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FlantrhflrA
Craig Cries
Collusion in
Scliool Site
protests in Vain When
Hylan Moves to Rescind
Acrion Feleasing City's
Interests in Property
-,-_?
Deeds Delivered
Before Selection
Shallow, Criticized for His
Part, Says Comptroller
Is an "Infamous Liar"
Comptroller Charles L. Craig yester
_??? started another serious controversy
with Mayor Hylan and the Board of
Education. when he charged collusion
and irregularity in the selection of a
school site on Neptune Avenue, Coney
Island. The matter came before the
Sinking Fund Commission at a special
tneetine and a duel of words followed
between tho Comptroller and the May?
or, with Commissioner of Acccunts
Kirshfield and Assistant Corporation
Counsel Nicholson supporting the
Mayor.
While the Comptroller mentioned no
n.mes in his charges of collusion, he
did accuse Associata Superintendent
Edward B. Shallow, supervisor of build?
ing operations on the Board of Educa
ticn, of "having three sites up his
.leevc and at the same time asking the j
Board of Education to withdraw other I
sites from consideration." He pointed j
out that the Board of Education pro
posed to compel the city to purchase a
.li. tor 575,500 which it had owned and
recently sold for about $7,500, while a
site was av;:ilable across the avenue
which tho city now owns.
Mayor Brings Up Resolution
The outbreak started when the
Mayor brought up the question of re
scindihg a resolution of the commis
sion previously adopted releasing the
city'a interest in certain lands on Nep?
tune A-vonue for $200 a lot and back
taxes. This resolution affected hun
?ireds of lots on Gravesend Bay, the
ownership of which has been in dis
pnte for twenty years. A part of these
lands was included in three alternate
siter, selected by the Board of Educa?
tion and, it is alleged, were not select
od tor school sites until after the reso- j
?utior.s reieasing them had been passed. i
The sites approved were all on the j
south side of Neptune Avenue. When j
they were submitted to the Board of j
Estimate recently the Comptroller cb- I
jected and said there was a site right
acroes the street owncd by the city
Which should be selected. Mr. Shallow I
at the time contended that the propei
ty referred to by the 'Comptroller was
"in Coney Island Creek."
"This proposal of the Mayor to re?
scind the previous resolution" is merely
*or the purpose of getting Mr. Shallow
out of a hole,'' said the Comptroller.
"It is nothing but an attempt to re
lieve Shallow of the onus of with
drawing the only site the Board of Es
-imate could have selected. Shallow
selected this site practically before tke
ink was dry on the release."
F. H. La Guardia, President of the
Board of Aldermen, addressing the
Ccmptroller, declared it was a serious
matter and if what he said was true it
ought to be prw.-ented to the grand
,iury. The Comptroller replied that he
hoped it would go to the grand jury.
Mayor Hylan ignored the Comptroller's
accusations.
Found Site in Creek, Says Hylan
"The Board of Education made ap
plication for school sites in the area
covered by this description," said the
Mayor. "lt came before the Board of
Estimate and the Comptroller said that
the site between Twenty-ninth and
Thirtieth streets on Neptune Avenue
should be adopted. L-r. Shallow said
that this site wa3 in Coney Island
Creek, while the Comptroller stated I
that it was a mile and a half lr.rm the
creek. I went down there and found
thrt it was in the creek."
Recent- maps and photographs in the
Comptroller's office show that while
the city-owned Land opposite one of the
sites selected by the Board of Educa?
tion is partly under the water of
i-raves nd Bay?Cono.v Island Creek
perne a mile or so distant?the city
:and opposite the two other sites had ;
been iilled in for a thousand feet from i
the water and would be entirely avail?
able for school sites.
It developed yesterday that the deeds I
the Mayor wanted to stop, by rescind- j
?ng the resolution cf the commission, I
were signed by the Mayor and given to
"ue*i P. Skclly, a part of whoae proper?
ty is included in the site selected by
the Board of Education. Th? Mayor
a?id that he had asked the C.mniia
____^ (Co-ifinuf*. on next page)
New York Gty Realty
Jumps Billion and Half
Manhattan Leads in State Fig?
ures With ?683,000,000 Rise;
Housing Situation Cause
ALBANY, June 16.?New York State
"*eal estate hns jumped in value by
nearly two billion dollars, according to
the annual equal ization table adopted
to-day by the State Tax Commission. It
Kh-ws an asse.43ed valuation of real es?
tate of $24,595,000,000, as against $12.
?525,000,000 last year. The commission
?mes3es an average of about 89 per
?nt of the full value of the real estate.
%i year ** was 85 Per cent.
The increase in the value of real es?
tate is unprecedented, Never before
nas such a big jump in assessed valua
tion taken place. It. is due largely to
the hoi.sing situation and the fact that
c*ties have increased the percentage of
assessed valuations beeause of their
stitngent financial condition. Nearly a j
Dillion and a half of the increase is on j
N*w York City real estate.
The rise in values in Manhattan j
amounted to 2683,000,000; in Kings, i
?6~.Q00,000; jn the Bronx, $96 000,000; :
'n Qucens. $79,000,000, and in Richmond I
?15,000,000. The average u.?.u4 v_lu
ation in New York counties haa re-!
