
Charge Made
In Assembly
Steinberg Accuses Hylan
of Broken Fromises and
Playing Politics ; Pier
Grabs Are Denounced
Speaker Jeered
Bv Tammany Men
Investigation Predicted as
a Result of Attack;
Port Measure Is Passed
' respondent
W? . Ma h 16. While Mayor
Hylan was >n another part, of the
Capitol to day a bitter denunciation
,f ; ? administration, coupled with
charges of graft, was made on the floor
of the Assembly by Assemblyman
Joseph Steinberg, of New York.
Th" Tammany members of the As?
sembly greeted the charges with jeers
snd catcall?. The accusations wore
largi?!>? leveled at the pier letting priv?
ileges, on which Governor Miller
touched yesterday.
The Tammany delegation was so
r ? thai Speaker H. Edmund Machold
bad ? desk with his pave!
:??;... h ' '?' m that they ..
: ; tain order,
Mr, ?? ? iberg's attack was made
. debate o the M ?; York and
' ? ?? :- : ? port development bill.
Aft r the i ebate il was common all?
amon? I i embers of the majority
E at ion by the Legisla -
tin graft charges made against
1 ? ? ' t y officials w ou Id soi n
[i- under ivay.
Rakes 1 p Pock Scandals
Stcii berg charged :
or.e ' pi ncipal reasons why the
? ? ? ippoi ed to the enact -
men! ' ? ? measu re wac t hat Tam?
il a; . ' . " a? r ?' uc! r.\. t to surrender
t grs | ier privileges and thus
of its eh io f s< urc< s of i ncome.
He ! "? ' red to scandals broug! ; to
? ?? i >o< k 1 lepart ment a nd said
? ; roti i ondit ioi i I hat sub-divi ?
>n ' the city government '-vas one
of the ??.', ch prompted hiru to
i tii ' olution, which calls
rough investigation of th<
chai of graft a tul coi rupt ion
iga ' he New York < ity
: ' ;.? ? IO ! 1.
"1 ! ?? Assembly pas- i I I he port devel ?
? ? bill with a vole of I ID to ?28.
f ? ! ; voted y fo i
ire.
A- ii :;?;'i> in an .' oh n i , Merrigau,
icrat, of Albany, and Henry Jager,
t. of K ngs, ;?' o voted for the
1! cu oi oi the measure wa -
. j \1 ?nority Leadi i ' harles < .
d the i'-:; ;:' enacted,
. - ger dock propert ies and
fronl real estate value -.
, ? N'ew Yoi k Cil ;. offi
cials ?. g'n pn deep I oughi to t he
? opo ??,! ' -, t;-.,- ni ea? ti r and
:va, ? e cone n thai t was not
? the h int? n ?? of th< ( n of
N'ew '?'
Mi L>otiohu< liad :i:.- I!j finished
'. sornbl; man Steinberg
' ' ? flooi
'"The it? m Mr. Donohue r< p -
resent.-," said, "car: well afford to
? 0] o " bill, which would
?liminai dal uch as those which
have 1. ci vered in the Dock De?
in ? and put grafters out of com
- '
"I >va to ri fresh the memory of
'? Sew York < ity members," contin?
ued Mr. Steinberg. "I want them ?<>
t how Maj or il viaii. when he
I ' four years ago, promised to
A.i nue menace and -i lve
'' " We S de problem. Has he don?
has not.
"I -: . d o like to know what
really has done in the
harbor ?> tuation. Is it not a fact thai
? 1" en more interested in poli?
ces ' an in harbor development? Is
,'? not a fad that valuable dock leases
have been issued to favorite soils in re
";rr^ '"i .i mere pittance and that
j.'ie.-e favorite sons in return have sub
'et their dock privileges for large sums
of money, , f which the city did not re
ceive ?? a . e, olitary penny.
Says Measure Would Help Poor
. Y?u know, and I know, every one
ln "ew Vork knov . . of the Poe''; De
Partmei ? -.? nidah . w hich have been a
s?ncl ? | ontri! ? of decent men
' "0, '"' u decent government
co?du( ted ? benefit of the i.pie
*,ho support it. This measure will stop
those condit ons. It will do more than
that.
'' will be a boon to the poor people
?' the city because it will tend to en?
courage the establishing of public
markets, wl ere the people will get the
Benefits of louer prices because of tne
saving ?n cartage the new harbor sys
!;7j will afford. Aside from this* it
Will remove the present overcrowded
harbor conditions and give N'ew York
Harboi the truly great place it should
i'<\-upv among the ports of the world.
'B it the Democrats are against this
Program. And why? Because Tam?
many Hall objects to let go the dock
'riyileges, which have beeu one of its
mainstays for years. The scandal in
)?"? Dock Department was one of the
'actors which convinced me that the
entire \,,\v York City governmental
machinery should undergo a compre?
hensive investigation-."
