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THE WEATHER
Fair and somewhat warmer to-day;
to-morrow unsettled ; probably
thunder storms; fresh south
winds
Fttil Keport on X_ut Tage
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la Greater New" York I Within" 20o"????<? 1 ~ E?ii?wher?
Board Sworn,!
Court Transit!
Fight Begins |
-
?ty Counsel Gets Order in j
Injunction Action 17
Minutes After New*'
CommissionTakesOffice
Eight Constitutional!
Points Are Raised!
O'Brien Goes Back to
1686 for Facts; Assails j
Interboro Rapid Transit \
Seventeen minutes after George Mc-1
Aneny, Leroy T. Harkness and Major |
General John F. Ryan were sworn in;
at Albany yesterday as members of the !
r,ew Transit Commission, Corporation,
Counsel John P. O'Brien obtained '
from Supreme Court Justice Francis B. \
Delehanty an order directing the new '
commissioners to show cause why they j
should not be restrained from assum- j
?ng control of the city's traction prob-1
lern?. The order was made returnable j
?to-morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock be?
fore Justice John V. McAvoy, in Part
I, of the Supreme Court.
No indication was received by the j
Corporation Counsel last night as to
whether Mr. McAneny and his associ- i
ates would take possession to-day of |
the Traction Construction Commission-1
er's office, at 49 Lafayette Street. Mr.
C'Brien explained that technically the j
commissioners have the right to take
control, but that in such cases defend?
ants usually regard a court order as a
stay.
Senator Hiram W. Johnson, of Cali?
fornia, arrived from Washington last
right to appear as counsel for the city
in the hearing before Justice McAvoy.
Delaney and Barrett Defendants
John H. Delaney, Transit Construc?
tion Commissioner, end Alfred M. Bar?
rett, Public Service Commissioner, who
are automatically retired from office by
the swearing in of the new commis?
sion, also .are made defendants in that
they are ordered to sl.ow cause why :
they should not be restrained from
anting over certain papers to the ?
?transit Commission.
They will be represented by L. C. I
White and Terence Farley. The new ?
(ommi?sioners will be defended by ?
frunc?s M. Scott, formerly Supreme I
Court justice. Mr. Delaney and Mr. ?
Barrett; .snid their position in the city's ?
c.rv ? would be neutral, although Mr. I
Delaney had written to Mr. McAneny
requesting that the new commissioners
permit a test to be made of the trac- ;
tion law before the Transit Construe- \
tion Commissioner's office is turned
over.
Preparations had been made by Mr. i
O'Brien for a minimum of delay in fil?
ing his action. Sitting in his office on ;
the sixteenth floor of the Municipal
Buiidin*?. he held his ear to his tele- j
phone receiver, which was connected i
with the State Capitol. At 12:55 p. na.
Mr. O'Brien heard an agitated voice at ;
the Albany end of the wire.
''They're sworn in," said the voice.
Mr. O'Brien put on his hat, and, with
his pockets bulging with 500 printed
pages of summonses, complaints, affi?
davits and exhibits, soon appeared be?
fore Justice Delehanty. The court's
order was signed and summonses were
issued at 1:12 p. m.
Questions Eight Points of Law
Eight alleged violations of the state
and Federal constitutions in the
Knight-Adler act, by which the last
Legislature created, the new Transit
Commission, and two general allega?
tions, asserting that the act illegally
breaks contracts made between the city
and the traction companies and pro?
vides for the stabilizing of traction se?
curities "at the public's expense," were
made the basis for the issuance of the
court'? ?irder Mr. O'Brien declined to
say he was sanguine that to-morrow's
hearing would result in an injunction,
but he said he was prepared to carry
the city's fight to a higher court, and
?Continued on page five)
Hal Chase Arrested
In Baseball Scandal
Ex-New Yorker Held on Chi?
cago Warrant; Cicotte Also
Sought; Gandii to Testify
SAN JOSE. Calif., April 25.?Hal
Chase, former major league ball player,
was arrested late to-day by local oi
jjeen on a warrant which they said
Bad be?;ii issued in Chicago in connec?
tion with recent inquiries into base?
ball scandal chargea.
CHICAGO, April 25. ? Arnold
("Chick") Gandii, former infielder of
the White Sox, has sent word to the
State's Attorney from T*xas that he
would come to Chicago voluntan':',
and it was stated to-night that he
would be given a reasonable time to
appear before his arrest is ordered.
The State's Attorney'*, office also an- ;
?ounced that the arrest of Eddie Ci- I
cofe, formjr pitcher, and Rach_el
?own alleged gambler, also has beet?
?quested.
? ? ?
