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SATURDAY, APRIL lti, 1921
* * *
TWO CENTS ?
In Greater Xew Tork
THKEE CENTS
Within 200 Mil'i
FOLR CENTS
Elsewhere
Assembly Votes for City
Graft Inquiry, 101-38;
Will Begin Before May 1
T a m ni a n y - Livingston
Ring Fails in 3-Hr. Fight
to Block Probe; 8 Kings
Republicans Vote "No
Charter Revision
Bill Passes Senate
M
Corruption Hunters To
Be Named Next Week
by Machold and Lusk
By Denis Tilden Lynch
ALBANY, April 15.?The Assembly
te-dsy by a vote of 101 to 38 concurred
with thc Senate in the Meyer resolu?
tion providing for a sweeping legis
tative investigation of the Hearst
Hylan-Tfimmany administration in Nev^
York City.
This ends the fight for a. thorough
housecaSaning in New York City. All
that remains to be done is to name the
eommittee, which will begin work with?
out delay.
The committee will be composed of
aeven Senators and eight Assembly
men, including the majority and minor?
ity leaders of both houses. The ap?
pointment of the other eleven will be
made Monday or Tuesday, and the fol?
lowing week the graft hunters will
meet in the City Hall to organize.
Speaker H. Edmund Machold will ap
point the members of the lower house
who will sit on the committee. The i
Senators will be named by Senator!
Clayton R. Lusk, president pro tem. of;
the Senate.
Senate Passes Charter Bill
While the Assembly was acting on
the graft investigation resolution the
Senate passed the Meyer bill creating a
ch:'.rter .-evision commission of ftfteen ;
to be appointed by the Governor, and
which wfll revise the charter so as to
mimmizo the possibilities of graft, ex
travagance and inefficiency in future
administrations.
The Tammany delegation yoted :
igamst the charter bill^ The spokes-'
man in the Senate for Jacob A. Living
itoa, Senator Alvah Burlingame, who !
I'ofcd against the graft investigation I
in <he upper house, did not vote on I
the charter revision bill. The measure j
is certain of passage in the Assembly. '
The adoption of the Meyer resolu
ti n in the Assembly was made only
aft-r Tammany Hall and the Living?
ston Old Guard fought for three hours
to block tHe investigation.
Only eight Republicans, all from the
baihwick of Jacob A. Livingston, voted
against thc Meyer resolution. The two
Socialists, Assemblymen Charles Solo
Bjon and ?amuel Orr, asked to be ex
cused from voting. This was not per?
mltted, so they eaat their lot with the
Llvingston-Tammany group.
The eight Republicans who voted
against an investigation were Assem?
blymen James F. Bly, James.H. Caul
field, Leo V. Doherty, Louis J. Druss,
John 0. Gempler, Francis X. Giaccone,
James J. Mullen and Frederick A.
Well g.
Wells Leads Opposition
Assemblyman Wells, spokesman in
the lower house for Mr. Livingston,
led the fight for the defeat of the reso?
lution. First he sought to amend it by
postponing the investigation to Novem
? *? After losing on this he tried to
illl the resolution itself.
Assemblyman Joseph Steinberg, of
New York, led the proponents of the
resolution, and a number of other Re?
publicans, including Simon L. Adler,
majority leader, also justified the need
of a thorough probe and replied to the
attacks of the Tammany-Livingston
The debate on the Meyer resolution
"was started by Assemblyman Wells,
who moved his amendment postponing
"? investigation until November 1.
. .jpis investigation will amount to
Hothmg," said Wells, with a sneer.
.. A* ?ny rate, nothing will come of
" which will be worth the $100,000 ap
propriRtion which thia resolution car
rjes. Why, if there was any neces
?'ty for an investigation you would
nave passed my bill which I introduced
Weeks ago."
"Those interested in New York City,"
eontmued Mr. Wells, without namin.'r
tnose he had in mind, "have endeav
a* *fc ever-v Possible way to ascertain
whether such a measure is needed.
Hut it was ascertained we might not
nnd onough to warrant the expenditure
? tne $50,000 which my bill called for.
?o you see there can be no warrant for
Jhe expenditure of the $100,000 sought
?n this resolution."
Takes Slap at Governor
Then Mr. Wells took a slap at the
Governor, saying:
In the face of what the Governor
rT "Peate(J'y stated, that he was out
{?or the strietest kind of economy, we
"ave endeavored to follow him. and
tw,g\Gounty- ?n opposing this resolu
.?.' ,belleve8 it is following the Gov
<.yT,3 ?conomy wishes."