Britain Ready to Aecept
Harvey as Ambassador
'lOndon Government Formait)
Approves < aiulidate; Harding
"?lent on the Selection
LONDON, March 18 (By The Asso?
ciated Frees), The British government
i0-da- gave formal approval to the ap?
pointment of Colonel George I!. M.
Uarvfy ag United States Ambassador
{? '????at Britain, t>> succeed John \V.
??\'P, who resigned.
WASHINGTON, March 16. No iu
gftttation was obtainable at the White
gUse to-day as to President HardMig'B
, mtention to appoint a successor to Mr.
yayis. The London dispatch was taken
? indicating Colonel Harvey's appoint
^???t as soon as Congress reconvenes.
Whitman Demands State
Probe Corruption Here
Says Legislative Inquiry Alone Will Reveal to
Publie Conditions Which, He Charges, Are
Worse Than Those Under Becker Regime
Gx-Goveruor Charlo? S. Whitman
sai,i yesterday that conditions in Now
York to-day are worse than tiiose dis?
closed by the Lexow committee and
the trials of Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker and the grafting Harlem in?
spectors, and corruption is more wide?
spread.
Mr. Whitman, who, since January T>,
has been conducting a grand jury in?
vestigation into charges made against
the Hylan administration, added that
New Yorkers would never become ac?
quainted with conditions in the city
unless the Legislature authorizes a
committee, with unlimited power, to
conduct an investigation of the local
office ;.
Mr. Whitman's attention was called
to the statement of Governor Miller
Tuesday that the cry of home rule
raised by the city officials was
camouflage for the inefficiency and in
competency into which the local ad?
ministration had fallen. He was
asked if, after two months of investi?
gation, ho felt that a legislative in?
vestigation of the Hylan administra?
tion was necessary.
(ireat (iood Would Result
"Conditions In this city now are
such that a legislative investigation
properly conducted would so en?
lighten the people as to the act- of
their chosen officials that great good
would unauestionably result." he said.
"The statute of limitation affecting
many of thi cases which we have in?
vestigated; the secrecy of the pram:
jurj room; the enormous work entailed
;! presenting each case (if five men
are involved in similar crimes five
cases must be presented with the neces?
sary corroboration), necessarily ham?
per a grand jury investigation.
"Added to the other difficulties is
the lack of coopcr?Hion on the part of
city officials, which should be willingly
given to an investigator," Mr. Whit?
man added.
"All this tends to keep from the
public information which they have j
every right to possess. The mass of:
data, showing irregularities?if not i
crime and positive corruption?must be j
withheld from the people, for our lips i
are sealed because of the law making |
it. mandatory that the happeni/tgs in '
a grand jury room shall remain secret. !
"But all this information, this know- .
ledge of conditions, which the taxpayer !
should be well acquainted with, can he j
brought out and given to the public ?
by a legislative committee conducting
an open and impartial investigation,
Results of Lexow Inquiry
"It is true that as the results of the
famous Lexow investigation there was
but one man convicted of a crime?
and that a trifling case but the
tremendous good accomplished by
spreading broadcast the condition into
which the city government had fallen,
has never and can never be overesti?
mated."
"Do you believe conditions now are
as bad as they were in the days of the
Lexow investigation and as corrupt as
disclosed by the Becker and grafting
inspectors' cases?" the ex-Governor
was asked.
"After more than two months of
careful investigation of the mass of
material which has come to my atten?
tion I am forced to the conclusion that
conditions now are worse than ever
before," Mr. Whitman answered.
"irregularities and corruption are
more widespread. The city is much
larger. It is much more wealthy. And
with its increased wealth has come
more opportunity for wrongdoing, more
temptation for corruption.
"If there is to be a real effort to get
at the actual facts then the Legisla?
ture must spud down a committee, with
an absolutely free hand a committee
the personnel of '.'inch will be unques?
tionable."
Truce Elided;
Fight Renewed
Wife's Detectives Find
>li>. Florence A. Leeds'S
Maid. Who Identifies a
Picture o?" Mystery 3iui
Her Employer Disappears
Left Apartment 1-a*! Ju?y,]
Whrn First Papers Were)
Filed in Divorce Action
Thi ai nistice in the divorce action
brougl t by .lames A. Stillman, pres.i- I
dent of the National City Bank, against.
th former Anne Urqubart Bolter, with
?? ?? | urpose of vitiating the claim of
ii i infant son Guy to the Stillman
? u ne and money, is soon to come to an
":..?. according to reports current yes?
terday.
A lull in the proceedings rollowcd the !
first publicitj and gave rise to reports
: ;?.' compromise was being discussed.
Unable to reach an agreement, how?
ever, it is said that both sides arc
detei mined to fight.
