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TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1921
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TWO CEWTH ,-J TlfRKK CFNTS I
wVork WltJUn 200 MUe* ! Klaewhere
focb *:rT*
fr. i.r*:.t
3 Va S. Ships
Vanish at Sea
With Crews;
Reds Blamed
-
Pirates Also Suspected
in Atlantic Mystery
Puzzlinp: Hoover and
Other Federal Officers
Senator Hale Acts
On Tip From Girl
Fourth Vessel Wrecked
After Drifting 011 Shoals
in Hatteras Water* With
Not a Soul on Board
'?' ."; Tribvne's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, June 20. ? Govern-'
?ent officials are investigating the re-1
cent inysterious disappearance in clear
weather of three merchant ships of:
Cape Hatteras and the unexplained
beaching in January on Diamond
Shoals of the Schooner Carroll A. Deer?
ing, which struck the sands with all
jgila set. although no living thing waa
found p.board
Working on the theory that pirates
are responsible, Senator Frederick
Hale, of Maine, took the matter up with
3 Department. It was referred
to Secretary of Cornmerce Hoover, to
- linping Board and to the Depart?
ment of Justice. All of these branches
of the government are now understood
to bo making an effort lo unravel the
mystery.
Secretary Hoover refused to-night to
his'opinion of the reports com?
ing into his office. His subordinates,
however, said they believed that rep
? of the Bolshevik govern?
ment d waylaid the merchantmen on
rh seas and, except in the case
of the Garroll A. Deering, seized the
and carried them off to Russia.
Message From Ocean
etting the belief in some quarters
Ijiat the crew of the Carroll A. Deering
murdered is the mysterious mes
ind some months ago in a bottle
up on the shore near CaDe fl?t
urporting to be froni Captain
Worraell nf the Carroll A. Deering,
' had been taken prisoner!
Although officials admit that the cases'
? ships are being investi
refuse to disclose the names
missing craft. One of them
- ht to be the steel steamship
htwitt, of Portland, M-.
The disappearance off Cape Hatteras
the Norwegian steamship Fiorine
nas nevc-r been explained. She was
uue in Hampton Roads from Norway
last January, but has never been heard
from. .Seven vessels, all told, are miss
ing off the coast of Virginia since the
first of this year, but as far as Is known :
now pirates are suspecfed of seizincr
':'? thres of these beside the Carroll
\. Deering.
With All Sails Set
The Carroll A. Deering was sighted '
sst January by the tug Rescue, of the
MemttA Chapman Wrecking Company.
'ne ship, a five-masted schooner of
3,500 tons, h3d all sails set and appar- ;
ently was in dir.tress. The tug was |
unable to get men on board the Carroll
A. Deering, but reported that it bad no
' ne on board.
A few days later the Carroll A. '
Deering- -unmanned as the tug had
found it?swept in ar.d piled up on !
Diartond Shoals.
Officials are at a loss to know how,
imess an entire crew mutinied, a
unrps fate could be kept sec^t because
oi the wirele?s, which would appeal for !
wp at the first sign of trouble.
Tip Given by Girl
'? Dispatch to The Tribune
NORFOLK. Va., June 20.?If goy-!
ernment authorities are able to trace '
i*i ' .S8?of Alr,tJ?''can vessels off the
Atlantic Coast credit for the tip which
?WUted in the investigation now being
ftada at Washington is due to Miss
Bartara h. Bauer, of Big Spring, Tex.,
,'vh? Vua the first to ascribe the mys
wnous disappearance of American
??iP? to Russian sea raiders.
Misa Bauer, stirred by press accounts
? the finding of the Carroll A. Deering
__?&?" ' ';' wrote t0 the coast euaid
ytjonties at Norfolk and suggested
creV,^ !"? 0f the De?ing and her
...V ,:'"" '?" connected with the dis- I
f the ateainer Hewitt, which
'ort Arthur, Tex., in Janu
tCq itlnutd en next page)
Woman Presides for
tirst Time in Congrees
House Members Cheer as Miss l
Roberlson Wield* Gave! and
Announces Roll Cal!
The TrOnma'a Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, June _0.-For the1
; ?-t ' ?''?'? >n the history of this coun- I
W a woman has presided over the I
Mousa of Representatives. This dis- |
tmction was Miss Alice Robertson's- !
B Congress from Okla- |
"or half an hour to-day
Maa?^8en^tive JosePh Walsh, of
thusetts, was in the chair. The
was m committee of the whole i
K_E"g a U _re?tta* a commis-l
i n to represent the United States atl
?W.- . centennial eelebration of
f'-.UMan independence and a roli cail
ser. "? orde"'-<l. when Mr, rValsh
Wefnl I trd ',u Mlss Kobertson that he
Srna Ple''-sc;d t0 have her act ES
temi^0U.lburst of aPP^use was ex
??? T ,,jy thc" members ?s she ap
P-oaehed the chair. At the completion
du ? ro'} clxU Misa Alk,f'- aa she is
a_v l <!uU-d her contemplation of the
*j?v<-'l. which sho had been turring
,? er slowly in her hands. arose from
5nc"8'r and announced:
, Oil this vote the ytas-were 209 and
in'V'ays 4"' Two-thlrds having voted
-n ihe afflrmative, the bill is passed."
m' r- walsh then roappeared and the
^JBnoers rose-to their feet und again
?PPlauded au Misa Alice stepped down.