Vftlned the same as last year, 95 and 93
Per cent respectivcly. In Brooklyn it
"as increased from 94 to 95 per cent, j
?nd in Quaens and Richmond from 89 ?'
to -3 per cent.
The assessed valuation in personal !
io??crty hns fal!fn from $304,243,720 to
*_55,980,604, beeause of cxemptions al
'owed under the income tax and other
??**.?? Uwa, I
Sims Gains in Purse by
Order Ending His Leave
From The Tribune'e Watthinaton Bureau
WASHINGTON, June 16.?
Secretary Denby's action in or
doring Rear Admiral Sims home
will result in the. government pay
ing the officer'a transpovtation
charges instead of the Admiral
paying them out of his own
pocket, naval officers pointed out
to-night.
A smile is lent the situation
because the Admiral is returning
aboard tho same steamer he in
tended sailing on, anyhow.
Three Building
Six Uiimasked
Rejection of $10,000,000
of Buffalo School Bids
Urged by Lockwood Prob
ers After Storiny Scene
U. S. Calls In Untermyer
More Price - Fixing Bared
and Defiant Lawyer Is
Ejected From Hearing
From a Staff Correevon&ent
BUFFALO, June 16.?The smashing
of three building material combines,
the exposure of six others, the sending
of evidence of another to the grand
jury and the advised rejection of
510,000,000 worth of school bids were
the high spots in the extremely lively
sesslort of the Lockwood committee's
investigation of the housing sityiation
to-day.
There were indications that the rapid
fire developments here were attracting
the attention of the Federal authorities.
Louis P. Carlin, United States Attorney
for this district, conferred with Sam
uel Untermyer, chief counsel to tho
committee, at the close of to-day's
hearing, and it was also leamed that
Mr. Untermyer had received a com-"
munication from Attorney General
Daugherty asking him to come to Wash?
ington next week for a conference. As
Mr. Untermyer leaves for Europe on
Saturday of next week it is a question
whether he will be able to seo Mr.
Dnughcrt" before ho departs. It is i
evident, however, that some government I
action is contemplated in connection |
with the revelations.
Special Conrt SesBlon Asked
That nothing may stand in the way i
?v aiJ, immediate court attack against
the alleged criminal organizations, Dis?
trict Attorney Guy B. Moore appealtfd
to Governor Miller to-day for the dej
ignation of an extraordinary term of
the Supreme Court to handle the great
mass of cases that have so ripidly de
|veloped from the inquiry. /Mr. Unter?
myer has promised to assign one of his
aids to assist in the prosecutipns.
Evidence of the destruction of rec
ords with the alleged purpose of
thwarting the inquiry, the existence of
a price-fixing organization masquerad
mg in the guise of a "library," the
forcible ejection from the hearing
chamber of one of Buffalo's leading at
torneys and the holding of another
man in contempt made the session one
of the most eventful in the history of
the committee.
It wixs at the conclusion of the tak
ing of the day's testimony that Mr.
Untermyer suggested the rejection of
the city's school bids. The catimates
involved an original expenditure of
$12,000,000 for eight schools. A second
call for bids brought about a reduction
of 31,900,000 from this price. Mr.
Untermyer advised, in the light of the
present exposures, that these bids be
rejected and estimates readvertised,
expressing confidence that a further
substantial reduction could be effected.
The committee's counsel advised
that the testimony regarding the op?
erations of the Buffalo Gravel Com
puny be taken up by the District At
rcrney and presented to the grand
'jury. The BufFalo firm, it was brought
out, practical'y had a monopoly of the
gravel business here, with the Hollo
way Sand and Gravel Company, ap
parently an independent firm here, do
ing about 10 per cent of the business
in this district. Evidence was pro-j
duced by Mr. Untermyer, with the aid j
o: his assistants, Leonard M. Wall-|
stein and George R. Brennan, showingj
that the Buffalo company sent its
price lists to the Holloway concern j
end th^t the latter adopted these |
prices, indicating collusion.
Gravel Chief Held in Contempt
William McCarroll, secretary of the
Buffalo Gravel Company, was deciared
in contempt when he appeared at. the
hearing without the stock books and
other records of the firm, which he had
been subpeenaed to produce. After
being held in contempt by Chairman j
Lockwood for ignoring the subpeena j
(Continued on paoe throo)
Dumb Prison er's Cure
Was Question of Time I
Thief Suspect, When Asked the j
Hour hy Cellmate, Be
travs Ruse
EAST VIEW, N. Y? June lo?William |
J. Kenncdy, serving a sentence in the j
East View penitentiary for vagrancy, j
is through telling people the time.
Kennedy was arrested in Pough- j
keepsie recently on suspicion of having
robbed the Catholic Church of St. John
the Baptist in Yonkers. When ap- j
proached by detectives who intended to !
question him about the burglary, by '
signs and passes Kennedy informed ]
them that he was a deaf mute. Want- i
ing evidence and not being able to I
question the prisoner, the detectives I
were unable to proceed further with the
case. Kennedy was arraigned and con
victed of vagrancy. He was sentenced
to five months in East View peni- ,
tentiary.