?i..e unturned to discover evidence
night prove useful in meeting j
tin attack of her husband. Mrs. Bart-j
koff statement left it uncertain
whether Urs. Stillman had obtained
what sbe sought from her. In itself i!.
contained no rsferencc whatever to
M :. Still nan.
She said thai in 1918 and 1919, when
she was Sophie Ericksen, "he was em?
ployed a- maid by a Mrs. Florence A.
Leeds, who had an apartment at 64
East Fifty-sixth Street. Sir.ce leaving
that position, she said, she had been
approached by men who said they were
private detective-, some of them say?
ing Lhey were employed by Mr. Still?
man and others claiming to be em?
ployed by Mrs. Stillman.
Identifies Mr. Leeds'* Photograph
The latter, Mrs. Bartkoff said,
showed her a photograph winch she
had no difficulty in identifying as a
picture of the man she knew as her
employer's husband, Mr. I.red-.. Mr.
Leeds, she said, was away much of the
time; but visited the apartment fre?
quently. At the request of the private
detectives, Mrs. Bartkoff said, she had
made her statement about the man pic?
tured in the photograph in the form of
an affidavit. Whether any use was to
be made y)f it she did nut know.
She said that Mrs. Leeds had a sum?
mer home in LUS in Stonybrook, L I.,
and passi d considerable time there.
, Mrs. Leeds was confined to her apart
, ment for some time by illness last year,
? however, her former maid said.
Mrs. Bartkoff saii! stie and the other
servants, Hanna Jensen, the cook, and
Tucker, the chauffeur, frequently gos?
siped about the strange conduct of Mr.
: Leeds, who so seldom was in the apart?
ment for any considerable length of
tContinufd on paq* Mx>
To-night's Fight
WHEN Wilson defends
the middleweight title
against O'Dowd in Madison
Square Garden to-night
among those present will
be these Tribune stars:
Grantland Rice
Heywood Broun
W. J. Macbeth
lhey will tell the story of
the battle from all its angles
and with all its rolar. Read
?I in to-morrow's Tribune.
in .~>i -- -
Clara Hamoii
Waives Final
Plea to Jury
Prosecution Startled by De-j
fense Offering to Forego j
Summing Up; Court to
Doe i fie on Move To-day
V? onnin Calm Under Fire
Sits I limoved While- Stale
Pictures Her as '\ ampire:
Victim's Widow in Tears
Special Di&v&l-ch to The Tribune
ARDMORE, Okla., March 16. Clara
Smith llam?n, on trial fev her life for j
killing Jake I,. Hamon, oil magnate and
Republican National Gommitteeman ?
for Oklahoma, sat calmly and gazed i
into the eye- of the jurors to-day while
the prosecutor held her up to scorn as!
a painted woman, silk-clad and cooing;
of voice, who had contracted away her'
ho..or to Hamon.
During this hour-long arraignment
by Special Prosecutor II. H. Brown, in
which every* phase of Clara's long as-'
sociation with the politician was re
vie ed in detail in his argument to the
jury, Mrs, Jake L. Hamon, the victim's
widow, sat at the counsel table with
her two children and wept quietly.
; The stress of feeling for the two
women seemed to reach its climax as I
they heard Brown declare:
"Jake Hamon was better off dead
than living the life he led!"
Defense Waives Summing I'p
The end of Brown'r argument
hi ought a startling legal turn into the
ease, for the defense surprised the
? s'ate am! the court by waiving its
. right of argument and asked to sub?
mit the case to the jury at once. The ?
offer was made, by William McLean,
chief of counsel for the defense, who
? arose as Brown sat down.
Judge Thomas W. Champion request?
ed Mr. McLean to step to the bench.
There the lawyer formally made the.
, offer, out of the hearing c * the jury.
; If the offer is accepted the case will
, go to the jury at once. Nine hours
? yet remaining for arguments would be
unused, and Attorney General Free
ling automatically would *be prevented
i from presenting a closing argument in
! behnlf of the state.
Whether the defense will be permit?
ted to carry out its intention will be
passed on to-morrow morning. Attor?
ney General Frceling, assisting in Cue
i rosecution, contended that it could
not be done under the laws of Okla?
homa. He was granted permission to
submit authorities on the question at
1 9 o'clock to-morrow mo/ning. Counsel
! for the defense declare they can pro
I duce legal precedents bearing them out
I in their offer,
While there1 is no precedent iii Carter
; County for submitting a ease without
'? argument the general view expressed
was that such tactics were ?egal. One
i of the questions that may enter into
; the legal phase of the case is that the
arguments had already started. T!>a\
it was said, might have some bearing.
Move Startles Prosecution
The state apparently was taken
I wholly by surprise by the defense's
i move, which was made without the
| slightest notice.
The offer tq allow the case to go to
I the jury with a strong plea for convic
j tion already made by the state caused
: great comment here to-night. The gen
(Ccntinurd ?n ?*?, jlx)
Connecticut'Passes Bill
Forbidding Daylight Savin?
