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Vol. LXXXI No. 27,274
First to Last?the Truth: News?Editorials?Advertisements
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy to-day ; to-morrow
showers; no change in tempera?
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TUESDAY, .ULY 19, 1921
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TWO CK?TT8
In Gre&ter N>w York
TI?RKK CFVTS I FOCR CE??T8
Within 200 Mil*. I K1U..K.M
1135Convicts
Wreck Prison
In Fire Riot
________
Nine Inmates Shot and
5 Police and Firemer?
Hurt During 2-Hour
Battle in Pittsburgh
Torches Applied
As Rush Begins
Cells Torn Apart and
Bricks Rained Down on
Guards as Flames Rage
Sptel?. V?spait-Ji to Th* Tribune
PITTSBURGH, July 18.?The main
building of the Western Penitentiary I
here was wrecked, a dozen smaller;
buildings connected with the institu-,
tion were destroyed by fire and four- !
teen persons, nine of them convicts,'
were injured to-day when the 1,135 j
prisoners started a riot and attempted
to overpower the guards and escape.
The nine convicts injured were shot!
by city police, county detectives and I
prison guards while attempting to fight :
their way to liberty. Three were so
seriously injured that it is declared j
their recovery is impossible. The
ethers wounded are three city police j
officials and a district fire chief, who!
were injured in the rioting, and a city ?
treman, who was seriously burned !
while righting the flames.
The buildings destroyed, all within \
the great wall that surrounds the ;
penitentiary, were:
Dining room, combination three- '
?tory frame 3nd two-story brick;
north end destroyed by flames, re- '
mainder wrecked by rioting convicts. !
Weaving shop, large three-story brick; i
machine shop, three-story brick; broom '
?hop, two-story brick; shoe shop, two-,
itory brick; chapel, one-scory brick; j
Urge storage house, one-story frame, j
kitchen, one-story frame; four smaller
one-story frame storage houses and
two lookout towers on the prison vail,
all burned.
Rioting Lasted Two Hours
Virtually all of the prisoners, except j
fifty women iiimates, took part in the
rioting both inside the main building
and in the prison yard. It "lasted more
than two hours and another two hours
had elapsed before the firemen had the
fire under control. Flames leaped fifty i
feet pbove the high prison wall.
Tho injured are:
CAMPBELL, H. C, prisoner, gunshot
wounds in the body.
COBERLEY, P. K? struck with brick ;
hurled by a prisoner.
CORCORAN, M. J., policeman, struck ;
by brick thrown by prisoner.
CRAWFORD, George, prisoner, gun- ;
?hot wounds in shoulder and face; con- j
dition serious.
CRYSTER, W. B., policeman, struck ?
by brick.
DAVID, Charles, negro, prisoner, ?
?ur.shot wounds in body; condition not ,
serious. I
EMIL, Edward, prisoner, shot in ?
body, not serious.
HARLEY, H., fireman of Engine Com- ;
pany 45, burned by brands.
HARRIS, William, negro, prisoner, i
trur.shot wounds in body; condition j
serious.
JOHNSON, Alexander, negro, prison- ,
er, Bhot; condition serious.
JONES, Daniel, district fire chief,]
Struck with a piece of iron hurled by j
one of the prisoners.
TORNTO, Joseph, prisoner, gunshot'
"wund in body; cordition not serious.
TRAYMOR, Daviu, prisoner, gunshol ?
wounds ?r. face, body and arms; condi- j
tion not serious.
RENO, Carnicto, prisoner, gunshot i
wound in left shoulder.
Three Prisoners May Die
Deputy Warden Egan to-night said j
that Campbell, Harris and Johnson !
?ere wounded seriously and probably j
would die. j
While 350 city and county police j
officials and the full corps of guard? j
fought with the maddened convicts, all i
the firemen from the North Side battled '
with the flames to keep them from de- !
stroying the main building, where all j
the convicts were confined after they
nad been driven from the prison yard. ,
Ab the flames leaped up from the build- i
"ngs and licked tht. window frames of j
the cells in which they were conlned ;
the prii,oneis shrieked, cursed, prayed, :
shouted for help and frequently tore j
at the bars. I
And throutrh it all there was the j
??asperate battle between the hundreds !
o< guards and police on the one hand i
8"*a the criminals on the other, who |
?ere righting madly for freedom and '
w escape from the fierv death that ',
threatened them.