Kennedy had hardly been in the jail i
an hour when he told another prisoner,
who had been instructed by a guard
to ask Kennedy for the time, that his !
watch was broken. Detectives who had I
been working on the case were in- j
formed at once that the East, View
climate had restored Kennedy's voice,
and after being questioned at length '
he was charged to-day with the theft I
of a gold chalice from the Rev. Henry i
J. Meyer. j
Says Beauvais
Took Food to
Mrs, Stillman
Indian Read at Bedside,
and Ring of Financier's
Wife Bore Inscription
'F. B.,' Witness Deelares
Defense Scores in
Denial of Letter
Wife Jubilant at Close of
Day; Husband Loatli to
Face Court on June 28
Tionr,
PGUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.? June 16.
I Startling reveiations of the alleged in
j timate daily association between Mrs.
Anne Urquhart Stillman nnd Fred
j Beauvais at the red and blue cottages,
the summer and winter residence of
the Stillmana at Pleasantville, in West?
chester County, were made by wit?
nesses for James A. Stillman at the
| hearing to-day of his divoree suit be
i fore Referee Daniel J. Gleason. Out
i standing features of the testimony
j were:
First. That the Indian gnide fre
j quently was seen carrying breakfast
up to Mrs. Stillman's bedroom.
Second. That he was seen by her
bedside reading to her and playing the
victrola.
Third. That in place of her wedding
ring she often was seen wearing a
plain gold band with the initials "F. B."
j inscribed on the inside.
j Fourth. That baby Guy had a pair
I of moccasins with tho inscriptions, said
to be in the handwriting of Fred Beau?
vais:
"I hope Guy will always be good to
his mother," and "I hope Guy will some
day know his father."
Mald's Testimony Helps Defense
Coincidenl with the testimony that
these inscriptions were in the hand?
writing of Beauvais, the defense re?
ceived unexpected aid when Mary
Kelly, a former maid at Pleasantville
and the chief witness of the day, virtu
ally discredited the evidence upon
which the famous letter, called Exhibit
B, was admitted at the hearings. She
contradicted previous testimony by
l Bernard Kelly and admitted under
jcross-examination that the only oc
casion on which she had seen hand
iwntinglvhich she thought to be that
of Fred Beauvais was on letters she saw
in Mrs. Stillman's handbag and in the
imessages on the moccasins belonging
to Guy.
I The letter known as Exhibit B. and
j the hrst of the alleged Beauvais letters
jto be made public, was previously ad
imitted as evidence on the strength of
the identification of handwriting made
I by Bernard Kelly, who said that he had
|been shown by Marry Kelly a letter
to Mrs Stillman fjffcm Fred Beauvais.
\z?~$*Z aval7 Kelly deni?d absolutelv
| that she had ever shown Bernard Kellv
the letter knowr- as Exhibit B.
I uCol?iiel _Wijlia?? Rand intimated
_r en__?f, heatin-s opened to-day that
i t ?ollma5 would not appear on
Jurie 28 co face his wife, because of
| the 'contemptiblc publicity" which
jhad been given the announcement.
j i fie plairtiff has expressed a disin
clmation to face the battery of photog
raphers reporters and curious spec
I tators who now surround Mrs. Stillman
j as she enters Mr. Gleason's ofTice. Colo
j nel Rand informed the defense that his
j c,he]nt, Vpuld appear before thev con
i cluded the presentation of their case
and that a week's notice would be
given. He remonstrated over what
he termed the "leakage of news," and
urged a complete reticence on both
sules. Reference was made at this
jnncture to the Beauvais letters, so
i called, which were made public.
Crowds Besiege Office
! The crowd surrounding the office
where the hearings are being held wa3
! such to-day that the manager of the
bank across the street complained to
the police, because his customers were
unable to come and go in comfort. Not
only ia Main Street literally lined with
a string of persons resembling a pa?
rade, but the telegraph poles, roofs
and every available window are used
aa points of vantage. Mrs. Stillman's
own comment on the. situation is that
she "fecls as if she were being mar
: ned all over again."
Direct examination to-day was con
ducted by Colonel Rand.' John F.
j Brennan and John E. Mack instituted
the most vigorous and searching cross
exammations yet held. Irene Kellv
was the first witness called. She is the
wife of Bernard Kelly, who was super
lntendent of the Pleasantville estate.
She swore that she had seen Beauvais
on different, occasions bringing up Mrs
Stillman's breakfast and that some
tirnes she had seen him at her bedside
playing the victrola and reading to her
At the eame time she admitted tha't
she had seen "Buddie" Stillman, H
Phelps Clawson and other friends stay
mg at the blue cottage doing exactly
the same thing. Asked if she thought
she could identify the handwriting of
yred Beauvais, she said she had seen
it only once, when she looked in Mrs
Stillman's handbag and there found
two letters from Beauvais. She ad?
mitted having read the letters, but
(Continued on pags six)
Berlin War Wounded
Fight Hunger Lock-Out
BERLIN, Juno 1G (By The
Associated Press).?Several hun
dr-ed crippled soldiers in the Char
loltenburg Hdspifal, who were of
dered to other hospitals beeause
they played cards and made con
siderable noise throughout the
night, refused to obey the order.