HARTFORD, Conn., Maren l?. Day?
light raving time in Connecticut, to be
! fixed by local ordinance, was denied all
the cities and towns by the General
Assembly to-day. The Senate adopted,
19 to 14. the bill of the agricultural
committee, which reaffirms that stand?
ard time must be the only time in
Connecticut.
Governor Pake authorized the state
j ment that he would not veto the bill,
providing he found no technical faults
' in it.
Allies Order
Germany to
Pay at Onee|
She Must Deliver Billion
Gold Marks by Mar. 23.
20 by May 1, to Keep
Reparations Agreement
May Place Sum in
U. S. Reserve Bank
Commission's Note Goes
to Berlin; Briand Says
Cannons Menace Essen
PARIS. March 16 (By" The Associat?
ed Press).?Determination of the Al?
lies that Germany meet its reparation.!
bill was expressed in two quarters
here to-day.
Premier Briand, replying to inter?
pellations in the Chamber of Deputies
tegardlng the London reparations con?
ference, said that if the Allies remain
firm and united the Germans will dis?
cover astonishing resources. Germany
had been vanquished, he declared, but,
unfortunately, psychologically this was
insufficiently apparent to the German
people.
The Allied Reparations Commission
announced today that in a note to Ger?
many demanding fulfillment of Article
235 of the peace treaty it has notified
the German government it must pay
:.000.1)00,000 gold marks before March
:??'.. The money must be deposited in
tiie Bank of France, the Rank of Eng?
land or the Federa! Reserve Bank in
tin' United State-, Germany was told
It must, complete the payment of 20,
COO.000,000 gold marks by May 1.
Total Is .".")0.000,000.000 Marks
Some time ago the commission an?
nounced that thi1 Allied claims for rep
arations had been forwarded to Berlin
i he exact total of these claims has not
i een announced, but in usually well in?
formed quarters it is said they prob
ably amount, to approximately 050,000,
000,000 gold marks ($132,000,000,000)
?i-, roughly, two and one-half times tin
figures fixed for indemnities by th<
Paris Conference.
Premier Briand summarized tin
work of the London conference, am
the whole House, with the exceptioi
of the Socialists and Communists, tip
plauded him enthusiastically.
The Deputies particularly favorec
the Premier's vigorous declaration tha
''Germany must pay, not only fron
profits but from her assets,'1 and hit
reference to the hip; German indus
tries that no longer published thei
balance sheets because their profit
were "scandalous."
"Our soldiers are at D?sseldorf, Duis
burg arid Ruhrort with cannon trainei
on Essen to show them something," th*
Premier exclaimed. His words wer
almost drowned in the applause.
M. Briand said the Chamber hai
asked him to maintain a united fron
by the Allies, and he had done so.
At this point a voice from the So
cialist benches cried: "Long live th
United States."
Regarding the duration of the occu
pation o\' the new territories M. Brian
declared the soldiers would reniai
where they were until the questions c
reparations, disarmament and the tri?
of accused German officers were deli
nitely sett Ici.
M. Briand told the Chamber he wen
to the London conference ? bound t
maintain the reparations figures ai
rived at in Paris, but readj to mak
concessions regarding the methods C
payment.
France Backed Against Wall
"1 frankly told our aliies there wa
a wall against which we were backed,
he declared.
The military penalties, the Premie
-i, id. had to be effective although iue>
pensive. He continued:
"To-day it i: a begging German;
disputing foot by foot and trying t
arouse the neutral countries by bougl
newspapers. But the day we let ou
elves be persuaded and seem to aba;
don our efforts then that day one wi
e.e anothei Germany, one al! r< ady i
attempt in the ?conomie domain t!
imperialist conquests she failed :
achieve in the military domain.'1
Speaking of Germany's ability to p?
M. Briand declared:
"Germany has no foreign debt. Hi
taxes are lighter than ours and hi
economic situation is better. The Ge
man budget has been erected with >.
parent dissimulation. Germany said
:-pa thai she could not deliver 800,01
tons of coal, but, menaced with a pe
alty, she delivered nearly 2,000,000.
"At London Germany declared si
could not exceed th ? payment of a b:
?ion mark- yearly. In five days, me
need by an ultimatum, the Germai
discovered resources and agreed to ta
(luring live years, the most, diftictj
time, the figures of the Paris agre
ment. \Ve have a right to be sus]
cio.us and say there are resources
Germain
"Germany's position ;s that of
debtor and not of a merchant who pa
(Continued on pal? four)
Discussion of
LeagueBegun
B^ Harding
Jusserand Notifies Presi?
dent Viviani Is Coming
to U. S. to Take Up
Association of Nations
Campaign Pledge
Fullv Borne Out
j
Visit of Former French
Premier May Be Fol?
lowed by British Envoy
By Carter Meld
WASHINGTON, March 16.?The first
formal step toward the association of
nations with which President Harding
hopes to replace the present League of
Nations was taken to-day. This was
when Ambassador Jusserand, of France,
called on the President to inform him
officially that Ren? Viviani, former
Premier of France, would arrive here
early in April on a special mission.