The rioting and fires broke out simul- \
taneously, and, according to the prison :
omcials, were port of a clot to empty
"e great institution of'its horde of j
"'minais. But for the alertness of the j
(Continued on paga four)
Cuts Freight Rates
20 P. Con His Railroad j
**, T. & ?. Behoved First Line i
in Country to Announce
Voluntary Reducti; s
COLUMBUS, 0*-*o, July 18.- ! he Da
wwt, Toledo & I ron ton Raiho.'d, con-1
troi:ed by Henry Ford, Detroit automo- !
?'?6 manufacturer, to-day filed with the :
Jtno State Public Utilities Commission '
*n<w scile(:ulf! flf freight rates provid- j
(,s for a 20 per cent reduction from
j/? present tariff between points on the j
A *ne schedule is to become effective on i
Rust 20. The joint or connecting :
?n7Si?re not an"ect<"d, the present rate!
t4 TPf-?nts or>Kinating on the De-:
^, ioledo <? Ironton, but destined to ?
in? .P01nt on a connecting line remain- \
local ?Sarne* The rew schedule for!
to ?li" ? shipment, however, applies j
f'J/r ^0mts throughout the svr-tem i
to n. r?ntcn- 0hi0< on the Ohio River
" ?earborn, Mich.
1>pH Vs the first ohio railroad, and [
count'6 to be or'e of the first in the I
tin? ? >' t0 announce a voluntary reduc- !
Uo? m freight rate?. |
to y^?Uncement tbat Mr- For(l proposed i
h T**m freight rates 20 per cent on '
Vfe? V ?*a r,-CL'iTed with interest, in ;
i tab*3hLthe fact ,kat on Ju'y i 1,c c<!- ;
ta t? * m?nimum wage of $6 a day!
?y , r?ad and also abolished all Sun- ?
toiik. ns' except tb033 transporting!
Wh??liy<?u think of WTltln*. j
think of WfUTIKO. ?Adrt. '
Knife Wound in Boy's Heart I
Stitched Together hy Surgeon
Doctors Cut Through Two Ribs to Reach Organ and
One Sews While Other Holds It in Hand; Lad|
"Feels Fine" Afterward; Stabbed Accidentally !
Frank Farino, sixteen years old, of!
653 Union Street, Brooklyn, is in Holy
Family Hospitf'. in that borough re?
covering, it is thought, from a knife
wound which pierced his heart. Four
stitches were taken in the heart mus?
cle and three in the covering. Dr.
Frank Leder performed the op?ration,
assisted by Dr. Joseph M. Downer and
Dr. George Doyle.
The boy is employed as a paper sorter
by Joseph Marrone at 179 Joralemon
Street. His job is to cut the ropes
with which bales of paper are bound
and sort the contents of the bales. He
uses a knife with a 17-inch blade and
his first care on reaching the shop in
the morning is to put a keen edge on the
blade.
He was getting the knife ready yes?
terday morning when it slipped from his
grnsp and, propelled by the whirling
wheel, turned end for end and buried
itself in his chest. Some of his fellow
employees extracted the knife and
asked Frank is be wanted a doctor. He
said he didn't think he was hurt much,
but the bleeding ought to be stoppa 1
ho thought.
Amateur efforts to stanch the flow
of blood were unavailing and an ambu?
lance was called. Frank %Tas astonished
when Dr. Carrabba, the ambulance
surgeon, told him it looked as though
the knife had reached his heart.
This juncture was verified at the
hospital, and the boy was placed on the
operating table. To make an aperture
big enough to reach in and raise the i
beating heart for the operation, two
ribs were cut. One of the surgeons
held the palpitating bit of muscle in
his gloved hand while another bent
over it, curved needle in hand.
It was possible to take the stitches
only when the heart was contracted,
and although only four were necessary
in the heart muscle, it took fifteen
minutes to complete the operation.
Frank was surprisingly strong and
bright when he came out of the ether.
He said he felt fine and asked for a
drink of ice water.