Baby, Blown 20 Feet by
? Bomb, Found Smiling
umds Uninjured in Reed Patch
When Experimental Blast
Picks Him Out of Crib
An experimental bomb, exploded yes?
terday in Jamaica Bay by men of the
Roekaway Point Naval Air Station.
D1*w Maxwell Gerig, a seven-months
?la baby, twenty feet from the porch
?n which he was sleeping in his crib
into a bed of rushes that broke his
ir_and Prescrved him from injury.
The baby, with his parents, Mr. and;
?r?. Matthew Gerig, of Manhattan,;
*?? visiting at the home of Maxwell I
?ntiedy, of Rockaway Point, Mrs.
?"g- brother. The child had been
P?t to sleep in a crib on the front
porch of the house when a terrific con- ;
???Mon shook the building. *
. Mr. Maxwell ran out to see what had
Happened and missed the baby, but
'??r found him sitting up in the .
raihes, unhurt and smiling.
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Valparaiso U. Is Bolshevik
Hotbed, Says Head, Who Quits
President Declares. Communist and Other Propa?
ganda Can Be "Traced to Very Heart of
tederal Government"; Got Threats in Letters
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
VALPARAISO, Ind., April 25.~*Dan
lel Russell Hodgdon, president of Val?
paraiso University, resigned to-day,
charging that "the university is a hot?
bed o: Bolshevism, Communism and
other cults."
"Nothing we could do to thwart their
propaganda/' President Hodg*don added
in the letter accompanying his resig?
nation, "has been of any avail because
of sinister inside influences.
"There has been fostered by faculty
and outsiders Bolshevism, Communism
and other cults, the practice of which
is destructive to American ideas and
principles. Unsigned letters have
come mysteriously to my desk warning
me against the principle I have
preached, namely, loyalty to Ameri?
canism and American industrial life, as
the basis of American citizenship.
"The stream of propaganda can be
traced to the very heart of P'ederal
government, so firmly are its protag?
onists intrenched."
Oyster's Bride
Reported Cut
Off by Will
Millionaire, 72, Said to
Have Attached Codicil to
Testament on Death-Bed,
Leaving Wife, 26, Nothing
Quarreled on Honeymoon
District of Columbia's
Law Protects Her, Says
Lawyer for the "Widow
ATLANTIC CITY, April 25.?George
W. Oyster, of Washington, who died
here yesterday at the age of seventy
two, added a codicil to his will within
a few hours of death, it was said to?
day by persons in a position to know,
which will cut off his twenty-six-year
old bride without a cent. ?
No one would say exactly what was
in the codicil. It was executed Satur?
day, when Mr. Oyster's physicians had |
given up hope and Mr. Oyster himself
realized that the end was near. An
attorney, believed to be from Washing?
ton, was called from a neighboring
hotel and employees of the Hotel Am?
bassador, where Mr. Oyster was stay?
ing, were summoned to act as wit?
nesses, v
Even if Mr. Oyster did make an at-j
tempt to deprive his young wife of any !
share in his estate, the laws of the !
District of Columbia will prevent his j
wish being carried out, according to a
statement made in Washington to-night i
by Mrs. Oyster's attorney, Daniel W. !
O'Donoghue.
The laws of the District of Columbia
provide, Mr. O'Donoghue said, for par?
ticipation by the widow in the estate i
of the deceased, regardless of any '
codicil he may have attached to his
will. The widow, he said, is entitled
to one-half of the personal property of
the decedent and one-third of the in-1
come from all real property.
Will Fight if Necessary
"That is provided for here," said Mr.
0'Donoghue; "and no matter what de- ,
velops, she is bound to get it. If neces- I
?ary, of course we shall fight for it."
The attorney said that he knew noth- j
ing of any attempt by Mr. Oyster to j
?iisinherit the widow, nor of any mis
understanding between Mrs. Oyster and j
sr husband.
Mrs. Oyster is in Washington and
was not with her husband at the time |
of his death. She telephoned yester- ]
day to inquire about his condition, it j
?'s said, but Mr, Oyster was almost at I
:he point of death when the message
was received. His widow was expected
to-day, but did not arrive, and this
afternoon her husband's body was sent j
to Washington.
Quarrel Over Money Reported
Mr. Oyster's fortune is estimated in
the millions. There have been rumors
for some time that he and his young
wife were not in complete accord. One |
story was that, although he is said to ?
have settled from $500,000 to $1,000.000 \
upon her at the time of their wedding
and given her an allowance of $10,000 ?
a week, Mr. Oyster could not bear to I
see his money spent for what he re- j
garded as frivolous and useless things.