In passing it might be said that this
was a very proud day in President Ha la?
ding's life, though he expressed no pub
lie jubilation and though no particulai
optimism seemed to be reflected fron
the Executive offices. Last October a
Greencastle, Ind.. Mr. ?larding tol<
an audience from the rear of hi;
special campaign train that, desniti
Democratic sneers at Cue very idea o
the powers beirg willing to abandoi
the present league and consider some
thing new and American, he knew th
European nations would be willing t
discuss it. Mr. Harding declared the
that he had already been approache
informally on the subject by th
French.
That speech by Mr. Harding brougi
an immediate clamor. President \Vi
son wired Mr. Harding i emanding t
know if any official overture had bee
mad'.' tu a "private citizen." Govern?
Cox gave out, a rather humorous con
ment.
But to-day thai statement of M
Harding was substantiated. He h:
won the preliminary step of the fig]
on which both political part?as ce
tered their oratory during the ca?
paign.
Viviani to Discuss Association
Viviani wil? take up, en bis visit
the White House and in his discussion
which will come immediately ther
after, with Secretary of State Hughi
Chairman Henry Cabot Lodge of tl
Senate Foreign Relations Committe
and other Republican leaders to
designated by President Harding, tl
idea of a new association of natioi
There are some here who think th
he will make a final appeal for Ame
ica's entry, on iier own terms, into t
League of Nations. This view is n
shared by those who seem to ha
President Harding'.-; confidence, and
is not shared by diplomats, ro matt
how friendly to the present league, w
have studied Mr, Harding'?, inaugui
add res--.
The inaugural address is mention
not because it differed radically or
all in this respect from Mr. liar-din
utterances during the campaign. 1
simply because official Washington, a
especially displomatic Washingti
gives considerably more attention
the exact wording .and meaning of
statement by the President of t
United States than it does C> any
terance of a candidate for that of!
when on the -tump.
League Barred by Harding
In that address Mr. Harding made
perfectly clear that this nation wo
never, with his permission, join
league. !!?> made it clear that t
nation would never join, with his
sent, any association of nations wh
by any sort of action could deprive t
country of the final right to de term
its course of acini-, in any specific c
which might arise, entirely unshack
by any obligation entered inl i in
\ anee.
It is known here that the mea c
trolling at present, the governments
Franc? and. Great. Hi ?tain have stud
carefully the worn.- of Mr. Harding
that occasion, and it, is known that
British at least, have known for sc
time that the temper of the Uni
State- Senate is such that no Ot
course would be open to the Presid
even if he should so desire.
To Take Up Reparations Terms
So the best opinion in Washingto
that Viviani is coming to discuss
the league but the ?ropo-ed asso
tion of nation", and that his chief
-ire i- to effeel some speedy arrai
men*, perhaps in advance of the for
tion of such an association, whei
this country will assent to r?par?t
term- for Germany and gr e s
kino of guaranty for the defense
France against invasion, in lieu 6f
treat".- which President Wilson broi
home under which Britain and
country would have assumed
guaranty.
It is thought Ihs.i viviani also h
to obtain the moral sanction, at li
of this government in its scizuri
(Continued on page four)
Judge Bars Blondes From
First Mixed Jury in State
What is said to be the first mixed
jury of men and women to be empan?
elled in this state decided the case of
Harris Levine against Hyman W.
Alter and Joseph II. Jones yesterday in
the First District Municipal Court in
the Bronx. At that the jury wasn't so
mixed as it might have been, for Jus?
tice Morris refused to have it diluted
with blondes. It was he who suggested
that three women and three men be se?
lected when counsel in the case wore
unable to agree linon s j x men.
"1 think the best way to settle this
matter." said Justice Morris, "is to call
h jurv of mew and women. I am sick
and tired of hearing you men argue
abou' the relative merits of jurymen.
s0 I'll put the quietus on both of you
by making up a jury of three men and
, three women."
Adjusting his spectacles and looking
| about the courtroom, in which w?rr
j seated a score *r so of fsir-haired i
worn? n, Justice Morris .de :- i >?
able exception concerning blondes.
?The,-,, win be no blonde:- on this
jury, however," he. announced severely,
adding with apparently sincere convic?
tion: "The blondes are tickle."
The clerk of the court duly collected
all the dark-haired women in sight and
lined them up before the justice for
examination. lie at one- excluded sev?
eral who showed glints of red or gold
in their hair, and from those remain?
ing chose \]r:::. Bessie Kaczer Wein?
berg. Mrs. Jean Rudi,'--. and Mrs.Fannie
Keminsky, all indubitable brunettes.