Wi.?- v.,ii tu**h <??' sv'itlnsr,
Tljink ot WIUTINO. ?Advt.
Enright as Film Star to Show
He's Sure Poison to Crookdom
"From Farmer Boy to Police Commissioner," Title
Picked by Producer; There'U Be a Knock-Out
for Evildoers in Every Reel; To Have Heroiue
Police Commissioner Richard E. En?
right is going to bee-omo a screen ac
tor, He is going to tell the story of
his life ln the films, and it, would not
be going too far to say that ho hopoa
to he just aa appealing ns Douglas
Fairbanks or William Hart. Charlie
Chaplin is good, of course, but he lacks
dignity.
''This is going lo be a propnganda
film and, beiieve me, the eop won't get
any the worst of it," exjilained Eman
uel Tanenbaum.. who is to star Com
imissioner Enright. Mt. Tanenbaum,
besides being a colonel in the police
reserves, is head and shoulders of E.
Tanenbaum Photo Publicity, Inc, and
the ... Tanenbaum Corporation (real
estate and insurance), sharin'g an of?
fice in tlie Worid's Tower Building
with Jack Curley, wrestling promoter.
'Remember 'On Trial,' how it start
eo?" asked Mr. Tanenbaum at the
Friars last night just before he de
parted for the battles at Ebbets Field.
"Well, the Commissioner will be seat
: ed at his desk down at Police Head?
quarters and he'll begin to tell his
story to a friend who drops into see
him. Oh, it's going to be good.
"The film is to be called From Farm
er's Boy to Police Commissioner.' If
that's R-ood, we got another idea: 'From
Police Commissioner to President.
Didn't Roosevelt do it? Well, it's prct
i ty early to talk and the sccnario hasn't I
Teller Accusetl
egging
On Bank's Cash
Confessed Defaulter at
Irving National Said to
Have Built Up Lively
Brooklyn Rirni Route
Sentence Is Deferred
j Court Threatens Farrell
With Long Term Unless
Ho Reveals Aceomplices
'lhe defalcations of Alfred E. Par
; rell, formerly paying teller of the New
| Utrecht branch of the Irving National
Bank, who pleaded guilty two weeks
ago to havin-7 stolen 81,400 cf the
bank's money, amounted to eonsider
ubly more, Assistant District Attorney
Peter J. Brancato declared yesterday
in the United States District Court in
Brooklyn.
Assistant District Attorney Brancato
j al30 charged that Farrell used the
', money he appropriated to finance an
extensive bootlegging business in
Brooklyn. In being able to conceal his
specuiations, Farrell, according to the
Assistant District Attorney, must have
had assistance. He said there was
nothing to indicate that any other em
ployee of the bank was involved, but
that it was apparent Farrell was not
ttlling all he knew.
These new features in the case were
unexpectedly revealed yesterday be?
fore Judge Garvin, when Farrell came
up for sentence. ?***
Farrell, who had been out on bail, was
rernanded to the Raymond Street jail
until July 20.
Gives Him Time to Think
"If I am convinced at the end of
that time," said Judge Garvin, "that
you are not telling the truth, that you
are trying to shield others. I shall not
hesitate to impose a substantial por
tion of the maximum penalty of ten
years. If there is any information
you-have not given we want it. I want
you to give serious thought to this
matter during the thirty days I am
remanding you."
Farrell was rernanded after counsel
for the Mansfield Transportation Com?
pany, of which he was president, said
that he would be needtd as a witness
in bankruptcy proceedings in connec
tion with that concern.
The fact that the Assistant District
Attorney was convinced that Farrell's
defalcations were greatly in excess of
the sum mentioned in the charge to
which he pleaded guilty, and that he
was concerned in iliicit liquor traffie,
came out when Charles Russell, coun?
sel for Farrell, asked if Mr. Brancato
thought the defendant would attempt
to get away if continued on bail.
R?r-.e Is Suspected
Assistant District Attorney Brancato
| replied he believed Farrell would take
advantage of an opportunity to disap
pear, He added that it was his opin?
ion thr bankruptcy proceedings in con
nection with the transportation com?
pany were not begun in good faith, and
ihat it was an attempt to get the de?
fendant out on bail.
"Farrell will not give any further in?
formation," said Mr. Brancato. "He
refuses to reveal who his aceomplices
were."