A?oi ut,alibi won't e?!" exclaimed one
?"semblynian from his seat.
lu.t^al of the Kinga County Repub
<*?? W?P*? to their feet protesting.
"as it Kings County you named?"
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Harding Poses for Bust
And Sketch by Women
(From Th* THbune'r, Washington Bureau)
WASHINGTON, April 15.?
For the last two days President
Harding has poscd for a bust and
a sketeh while he worked at his
desk and while he received visitors
in conference. Neysa McMein, a
painter, and Mrs. Sally J. Farn
ham, a sculptor, have had the
President under observation dur?
ing that time. They were as
signed a corner in the commodious
p^sonal office of the President in
the executive offices, and worked
silently while the President was
seen in numerous postures as he
received callers.
Attack on Army
Seniority Rule
Stirs Camp Dix
Anonyraous Pamphlet Sent
to Officers Urging That
a Protest Be Made to
Congress Starts Inquiry
Termed Black Hand Notes
Regulations' Breach Laid
to Small Clique; Move
Is Believed Nation-Wide
From a Staff Correspondent
CAMF DIX, N. J., April 15.?Com
manding officers- of this camp to-day
[took steps to find the sourcc of what
they term a most fiagrant breach of
j military etiquette.
By orders of the general staff of
Major General Charles P. Summerall,
tho various commanding officers as
sembled in small groups and an inves?
tigation was begun into the circulation,
believed to be nation-wide, of a pam?
phlet which deals with alleged unfair
| ncss of the seniority rule governing the
; prqrnotions in the army and urges all
officers to protest against its continued
enforcement.
Such protest, it was pointed out at ?
these small group meetings, i3 contrary
to Section 5, General Orders of the
War Department, April 30, 1920. This
regulation deals witn obeying all or?
ders from superior authorities regard
less of personal viewpoint.
The pamphlet, which has caused
nothing shsrt of a furor in officers'
quarters, is anonymous and is headed
simply: "Circular! Personal!" lt is di
vided into fifteen points or sections,
and concludes with a form letter which
each dissatisfied officer is urged to
write to his Congressman. The letter
contains a proposed amendment to Sec?
tion 24 (a-d) of the act approved June
4. 1920, which members of tho Senate
and House committees on Military Af
fairs are respectfully requested to con?
sider in the light of each particular
officer's case.
Violation of Army Orders
According to members of General
Summerall's staff, this is a violation of
General Army Order 112, of July 13,
1905, which deals with attemrts on the
part of officers or enlisted men to "in
fluence army legislation."
More than two hundred of these pam
phlets are reported to have been re?
ceived by officers at this camp. It is
believed that these pamphlets, as well
as any others which may nave been
sent generally throughout other camps,
were printed either in the camp or in
this vicinity, at the direction of army
officers who are believed to bf dissatis?
fied with the army ranking recently ap?
proved by Congress. Most "f the let
ters reported to have been received
here were posted at Mount H?lly, N J.,
while a few are said to have been
posted at the JPcmberton (N. J.) post?
office, a few miles from this camp.
Many of the regular army officers,
who feel that they were personally in
sulted by being mailed these pam?
phlets, declare that the paper is in
direct violation of the Constitution,
which they have sworn to uphold
Most of these officers aro demanding
the fullest investigation of the mat?
ter. A few of the recipients of these
pamphlets have forwarded them to
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ThirdWoman
Appears as
Andrews' Aid
Broker Deserted by Both
Wives; First Sues for Di
ivorce; Second to Seek
Annulment, Goes Home
A third woman, said to bc rich and
youthful, yesterday entered the amaz
ing matrynonial mix-up of Herbert
Thornton Andrews, New York broker,
who has been living with two "wives"
in a Jersey City apartment.
It was intimated that she would
make free uso of her fortune to de
fend Andrews against the criminal
prosecutions that impend in Connecti?
cut, where he married Esther Tatnall
Andrews last January, and in New Jer?
sey, where he, Esther and Mrs. Maude
Augusta Haynes Andrews, mother of
his two boys, have been living. The
exact natur'e of the third worffan's re?
iations with the broker was not re
vcaled.
Andrews found himself deserted by
both his wives yesterday. The mother
of his children flled suit in the Court
of Chancery at Trenton for divorce,
naming Esther as corospondent and ac
cusing the pair-of adultery. Andrews's
own attorney, Jacob J. Lazaroe, made
known that wife No. 2 was planning to
sue for the annulment of her marriage.
Starts for Pittsburgh
Esther, H was learned, had started
for Pittsburgh, although her mother,
Mrs. Tatnall, in that city, insisted she
had not heard from her.