When he cam" to this resort alone !
it was said that the honeymoon in ]
Florida had been broken off a short ;
time before by a qiuuvrel concerning ?
expenditures and that Mr. Oyster had |
(Continued on pane ?evan)_
By this last remark Dr. Hodgdon
evidently meant the more than 100
ex-soldiers were sent to the university
by the Federal Board of Vocational
Education.
One of these men, JackJPlerce, be?
gan the agitation to oust the president.
Ho charged that the administration ?
was trying to make "the poor man's j
Harvard" a regular Harvard, by pay- !
ments to students who were promin- i
ent in athletics, and trying to intro- I
duce "a lot of new ideas that do not |
jibe with the traditions of the uni?
versity."
Pierce was head of the student
council, which passed a resolution de?
manding the resignation of the uni?
versity head.
Dr. Hodgdon, before he went to Val?
paraiso, was head of the Newark Col- :
lege of Technology, Newark, N. J., and ?
later president of the Hahnemann ?
Medical College, of Chicago.
Valparaiso is a co-educational insti- I
tution with 4,000 students. Dr. Hodg
don's term does not expire until next I
August, but he requested an immediate j
leave of absence. j
'Schoolgirl With
2 Boys in Auto
Missing 3 Days
Ruth White, 14, Plays Hook?
ey From Long Branch High
With Young Friends and
All Fail to Return Home
Her Mother Is Prostrated
Simply a Prank, Aunt Be-j
Heves, as Daughter, Tall
for Age, Took No Luggage
From a Staff Correspondent
LONG BRANCH, N. J., April 25.?
Ruth White, fourteen, years old; Gar
rett Disbrow, sixteen years old, and
Bradford Zeigler, fifteen years old,
played hookey from high school in
Long Branch, N. J., last Friday to go
on a motor trip. They have not re?
turned and the police of all Eastern
cities have been notified to look for
them.
Mrs. Charles White, mother of the
missing girl, has been prostrated with
worry. She knew nothing of any plans
the girl may have had. When her
daughter did not come home the mother
sent her husband out to look for Ruth
and went to the home of Mrs. Wil?
liam Hulit jr.,' of Long Branch.
It is said that the local police and
the families of the young people tried
to keep their disappearance a secret
until to-day, when it became known
that a general search had been insti?
tuted. The White home, 51 Seventh
Avenue, has been closed for several
days, and Mrs. White has refused to
see any except her closest friends.
Just a Prank, Says Aunt
"We know that this must have been
simply a prank," said Mrs. Hulit yes?
terday. "Ruth had not planned to go
away. She was not dressed for a long
trip, and had no baggage. We can't
imagine why she went. Of course, she
is only a child, and probably did not
realize what she was doing."
The story leading up to .the disap- I
pearance of the young people is known :
to Dora Hibbetts, a fifteen-year-old
school girl, who started on the ride
with the other three Friday noon. The
inspiration back of the drive was a
desire to play hookey from the Chat
tle High School, which they attended.
The party of four left Long Branch in
a car owned by Disb ow's father. Dora
said that she thought theywere going
for a short ride, but when she saw a
road sign marked Trenton, she pro?
tested and prevailed upon :hcm to ?take
her home. Back in Long Branch, they
filled the gasoline tank of the car and
since that time have been simply
"missing."
Girl Tall for Her Age
Ruth White is a quiet mannered girl,
according to neighbors who have known
her for years. She is tall for her age
and has brown hair and blue eyes.
The boys were students in the same .
school and, so far as could be learned,
both were friends of the girl, but
neither was the object of any heart in?
terest on her part. Garrett Disbrow is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Dis?
brow. He is a member of a Bo Scout
troop and is said to have in his pos?
session about $12 of the troop's funds.
Bradford Zeigler left school a few
weeKs ago and had been working at
Pleasure Bay.
U. S. Ordnance Plans Patented
By Germans Here for Krupps
Front The Tr'bune'is Warhinnton Bureau
WASHINGTON, April 25.?Secretary
Weeks of the War Department to-day
sent a letter to the Senate'In wh'ch he
pointed out that large numbers of
patents pertaining to ordnance were
being issued in this country to German
citizens and assigned to Frederick
Krupp, of Essen, Germany. Many of
these patents, he said, embody the prin?
ciples of American ordnance. Since
July 1, 1920, there have been 201 such
patents issued. The letter said:
"I have the honor to invite your at?
tention to the fact that since July 1,
1920, there have been issued in the
United States Patent Office to German
citizens 201 patents pertaining to ord?
nance, which patents have been as?
signed to Frederick Krupp, of Essen,
Germany.
"It is understood from the Patent
Office that such patents are issued
under authority of Section 10 of the act
approved October 6, 1917, and popu?
larly known as the trading with the
enemy act.