Farrell, who is twenty-eight years
old, formerly lived at 239 McDonough
Street, Brooklyn. He was arrested
April 27 and it was said at the time
that he accomplished the embezzle
(Co-it.-U'eil on pago five)
been written, but probably Sam Ship
man?you know, the plnywright? and
Anthony Paul Kelly, who wrote the sc;e
nario of 'Way Down East'?'Thre;.
Faces East' wns his, too?I'm dickering
with them. It's a great story. It'll al?
most write itself.
"Right now I'm looking for a charac
ter to play the part of Enright. You
understand, he can't?dignity and
everything?go through from start to
flnish. We'll havo to have n little boy
to got over the farm stuft'. That's
where it begins. bnck in llornell, N. Y.,
ivith the Commissioner a barefooted
lad, going fishing am! working on the
farm. Then he gets to be a telegraph
operator. Pinally he comes to New
York and gets on the force as a patrol?
man under Roosevelt.
"It's propaganda, you see. The pur?
pose is to show that the criminal can?
not escape. This is going to be just
the opposite of all these crook plays
that makes the crook a hero. This is
going to make the cop what he is?a
hero. We'il put a crook away in nearly
every reel.
"After Enright gets in the depart
ment, you see. were going to take a
lot of actual incidents of heroism and
shove them in."
There is to be a heroine in this
scenario, of course, and Miss FIorenco<
Dixon has been east for the part. Max
Figman, according to the producer, also
is to have a role.
Rehcarsals are to begin, it is under?
stood, before the fall crime wave
sets in.
S-'o &*?_*?
Says Enright;
Gives Up Data
AU Serene as Police Head
Appears Refore Legisla
tive Inquiry and Agrees to
Produce Records To-day
'TVice Lot of Gentlemen'
Questioned Only Regarding
Subordinates' Refusal to!
Testify Before Committee!
The grim, warehouse-like rooms of !
the joint legislutive investigating j
committee took on a note of gnyety j
yesterday. when Mayor Hylan's Police |
Commissioner Richard E. Enright, ap- j
peared in answer to a subpoena served i
upon him Friday. His smile illumi- |
r.ated the place. And his raiment, I
which added splendor to the cheap j
quartered oak furnishings, was a sym- j
phony in blue and white.
His presence was announced to the '
tig!?: or nine members of the com- j
mittec who sat in an inner room, and i
Senator Schuyler M. Meyer, the chair- j
man, sent out.word by the sergeant-a,t- \
arms, Harry W. Haines, that Com- |
missioner Enright would have to wait
for about ten minutes. j
Enright taiksd with newspaper men, |
declaring that his department had at
all times tried to comply with the Buh- i
Dcenas of the committee.
"Some of the subpeenas called for |
furniture, liling cabinets that are rjuilt !
into the walls of Police Headquarters I
and for documents that would fi 11 a '
truck on two," said Enright. "TheJ
committee can look at anything it!
wants to and can have anything it I
wants, but I think we ought to pro- i
ceed in an orderly manner. The Police i
Department must continue to func- j
tion."
_\'ice Gentlemen, Enright Comment
Enright said that he had not con- i
sulted the Corporation Counsel or any |
one else in the Hylan administration !
regarding his appearance. He was I
then asked if he would follow the ex- j
ample of his Deputy Commissioner,!
John A. Leach, who refused to be sworn '
before a sub-committee of one.
"That," replied Enright, "will depend j
upon the circumstarices."
Finally word was sent to the Com
missioner that the sub-committee was j
ready to examine him and Enright'
jauntily entered the inner room. At !
the end of half an hour he returned, '?
still smiling, and, asked to comment I
on his examination, said:
"It was a lovely party. It couldn't
have been better. They are a lot of i
n:ce gentlemen. No embarrassing',
questions were asked."
This was corroborated later by Chair?
man Meyer, who said that Enright was '
questioned solely concerning the fail- '
ure of his subordinates to comply with i
the committee'a subpeenas calling for
the production of certain books and I
records. The examination was con- I
ducted by Leonard M. Wallstein in th- !
absence of Elon R. Brown, chief coun- j
sel to the committee.
"Was Enright asked if he or his sub- i
ordinates were acting under instruc- I
tions from Mayor Hylan?" Chairman!
Meyer was asked.
Committee to Get Records
"No" replied Meyer. "We assumed
that he was running his own depart- i
ment." * j
Meyer explained that an agreement!
had been entered into wherebv tho1
committee would get all the books and I
(Continufd on aaaf flvt)
4119S
Demanding Jofos of Workers
BERLIN', June 20 (By The Asso?
ciated Press),-?Thousanda of unem
ployed toilcrs to-day entered the Labor
Union Assembly nnd demanded that all
[ workmen who had had steady employ
I ment should give up their jobs in
j order that the idle might be employed.
I The president of the Labor Union As?
sembly was beaten with blackjacks nnd
; left bleeding on the floor.
The flght spread until 5,000 persons
(were embrpiled, uslng fists, chairs and
j sticks. Repeated alarms brought scv
j eral hundred police to the scene. They
'. cleared the building after the uproar
had continued for t\v_^ hour.-.