"But if she comes," Mrs. Tatnall
added, "she will be received with open
arms."
Esther's desertion seemed to hit
Thornton harder than even the war?
rant for his arrest on a charge of
bigamy issued in Greenwich, Conn.,
and the threatened crimi.ial action in
New Jersey. He declared h? was still
'madly in ,love with her." The divorce
suit filed by wife No. 1 nnd the dispos
sess proceedings instituted by the
landlord of the Jersey City apartment
house \,ere dismissed as trifles by the
broker in his grief over Esther's de
fection.
"I am hurt by Esther's running out
on me,' he said to reporters while on
i his way from his own office, at 20
1 ?/??,d Street, to that of his lawyer, at
! 25 West Forty-third Street.
"Poor girl; I suppose she was fright
ened. But I am not frightened. Pm
not going to scuttle the ship this earlv
in the game. Watch for the bigges't
tfting that has broken in this case vet
I have no fcar of the future. I did^he
biggest business to-day I h*ve ever
done That doesn't look as though
Herb was a ruined man.
"Struck to the Heart"
"But why did Esther desert me'
That was the big shock to me. She
haa struck me to the heart. Twentv
four hours ago she breathed nothino
but loyalty and told me she'd stick to
the end. I am still madly in love with
her.
"Then without a word she left me I
understand she went to Pittsburgh
bhe didnt ask for money and l don't
know where' she got it to go there.
Lord, I had lots of money and I have
it now, and Esther can have it when
ever she wants it."
Witnesses qf the deprarture of Mrs
Esther Andrews from Jersev City sav
that sne displayed a big rdll of bills
when she paid thc taxicab driver'at
the Summit Avenue tube stntion
On the other hand, Mrs. Maude Au?
gusta Haynes Andrews, wife No 1 de?
clared yesterday that her husband
had not given her a cent since Januarv
when he brought the prettv blond
stenographer, Esther, home and told
the mother of his boys to move into
an alcove room. She said she had been
forced to spend her own savings of
$2,000. to maintain herself and the two
boys, the younger of whom, Harley
six years old, is so crippled that he
cannot walk.
Andrews went'' on to charge that
business riyals had sought to encom
pbss his ruin by breaking up his strange
domestic cstablishment.
"My enemies have built a fortress
about ?me," he cried. "They say I
have committed every crime on the
calendar?bigamy, perjury and whito
slavery. But Herb Andrews will never
say die. I'll fight them all.
Will Waive Extradition
"I'll aecept service of any papers
and I'll waive extradition in the Con?
necticut prosecution.
"I will demonstrate that my frst
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Two Jersey Convicts Escape
By Hiding in Shoe Shipment
Svecial Diapatch to The Tribune
TRENTON, N. J? April 15.?John
Cohen and Charles Schleger, serving
terms in the state prison here for high
way robbery, escaped to-day while hid
den in a packing case labelled "shoes."
Police for 250 miles around?have been
warned to watch for them.
The box in which they made their
getaway formed part of a shipment of
prison-made shoes which was consigned
to the State Hospital for the Insane, at
Morris Plains, The packing cases were
tilled yesterday and nailed up and to?
day were placed in a motor truck which
rumbled out through the prison gates
beneath the rifles of guards.
The cases of shoes were flung down
upon the platform of the Pennsylvania
station with resounding crashes which
testified to the workmanahi*) in them,
but must have been disconcerting to
human occupants. -Then the prison
van started back and the railroad men
began piling the cases on a baggage
truck preparatory to loading them in i
freight car.
During this process the lid suddenh
popped off one of the big boxes and
from its depths two men sprang. They
were Cohen and Schleger, dressed iii
eivilian clothes and primed for i
sprint. Before the astonished freighl
handlers comprehended the significanc*
of their appearance both men had van
ished behind the station.
Prison officials were informed by tel?
ephone and the roll was ealled immedi?
ately, disclosing the fact that Coher
and Schleger were missing. An investi?
gation was started and the alarrr
spread broadcast. The two fugitivef
must have had confederates, both in
side and outside the prison, as some
one provided the empty packing case
nailed them in it and supplied them
with clothing.
CoheTn is twenty-six years old and
started a three-year term for robberj
two weeks ago. Schleger is twenty-sto
years old. He was received in Jan?
uary, 1920, and waa, nnder sentence ?j
from ten to fifteen years for robbery.