"It seems to me significant that out
of twelve patents selected at random
from the above mentior^d 201 six per
tain- to railroad artillery and embody
many of the principles of our own rail?
road artillery, and in view of the cir?
cumstances I feel constrained to bring
the matter to your attention for such
i action as you shall deem advisable in
I the interests of the United States.
"Corrective legislation seems neces?
sary, but no draft is inclosed, for the"
I reason that the principle involved,
while of vital importance to the War
| Department, is also important to other
departments of the government and in?
volves the policy of the ? government
granting patents to nationals of coun?
tries with which the United States is
at war.
"Furthermore, tho question arises
whether *"e should not require that all
foreign patents be put in operation
within the period of, say, two or three
years, so as to forestall a condition
arising similar to that relating to the
dye industry at the beginning of the
late war, wherein the Germans through
their patent activities in this country
had practically eliminated American
manufacture of dyestuffs because of
the protection received by their patents
which were not licensed or otherwise
put into operation in the United
Statea."
Full Shipping
Tie-Up Called
For
Unions Break Off Wage
Parley, Order 110,000
to Leave Vessels Idle;
Not a Strike, They Say
Government Acts
To Block Walkout
All Factions Summoned to
Meet Benson, Hoover,
Davis at Washington
Representatives of the 110,000 ma?
rine workers and tho privato steamship
interests of the nation failed to reach ?
an agreement here yesterday in the
dispute over proposed wage cuts and
revised working conditions.
The union leaders, following the
breaking off of negotiations, instructed
their men not to go to work on May
1 under the conditions proposed by the
ship owners. These instructions, how?
ever, were not intended as a strike or?
der, It was explained, but merely an j
injunction that the employees were to
sit tight pending further development.
In view of the serious turn the con- !
troversy has taken the government for j
the first time has taken an active hand ?
in the situation. Determined to avert
a nation-wide tie-up of American ship?
ping, Admiral Benson, chairman of the
United States Shipping Board, which
controls four-sevenths of the country's
shipping, last night called a conference
of the operators and union leaders in
Washington fcr to-morrow morning.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover and
Secretary of Labor Davis*are expected !
to participate In the proceedings. The
Federal authorities, it was intimated, i
are in no mood to brook a crippling !
of the nation's commerce at this time,
and there is a general feeling that a j
settlement will be effected by May 1, j
when the agreement between the ship- ?
owners and the men expires.
Engineers Quit Conference ?
The break in the negotiations came j
when the representatives of the 10,
000 engineers in the marine sej^ice met i
the owners in the morning at 17 Bat- j
tery PJace to discuss the six counter j
demands of the men submitted in re- j
ply to the owners* proposition. Tho j
shipping interests suggested a reduc- j
tion of 20 to 30 per cent in wages, !
elimination of overtime, a return to j
the ten-hour day and other changes i
in working conditions.
The workers demanded the abolition j
of the sea service bureau of the j
United States Shipping Board, a ?
stricter enforcement of tho La Fol- j
letto seamen's act with respect to ?
various safety appliances, and prefer?
ence to union employees. They de- j
clined to discuss the questions of
wages until their six demands had
been disposed of. The owners in?
sisted they could not grant the coun?
ter demands of the engineers, where?
upon the latter declined to consider the
wage questions and left the confer
ence room. Similar action was taken ;
by deputations of firemen, oilers and j
water tenders and the seamen, whose
demands were identical with those of
the engineers.
Darragh Delancey, director of indus?
trial relations, and W. P. Keen, of the
division of operations, of the United
States Shipping Board, were present
at the conferences merely as observ?
ers. At the conclusion of the meet- I
ings Mr. Delancey announced that Ad- I
mirai Benson had called all those in- '
terested in the dispute to a conference i
at Washington to-morrow morning.
Order Men to Stand Pat
William S. Brown, international
president of the Marine Engineers As?
sociation; Ernest F. Pegg, represent-;
ing the Pacific Coast district, and j
Thomas B. Healey, head of the Atlantic '
and Gulf coasts sections, repaired to '?
their headquarters at the Hotel Marl- !
borough, where they immediately ad- :
vised their members of the develop?
ments pnd issued instructions that the i
engineers stand pat pending further,
orders. ' I
Andrew Furu?eth, president of the
International Seamen's Union, repre- ',
senting the 110,000 unlicensed workers
of the American merchant marine,
headed the committee representing the
firemen, oilers, watertenders, seamen,
cooks and stewards.
Wintiirop L. Marvin, vice-president1
of the American Steamship Owners'
Association, characterized the action of !
the employees as an "attempt to wreck i
the American merchant marine."