The injured president waa taken to
a nearby restaurant, the doors. of
which were lockad. The unemployed :
demonstrations, however. attacked this
building, broke in the doors and win- !
dows and demolished the furniture.
The president was taken out bv the
back way and hurried to a place 6f
secunty. A rumor that the president
had died, although it was oflicially de- i
nied, added to the excitement.
The trouble began while the Labor ?
Union Council was in session. The un
employed were holding u demonstra-I
tion outside the building -ind sen* <
delegates into the hall to put. their I
tfamands before the council. Lnme- '?
diately these were made the fightin*
bagan ***
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week. month. Complete equlpped camp- '?
..ii wh ???is, four people. Trailx perfeotly '
P"? W automobile. Adams Trailer
*? prp., Oarden City, 1_. f.. Qarden City '
is',6.?Advi.
Notes of Sinclair Corp.
Eitiier Lost or Stolen
Over Week End; All
! of Them Are Negbtiable
Detectives Refuse to
Name Actual Loser
| Three Paekets, Lockcd
In Safe Saturday,, Are
Gone Monday Morning
I
Notes of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
| Corporation, 120 Broadway, bearing a
faco value of about $300,000, all regis
tered and negotiable securities, bear
I 'ng 7Vs per cent interest, were lost or
stolen between noon on Saturday, when
the safe in which they aro said to have
been depositcd was lockcd, and 9 a. m.
yesterday morning, when the safe was
again opened, it was announced yester?
day.
The loss was at first reported to
be $3,280,000 but this waa shown to
have been due to an error in list
numbers of the securities sent out over
a news wiro. While officials of tho
Sinclair Corporation were non-com
municative with regard to whether
they believed the notes stolen or
merely mislaid, announcement was
made by Kenneth Uutler, vice-presi?
dent of tho conccrn, that the loss
amounted to approximately $300,000.
The Pinkerton Detective Agency, in
whose hands the investigation was
plnced immediately on diseovery of the
loss, issued a warning yesterday to
bankers, brokers and dealers in ne?
gotiable paper to watch for the appear
ance of any of these securities. Two
thousand dollars of the notes are in
amounts of $500 and the remainder
$.1,000.
As the case was reported to Superin
tendent Harry Scott, of the Pinkerton
agency, an assistant treasuier who
locked a sat'e Saturday at noon is posi
tive ne saw and handled the securities
at that time and that they were de
posited in the aafe before it was locked
and the time device set. When the
safe was opened yesterday the notes
\\ere missing and no trace of them
could be found.
Loser's Name Withheld
At the Pinkerton offices last night
the name of the corporation from whose
safe the securities vanished was with?
held, but a suggestion was obtained
from other sources that they were in
the hands of a sr.bsidiary corporation
of the Sinclair concern. Superinten
dent Scott deciared the loss a mystery.
The company involved did not know
whether it had been robbed or whether
the bonds had been mislaid through
carelessness of an official, he said.
The officers of the Sinclair Consoli?
dated Oil Corporation are II. F. Sin?
clair, president; J. Fletcher Farrell,
treasurer, and Anthony Steinmetz, sec?
retary. Both Mr. Sinclair and Mr.
Steinmetz were deciared last night to
be out of town. Mr. Farrell was re?
ported iII at his home in Bronxville.
The missing securities are numbered
as follows:
For $1,000 each?Nos. ?96 to 395, in
clusive; 415 to 459, inclusive; 477 to
483. inclusive; 3,270, 4,132 to 4,138, in?
clusive; 4,651 to 4,600, inclusive; 5,068
to 5,077, inclusive; 4,080 to 5,084, in?
clusive; 8,511 to 8,515, inclusive; 9,250
to 9,252, inclusive; 10,397, 14,772 to
1-1,781 inclusive.
16,251 to 16,253, inclusive; 19,002 to
19,005, inclusive; 19,009 to 19,013, in?
clusive; 19,917 to 19.919, incluaive:
19,039 to 19,056, inclusive: 25 313
26,695, 27,142 to 27,145, inclusive; 28,
116, 2H..S76 to 28,880, inclusive; .'10,057
to 30,062, inclusive; 30,217 to 30,219,
inclusive; 30,246 to 80,247, inclusive
30,249 to 30,251, inclusive. 32,739, 32,
955, 34,868 to 34,869, inclusive; 34,883
to 34,887, inclusive; 35.090 to 35,091,
inclusive; 36,536. 36.973, 37,767 to 37,
773, inclusive; 38,381, 39,031, 40.474,
(Contlnuod on next page)
Surgeon in Death Stnpor
From Operating Scratch
Knowingly Risks Life to Save
Patient; With Thunih Poi
soned Removes Appendix
Special Dirpatch lo The Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, June 20.?Dr. J. II.