Paris Insists U. S. to Help
Germany fay! Allies Repair
Billion Nowj World Chaos
Bnlk of Gold Reserve of
Tentons Demanded as
First Installment Under
Threat of Ruhr Seizure
Ready for Clash
If Berlin Delays
War Council Completes
Invasion Plans for Sub
mission to the Allies
By Ralph Courtncy
Special Cable to The Tribune
CopyriKht, 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, April 15. - It may now be said
i dffinitely that a rupture between the I
Allies and Germany and a clash of ngr>
| tions, if not of arms, is inevitable. It
has becn thought until thc present
j time that if Germany came forwnrd I
; r.ccepting the terms of the Paris con- j
ference the Allies might not insist on \
j the immediate payment of the 12,000,- j
000,000 gold marks due from Germany '
*on May 1 under the terms of the Treaty j
of Versailles.
j A great state conference was held I
i this morning at the Palace of thc. '
j Elysees under the presidency of;
! M. Millerand, at which members '
? of the government. marshals and '
j generah were assembled to con- !
; sider thc German problem. Among j
j those present were Marshals Foch !
? and Pctain and Generals Wey- j
j gand, De Goutte, Desticker and Baut.;
This war council, although the tiews-i
: papers pointedly refrnined from re
ferring to it as such, decided upon thc ,
; ailvice of Marshal Foch and his aids, I
! it is understood, that nothirlfe would be j
easier than to accomplish the military j
operations involved in the proposed ;
scheme. Before any action is taken, ?
j however, it is was thought advisable
[ for thc Allies to be in complete agree
1 ment as to what was to 6e done in the
way of administration when the mili?
tary operations have been accom- i
plished.
Premier Briand assured the Fo.reip;n '
j Affairs Commission to-day that he J
i would make sure of this point as I
soon as thc British Premier has leisure I
j to think of m'atters other than the
j settlement of the coal miners' strike.
As far as France is concerncd, how- !
I ever, the Paris agreement, which was j
i offered to the Germans in London and ?
'refused by theffi, must^now be con- j
j sidered to exist no longer. France ,
wants money from Germany, and un-!
less Germai^ offers money France will
I take action. The military and eco- ;
. ncmic measures which are being i
planned may not be put into operation j
! at-- soon as is generally expected, but'
| unless great pressure is brought to
; bear upon France by Great Britain or ;
thc United States no plan submitted ,
; by Germany which does -not involve j
' li'i'ge cash payments will bc acceptablc. j
i Demands Billion at Once
France demands, to start with, 1,000,- i
000,000 marks in gold and guaranties
for the settlement of the other 11,000,
000,000 which the Reparations Con.
mission insists that Germany still owes j
of the 20,000,000,000 already due from j
her. The Germans contend that they j
have paid the Allies m,ore than 21,000,- <
000,000 gold marks, but'the Reparations j
, Commission refuses to accept the Ger- I
; man calculations. Ofhcially, tho Ger- I
mans have 1,600,000,000 gold*marks in
their national treasury. Of this sum
: it is believed that about 1.100,000,000
! marks actually exist. Besides this, it
; is calculated that the Germans possess
j in foreign values perhaps another
I billion.
: The surrender of Germany's gold .
I bullion, which is the only small re- ;
j maining foundation for the paper mark, i
' would-cause the vahue of the latter to i
; decline still further, but it is not be
; lieved here that 'this should interfere
With the just demands of the Allies.
France requires the payment of the
| entire 12,000,000,000 gold marks de-,
j manded by the reparation commission,!
i but is wijling to accept a large part of I
; this in kind. The French attitude may!
; be gauged by the tone of Le Temps, !
the semi-official newspaper, this eve- i
ning. It says:
| "Let the German government say)
? how much it is prepared to pay in
gold, in raw materials, in foreign se
j curities or other objects of marketable
; value-?nothing could be better. In I
: order to guarantee the remainder of
| the debt let it offer methods of Allied
! participation in the great German in- j
j dustries, some means of controlling:
j and effcctually seizing customs receipts.
or othor practical arrangements which ;
would give her ereditors sure and \
j negotiable pledges?that would be i
j worth an examination."
I If Germany pays 1,000,000,000 marks1
; in cash France will consent t> discuss
j guaranties for the remainder. If cash
j is not forthcoming military action will \
j _ (Coninuea on pago four)
Says 6Time Has Come,':
Writes Will, Falls Dead
Showman Hastily Scribbles Be-i
quests on Card After Telling j
Friend pf Premonition
Special Diapateh to The Tribune
BALTIMORE, April 15.?"Frank, I
believe my time has come to die; Pm I
quite sure that *** have only a few I
minutes to live."
Thus spokc Michael W. Riddell, sixty I
years old, a showman of Louisville, I
I Ky., to his friend Frank Buckley as '
I the two sat in a room at 635 North Cal
| vert Street here to-day.