"The marino engineers refused abso- '?
lutely to consider even the slightest,
reduction in their pay scale," said Mr.
Marvin, who was one of the representa- j
tives of the ship owners at the meet- '
ings. "Captain Eugene E. O'Don.nell,
chairman of oui wage committee, ap-,
pealed to the engineers to get together !
and work out a mutually satisfactory '?
(Continued on page four)
Girl, 16, Dies in Plunge
From Window of School
Asks Friend to Open Casement,
Then Climbs Sill and Drops;
Suicide, Says Principal
Virginia Sisson, sixteen years old,
asked 013e of the other ??-iris in her j
class room on the second floor of the ?
high school in Oceanside, L. I., to help i
her ?pen a window yesterday, soon '
after work started. Virginia remained
by the open casement whili her friend
resumed her seat.
Turn n g to see why Virginia had not
done likewise, the other girl was un?
able at first to discover her. When '
she did she screamed. Only Virginia's i
head was visible. She was hanging
over the sidewalk, holding to the sill
only with her finger tips.
As her friend screamed Virginia's
fingers slipped and she vanished. The
janitor heard her strike the sidewalk
and did what he could for her injuries^
while awaiting an ambulance from
Rockville Center Sanatorium. She
died there from a fracture of the skull
fifteen minutes after her admission.
F. Taylor Johnson, principal of the
school, said that he thought the girl
must have intended to kili herself, as
the window sill is shoulder high and
an accidental fall from it almost im?
possible. She was one of nine daugh?
ters of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Sis
son, of Oceanside. Her father, an
engineer, is in Sc ith America.
May Day
Knox Peace
Plan Is Sent
To the Senate
Favorably Reported by
'Foreign Relations Body j
by Vote of 9 to 2;
Up for Debate To-day
Passage Expected
By End of Week
-
Democrats Prepared for
Fight; 2 Similar Meas?
ures Before the House
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, April 25.?The Knox !
peace resolution was reported favor- '?
ably to the Senate to-day by the For?
eign Relations Committee. Both Re- !
publican and Democratic leaders said
they expected its passage before the end
of the week. In the House Chairman
Porter, of the Foreign Affairs Commit- |
tee, introduced two resolutions, one to :
terminate the war with Germany and
the other to end the war with Austria.
They are identical in character. No
effort will be made to pass these reso?
lutions until the Senate has acted on
the Knox measure.
The Senate Foreign Relations Com
1 mittee, after a discussion behind closed
doors, ordered the Knox resolution, as
revised, reported by a vote of 9 to 2.
The two votes in opposition were cast
by Democrats, Senators Pittman, of
Nevada, and Pomerene, of Ohio. They
were the only Democratic Senators
present. Later Senator Swanson, of
; Virginia, had his vote recorded against
J it. Senate- New, of Indiana, was ab
? sent. The other Republicans of the
\ committee voted for the resolution.
Senator Lodge, as chairman of the
committee, in reporting the resolution
announced that ha would call it up to?
morrow as unfinished business. This
means that it will be kept before the ;
body until voted on.
Reasonable Time for Debate
Senator Underwood, ^f Alabama,
Democratic leader, asked whether rea-i
sonable time would be allowed for de- j
bate. Senator Lodge said that there I
would be and that the resolution would
not be pressed with undue haste. He ?
hoped, however, that a vote could be
reached with little delay. Senator Un?
derwood said there would be no dispo?
sition on the Democratic side to delay
a vote unduly, but that he and others
wanted to discuss it.
Both Senator Lodge and Senator Un?
derwood expressed the belief this eve?
ning that the resolution would be de?
posed of quickly.
Informal talks were held among Demo?
cratic Senators concerning the reso?
lution. The opinion was expressed
that a small group of Democratic mem?
bers, probably three or four, would
vote for the resolution, but that nearly
all the Democrats would oppose it as
they did before.
Enactment of the resolution will
mean the withdrawal of American
troops from Germany, according to
Senators.
The Knox resolution, as reported,
is in effect an enlargement of the orig?
inal resolution to end the war, so as
to include the Austrian government
and make the same provisions with re?
spect to alien property as in the case
of Germany.
Text of Revised Resolution
The resolution reads:
"Joint resolution repealing the joint
resolution of April 6, 1917, declaring a
state of war to exist between the United
States of America and Germany and :
for other purposes.
"Resolved by the Senate and House I
of Represenatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the joint resolution of Congress
passed April 6, 1917, declaring a state
of war to exist between the imperial
German government and the govern?
ment and people of the United States
of America, and making provisions to |
prosecute the same, be. and the same i
is hereby, repealed, and said state of
war is hereby declared at an end:
"That all property of the imperial ?