Hartwell, bf 3302 North Broad Street,
is near pdeath at the Anderson Hospital
with high fever and a drowsiness his i
colleagues have been unable to dispcl
as the result of poisoning from a slight
cut of the thumb inflicted in the courso j
of an appendicitis operation.
A week ago to-day Dr. Hartwell, of ]
the staff of the Anderson Hospital, per- i
formed an operation at the institution ]
on a patient whose condition was un-j
usually serious. The appendix was in-1
fec.ted and the poison vv;is spreading. |
Working rapidly to save the patient's i
life, the surgeon slightly cut his right'
thumb through the rubber glojre.
Dr. Hartwell did not interrupt the ;
operation to attend to his own injury,
and as a result tho life of his patient
was saved. He realized his own danger,'
but hoped against hope infection might i
not result.
He returned to his home, and said
nothing to his wife about the accident. j
That night he became ill, and was
taken, at his own direction, to the An
deison Hospital.
The poison admitted through the
small cut in his thumb spread quickly ;
through the surgcon's system. His tem- -
perature rose rapidly, and a lethargy
which he could not shake off seized
him.
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Lewis to Run
Charge of "Slusli Fund"
of $100,000 andLoom
ing Up of Opposition
licket Slir Convention
Labor Chief Scores
Hearst's Methods
Shipping Board 1* Called
Foe of American Sea-i
men by Sailors' Leader
DENVER, Juno 20.?John. L. Lewis.
president of the United Mine Workers,
to-day announced his candidacy for the
presidency of the American Federation
of Labor. ln a formal statement is?
sued just after the convention recessed
this morning he said he was a candi?
date for the offlce held by Samuel
Gompers for thirty-nine years.
Mr. Gonipers is a candidate for re
election, and one of the most hotly
contested battles ever waged for the
presidency of the Federation is fore
cast. Forces in control now insist they
have sufficient votes to reelect Mr.
Gompers. Supporters of Mr. Lewis a3
scrt a majority of the convention votes
hava been pledged to him.
Aroused by a report that enemies of
Mr. Gompers had planted $100,000 in
the convention in an effort to dis
lodge him from his office, John F.
Lcheney, deiegate of the Trades As
sembly of Wyoming, attempted at to
day's session to introduce a resolution
after the motion for adjournment had
been heard creating a committee to in
v.stigate tho report.
Resolution Ruled Out
The resolution was ruled out, loi
'.owing a cull for a point of order by
J. P. Williams, deiegate of the Rail?
road Telegraphers' Union, who had
introduced the motion for adjourn?
ment. Mr. Leheney made an emphatic
appeal, declaring that he did not be?
iieve that delegates to the convention
would taint themselves with money to
influence their votes. Ilis motion that
a committee bo appointed to inves
tigate the charge was readily seconded.
A second motion followed that it be
laid on the table. At thia point Mr.
Williams rnised his point of order.
"The point cf order is well taken,"
boomed Mr. Gompers, and asked for a
vote on the adjournment motion. It
carried.
Mr, Leheney suid he would introduce
his resolution later.
President Gompers and Mr. Lewis
met in the lobby of the Albany Hotel
after the convention recessed. They
shook hands and then passed on. Later
Mr. Gompers issued this statement:
"It has been stated in the Hearst
newspapers and by the Hearst press
service that in the event there is
opposition to me for the presidency of
the American Federation of Labor 1
will decline/to be a candidate and will
withdraw. That statement is absolutely
false.
"My course will not be determined
by what any other individual or group
may do. It has been notorious that
Ine Hearst newspapers and news serv?
ices have misrepresented the work of
the American Federation of Labor and
of its officers, and have published ma
liciously and persistently false reports
in relation to them.
Inaccurate Reporls
"The delegates to the convention will
determine who shall be their oflicers,
and if they see fit to reelect the presi?
dent they will have an opportunity to
do so, as my name will go before the
convention and it will not be with
drawn.
"The Hearst newspapers and press
services seem to find it impossible to
report with an appreciable degree of
accuracy the work of this convention,
although others do not seem to be un?
der any such handicap. This can only
be beeause the Hearst interests are, for
some reason which they do not care to
state, determined to disrupt the Amer?
ican Federation of Labor and to de
stroy its chosen leaders. It is my firm
conviction that the Federation will
know how to deal with this situation,
and I have entire confidence in its wis
dom.
"ln any event, the Hearst interests
cannot dictate my course. That can be
done only by labor,"
After the -tnnou'.eer.-ient of Mr.
Lewis's candidacy President Gompers
said:
"All of my life has been given to the
labor movement. 1 have no interests
of any character ih anything else. In
forty-one years I have been enabled
through my connection with labor to
acquire a certain amount of informa?
tion. If this information is --aluabl.
to the American Federation of Labor i'?
is at their disposal wnenever they
want it. I have talked to no man in
this convention concerning my candi?
dacy or supposed candidacy for this
presidency. I consider the position of
president of the American Federation
of Labor so exalted and so dignilied I
would not stoop to politics to attain
it No man in this convention or out
of it can truthfully say, and I do not
beiieve he would untrutnfully make
such a statement, that I discusaed the
(Continued on pafla fiv?)