1 "I wouldn't say that," answered
i Buckley; you may feel a bit out of
; sorts, but you will be all right in? a
: day or two."
! Riddell did not answer. He had
draw a card from his pocket, and with
a lead pencil wrote: ?
"All of my goods and property that
I own I leave to Pickett Johnson, 2631
Virginia Avenue, Louisville, Ky M *\?
Riddell."
Buckley was reading a newspaper,
and a few minutes later he saw his
friend fall from his chair. The pencil
fell from his hand and the card lav on
the table Buckley ran to the 6ffice
of Dr. E. G. Welch, and when the physi
cian arrived a few minutes later he
pronounced Riddell dead of heart
disease.
Vnxeartm tbluk ?f writtas.
Will Assist in Economic
Read justment of Europe,
Including Fixing of the
German Reparations
Delegates to Sit
In Conferences
Viviani Told America Will j
Protect Its Interests byi
Aiding War Settlements
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON, April 15.?With the
assurance that the United States will
take an active part in the economic ra
adjustment of Europe as well as in the
determination of the reparations Ger?
many is to pay, M. Viviani bade fare
well to the President late to-day. The
last offlcial act of thc former French
Premier was to attend a dinner given |
in his honor to-ni?;ht by Secretary of
State Hughes.
Just how much or how little M. Vi?
viani had to do with thc* tremendously
important decisions announced by this
government or which have become
known during his stay here is a mat
ter about which there is a sharp differ-'
fenee of opinion. It is known positively j
that on several of thc questions about;
which hc professed thc greatest eager-'
rfcss he was disapnointed. But there
is no doubt also that at the time he
left Paris the French government would
have been willing to give much to
bring about what has happened during
his visit.
From the French point oi view an
Administration policy which was made
much clearer to-day?that with regard
to the economic readjustment of Eu?
rope?is almost equal in importance to
the declaration of the Hughes memo?
randum to the Germans, sent just af?
ter Viviani's arrival, in which Ameri
san sympathy was declared with the
policy that Germany must acknowledge
responsib.ility for the war and must
pay to the limit ofher ability.
Plan to Protect American Interests
lt is made clear that this decision
by this government to have u repre
eentatlve and a voice in all conferences
relating to economic adjustmenta in
Europe is not made from nny altruis
tic motive. The intention is solcly
to protect American interests. As one
Administration spokesman put it:
"There is not a inan, woman or
child in the United States who is not
interested in practically every eco?
nomic decision reached in these con?
ferences in Europe. It must be better.
therefore, that our opinions and ob
jcction3 may be urged during the dis
cussions than after decisions which
may be objectionable to us have been
reached."
This is in line with the portion of
President Harding's message to Con?
gress in which he said: "Our obliga?
tions in effecting European tranquil- <
lity, becauso of war's involvements,
are not less impelling than our part ;
in the war. itself. This restoration i
must be wrought before the human !
procpssion can po onward again. We
can be helpful because we are moved
by no hatreds and harbor no fears.
Heipfulness does not mean entangle
merit, %nd participation in economic
adjustments does not mean sponsor
ship for treaty commitments which do
not concern us and in which we will j
have no part."
U. S. Delegates at Conferences
As a result of this decision to hl ve i
American representatives take part in !
the conferences leading up to these'!
economic decisions it became known to- i
day that the United States would have !
a representative at the conference on \
April 30 at Porta Rosa, near Trieste, j
on the fiaancial and economic situation \
of Austria. This country already has
been invited to have a representative
present.
? America will have a representative
also on the Reparations Comrnission.
Nothing is of greater importance, in i
the opinion of tho President and his
advisers, than the determining- of the |
amount of reparations to be paid' by ;
Germany. An Administration spokes- j
man to-day laid great stress in this j
connection on the idea that this deter?
mination mustbe fair and just, in es-'
timating the amount which Germany is j
able to pay. But in this determination
and in these payments are involved the
greatest problem of all with regard to :
the*restoration of Europe to normalcy, i
and, as directly affected by that resto- >
ration, the prosperity of the people of i
the United States:
It is being: made clearer and clearer
_ (Conlnued on page four)
Tornado Hits Arkansas; j
20 Dead, Scores Injured!
Bodies Brought to Hope After
Big Wlnd Plays Havoc in
Hempstead County
HOPE, Ark., April 15.---From fifteen I
to twenty are reported dead and I
scores injured as the result of a tor-'
nado which swept the entire length of
Hf-mpstead County from the Red River
to within a few miles of this city late '<
to-day. Four bodies have been brought!
to Hope and more than a score of in?
jured are being cared for in the hos?
pitals here.