German government, or its successor j
or successors, and of all German na- ?
tionals which was, on April 6, 1917, in
or has since that date come into the
pessession or under control of the j
government of the United States of !
America or any of its officers, agents '
or employees, from any source or by ?
.my agency whatsoever, shall be re?
tained by the United States of America,
and no disposition thereof made, ex?
cept as shall have been heretofore or
specifically hereafter shall be provided
by Congress, until such time as the
German government has, by treaty
with the United States of America, rat- j
ification whereof is to be made by. and j
with the advice and consent of the j
Senate, made suitable provisions for j
the satisfaction of all claims against !
the German government of all persons, !
(Continuad en next pas?)
Woman Fugitive Fights
Many on an "L" Train
Two Women Probation Officers
and Several Men Finally
Subdue Prisoner
Victoria Markowitz, who escaped
from the State Reformatory for Wom?
en at Bedford eighteen months ago,
demonstrated yesterday afternoon that
she has no desire to return to it. Two
women probation officers and a half
dozen men who sought to place her
under arrest could not subdue her until
three of them sat on her.
Victoria is thirty years old and lived
at Bridgeport, Conn. She weighs 160
pounds and has large hands. Misses ;
Engle and Skeehan, probation officers, |
recognized those hanJs yesterday when ?
they saw her on a southbound Third
Avenue "L" train. Victoria used her ;
hands when the two women approached !
her. She seemed to be getting the best i
of it when several men sprang to the I
assistance of the probation officers.
As the train pulled into the Grand j
Street station police whistles were ;
blown. Patrolmen Coffey and Dolley,
of the Elizabeth Street station, caught-?
Victoria as she started down the stair's, j
with a number of persons in close pur?
suit. Three of her captors sat on her j
until a patrol wagon arrived, and a ?
dozen or more assisted in piling her!
into the -wagon. She was taken to Po?
lice Headquarters.
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Germany Offers to Pay
200 Billion Gold Marks
And to Share Industries
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Terms of Proposal Reported Kept
Secret at Request of Washington
By Wireless to The Tribune
Copyright, 1921, New York Tribune Ine.
BERLIN, April 25.?Dr. Walter Simons, Foreign Minister, was
expected to make a declaration regarding the new German repara?
tions offer at to-day's session of the Reichstag, but it was again post?
poned, because of a request from Washington, according to press re?
ports, that the note be not discussed for a least a day or so. This is
regarded in official circles as indicative of America's intention not to
confine her r?le merely to acting as a medium of correspondence be?
tween the Allies and Germany, but to undertake a serious effort toward
solving the reparations problem and adjusting the entire financial sit?
uation arising from the war.
Berlin Ordered
To Pay Billion
Marks Apr. 30
Reparations Commission
Sends Imperative Note Re?
quiring Deposit of Sum
in Bank of France
Reichsbank Issue Gted
Germans Criticized for Re?
fusal to Transfer Fund
as Directed by Allies
PARIS, April 25 (By The Associated
Press).?The Allied Reparations Com?
mission to-day sent a note to the Ger?
man War Burden3 Commission de?
manding that 1,000,000,000 gold marks
be deposited in the Bank of France on
or before April 30.
The commission's note, after recit?
ing the results of the previous demand
: and Germany's failure to transfer the
i Reichsbank gold reserve to the Rhine
land, concludes:
"In view of the attitude the Ger?
man government has seen fit to adopt
in the matter, and in view of its fail?
ure to fulfill the obligations arising
from Article 235, the Reparations Com?
mission is obliged to exercise the
powers conferred upon it by the treaty
and to demand that 1,000,000,000 marks
in gold be placed at the disposal of
the Reparations Commission in the
vaults of the Bank of France on or
before April 30.
"The Reparations Commission does
not consider it necessary to discuss
at this juncture the relations of the
commonwealth government with the
Reichsbank, since it is assured that
the commonwealth government has in
any case, the means of complying with
the demands of the Reparations Com?
mission, if it wishes to employ them."
Under the Treaty of Versailles Ger?
many was obligated to pay the Allies
20,000,000,000 gold marks before May 1. :
In March the Reparations Commission j
notified the German government it j
must pay 1,000,000,000 gold marks on j
this account before March 23, to be de- ]
posited in the Bank of France, Bank of !
England or a Federal Reserve bank in ]
the United States. The Germans were j
given until May 1 to pay the balance, !
computed at 20,000,000,000 marks after |
deducting the value of goods already j
handed over to the Allies.
The Germans in a note of March
23 refused to pay the 1000,000,000
marks demanded and disputed the
figure? of the commission as to the
balance due May 1.