To-day they forkned a procession
and paraded the streets on
crutches and in wheel chairs, car
rying placards protesting against
the government's action, which
they called a "hunger lock-out."
Kils Wealthy
72?iii
Jealoiis Rage
Sliell-Shockcd British War
Veteran Then Ends Own
Life in Apartment of
His Victim in Chicago
She Had Given Him Home
Befriended Slayer, Former
Prizefighter, Until His At
lentions Annoyed Her
Special Disvatch to The Tribune
CHICAGO, June 16.?Mrs. Margaret
Ennis, seventy-two years old, step
mother of Callistus S. Ennia sr? mil
lionaire real estate dealer, was shot
and killed in her apartment house, at
6158 Greenwood Avenue, to-night by
Sergeant Thomas Smyth of the British
army, former middlewejght pugilistic
champion of Ireland. Immeciiately
after the slaying of Mrs. Ennis Smyth
killed himself with a bullet in tho head.
The double slaying was the result,
the police say, of jealousy and un
requited love on the part of Smyth.
The "other man," police declare, is
Harry T. Mclnerny, a plumher, address
at present unknown. Smyth was
thirty-six years old.
Mrs. Ennis, widow of James Ennis,
Chicago lawyer, who died forty-one
years ago, mct Smyth, according to
police information, shortly after the
latter's return from the late war, where
he had enlisted with the Royal En
gineers and risen to the rank of
sergeant.
Mrs. Ennia at that time, neighbors
say, was greatly interested in relief
work for returned soldiers. Smyth had
been badly wounded by shrapnei dur?
ing a Mesopotamia battle. At Mrs.
Ennis's invitation hc took a room* at
her apartment.
At that time Mrs. Ennis owned the
apartment building at 6156-58 Green?
wood Avenue, on the second floor of
which she was killed. She sold this
apartment a week ago to a Mrs. 0. M.
Wood, a neighbor, for $100,000.
Left at Her Request
Smyth continued to room at the home
of Mrs. Ennis until about two months
ago, when he left at her request. Previ
ous to this time Mclnerny had appeared
on the scene. Police say rivalry for
the affections of Mrs. Ennia developed
between them and resulted in Smyth's
dismissal from the Ennis apartment.
Frequently after that Smyth would
walk up and down in front of the
Ennis apartment, neighbors. said, and
made many attempts to see Mrs. Ennis.
This culminated two weeka ago in an
attempt to break into the Ennis apart
irent at midnight. The next day a
complaint was sworn against him in
police court by Mclnterny. Smyth was
placed under a peace bond. Mclnerny
disappeared and has not been seen
since.
Mrs. Ennis, following the action, de
termined to leave Chicago, according
to friends. She sold her apartment
house, made arrangements for the
rental of other real estate owned by
her, packed up her iurniture and pre
pared *o take up her residence with a
eister in Kansas City, Mo.
This afternoon Smyth appeared at
the rear of the Ennis apartment build?
ing. He walked up to the second floor
and engaged in conversation with Mrs.
Ennis. A few minutes later the latter
called to Miss Dorothy Post, who lives
in the apartment above that which Mrs.
Ennis was vacating. Miss Post ran
downstairs.
"Smyth was standing there talkinjr in
loud tone of voice to Mrs. Ennis," she
said. "He appeared to bc drunk. Mrs.
Ennis was asking him to go away?
that she didn't want him hanging
around. He told her to co inside. She
refused.
Pulls Her Inside and Fires
"His manner was so threateninjr I
ran upstairs. As I was goins* I saw him
prab her by_ the wrist and pull her
inside the kitchen. Then came four
shots.
"I screamed and ran to the telephone
and notified the police. Then I ran
downstairs. Mrs. Anna Bixton, who
lives with me, came with me.
"We ran inside Mrs.Ennis's apartment.
and there on the f.oor were the bodies
of her and Smyth. Both were dead.
Mrs. Ennis had been shot twice throuuh
the breast. Smyth had been shot once
in the right temple."
From papers found in Smyth's room
his identity as the Tom (Greek) Smyth
who retired as undefeated pugilistic
(Continued on pag? six)
Tries to Behead Autoist With
Hatchet as Car Hits His Son
RED BANK, N. J., June 16.?William
Evans, of Asbury Park, was attacked
with a hatchet and seriously wounded
to-day by Rocco Zucco as he was stoop
ing to pick up Zucco's three-year-old
child. The child had been knocked
down and hardly more than scratched
by an automobile in which Evans was
riditeg. Zucco was held in $2,000 bail
for the grand jury on a charge of
atrocious assault and battery.
Zucco told Judge Wise, before whom
ht was arrr.igned, that he becarne ex
citej when he saw his son run over
and believed that he had been kill?d.
According to witnesses, the Zucco
boy darted into the street from in front
of his home as the Evans car came
down the street. He ran directly in
front of the automobile, but the drivar
ftraa able to atop. ',
1?
Rocco Zucco witnessed the accident j
from the porch of his home. As a I
crowd gathered around the machine, I
Zucco seized a hatchet which was lying !
in the yard and dashed into the street. j
It is alleged that as Evans stra"i?ht- j
ened up with the chiid in his arms
ZueeO brought the hatchet down on the j
autoist's neck, inflicting a cut four \
inches long and two inche_ deep. Men j
j in the crowd, it is said, were forced to
j strugglo for several minutes with the
I father to prevent him from strikinjr a I
I second blow.