--?-?
Senate May Investigate
Loans of Wilson Regime
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, April 15.?A search
ing investigation into the subject of I
foreign loans authorized by the Wilson :
Administration may be decided uponat'
the meeting of the Senate Committee !
on Judiciary 2I#nday, members indi
cated to-day.
Offlcial records of the Treasury De- i
partment, filling four huge boxes
Which were sent to the Senate just be?
fore adjournment of the last Congress
have been gone over carefully by clerks'
of the committee, and all documents
bearing directly upon the loans pf
miliions of dollars to foreign govern
ment3 have been set aside for the at?
tention of the committee.
To ascertain definitely whether the
loans authorized by the last Adminis?
tration were regular in every particu?
lar, Senator Reed, Democrat, of Mis4
souri, to-day introduced a resolution
authorizing the Judiciary Committee
to have the more important documents
printed for the confidential use of the
committee members.
British Strike Collapses
As Rail Unions Refuse
To Back Radical Miners
Gompers. 71,
To Wed Here,
Maybe To-day
Mrs. Gertrude Neuscheler,
N. Y. Music Teacher, Is
Bride-Elect; Plai^and
Marriage Date Secret
Samuel Gompers, veteran president
of the American Federation of Labor,
is to be married again. His fiancee is
Mrs. Gertrude Ainslee Glcaves Neu?
scheler, of 2407 Broadway. His first
wife, the mother of his six children,
died May 6, 1920, in Washington. Mr.
Gompers is seventy-one years old and
a grandfather. His bride-to-be is
thirty-eight years old. She was di?
voreed from her first husband and i3 a
music teacher.
One report was that the marriage
was to take place soon, perhaps to-day.
Mr. Gompers confirmed the report of
his approaching marriage last night,
but declined to say when it was to
take place and even insisted upon
keeping the name of his fiancee "secret.
In labor circles it is regarded as cer?
tain that the marriage will take place
before Mr. Gompers goes to Denver/in
i June to attend the convention of the
j American Federation of Labor.
Father Introduced Pair
Mr. Gompers has known Mrs.
[ Neuscheler and her parents for sev
| eral years. They formerly lived in
! Trenton,. N. J., and the labor leader
! made the acquaintance of her father,
; Thomas J. Gleaves, in that city; Mr.
? Gleaves waited to speak to him after
a labor meeting at which Mr. Gompers
j had delivered an address, and he saw
; the family frequently from that time
until they moved to Zane'sville, Ohio, a
I few yecrs ago.
j His acquaintance with Mrs. Neusche
I ler was renewed last fall, and for the
i last two months reports have been cur?
rent that they were engaged. They ex
pect to make their home in Washing?
ton. Neither that nor any other sub?
ject incidental'to his approaching mar?
riage would Mr. Gompers discuss last
night, however.
"What is the ' report about?" he
asked.
j "It is that you are to be married
j again," he was told.
"Again? Well. I guess so. Very like
1 ly. Perhaps pretty soon."
"Will you tell who the bride is to
[ be?",
"No no?no. That is not a matter
of public interest."
"It is said in Washington that she is
a New York artist."
j "Yes, yes. That may be so. But I
shall not tell. No, I shall not tell.
Wait a little later."
"It is also said you are. going to
I Montreal on a honeymoon."
! "Well, well, well. Just think of it!
No, I'll not reveal who she is or where
the honeymoon is to be."
Mr. Gompers's closest friends in la?
bor circles, both in Washington ai\d
New York, are said to have been kept
in ignoranco of his intentions.
First Romance Began in Boyhood
Mr. Gompers's first romance began
in his boyhood. His wife was his com
panion through a long career in which
the labor leader rose to prominence.
The death of Mrs. Gompers, in her
sixty-ninth year after a lingering ill
ness, brought messages of condolence
from all parts of the world. Gompers
and Sophia Julian were born in Lon?
don and both came to New York in their
early youth.
Mrs. Gompers was eight years old
when she arrived here. In her eleventh
year she became a tobaeco stripper in
a cigar factory. Gompers, who had
begun work in a New York cigar fac?
tory ;n his thirteenth year, met his
future wife while both were working
at their trade\ The bride was sixteen
years old when she was married. She
had been married flfty-three years at
the time of her death.
She was survived by three sons,
Henry J., Samuel J., and Alexander J.