Asplialt Blaze
Sweeps Bay; 5(
Ships Menaces
Factories and Piers Wori
Millions Also Endangerc
by Explosion and Fii
in Warner-Qninlan Plai
Damage Is $1,000.00
Flames Finally Controlle
After All Staten ?slan
Apparatus Is Mobilize
LINDEN, N. J., July IS.?Fire whi.
started at 2 o'clock this afternoon whi
two tanks filled v.iht crude asphalt c
blew up in rapid succession on tl
! plant of the Warner-Quir.lan Aspha
I Company here was under contr
| shortly before midnight.
The burning oil had spread earlii
! in the night over the waters of State
Island Sound anJ close to the shore <
Staten Island. Millions of dollar
worth of proper.., represented t
manufacturing plants and piers wei
for some time in grave danger of bein
reached by the burning oil, as wer
fifty vessels of the United States Shit
ping Board.
The damage so far is estimated i
$1,000,000 and is confined to the plai
of the asphalt company. No one w:
seriously injured, although many pe
sens were made sick by the fume
from the fire. Every one for mile
around was mobilized to keep the fn
from spreading.
Apparatus Ineffective
Fire apparatus from Elizabeth, Lii
den, Rahway and Perth Amboy stoo
around for hours unable, because c
the intense heat, to more than pla
water ineffectually on the blaze froi
a distance of several hundred feet.
Two fire tugs from the Standard O
Company's plant at Bayway were ser
to help and three truckloada of
chemical extinguisher were utilize
against the fi?mes.
The Shipping Board vessels, lying a
anchor off Arlington with skeleto
crews, had got up steam preparatory t
moving should the burning oil approac'
too near them.
Smoke from the fire spread over th
country for eight miles in the clirectioi
cf Elizabeth. At 9:30 firemen had pre
vented the flames from spreading ti
other plants in the vicinity, althougl
they had been unable to keep the burn
in? oil out of the S?uind.
It was not until 11:30, however, tha
the heat abated sufficiently to permi
the firemen to get close enough to th<
fire to attack it successfully.
Five Tanks Explode
The first tank exploucd about ;
o'clock. The second exploded shortly
after it. Two more tanks caught fin
about 10 o'clock. There were fifteei
tanks on the plant. Five of them wer?
burned. Seven stills were also burned
Thi-re were twelve stills all told. Th(
tanks contained from 8,000 to 10,00(
barrels of crude asphalt oil each, anc
the stills held 5,000 barrels each.
In addition to the five tanks and the
seven stills, the administration ant
workshop building, a two-story brie!
structure, was wrecked by the explo
sion and the lir* that followed. All the
bridges over the creeks on the planl
were destroyed.
The tanks were from forty to ninetj
feet high. They were on the south end
of the "field and the stills were on the
north end. So great was the heat gen?
erated that the Home Defense of
Linden was called into action to keep
away hundreds of persons who came
on foot and by motor from the sur?
rounding districts.
The possibilities of the fire were
enormous. The Grasselli Chemical
Companv's pi: n' is near the burning
tanks. A'so near by is the $3,000,000
refinery which ts being constructed
by the Sinclair (.'. utoiidated Oil Re?
fining Company.
The danger to the Shipping Board
vessels was announced late to-night to
have been mitigated by the work of
two fireboats, which had checked the
course of the oil on the water.
The fire, while under control, is still
burning, and will continue, it is be?
lieved, until it burns itself out.
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1 Got No Money
For Police Bill
Lusk Testifies
Senator Heard Slush Fund
Rumors and Sent Word
for Lobbyist and Two
Detectives to Get Out
Accepted Presents Later j
?
?Tells Meyer Committee He
Backed Measure to Repay
Aid in Sedition Inquiry
Senator Clayton R. Lusk, majority
leader of the Senate, was sworn as a
witness at a public hearing of a sub?
committee of the joint legislative graft
investigating committee last night, and
denied that he had received any money,
directly or indirectly, for introducing
and supporting tho detective bill for
which a slush fund was raised.
The witness testified that he did not
know the lobbyist, Jack Kleist, who,
it was testified before Commissioner of
Accounts Hirshfield, received $6,000 of
the $27,000 slush fund, and declared
'that ho had introduced the bill at the ?
request of two detectives, Cornelius J. |
Brown and James J. Gegan, who had I
assisted the committee of which he!