Britain Ready to Oiscuss
Disarmament and Holds
Accord With U. S. Vital
.No Navy Tug,
+-S'*lP K.
Run Gantlet
DenbyDeelines to Remove
Admiral From Liner r
in Bav: Hopes He Will'
Embarrassed \
r?ay;
Not Be.
Rear Admiral William S. Sima will
not be taken off the steamship Olympic
by a navy tug upon hia arrival here
to-morrow morning, but will land at
Pier 59, North River, with the rest of
the White Star liner's pasFcngers.
Fears that Irish republican sympa
thizers, who are planning to give the
Admiral an ironic greeting for his now
t'amous "jackass" speech, made in Lon?
don, would invite a hostilo demonstra?
tion against him caused inquiry to be
made of Secretary of the Navy Denby
yesterday as to the Navy Department's
procedure in the matter. The Secre
tary's reply was that the department
had no inter.tion of sending a vessel to
take Admiral Sims off the Olympic at
Quarantine or at sea.
Hopes He'Il Not Be Embarrassed
At the same time Secretary Denby
said he hoped no situation would de
velop which would make it impossible
for an admiral of the United States to
land in the ordinary way or to be em?
barrassed by any element when he
landed.
If, however, the Admiral is accorded
any sort of a public reccption upon
his arrival, it will not be a close-up
aft'air, at least, not at the White Star
Line pier where the Olympic will
dock. The International Mercantile
Marine Company made this clear yes?
terday when it announced that the pub?
lic would not be allowed on or near
Pier 59, where the passengers will be.
landed.
The Olympic is due at Quarantine at
4 a. m. and at the pier about 8 o'clock.
Plans have been made to police the
liner's pier, adjoining piers of the I.
M. M. lines and the entrance to Pier
59 outside.
Several of the Admiral's friends in
this city were indignant at what they
were wont to term the apparent
"apathy" of the Navy Department in
not making some adva.ice announce?
ment of the measures to be taken to
prevent a possible riot at the Olympie's
pier. One of these friends of the Ad?
miral, who is an official of a widely
known American patriotic organization,
deciared it would be a "calamity" if
the Sinn Feiners and those supporting
?he officer in his anti-Sinn Fein stand
were pprmitted to come together when
Admiral Sims lands.
Major Michael Kelly, director of or?
ganization of the American Association
for the Recognition of the Irish Repub?
lic, who is in charge of the proposed
"welcome" to be given by the Irish re?
publican sympathizers, told a Tribune
reporter a riot was "inconceivable."
He* would see to it, he said, that the
"greetei'B" under his jurisdiction would
do nothing to bring on the mob spirit.
The Irish reception would be carried
out as planned, he reitcrated.
The Nationai Security League and
the American Defense Society have
not made any official plans for a
friendly greeting to the Admiral, of?
ficers of these organizations said yes?
terday, but unofficially the American
Defense Society is back of a move?
ment to show its uppreciation of the
Admiral's stand, probabiy in the shape
of a testimonial dinner to be given
Sims after he reports to the Secretary
of the Navy.
Friends Plan Testimonial
The pro-Sims welcome is being
planned under the auspices of the Al?
lied Loyalty League, of which Mrs.
Charles H. Ditson is tbe chairman, and
the Loyalty Coalition. Caspar Whit
ney, sportsman and author, speaking
for both these organizations last night.
deciared the Admiral's supporters are
legion all over the country. The naval
officer'a friends, he said, would give
him a "rousing testimonial" at the
lirst opportunity.
The following wireless dispatch was
sent to Admiral Sims on board the
Olympic by the executive committee of
the Allied Loyalty League:
"The Allied Loyalty League is proud
of your courage in expressing the scn
timent of millions of your fellow coun
trytnen. The union of the English
speaking people means the peace of
the world." -
A similar message was dispatched
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^ine i
Cigarette Users in Washington
?
FVotn The Tribttre'f Washington Bureau ,
WASHINGTON, June 20.?Washihg- |
ton women who enjoy a cigarette are j
soon to_be soparated from the "fifthj j
v.eed," and if they refuse, the judgt |
may announce "$100 tinc"?provided j
Representativa ? Paul B. Johnson, of j
Mississippi, can have his way.
Mr. Jolmson, who "never smoked in i
'his life," introduced to-day a bill, I
[which wa? referred to the House Dia-i
i trict of Columbia Committee. which j
, seeks to prohibit "female persons in
L the District of Columbia from smok- I
: ing cigarettes in any public place and
: to prohibit owners of public places!
from permitting females to smok*." ,
It fixes a maximum penalty of $25 for j
the lirst offenso and not less than $100 i
for the second.