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Racehorse Kills. Girl
In Dash From Track
Five Persons Hurt by Animal's
Plunge Through Fence 20
Feet From Finish
PI?HER, Okla., April 25.?A five
year-old girl was killed and five persons
were injured, two seriously, when a
racehorse dashed through a racetrack
fence into a crowd of spectators to-day.
Two horses were entered in the race
.and the one that plunged into the crowd
left the track within twenty yards of
the wire. The jockey was one of the
injured.
Believe Hughes
Holds Up Offer
To Sound Allies
Desire of Harding Not to
Embarrass Associates Is
Given as Explanation of
Delay in Announcement
Aim to Avoid Controversy
Officials Reported as Con?
cerned Over Situation;
Hoover Called to Confer
Front The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, April 25?Despite j
denials at the State "Department that
the latest German reparations pro?
posals, cabled from Berlin Sunday, had
been received, belief here is strong that
the delay is occasioned by the desire of
the Administration to obtain the views
of the Allies on the questions before
making the German memorandum pub?
lic.
A dispatch from Berlin to The
Tribune to the effect that the German
Foreign Office had been requested by
Secretary Hughes to withhold publica?
tion temporarily could not be con?
firmed here, but it is accepted as the
logical explanation of what has hap?
pened.
The Administration has made very
plain, as told in previous dispatches,
that it wishes to take no step in this
question of bringing the Allies and
Germany together on the question of
reparations that will offend or embar
rass the Allies. It is known that the j
very prompt publication of the first !
German request that President Har- i
ding act as umpire for the reparations I
dispute was occasioned by the infor- j
mation from Berlin that the Foreign j
Office there was giving the press the |
text of the German appeal. That was !
the explanation of the extraordinary j
promptness in getting out the Ameri- I
can answer and giving it to the press. |
Seek to Avoid Controversy
The desire for speed in effecting j
some arrangement in advance of the j
movement of French troops further
into Germany, as scheduled for May 1,
is strong, but the Administration does
not believe that any time would be
saved in the six days remaining by
permitting publication of a proposal
from the Germans which might raise
controversy in this country as well as
abroad until -it has been learned
whether the Allies are willing to con
aider this proposal, and, therefore un- I
til the American reply to the German ;
proposal can be framed.
Another suggestion here to-day was '
that Secretary Hughes had addressed
seme inquiries to the German Foreign ?
Office?in the same unofficial man-1
ner as the memoranda themselves, are |
being transmitted through the Ameri?
can high commissioner ? as to just,
what is meant by certain passages of :
the memorandum.
From various sources there are !
hints that the Administration is much j
perturbed ovef the whole situation, j
Secretary Hughes sent hurriedly late ;
this afternoon for Herbert Hoover, his
principal backer inside the Adminis?
tration ranks on the foreign policy
which has been adopted, and the two ;
had a long conference.
Bitter-Enders Irritated
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill the old ?
irreconcilable element is champing atj
the bit and eager for a fight. Its mem-1
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Greeks in Adalia Massacred
By Frenzy-Stirred Turks
Special Cable to The Tn'bune
Copyr phi, 1921, New York Tribune Inc.
ATHENS, April 25.?A Turkish mas
acre of Greeks at Adalia, in Asia Minor,
was reported in dispatches received
here to-day. Although Adalia is in the
Italian zone, the authorities have left
police duties chiefly in the hands of
the Turks.
The outbreak of Turkish excesses
came Saturday, when the Turks, insti?
gated by emissaries from Angora, held
a meeting at the mosque and were
whipped into a fanatical rage by inflam?
matory speeches demanding the ex?
termination of the Greeks.
The crowd poured from the mosque,
bent on violence, and at once began
hunting down Greeks, -?The mob broke
into shops and houses, looting and de?
stroying and killing recklessly. Shots
were fired through the streets as the
Greeks fled in all directions rushing
toward the waterfront and imploring
the Italians to give them refuge on
their ships, which seemed their only
hope for life.
Tht^ Italian command*- protested
against the outrages, but the Turkish ;
commander said he was unable to pre- !
vent the massacre. The Italian officer ]
then ordered the carabineers to inter?
vene and order was restored after three I
hours.
It was found that more than fifty I
Greeks had been murdered, 150 j
wounded and numerous houses and \
? shops had been destroyed. Among
those killed was the venerable Greek i
parish priest, Father Sermos. His
daughter and her husband were mal?
treated.
Similar massacres have occurred in
districts outside Adalia, and the Greek
Chamber of Deputies has adopted a
resolution protesting against the j
atrocities.