Their associates in the jurj box were
David D. Goldstein. James Fowles and
Joseph Adameo, all married men.
As one of the feminine jurors in?
formed the court that she had to get
home early to get dinner, a good d?ai
of the testimony was omitted and Jus?
tice Morris delivered no charge to the
jury. After deliberating for forty-five
minutes the jury reported a verdict of
less than 10 per cent of the $76L7?
which Levine, a clothing manufacturer,
was trying to collect from Alter &
Jones for alleged defects in materials.
Transit Bill Is Passed
By the Senate, 33 to 18;
Wins in Assembly Test
I-'-1
[Assembly Clears Way to Rush
Approval of Traction Measure
ALBANY, March 16.?While the Senate was engaged to-day in the
debate on Governor Miller's traction bill which concluded with its
passage by that house, the Assembly was clearing; the road to rush it
through. Xo considerable opposition is anticipated in the lower house.
The strength of the proponent.-; of the measure was indicated to-day
when minority leader Donohue's motion to have the bill returned to
committee was defeated by a vote of 94 to 50.
The traction bill was advanced to order of passage without a
formal vote. The motion for its advancement was made by majority
leader Simon L. Adler, after Donohue's motion to recommit liad failed.
It was carried without objection.
Republican leaders are confident, that when the measure reaches
/ the Assembly it will be passed with not less than 85 votes to its credit.
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Chicago Police
Quell Riot as
Gibbs Speaks
Reserves (Called Out When
Sinn Fein Sympathizers
InterruptCorrespoiideiit's
Lecture on Irish Issue
12 Ejected From Hall
Two Patrolmen Required
to Drag lleekler From
Seat; Wore U. S. Uniform
CHICAGO, March 16. Police rein?
forcements '.ere c 11 i 1 e d to-night to
Orchestra Hall to quiet a tumultuous
audience gathered to hear Sir Philip
Gibbs, the English author and war
correspondent, who- spoke on the Irish
question. A dozen hecklers, said to
be Sinn F?in sympathizers from the
gallery, were escorted to the street and
allowed to go free.
The first heckler, and the most vio?
lent, had to be dragged from his seat
by two policemen. This heckler wore
an American army uniform, on which.
were foreign service stripes and two
medals.
"You disgrace your uniform, you
horrid man!" shouted a fashionably
gowned woman, who in the excitement
had left her box and rushed to the exit
lohbv. The man started to answer, but
a policeman muzzled his mouth with
his hand. On the advice of a judge
who had quit his seat 'o instruct the
policemen a s to their duty under the
law, the call for reinforcements ".vent
in.
"Drag 'Km Hut I'' "kick 'Km Out!"
The lieckling was from the gallery
and the second balcony. Sir Philip
took the disturbance complacently, but
became annoyed when occupants of the
first floor and box seats, becoming in?
dignan*, shouted, "Drag 'em out!"
?'Kick 'em out!"
"Please." finally said Sir Philip to
his friendly auditor-, most of whom,
could not. hear him, "don't say any?
thing. Don't shouts at them. You're
making it worse. They'll tire pretty
?oon.''
The manager ascended the stage and
: tood beside Sir Philip and smiled. So
(id the speaker. Then came a lull.
An announcement by the manager
was drowned in a din aroused by a
shout:
Hurrah for De Valera
"Il u rrah for De Valera! "
Sir Philip seized the new lull, ?ay
"Don't you men up there know I'm
-.our friend? I'm here to tell Ireland's
side, too."
Alore hisses and boos descended.
Quiet was restored when the police
reinforcements arrived and were sta?
tioned about the gallery and second
balee:.;..
?'We're sure giving this audience its
money's worth," said t n last man
i victed.
U. S. Uniform Barred in
Parade With irish Flag
Week- ami Denby Approve Or?
der Aft'eelinp Evacuation l)a\
Fete in Boston
BOSTON', March 16. Member- of the
America'! army and naval torce-..
whether regulars or reserves, will not
march in uniform to-morrow in the
Evacuation Day parade celebrating the
115th anniversary of the departure from
l?o ?ton of British frooi ?.
Orders from army and navy officers
here forbidding tl.nei taking part.
because oci tie active in movements
to obtain recogniti m of the "iri.-h Re?
public" and Freedom for India also
were to be in the column and carr; tl e
rtag of the "Irish Republic," were up?
held to-day by Secretaries Weeks and
Denby. *
Dr. William El. Griffin, marshal of
the parade, who had intended to ap?
pear in his uniform as a naval reserve
lieutenant, announced he bad been tor
bidden to wear it and.would appear in
? vilian afternoon dres .