Representative Johnson eave signs
to-day of being much wrought up over
| the condition of things in Washington. j
He avtrs thal ?*- has seen young
wcmen smoking on the streets, in
hotels and at public functions.
"it is worse than whisky." he said.!
"The girla at cclloge learn how to j
,-:moke and then they go home and
teach it to the other girls, so that ,
smoking by women is eonstantly on j
the increase.
"It is q bad thing and is going to >
contaminate the race. A v.oman who ?'
nmokes und nurses her chiid trarismits '
the evil effects of smoking.
"Regulating smoking by women i
comes under police power, and, as i.i
well known, police power.- are pmcti- j
cally without limit. Down in my state
we have a law that a man shall not j
curse in the nresence of women. IJ
have punished many a man under th-it j
law. and it ia held to be conatitutional.
"The women really don't want to ;
smoke. They smoke beeause those who
are looked upon as leaders set the pace
and they feel that they have to fol?
low, and they are in favor of this legis
lation. I have a great many letters
from the poople down home saying so."
Says Other Nations See
li, S. Arming for War
WILLIAMSTOWN, alass., June
20.?Judge George W. Anderson,
of tho United States Circuit Court
of Appeals, a Williams alunmus,
who was given the degree of Doc
tor of Laws at the Williams Col?
lege commenoement exercises to?
day, declared at the' alumni lunch?
eon that abandonment of ideals
had turned the World War vic?
tory into defeat. Germany, he
said, appeared to be the only
vietor.
Judge Anderson said this coun?
try was spending too much for
armament and that it looked to
other nations as though we were
preparing for another war.
J
State Bonus
fins in First
Test in Court
Appellate Division Upholds ;
Validity of Bonds and;
Sfatute in Decision That;
Sets Record i'or Speed
Final Action Next Week
Friendly Suit lustituted by
the Comptroller to Foree
Bank to Take Securities
Special Dispalch to The Tribune
ALBANY, June 20. -The Appellate j
Division, Third Department, in session ;
here to-day upheld the constitutionality '
of the state soldier bonus act. The !
case now goes to the Court of Appeals I
for final determination. The high i
court does not begin its midsummer
session until July 10, but it is under-j
stood Governor Miller will call a spe?
cial term of the court and that it may j
meet in Albany next Monday.
The decision reached by the Appel- \
late Division directs the Westchester j
National Bank, of Peekski.il, to carry j
out the contract it entered into on {
June 0 when it submitted a bid to the
State Comptroller for $25,000 worth of j
state soldier bonus bonds at par. The I
bid was accepted by tne Comptroller,
but the bank refused to take the bonds !
on the ground that it was open to
question whether the act authorizing
their issuance was constitutional. This
formed the basis of a friendly suit
which enabled the Comptroller to
bring action and thus provided an op- ;
portunity to have the courts pass upon
the validity of the bonus act.
Record time was made by the Appel- '
late Division in disposing of the case. j
The decision was handed down three !
hours after argument began. The j
court. which sat in special term at the ;
request of Governor Miller, did not j
submit an opinion, but merely issued a \
pro forma decision direcling the West- j
chester National Bank to carry out its
contract with the State Comptroller. j
This decision was concurred in by all j
the members of the court.
The state was represented by At- J
torney General Charles D. Newton and j
Deputy Attorney Generals James S. Y. I
Ivins and Edward G. Griftin. The !
Westchester National Bank's case was I
directed by Louis MarshalL of New
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Beals Wright Charged
With Reckless Driving
Beals Wright, forty-one years old,
former tennis champion, living at j
Woodmere, L. L, was arrested last j
night, at Fifty-sixth Street and Fifth ,
Avenue, charged with reckless driving i
and intoxication.
Patrolman Dur.can, of the West j
Forty-seventh Street police station,!
charged that Wright was driving his j
automobile north oi*. Fifth Avenue :
when at Fifty-fourth Street he collided j
with a car driven by II. D. Gibson, of j
52 East Sixty-ninth Street. No one
was injured. As?soon as he became ?
disentangled from the Gibson car Dun- j
can said that Wright continued up the j
avenue, and at Fifty-sixth Street. it is
alleged, struck and upset a horse- I
drawn carriago, driven by Denis Ryan,
of 106 Second Avenue.
Wright was taken to the West Forty
seventh Street station, where $500 cash
bail was deposited for ,him by R. M.
De Acosta, Assistant Corporation Coun?
sel, for th*. charge of reckless driving
and a $900 diamond ring to cover $100
bail demanded on the intoxication
charge.
$100,000 Fire Sweeps
Camp Merritt Barraeks
-
HACKENSACK. N. J., June 20.?All!
of the western end o.' Camp Iderritt
v as destroyed to-niglu when fire sweptl
the caruo for the third time More'
than 20.) double-deckei wooden bar-i
r&cks, used to house ."eturning over-j
seas troops immediately _.fter the wir, ?
were burned to the ground. The loss'
Is estimsted at between $75,000 ar.d:
$100,000.