Evans was placed in hia automobile
j and rushed to a surjreon. After several
stitches had been taken in the cut he
j was sent to the home of a sister in
i Eatonville. It is said he will recover.
Zucco was turned over to the police.
Edward Evans, a brother of the injured
! man, who was drivine the car, was not
held.
1 Dead, 6 Shot
In Varotta
RevengeFeud
Italian Killed by Volley
From East Side Door;
3 Women and 3 Men in
Crowded Street Struck
4Death to Inf ormers'
Is Gunman's Sfaout
Gang Tliat Kidnaped and
Slew Boy Believed To
Be on Terror Reign
One man was killed and three women
and three men wounded in a revolver
battle fought by Italians at Schiff Park
way and Chrystie Street early this
morning. Police believe that the Varotta
murder may have brought about the
fight.
Although it was after midnight hun
dreds were seated on the sidewalks
outside tenement houses, and the
fusillade of shots that came from
Shrystie Street wounded three of five
women outside 16 Schiff Parkway.
The man killed was found shot
through the head across the street
from where the women feil wounded.
He is Vincenzo Alfalo, 8 Prince Street.
The wounded are!
Nicholas Ventura, address unknown;
will probably die.
Issac Feldman, painter, 10S7 Forest
Avenue, shot in right thigh.
Edward Niepotti, 601 West 137th
Street, fifty years old, a chauffeur, shot
in left thigh.
Lena Waxman, twenty-two year3 old,
16 Schiff Parkway, shot in right leg.
Anna Waxman, forty-eight years old,
10 Schiff Parkway, shot in left foot.
Bfertha Waxman, eighteen, 16 Sclyff
Parkway. grp.zcd by bullet and only
slightly injured.
Sixteen Shots Fired From Door
Sixteen shots were fired frcrn a door
way in Chrystie Street as two Italians,
j of whom the dead man was one, ap
proached from the direction of the
iBowery. Tho man who was with Al?
falo began shooting in return, Alfalo
is deciared by witnesses to have fired
j five shots before he fell with a bullet
wound in the head, from which he died
i silmost instantly. The second Italian
ran, firing as ho went, losing himself
in the crowd that gathered from all
I surroundinjr streets.
! Captain George Busby, of the Clinton
! Street police station, with all available
j reserves, arrived within a few minutes
j of the shooting. Two ambulances from
j Gouverneur Hospital drew up simultan
! eously, The wounded men and women
j were removed to the hospital.
That the shooting was due to re
j venge for information alleged to have
j been given the police in connection
i with the Varotta kidnaping is said to
[ have been learned by police inVesti
| gators in the Italian district. Wjt
1 nesses deciared that one of the men,
shooting from a dark doorway, shouted
i in Italian that they were. out to get all
| informers. Following up this clew to
I the cause of the battle, ten detectives
I worked throughout the night question
ing residents in the vicinity.
_ Throngs in Street
a
That more persons were not wounded
| is little ehorfc of miraculous, as the
| street in which it occurred is a direct
j approach to the Williamsburg Bridge,
; toward which crowds returning to
i Brooklyn were moving. Within five
j minutes of the shooting hundreds of
motor cars filled with men and women
I clogged the vicinity and reserves had
I hard work for more than an hour in
I restoring order.
Patrolman John Kringle, of Clin?
ton Street Station, chased and caught
one of the men pointed put as having
been engaged in the a^fray. . He gave
his name at the station as Safvatore
Viscone, thirty years old, of 310 East
106th Street, a trucl{man.
A ,38-caliber revolver was found on
the prisoner, who resisted arrest: There
were five 1-jaded cartridges in the
weapon. Viscone Eaid he had been
fired at. but had fired no shots in re?
turn. He deciared he did not know
the men engaged in the revolver fight
and had only drawn his own weapon
to defend himself.
Fifty-five Questioned
Questioned as to his movements last
night, Viscone refused to talk fur
j ther. He told Captain Busby of the
j lst District Uetective Bureau, who in
| terrogated him for more than an hour,
! that he would make no further state?
ment until provided with counsel.
Fifty-five persons were taken to the
station within an hour of the fight
from tenements in the neighborhood
of 8 Prince Street. These were ques?
tioned in relays.
Feldman and Niepotte were both inno
cent victims of the firing. Neither was
in any manner involved, according to
a police statement. The three women
wounded are said to be likely to re
cover. Lena Waxman, most Seriously
(Continued on ptgs six)
Bolshevism Breaks Out
In Korfanty's Forces
! Red Flags Reported Hoisted in
Silesia, Money Levies De?
manded; Army Organizing
BERLIN, June 16 (By The Associated
Press').?Bolshevism, which the Rus?
sian, French, German and Austrian
Comrnunist leaders are known to have
been planning, has broken out in
Polish insurgent forces under Kor- j
fantry in Upper Silesia, according to ad- I
viccs received here. Red fiags have j
been hoisted in various parts of the j
industrial district, Red general head- j
quarters have been established, money i
levies have been demanded and men
impressed into the Comrnunist service. i
Some ot" Korfanty'8' officers have !
deserted to the new movement and are |
reported to be organizing a Red army. \
Latest report8 say the Gommunista ,
are marshalling recruits around Kat- j
towitz, Beuthen and Schoppinitz.