The parade, which had beep, an an?
nual event for years before the war.
has also been mad'' the occasion for a
St. Patrick's Day celebration. Among
t'-,e civilian societies which will take
part to-morrow are the American As?
sociation for the Recognition of the
Irish Republic. Friends of Freedom for
India and Polish, Lithuanian and other
organizations.
lor your ronvenlrnce! If yon wi?h to
plae? a Want ad. in th? Tribune plem
Beekman ;;.I or v to a... Wanl \.d
?- ? .- Iwated in all parts of Uivater
N> York ami the Metropolitan Dlmrlct.
Britain Signs
Trade Treaty
With Russians
Agreement Put* Ban on
Hostile Propaganda and
Blockades, With Free Pos?
tal and Shipping Facilities
Soviet Rule Recognized
England's Agents to Enter |
Ked*" Territory at Once;
Business World Pleasedj
Fron The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 192], Nev,- Vork Tribun? Inc.
LONDON, March lb\ The Anglo
t
, Russian trade agrei m( n was signed
this morning by Sir Robert Home, in
behalf of Great Britain, and Leonid
Krassin, representing the Russian
Soviet government. The text of the
document holds no surprises, adhering
closely to summaries already published,
I except that the preamble forecasts the
conclusion of a forma] genera! peace
treaty between England and Russia,
and states that this agreement is nec
! essary in the interim.
This means that Great Britain will
: be the first power to afford full recog?
nition to the Soviet government, and
shows that the British government
?places absolutely no credence in rc
: ports of disorder.-, being on such a
scale as likely to cause the overth ?
of the present Soviet regime.
Botn parties to the agreement con?
tract to refrain from hostilities against
eaci) other, the Moscow government
giving an especial undertaking not
to cause trouble in Asia in general
and India and Afghanistan in par?
ticular.
British citizens in Russia and Rus?
sians in England are permitted to re?
turn to their homes immediately if
i they desire. There is an agreement
that neither side will blockade the :
other or exercise any discrimination
in trading privileges unie-- directed at
other countries as well.
Freedom of navigation is mutually
agree,! to a point on which Moscow
had' instructed Krassin especially to]
insist. Provision is mad" for the ap?
pointment of commissioners, through
whom trade will be carried Oil, ami
these are to be granted diplomatic
immunity.
Private riia.il and telegrapl services
are :<? be restored immedial dy between
the coui tries, and official documents.
ucl , ? pa - iport s, issui d by toe Soviet
government, are to be given equal!
status with those of other countries.
Brjtain agrees not to seize Russian
gold and securities unies.? these are
definitely recognizable as British prop
erv- Cassia relinquishes claim to the
Romanoff funds here.
The agreement crime into effect im?
mediately following it signing, and i?
to continue until it ?= replaced by ;.
peace treaty, unless it is infringed.
The Soviet government recognizes In
principle Che justice of u ipa ?! private
f laiinti again: ; Russia, - .' makes 10
(Continued on ntxt ?ati' -
Jewelry Bandits (?et
$80,000 on Fifth Ave.
I"<Mir Gunmen (over Tvo Shop
Employees, Stuff Suitcases?,
Depart in Taxieah
Another Fifth Av?nue jewel robbery,
similar in some re-pec; to that of a
few weeks ago ii which a member ,,-'
the linn wa? murdered, came to lig il
early this morning. It took place Wed?
nesday afternoon in the - ffi ?? of the
Fochi Manufacturing C .. on tl e sev?
enth floor of 17 F'ast Portj - ight
Street, only -, few doors
Avenue. The robbers gol ?80,000 worth
??' :?" eli y ;.: d plati in
lit. i - were tour oi r . ... . .
'They came in a taxicao, carrying two
uit,a.-.-s. Kach was armed. Por some
reason known only to themselves, they
climbed the stairs to the offices oi the
jewelry manufacturing company, in
sti ad of using the eie\ ator. *
Only two employees were in the of?
fice, They found themselves confront?
ing revolvers before they realized the
purpose of their callers. Two of the
.intruder.- kept the employee's covered.
vhile the other two opened tneir suit?
cases and began stuffing jewelry and
platinum into them. When they hau
ail that was ?n sight they departed, the
gunmen warning the employees that
? the drat to stich his head outside tue
door would be shot.
Employees of the building -said that
the loot-laden quartet took the elevator
to the street floor and dashed across
; the sidewalk to the taxicab, which sped
eastward as soon as they w*?re inside.
' The police of the East Fifty-first
i Street station denied all knowledge of
? the robbery, although it was said that
?one of the men held up ran to a police
signal box at Fiftieth Street and Fifth
Avenue to give the alarm.
Up-State Delegate? \ oto
Solidly for Measure,
While' New York Men
Are Divided in Count
Politics Charged
In 8-Hour Fighi
Lusk Assails Hylan as
a Demagogue: House
Paves Way for Vote
Front a Staff Correspondent
ALBANY, March 16.?Governor
Miller's public utility measure,
known as the Knight-Adler bill, tia?
passed by the Senate to-night after
eight hours of bitter debate by a
vote of 33 to IS.