The fire wiped out every building j
between Dumont and the Berge
line and between Paiisade Avenue and;
Chestnpt Street, a dlstance of three ori
feur blocks. The fire, believed like the!
two others which have ra::ed barracks!
in t'ne camp since its abandonment bv
fhe United States government to be of
incendiary origin, started in the center;
oJ what 18 known as the western end:
of the camp and spread rapidly.
No troops are now stationed at the'
cmap, which -a&s ahandoned by the
government niui than a yeJW ago". P.e-j
cently the camp buildings were" sold at
auction to Ka**-? Brother, of Chicigo.
Lloyd George Tells Con?
ference of PremiersThat
England Wishes to Work
Evervwhere With Us
Empire Must Keep
Her Sea Power
Renewal of the Anglo-'
Japanese Alliance Is*
Deciared Most Urgentf
J- fr
From The Tribvne's European Bureau
Copyright, 1921, New York Tribune Inc
LONDON, June 20. ? Premier \
Lloyd George deciared publicly to- ?
day for the first time that "Great |
Britain ia ready to discuss wfth
American statesmen any proposal
for the limitation of armaments
which they may set forth," and as
serted cooperation with Arneriqa to
be a cardinal principle of British
policy.'
The Premier's declaration came in
his address opening the conference
of the premiers of Britain's overseas
dominions. It accompanied the Pre?
mier's statement that Great Britain
desired to renew the Anglo-Japanese
treaty and that sea power was nac
essary to the cmnire's existence.
For Equal Rights
To-day's session took place in
Downing sjtreet, as will others of the
preliminary meetings, but the real
work of the conference, which will
take up a week or two, probabiy will
be held at St. James's Palace.
In his pronouncement for a re?
newal of the Anglo-Japanese treaty,
the Premier referred to the valuable
aid Japan had rendered in trans
porting Australian and New Zea
land troops to Europe during the
war, and said:
"We desire to renew that well
tried friendship which has stood U3
both in such good stead and appiy
it to the solution of all questions of
the Far East, where Japan has spe?
cial interests and where we our?
selves, like America, desire egual op
portunities and the open door."
Mr. Lloyd George applauded the de?
cision of Canada to place a miniater
in Washington and promised tho co?
operation of the parent government.
Referring again to the Japanese treaty,
tre Premier sai.J..
I.ook Contidently to America
?'Wd look contidently to the govern?
ment and the people of the United
States l.or sympathy and understand
ing in this respect. Friendly co?
operation with America is a cardinal
principle, dictated by instinct as -nuch
as by reason and common sense. We
desire to work with this great repub?
lic in all parts of the world."
ln his opening address the Premier
was not specific in regard to the pre
cise manner in which the treaty would
be accommodated to American opinion,
saying that Lord Curzon, the Foreign
Secretary, would give a detailed survey
of foreign aft'airs when he returned
from Paris. lt seems probable, from
hints in *he Premier's speech, that an
arrangement will be sought regarding
the future of China.
Mr. Lloyd George's speech bristled
with epigr..ms such as "The JBntish
Empire is the saving fact in a very
distracted world; the most hopeful ex?
periment in human oi"-inization the
world has even seen."
The Premier's reference to the will
ingness of Great Britain to discuss
disarmament with the United States
was brief but convincing. He pointed
out that Great Britain desired to avoid
a competition of armaments in the
Pacific, but could not sacrifice her sea
power.
"The very life of th?- United King?
dom," he said, "as well as that of
Australia ar.d N'ew Zealand, is built 01
sea power and that sea power is nec
ei barily the basis of the whole empire ?<
existence."
Fnobjectionable to America
LONDON, June 20 (By The Asso.
ciated Press).?-The British Prime Min?
ister referred to Anglo-Japanese rela?
tions in terms generally regarded in
American circles here as assurance to
the United States that any renewal of
the agreement with the .Tapanese gov?
ernment would necessarily be of a
nature unobjectionable to America.
It is understood that if the Anglo
Japanese argeement is renewed Pre?
mier Hughes of Australia plans to re?
turn to his own country by way of the
United States, where he will make a
series of speeches and attempt to ex
plain ihe .-ntuation to the satisfaction
- American people.
Lloyd George toid the conference
that fie Anglo-Japanese agreement
was "one of the most urgent and most
important questions" before the el
pire.
Teace Desired in Far East
"There^is r.o quarter of the worid
where we desire more greatly to du
tain peace and fair play-for all nations
and avoid competition in armaments
than the Pacttic and the Far, East,"
hc stfid. Discusaing problems there,
he continued:
"Not the least among these q
? future of China, which
.. - to tiit United States for syh:
pathetic treatmeztt an<i fair nlav. '
? -)? calamity could over: -
world than any further accentuatioi
the world's divisions upon linea of race
Our foreign policy can neva_^fca?g i
self in any sense upon differences or
race ;.n<\ cMUaation between *ast an.i