Was chairman when it was here i&?|
vestigating seditious activities. I
"Since the Legislature adjourned :
; and since I came here," testified Sena-1
I tor Lusk, "the detectives have given I
me presents"
"What were they?" asked Leonard I.I.
Wallstein, one of the associate counsel
to the legislative committee.
Got Cigars, Flowers and Dinner
"A box of cigars, a basket of
! flowers."
"You mean Detectives Gegan and
Brown ?"
"Yes. They also gave me a dinner."
"There were 1,100 at that dinner, in?
cluding the Mayor and the Police Com?
missioner?" interrupted Wallstein.
"Yes. They also took my daughter j
on a trip to Coney Island and they
gave me a bill folding book."
"Empty?" inquired Wallstein.
"Yes, empty. I think they also gave
me a fountain pen. There was some
talk of a fountain pen. I don't know if
they gave me one. They also gave Mrs.
Lusk some silverware. Of course, none
of these presents was discussed while
| the legislation was pending."
This was the end of the testimony,
and Senator Schuyler M. Meyer, chair?
man of the committee, asked if either
of the other two members of the sub- j
committee, Assemblyman Westall, of |
Westchester, and Minority Leader j
Donohue, of New York, had any ques- i
tions to ask.
The latter said:
"And you requested the committee
to give you a public hearing?"
Lusk Asked Hearing
"Yes," replied Lusk. "I thought it
wise to state my connection with the
bill and my interest in it."
Senator Lusk declared that the only
persons he talked to about the bill
were Detectives Brown and Gegan,
j Archibald E. Stevenson, former coun?
sel to the Lusk committee, who
I favored the bill, and Senator John
! Mullan, chairman of the Cities Com?
mittee, in which the bill was slumber
inn; until Lusk put life into it.
Testimony adduced before Commis?
sioner Hirshfield was that ex-Senator
Walters, formerly of Syracuse, who
preceded Senator Lusk as majority
leader, was also active on behalf of j
the bill. Yesterday Hirshfield wrote a j
letter to Walters asking him to ap- j
(Continued on pan? four) ?
Ship Deficit
380 Million,
Lasker Says
Wants Congress to Save
"Most Colossal Wreck
That Any Administra?
tion Ever Inherited" j
Old Board's Books
In Chaotic Shape!
-
Seeks 300 Millions Now; |
Charges Extravagance, '?
Waste and Deception,
-i
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, July 18.?In an ef?
fort to resuscitate the United States '
shipping industry, which he character- j
ized as the most colossal wreck that any j
Administration ever inherited, Chair- j
man A. B. Lasker of the Ship- !
ping Board will go before Con?
gress to-morrow and ask for n defi?
ciency appropriation of $300,000,000.
The Shipping Hoard chairman made i
the astounding disclosure to-day that j
the board last year spent ?380,000,000j
more than its receipts. He said the j
books of the board were in such ar
chaotic shape that the sum of $300,- i
000,000 to be sought from Congress j
was "the most intelligent wild guess |
we can make" of the money required!
to begin the task or getting the United ;
States flag properly in operation on the ?
seven seas. j
Tells Harding of Situation
Mr. Lasker mude public a financial I
statement of the receipts and expendi- '?
tures of the last fiscal year to show ,
the distressing condition which the :
Shipping Board faces. The statement, !
which showed n gross expenditure of I
$680,000,000, with receipts totaling not !
more than $300.000,000, leaving a net
loss of $380,000,000. was laid before ?
President Harding- this afternoon by;
the Shipping Board chairman. The Pros- j
dent immediately authorized him to ?
make public a clear-cut statement of I
the case.
The President was shocked and dis?
mayed, Chairman Lasker said, at this ;
criminal waste and extravagance. The ?
President instructed the Shipping
Board chairman that the public should i
have all the facts, that a complete re?
cital of all the losses must be given j
out, and that no longer must the coun- !
try get a doctored picture, as in the
past, of the Shipping Board's opera- !
tions..
Chairman Lasker held no individual
accountable for the profligate spending
practiced, declaring that Admiral Ben?
son and Comptroller Tvveedale, the
two officers in charge during the past
year, "hadn't the remotest thing to
do with it." But he was equally em?
phatic in declaring that the unbusi?
nesslike methods that have been go?
ing on must cease and every penny
expended or due the Shipping Board
must be accounted for.