MOTORBVNGAI.O&?For rent. day, !
weolc, month. CrMnplete equipped camp- i
on-wheels, four people.. Tralla perfectly 1
behind any automobile. Adams Traller i
Corp., Garden City, _. JL, Gardea City '
House Delegation Bolts Navy
Appropriations Conference
Bill Involving $494,000,000 Seems Tied Up in
Hopeless Deadlock on Account of Refusal to
Grant Inereases Demanded hy Senators
From The Tribvne's Washington. Bureau
WASHINGTON, June 16.--IIouse and
Senate conferees on the $494,000,000
naval appropriation bill came ?o a com?
plete deadlock to-day. Itefusing to ac?
cept the Senate increases, amountir.g
jvirtually to $100,(100,000, the House
j conferees walked out of the conference
| room.
Tho situation is that the House con?
ferees have refused to agree to any
of the Senate increases, exeept $1,
000,000 for a hospital at San Diego.
They also have refused to accept the
Borah disarmament amendment.
Indications are this means many days
of delay in rcaching an agreement and
that it will be after the first of the new
fiscal year before the naval bill is
passed. Navy Department officials are.
worried beeause of the probability the
month of July will open and iind the
department without a dollar.
In Congrtss this is not looked on as
especially serious, beeause it is said
the .department Ican go along for two or
three weeks after the new fiscal year
opens without being obliged to spend
any money.
The* House will be asked to give in
structions to the conferees as to what
course to take. House sentiment
against the Senate increases, including
the increase of personnel from 100,000
in the House bill to 120,000 in the
Senate bill, is strong.
Senator Poindexter, acting chairman
of the Naval Committee, said of the
situation: "It's up to the House." He
is disposcd to lei*, matters drift until
the House or House conferees make a
new move.
Conferees on the army bill are in a
tangle over the size of the a#my and it
may be impossible to straighten this
out before the new fiscal year opens.
The army bill controversy, however, in
volves a small sum eompared witn the
sum involved in the dispute over the
naval bill.
President Harding ultimately may
be asked to arbitrnte the differences on
these bills.
Britain Seeks
Freneh Aid to
Smash Turks
Curzon Goes to Paris for
Approval of Issue of
Arms to Greece; Italian
Envoy to Join in Parley
Constantine in Paris
Expects to Start Drive in 3
Weeks; Report Freneh
Are Fighting Kemalists
From The Tribune,'s European Bureau
Copyright. 1921, New York Tribune Ine.
LONDON, Juno 16.?The Marquis of
Curzon, Foreign Secretary, is going to
Paris to-morrow in the hope' that he
can reach an agreement with the
Freneh government on a policy to be
followed in the Near East in the event
of a defeat of the Greek army by the
Turkish Nationalists led by Mustapha
Kemal.
Ab the Italian Ambaasador to Paris
will also be present at the conference
it will assume almost the importance
of a meeting: of tbe Supreme Allied
Council.
The marquis's private secretary ha3
been in Paris all this week, but he has
made little headway on the Quai
d'Orsay and the British are not opti
j mistic over the situation.
The -ignincance of the marquis's
j visit can be found in the fact that
| Premier Lloyd George has turned the
j whole Near Eastern problem over to
the Foreign Office for solution after
he himself sought in vain for a satis
factory basis of adjustment.
The British feel that their chief hope
j of success rests with the Greek army
and consequently they are anxious to
obtain Freneh approval of the work of
supplying tjing Constantine's forces
j with munitions.
I Paris Pleased at Curzon Visit
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyrisht, 1-21, New York Tribune Inc.
| PARIS, June 16.?The word from
j London that the Marquis of Curzon is
coming here Friday to confer with
Premier Briand on questions affecting
the Near East, Upper Silesia and other
controversial subjects. has given the
situation a most conciliatory turn.
Premier Lloyd George has informed
vBriand that he has delegated the Mar?
quis of Curzon to act for him beeause
impaired health and the nressure of
English domestic problems have made
it impossible for him to handle foreign
affairs himself for some time to come.
Under these circumstances the belief
is expressed here that the British For?
eign Minister may be coming to Paris
empowered to arrange for an early
meeting of lhe Supreme Allied Council.
Briand's refuaal to go to Boulogne
strengthena tho belief that the next
session will be in Paris and, unless
Lloyd George's health improves, For?
eign Minister Curzon may have to re
place the British Premier nt the coun?
cil table.
It is reported that Lloyd George was
piqued beeause he could not force
Briand to call a meeting of the Su?
preme Council two weeks ago when the
Silesian situation was most active.
Now he is sending the Marquis of
Curzon, whom the British Premier be
lieves the Freneh will find it harder to
drive a bargain with than himself.
Persons close to Briand say that
Foreign Minister Curzon's mission is
of the highest importance. They ex?
press belief that it will lead to an
agreement between Great Britain and
France and the formulation of a com
mon pblicy on troublesome interna?
tional questions.