The A.-sembly, by vote of 94 to 50,
advanced the bill to the order of fina
passage. The leaders had planned to
have the lower house pass the bill
to-morrow, but it was learned late
to-night that this may not be pos?
sible because of the departure of a
huiro number of up-state men for
their homes. In the event that, tl
Assembly does not ad on the bil
to-morrow it will be made a .-V"
order for next Tuesday.
The entire up-state delegation
voted for the bill. In both houses
the New York City Republicans \vi e
split. Ten of the New York Cit;
Assemblymen voted to advance the
bill and 22 were against it. The
division in the Senate was 5 for the
bill and 6 again-;.
The New York City Senators who
voted for the passage of the measure
? were :
i Maxwell S. Harris. William T,
Simpson an! George M. Reischman,
?of Brooklyn; Sehuyler M. Meyer, of
: .Manhattan, and C. Ernest Smith, of
:: Stapleton.
The New York City Senators re?
corded against the bill were:
('liarles (.'. Lockwood, Alvah W.
I Burlingame jr. and Abraham !..
Kattin, all of Brooklyn, and Ward
V". Tolbert and William Duggan, botl
of Manhattan.
During t he d< ba te i the Senat e I '
.-?up, nenl of ? th? mea u re p redici ?
tb.it the bill would i> ? no sooner signed
? ?:?? the citii ; would bring; lawsuits
questioning the consti it oi lity of the
mea >ure. The bill v 1 be gncd before
I he end oi next v.
It is probable that before Governor
.Miller signs the bill that 1" will grani
a hearing to those who are opposed.
The debate in the Senate was led by
Senator William Duggan, of New 'fork
''i*y. and Minority Leader James J.
Walker.
Duggan Move- t.. Kilt Bill
s :..!-?.. before noi tin ' raction bill
'.?.as reached on '.'??? Senate calendar,
Immediately Senator (Juegan moved to
kill the bill by ;ti ling' out th? ? ti
acting ela I >ega n i ight hou r?.
... debate, v, .. at n g .
per onalities.
Mayor Hylan .. th his con
Commission) r or' Plai I and Structures
Whalen, was >?uii.K- within the cnclo -
lire, an interested spectator. The .?e
bato ww on less tl an five minute*
.. len Senator Meyer 'va.^ recognized.
"I move thai Se a request the
appearance of .Mayor Hylan before it
for the ?i ;'i">-" of answering questions
-o ;?- to throw ' ' ipou the sub?
ject," said the Senator from N'ew York..
He gave :? his precedent for the
request the appearance of State Comp
trollei Wend? before thi Senate at
? reque of Minority Leader W.ilker
Walker rose ! ? . >1 ?-' against what
laract . . ition of the
Senate' i pel - gat ? ?? lut he was
j< ii ed by S i ator f> iggan, who "abl
* ?at he wa - opp ?-? ??! to Maj or Hj Ian
in politic and ot ii rwi ? and 1 ha
?? onb! onti nuc
Nu Need l"<?r Politics
' Ifam righting th - bill ti a !b . , i
? ?''??" &id I) iggan. "] . ;.. ghting ii
' n ;' ??? ' ? rhe io need o'
' -'?'" '' - " ' ?? ' ould be
??? ' by bringing the Ma .or officia
bel or u t. '
Mayor 11- Ian, wl o v ., . ' .... ng ,
"? ? sm'led a- Majorit ! ead< J
nd said that I 1?re neod be iiu
? i -?>. a Senator M otion vas
i I proper.
; Uugg in vent o th 1 is at
tac!i ''' ' ' < he charac?
terized as Like mo ?? vicious ichcp t.f
'-''-' if the state.
I?1' ;; ?? ? the bill' in detail, at?
tacking it.- various provisions. Ht
made an especial point ? f the sectioi
:ompelling the city to finance th" trau
sit commission, whether it wished t*
lot, without any power whatevoi
over its expenditure .
"The cities should at least have ar
equal say with the traction linea," ask
I'Ufttiflii. "The railroads never will
give up anything except by mandatory
. legislation. If you want to deal fair!;
iv New York City, amend the bill, ii
you are determined on passing it, .-"
: bat the traction lines must ?bide b\
j the decisions of the transit commis?
sion.
I "h" we pasa this legislation and ii s
[declared unconstitutional '??, the court
; pending that decision you v
ing the traction companies the righ:
to rob the people of the Citj
York. There should )"fc ome mean?
of providing for the keeping o.f
creased fares, pending decit
the treasury o" the city, for Lht su
will be gigantic at th? end of fivi
; ears -at least $500,000,0
Senator Ward V. Tolbert, Rejubl can
jof New York, wa- the next ljpeakei
He eharaeierized th? paasageffof tr