Greeks Turn Back Turks
ATHENS. April 25 (By The Associ?
ated Press).?Furious attacks against
Greek forces holding positions along
the Meander River, in western Ana?
tolia, have been launched by the Turk?
ish Nationalists, but have been every?
where repulsed, says an unofficial
statement issued here, quoting Smyrna
advices. The Greeks have been suc?
cessful further rgrth in holding their
(positions against Turkish assault.
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Flexible Scheme of Annu?
ities to Run From 30 to
42 Years Is Suggested;
Customs as Guaranty
Restoration Plan
Also Is Included
Fehrenbach andSimons to
Quit Cabinet as Result
Of Criticism of Policy
BERLIN, April 25 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?The ultimate total
[ indemnity which Germany agrees to
?pay the Allies is 200,000,000000
| gold marks, as against 226,000,000.
! 000 demanded by the Allies in their
Paris terms.
This is asserted positively by per?
sons close to the government, al?
though the German counter pro?
posals have not been made public
here.
Dr. Walter Simons, foreign Sec- A
retary, did not present the new Ger-1
man proposals to the Reichstag to- ^
day because of an understanding
with the American Embassy, and
for the" additional reason thnt there
is a paragraph in the note to Presi?
dent Harding suggesting that he
feel free to query back for further
information or the elucidation of any
point not clear, if he so desired, be?
fore submitting the note to th?
Entente.
Public Eager for Facts
Consequently, the German press and
public have not seen the counter?
proposals, and their publication la
eagerly awaited.
The Germans suggest making the
annuities in the payment of the repar?
ations flexible, dependent upon the re?
covery of German industries. They
would spread the payments over thirty
to forty-two years. An international
loan is suggested, to be floated im?
mediately for the purpose of placing
ready cash at the disposal of the En?
tente, but no sum is named.
Germany expresses her willingness
to pledge the customs revenues as
guaranties, and, further, offers to de?
liver manufactured articles to the Al?
lies with the understanding that Ger?
many will pay the producers and get
credit on the indemnities. Germany
also offers immediate participation ia
the work of restoration in the devas?
tated areas, labor and materials to be
supplied by Germany and credited
against the indemnities.
Econovnic pledges in tho way of goods
and participation in German indus?
tries are offered as guaranties.
Allied Debt Not Mentioned
No suggestion is made of Germany's
willingness to assume the indebtedness
I of the Allied powers to the United
: States.
Germany's counter proposals are so
intricate and involved that- the experts
who have read them express the opin?
ion that they may be misinterpreted,
as tb? London offer was by persons
who did not analyze them carefully and
work out the total amount that would
have been yielded.
By Wireleu to The. Tribune
Copvr'Kht, 1921. New York Tribune Ino.
BERLIN, April 25.?The early retire
! ment of Chancellor Fehrenbach may be
regarded as certain, and Foreign Min?
ister Simons has indicated his deter?
mination to resign at the earliest op?
portune moment, the correspondent of
The Tribune learn.-- in official circles.
The res.gnation of these two leading
figures in the Ministry, as well as
other members of the Cab.net, is be?
lieved to be inevitable because of the
undercurrent of severe criticism of
the delay and dilatoriness in handling
the foreign situation. The internal
s.tuation of Germany, however, as in?
dicated in a previous dispatch to The
Tr bune, is an equally important ele?
ment in tho forthcoming changes in
the government.
Political Crisis Impending
The situation is extreme!;?/ strained,
and a crisis has been av<j.ded thus far
only because of s desire not to com?
plicate the already serious foreign
situation.
Roth the German government and
the people .feel that the fate of Ger?
many now rests in the hands of Presi?
dent Harding. The withholding of the
note is believed to be closely related
to the apparently impending Cabinet
crisis, with the government seeking
to avoid a demonstration of criticism
and disagreement while the fate of
Germany is being decided at the Whit?
House.
The Cabinet met to-day, together'
with the party 1-eaders and the Foreign
Committee c f the Reichstag, but as far
as could be learned not even the party
leaders have yet been informed of the
S contents of the note to Washington*
The Allies, under the decisions
reached in Paris in January, demanded
' that Germany pay 226,000,000,000 gold
marks, or approximately 556,500,000,000,
j the payments to be spread over a
I period of forty-two years. Germany's
| exports, in addition, would bear an ex
i port duty of 12 per cent, to go to the
Allies, for an identical period.
In the German counter proposals
submitted in London on March 1, Dr.
Simons offered what the Allied expert ?>
estimated to amount'to approximately
$12.500,000,000, of which, Germany ??
serted, $5,000,000,000 already had been
paid, leaving the actual German offer
about $7,500,000,000. This offer was
I coupled with the conditions that Upper
Silesia should remain German and that