The Freneh interpretation of the
situation is that Premier Lloyd George
is yielding to the clanior in England
against interference in the Greek
Turkish dispute and is coming over to
the Freneh point of view. This will
result in soine agreement on the basis
that it is the dtity of the Allies to
force King Constantine to abandon
some of his fiery projeets.
The report that 50,000 Russian Bol
saevik troops are march ing to the sup?
port of the Turkish Nationali.ts tn
Asia Minor in their war against the
(Contirtued on next paqe)
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Night Battle
Rages Througli
Dublin Streets
Rifles Crack and Bombs
Explode All Over City;
Fusillade Is Heaviest
Since Easter Rebellion
Snipers Fire From Roofs
Police Reply With Machine
Guns From Armor-Clad
Cars and Quell Fight
Special Cable to The Tribune
CopyriKht, 1921. New.York Tribune Ine.
DUBLIN, 7une 16?The rattle of
musketry and machine gun fire in the
streets of Dublin, so intenae that it
alarmed the p%pulation of even that
war-torn city, broke out about 11
o'clock last night and continued at in?
ter vals until after midnight. The firing
was described as the heaviest heard
since the Easter rebellion of 1916. De
spite the fact that the curfew required
all per3ona to be indoors, rebels were
on the thoroughfares in all parts of
the city, attacking the crown forces
from many vantage points.
The first attack was made on the
military guard at the burned custom
house. Bullets rained on tho troops
from across the Liffey River, but they
returned the fire vigorously with
machine guns. Military and police sent
in lorries from headquarters to in
vestjgate the outbreak were attacked
Wilh revolver and rifle fire at O'Connell
bridge by snipers ensconced in corners
of "buildings, where the moon threw
black shadows, and on roofs of nearby
structures?
For the first quarter of an hour the
firing was continuous in the streets in
tne central part of the citv. The crack
of automatics could be heard above the
volleys fired by the crown forces.
Play Lights on Buildings
When the battle died down and onlv
desultory firing broke the stillnes*,
large forces of police and military were
tnrown out over the city to patrol in
armored cars. Night workers were
stopped and searched and lights were
played on the roofs in an effort to
reveal the hiding piaces of the snipers.
Ihis morning a troop train was at?
tacked with revolver fire and bombs
on the outskirts of Dublin. Four sol?
diers were wounded. About the same
time a body of auxiliary police cadets
was attacked from ambush from the I
north wall of the city.
Until Tuesday night, when bombs were
thrown at a military patrol, there had!
heen no disorders after curfew hou~s
and many had begun to hope that the
ngor of the curfew regulations would
be relaxed soon. This hope haa now
vanished with the renewal of Sinn
Fein attacks. These are evidently a
part of the new policy of the Irish re?
publican army, whose newspaper is still
circulated despite the heavy penalties
put on any one caught with it in his
possession. The Iatest issue of the
publication presents what are called
defensive tactics to meet the Bi\ish
government's threat of breaking re
sistance by adoption of the wind-up
methoda used in the Boer war. It is
asserted that guerrilla attacks com
pelled the crown forces to evacuate
outlying posts in Ire2and and concen
trate in the cities.
British Sweep Death Area
BELFAST, June 17 (By The Asso
ciated Press).? It has b_>en known for
some time that the military authori
ties have contemplated strongmeasures !
(Continued on next page)
Two Chicago Hotels Find !
War IsOver; Cut Prices j
Twenty Per Cent Reduction in |
Room Rates Is Announced; j
Move Includes Restaurants
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
CHICAGO, June 16.?Two of Chicago's !
hotels have discovered that the war is i
over and that the world is trying to ?'
readjust itself and get back to some- I
thing like normal conditions. The
Hotel Morrison and Hotel Sherman to-!
day announced a 20 per cent reduction i
in their rates. .At the same time the '
managers announced they Were geing j
over their restaurant prices and mak- i
ing notable reductions in the price of i
food. Front hotel rooms that have i
cost $5 to $7 a day may now be had i
for $4 and $G. j
Harry Moir, of the Morrfson, aaid I
that the urkeep of hotels waa now !
lower than it was a year ago. "Carpet '
that cost us $4.65 a yard a vear ago, is j
now costing us $2.85," he admitted. He I
said there had been no cut in the ]
wages of employees, with the exception !
of slight reductions in the pay of:
chambermaida.
Most of the outlying hotels are still
charging war time prices, both for
rooms and in thair cafes, but their I
patronage is said to be eonstantly
dimmishing and they are expected to '
get ia line with readjusfcmeat,
U.S.Gets Irisli
Guns Here on
' ain's
English Intelligence Ser?
vice Sends Word of In?
tended Shipment of Ma
chine Rifles to Belfast
Arms Are Seized
On Espionage Act
-__?_
Depot Handling Type of
Captured Gun Denies
Selling Contraband Lot
LONDON, June 17.?The Daily
Sketch says this morning that thf
seizure of arms on board the steamer
Eas* Side in Hoboken, N. J., was
due to the enterprise of the Irish
Office, which informed the American
authorities of the fact that the gun?
had been bought and were to b*
.shipped.