Mr. Gompers's headquarters as head
of the American Federation of Labor
are in Washington, but he is known to
have made many visits to New York
in the last six months. A few of his
closest friends are said to have gone
to Montreal to prepare a demonstra?
tion on his arrival there. i
Samuel Gompers
House Passes
Farmer Tariff
Bill, 269 to 112
15*Democrats Join Majority
on Emergency Relief Act,
IncluHing' Anti - Dumping
and Valuation Clauses
Fought by 8 Republicans
Perlman, Ryan, Siegel and
Volk, of New York, Stick
to Minority on Roll Call
-
j ' From Tke Tribunc's Wa^hinoton-jBurean
| WASHINGTON, April 15.?Rolling
j up its heavy majority vote foi
j the first time in the new Congress,
j the Republican House to-night passed
I the Young emergency tariff and anti
! dumping bill by an overwhelming vote
i of 269 to 112, lifteen Democrats voting
for the measure.
The measure as it passed.the House
was in exactly the same "foim as re
| ported from committee, for the at
tempts by the Democratic side to
amend were entirely ineffectual. Ithas
four principal sections. They are:
Provision for the imposition of high
protective duties upon certain agricul
tural commodities flooding this coun?
try from abroad; regulation of com?
merce with foreign countries; preven
tion of dumping of foreign merchan
i dise on the markets of the United
States, and regulation of the value of
foreign money.
Effort to Recommit Beaten
In a final effort to defeat the bill
the minority moved shortly before
passage to recommit it with instruc
tion to the committee to eliminate the
exchange valuation feature. This was
on motion of Representative Garner,
of Texas, ranking Democratic mem?
ber of the Committee on Ways and
Means, who led the fight against the
measure. It was lost, 265 to 118, and
the House proceeded immediately to
the final vote. .,
Democrats who voted with the Re?
publican side for the b'ill were: Rep?
resentatives Blanton, of Texas; Camp?
bell, of Pennsylvania; Clarke, of Flor
,ida; Deal, of Virginia; Dupre, of
-Louisiana; Favrot, of Louisiana; Hud
I speth, of. Texas; Jones, of Texas;
| Lankford, of Georgia; Lazaro, of
Louisiana; Lea, of<*California; Martin,
of Louisiana; Parrish, of Texas;
Smithwick, of Georgia, and Taylor, of
Colorado.
Eight Republicans voted against the
bill. They were Representatives Keller,
of Minnesota; Luce, of Massachusetts
Perlman. of New York; Ryan, of New
York; Siegel, of New York; Stafford,
of Wisconsin; Tinkham, of Massachu?
setts, and Volk, of New York.
Debate was dragged out Feveral
hours longer than had been txpected
by the bolt of these Republicans fol?
lowing a statement by Chairman Ford
ney of the Committee on Ways and
Means that the measure could not be
(Contlnueo on next page)
Volstead to Plug Beer Leak;
Put New Pimch in Prohibition
* From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, April 15.?It was in
dicated to-day by Representative An
drew J. Volstead, of Minnesota, author
of the prohibition enforcement act and
chairman of the House Committee on
the Judiciary, that one of the first acts
of his committee upon reorganization
within the next few days will be con
sideration of means of patching up the
loophole which made possible the beer
ruling of former Attorney General
Palmer.
Such action by the committee, he
said, depends upon the character of the
regulations for administering the new
ruling, which it is expected will be
framed immediately upon the naming
of a successor to Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue Williams.
There is determined sentiment in the
House Judiciary Committee, which, with
the addition of several new members, is
declared to be as dry as even Wayne
B. Wheeler, counsel for the Anti-Sa
loon League, could desire, to give new
life to the enforcement act as soon as
possible. Such an intimation waa car?
ried in the declaration to-day by Mr.
Volstead, who said that the difficulties
are entirely due to the construction
placed on the act by those charged
with enforcement.
Besides taking care of the Palmer
ruling, Mr. Volstead said hi.s commit?
tee probably will within the next two
or three week3 have prepared legisla
tion describing more specifically the
int'ent of the dry law. Two such meas?
ures, he believes, would go a long way
toward putting the punch into enforce?
ment.
Mr. Volstead said that he has made
no recommendation in rejrard to a pos?
sible successor to Commissioner Wil?
liams. It is his intention, he added, to
have no part in the enforcement end of
prohibition, and for that reason he has
remained on the outside in the matter
of a Commissioner of Internal Reve?
nue.
The Department of Justice announced
to-day that a hearing would be held
April 22 preparatory to a review of the
opinion by former Attorney General
Palmer which held illegal Mquor ship?
ments via this country from one for?
eign port to another. The hearing wae
ordered, it was said, in response to a
request by representatives of Canadiar
shippers to Mr. Palmer.