Board's Financial Statement
Here is the financial statement made i
public by Chairman Lasker for the ,
fiscal year ended June 30, 1921:
RECEIPTS
Received from operations.?ioo.ooo.nno :
Received from Treasury. 100,000,000
To the credit of the ShlppliiK
Board In flic Treasury. 80,000,000 1
Received from ??ales and capita!
assets . jon.nno.ooo
Total receipts .SilSO.000,000 j
DISBURSEMENTS
For general operations.$403,010,000 ?
For new ships. 100,000,000 i
For dry docks, marine, rail?
roads and equipment. G.000,000
Miscellaneous supplies . 13.000.000
Advances to foreign offices.... 15,000,000 ?
Miscellaneous . TJ.Ooo.OOO ;
Total disbursements .$080,000,00 3
Of the operating cost alone. Chair- '
man Lasker said, the board had been
unable to account for the expenditure
cf $307,000 000. Some of this amount,'
ho added, was still due from private
lilies to which Shipping Board vessels i
had been allocated, but thus far a corps !
of 200 auditors had been unable to get '
a line on these unreportcd voyages.
Cites Extravagance
The chairman gave several instances !
of mismanagement of the former board, !
citing the case of the American Legion,
which will soon start, on its maiden !
trip, as an evidence of the widespread
waste countenanced. This vessel, he !
said, has been done over seven times, j
first as an army transport; next as a
navy transport; then as a hospital ship, !
only to be refitted as a cattle boat, and 1
finally it has been made into a passen?
ger liner, the total cost of the vessel j
being six or seven million dollars.
Another source of extravagance men?
tioned by Chairman Lasker was the ;
present system of allowing operators to
whom Shipping Board vessels are al?
located a flat rate of 5 per cent on the
cargo carried. He gave one instance of ;
a vessel in the Pacific trade which real?
ized $4,000 one one shipment on which '
the government lost approximately
$8,000. j
Chairman Lasker said "it is nobody's
fault that thij vicious system existed."
He warned that it would be several !
months before any change would be ?
(Continued on pago three)
$20,000 Geros Hidden in Shoes
?oDDier
Mrs. Fannie Cohen, of 175 Howes
Street, Brooklyn, sought aid last night
of the 15th Precinct police in recover?
ing diamond rings and other jewelry
valued at $20,000 which she had hidden
in the toes of an old pair of shoes.
She forgot that she had put the jewelry
in them and sent the shoes to be re
;.aired by the Franklin Company, 165
Hooper Street, Brooklyn.
At 3 a. m. yesterday she suddenly re?
called where she had hidden the dia?
monds and sat up from that time until
the store opened. When the shoes
were returned to her, she told the po
lice, the diamonds were missing.
Mrs. Cohen explained that she had
been in the habit of hiding her jewels
in odd corners, such as she believed
burglars would not search. She had
kept them for seme time in the stuffing
ol" an armchair, later in the lining of
an old suitcase, again in the interior
of a stuffed jackdaw, and lastly in her
old shoe.s. She believed the shoes wer?.'
too old to be worth stealing and poked
the diamonds into the toes of both,
stuffing them also with rags. Mrs.
' Cohen said she left the shoes in a
cioset, ''just casual like."
Tony Colandro, manager of the store.
said the shops were turned over to the
repair department after being marked
to take their regular turn. They had
not yet been reached when Mrs. Cohen
called and asked their return. When
she felt inside the shoes and declared
she had been robbed of her jewels,
Colandro said, it was the first he knew
of the alleged loss. The manager said
that ordinarily no examination was
made of the insides of the .-hoes on
their being taken in. They were to
i have been soled and heeled. Anyhow,
I Colandro said, he was not running a
I safe deposit vault. He ventured the
? opinicn that Mrs. Cohen would find her
diamonds hidden somewhere else.
Detectives from the Fifteenth pre?
cinct station last night aided Sirs.
Cohen in searching her horn-1. All the
! former hiding places of the jewelry
| were investigated, but without result.
Mrs. Cohen admitted having lately sold
two pairs of old ?hoes to an itinerant
' purchaser, but denied the possibility
that her diamonds were in either of
the pairs. She remembered the pair
with the diamonds in them because
they had patent leather tips and rub?
ber heels, and always hurt her across
the instep.
Arms Council !