United States District Judge Charlei*
R. Lynch, of Newark, issued a detentior.
warrant yesterday that obliged Chiei
of Police Patrick Hayes of Hoboke:
to surrender to customs officers th?
495 sub-machine guns, extra parts anc
ammunition seized Wednesday aboard
the Shipping Board vessel East Side
just before she cleared for Belfast vii.
Norfolk.
The police had taken the ultra
modern weapons, desigr.ed for close
rar.ge fighting, from the customs off.
cers on a search and seizure warrant
The customs offlcers, after servin
their detention warrant, promptly load
ed the blue steel, double-butted gun
cr. to a truck, ferried them to.Manhat?
tan and placed them in the Appraisers
Stores at 641 Washington Street, tt
the deep chagrin of Frank Willioms.
?who claims -wnership of the r..p; i
fircrs.
The espionage act w.r cited as war
rant for the Federal officers' action.
Williams, who told Department of
Justice agents detailed t< follcw his
movements, that his address waa 10(
West Forty-third Street, Manhattan.
has two lawyers, One of these is
Thomas J. O'Neiil, who during the wa?
successfully defended Albert Pau1
Frike. Frike was acquitted of com*
plicity in the Herman Wessels case
The other lawyer is John J. Fallon
Corporation Counsel of Hoboken.
Conrt Action Checked
It was O'Neill's idea that if the police
seized tho guns from the governmer_t
ffr would be a simple matter for hi -
client to regain possession of them
As an associate counsel, Fallon agree*
that this was sound law, and then, in
his capacity of Corporation Counsel, b .
instructed the chief of police to hold
the machine guns, in spite of the pro
tests of the customs officers.
Williams, sharp fcatured, minua *,
waistcoat and wearing a Panama hat.
hovered outside the City Hall in Hc
boken yesterday afternoon. Inside Re
corder Adolph C. Car.sten was prepar
ing to act as arbitrator in the disput*
between the police and the custom.
officers. As the Itecorder was abon*
to mount l.is bench a Department of
Justice agent arrived with Customt-.
Inspector Martin Ryan, from Newark
Ryan served a copy of the detentior
warrant on Chief Hayes and th -j De
partment of Justice agent .laced ?
copy in the hands of the Recorder.
After that there was no more dispute.
The customs men ordered a truck _..-.(:
soon afterward fourteen thick-shou!
dered customs guards appeared to han -
dle the contraband guns.
Denies He Is Williams
As Williams leaned against the -sptkf
iron fence that surrounds the Hoboker:
City Hall he w_.s questioned.
"Sure, now," he said, "you're mi.
taken. I'm not Mr. Williams. I wlsh .
was as rich a man as he is. My nann*
is Frank Kernan."
A minute later Recorder Carstc".
pointed out "Kernan" as Williams. Th"
Department of Justice agent and
United States Marshal Louis Beekmai .
of the Northern New Jersey Distric*
bcth accosted Williams and he a,
mitted his identity, but deeline*. to tali.
exeept in the presence of his counsel.
The three men then went to the oific *
of Corporation Counsel Fallon.
While the officia'.3 were t.ngagtji!
there in a fruitless effort to extrac
information from Williams. the c\i>
toms officers, carefully eheeking eacn
weapon, loaded the truck. The weap?
ons have two pistol grips about four
teen inches apai*t and can be equippe<i
with shoulder grips. Drums contsfa
ing eitli^r fifty or one hundred round..
of ammfniti'-.n can be discharged to
fast from them that the bullets _m<**rg>>
from the nozzle almost like a stream
of lead. Fifteen hundred rounds ca.:
be discharged in a minute where the
operator is. assisted by an amm.un1.ior
carrier. The air cooled guns are so
light in weight that the customs guard.,
with ease carried four at a time, tw *?
in each hand.
Retr.ats to Manhattan
Before the truck was stacked knee deep
with the guns Williams and a aius
.ached middle aged companion who won
a gray suit and a "hard" straw hat
started to leave Hoboken. Wi_.ia.-4_
was aware he was being followed.
The two men darted down the stairs
of the Hudson t.ube station in Hobo?
ken, dropped a handful of change loto
the collector's box and then, withoir
pausing, dashed up anotheV f.ight of
stairs to the street level. There they
paused to exchange hats, Mr. Williams
takingr the "hard" straw, much tc /
iarge for him, and giving his too smali
Panama to his con.panion. Thus dis
guised, they hurried to a ferry boat,
crossed ,to Manhattan and walked up
Broadway to City Hall Park. As th.r
svalked both kept glancing back ?ver
their shoulders. At City Hall Pari:
both plunged into the subway and, per
tiaps, went home to dinner.
Long after Williams had lost himself
in Manhattan his lawyers wero work
ing in Fallon's office on briefs to b.*
submitted to-day to Federal _udgc*
Lynch in an effort to persuade him to*
i/acate his detention order beeause, thev
contend. the sections of the espionag ,
act of 1917, upon which he acted, hav .*,
since been repealed.
Attorney's Explanation
Speaking for his client O'Neiil aald t
* The guns were stoien from Mr. WH -.
hama. They were shipped to him f_W
Hartford via, tho American E_;pt4i_^