Sudden Break in Ranks of
?Triple Alliance Results
From Coal Workers'
Ref usal to Meet Owners
Other Labor Bodies
Withdraw Support
Conference To-day Will
Decide Future of Walk
Out of Toilers in Pits
From Thc Tribune's Eurorteav Bureau
CopyriRht. 1921, New Yoik Tribune Inc.
LONDON, April 15.?-The gen?
eral strike of miliions of workers in
-sympathy with the coal miners,
schetiuled to go into effect at 10
I o'clock to-night, collapsed with dra
matic suddenness this afternoon.
jLabor's Triple Alliance split wido
open over the uncompromising atti?
tude of the miners toward the gov?
ernment's peace proposals, and the
railwaymeh and transport workers
canceled their orders for a walk-out.
To-night the whole British labor
world is in turmoii. There is >a
possibility of sporadic local stop
pages of work, but the most impor?
tant bodies of workers, displeased
by the refusal of the miners to nego
tiate further, reversed their action
and decided to stay on thoir jobs.
Several lesser unions have followed
Ithe move of the rail and transport
men in calling off sympathetic
I strikes.
Miners' Officials Quit
The miners will stay out, but it
jis learned on good authority that
Frank Hodges, secretary cf the
union, and several other officials, of?
fered their resignation this morx
ing as the result of disapprovai \:\
I the rank and file of the miners' fed
i eration of settlement proposals tha*
j Hodges agreed to. It was said that
I the union refused to aecept Hodges's
'resignation.
j Some confusion still exists a? to
I whether the railwaymen and transport
i workers have finally abandoned their
| intention to strike. At the headquar
I ters of the former The Tribune's cor
| respondent was informed that thc vail
| waymen would pursue a hauds-off
{ policy for the present. In the camp
| of the transport workers one official
said: "The strike is canceled as far
, as to-night is eonccmed. I can't say
anything beyond that."
j Wracgle Ends Alliance Meeting
i A meeting of the officials of th?
! Triple Alliance this afternoon ended in
, a general wrangle. Several leaders of
| other unions insisted the miners
have accepted the offer of the pit own?
ers to forego all protits temporarily
if the miners would return to work,
In official circles the situation is still
regarded as serious, but the crisis ia
believed to have passed.
To-day's cycle of developments be?
gan shortly after midnight last night,
when Hodges, addressing a group of
members of Parliament, said that he
was willing, as the representative of
the miners, to ncgotiate a temporary
settlement. Members of Parliament
went in a body to Downing Street. de
spite the lateness of the hour, and in
duced Premier Lloyd George to send
invitations to the leaders of the miners
to meet him in fresh parleys.
Simultaneously the pit owners agreed
to seek no revenue from the industry
until the poorer workers were assured
of a sufficient wage.
Soon it became ovident that there
was a conflict between Hodges and his
colleagues in the miners' federation.
The latter were adamant for a na?
tional pool of wages ancl profits, and
argued that he should not have offered
to discuss a settlement until this de?
mand was granted.
Break Surprises Lloyd George
The owners assembled before noon
at the Board of Trade and waited for
the miners to appear, but they didn't
come. Lloyd George himself was in
ignorance of the diss-nsions that had
arisen in the labor ranks, and was in
the House of Commpns this afternoon,
outlining the government's plan to
meet the emergency, when word cartsa
that the miners' partners in the Triple
Alliance had withdrawn their support.
The whole city was confusod-by the
liffhtning changes in the situation, atd
there was wide incredulity, for all be?
lieved the news was too good to be
true. Word of the cancellation of the
atrike came t<*o late to allow manv of
the workers who had arranged to sleep
to-night in improvised beds at their
offices to return to their homes.
The government's preparations for
the crisis were practicaliy complete
when the collapse came. All arrange?
ments had been made to bring Lon
don's supply of milk in by motor truck
and notices commandeering all private
automobiles for transport purposes
had been issued. Regent's Park, or
i dinarily a playground, was the parking
! place for the thousands of mobilized
j government trucks bearing food and
other supplies. Troops continued to
pour into the city.
Hodges's Inflnence Big Factor
LONDON, April 15 (By The A*socl
ated Press).?The situation to-night
was that the strike of the niners con?
tinued and that everything depended,
not as before on the amount of sup?
port the miners could get from other
industries, but on the extent to which
Frank Hodges would be able to main
tain hia authority over the rank and
file of the miners.
Mr. Hodges's resignation was refused
by the miners at least until a national
conference of delegates of the feder?
ation has been call-d to discuss the
whole question. The date of this con?
ference will be fix*d to-morrow morn