Negotiations
Go Forward;
Work Begins on Shaping
Program to Confine De- j
bale to Issues Bearing!
on Armies and Navies!
Japan's Altitude
Remains Uncertain
Lack of Tokio'? Final!
Word Fails to Halt Prep-'
arations for Conference'
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON. July 18.?Informal I
conferences to decide on the subjects !
which will be discussed or barred from
the international armament limitation
and Far Eastern meeting, called by
President Harding, are now going on,
it was learned from a high Administra- !
tion source to-day.
The desire will be to follow the line j
of least resistance in almost every in?
stance, subject, of course, so far as the
Far Eastern part of the conference is j
concerned, to an important limitation.!
This is that unless a satisfactory ad?
justment of all subjects in controversy
between the United States and Japan is !
reached it will obviously be impossible j
to make any progress toward armament j
limitation.
In this connection a Cabinet member
in talking over the situation with the
Tribune correspondent to-day pointed i
out that the United States can agree to '
permit consideration of the Philippine
question at the conference in connec- ?
tion with the discussion of Far East-!
ern and Pacific problems without the
slightest probability of being embar?
rassed through any suggestions that
might be made.
Philippines "Open"
His theory is that the United States.;
m urging an open door in China and i
equal opportunities to nationals of alii
countries in mandate territories, such i
as Yap end the Marshall and Caroline!
islands, is asking for nothing that sho )
does nor. already give in the Philip-(
pines. There is no restriction in the j
Philippines which prevents a Japanese!
or a Frenchman or an Kalian from!
engaging in any business he may choose |
or from owning land.
The Philippines are now and have
been on tho "open door" policy.
Some of the European nations, as
well as Japan, it is said, have been I
irritated from time to time, especially!
since the passage of the Jones act pro?
viding for an all-Filipino legislature.!
The increase in self-government grant-:
ed to the Filipinos by this government
has been used by agitators in posses?
sions of the other nations to stir up
movements looking toward a greater
measure of home rule in those posses?
sions.
But for obvious reasons it would be
difficult for the other nations to at- j
tack the United States on this score, !
especially if any publicity should at- !
tach to their objections. On the other
hand, the United States can go into j
the conference with clean hands, so
far as the mandates are concerned.
Representatives of this government
can point out that the United States
is only asking for trade opportunities
in China, Yap, the Marshall and Caro?
line islands, which she freely grants !
to nationals of other countries in the
Philippines.
Japan's Pert in War
Incidentally a thing which is not]
frequently being mentioned in public, |
but which will constantly be present !
at the conference in spirit, is that !
Japan got a great deal in the way of j
mandate territory for the comparative- j
ly small burden of the war which she !
assumed. For that reason alone, it is !
pointed out, outside of the open door
policy desirable for broader reasons,?
Japan should not take action which (
would prevent nationals of her allies j
against Germany from enjoying an j
equal opportunity in those territories. |
The hope is expressed by Adminis
tration spokesmen that the mandate !
question may be cleared up through the ?
direct negotiations with Japan under- \
taken recently by the Japanese Am- I
bassador here, Baron Shidehara. This j
would clear the way to a consideration j
of the remaining Far Eastern questions, j
thus removing several of the barriers j
now frankly admitted to be barring the j
road to armament limitation.
While no further word has been I
heard from Japan, it is pointed out that j
neither Japan nor any other nation by
agreeing to sit in at the conference !
binds itself to the conclusions which
the conference may reach.
Good Will Expected
There is to be no taint of supergov- j
eminent about the conference. At its i
conclusion, even if entire agreement j
should be reached, the delegations
would report back to their govern?
ments and until the governments for?
mally made their approval in the man?
ner set forth by their own constitu?
tions for ratification of treaties noth-)
ing wou'd be binding. # _ 1
For this reason the Administration!
is highly hopeful that no nation will ;
attempt'anv action in advance to limit;
the dicussions of the conference. Hope
is expressed by Administration officials j
that all nations will approach the con- i
ference in the spirit of good will.
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Craig Quits Conference., \
Insists on Separation;
Tripartite Parley Off
House Places
Oil on Free j
List 196-861
Republicans Aid Minority j
in Defeating Fordney j
Plan After Harding's j
Tax Protest Is Heard i
WASHINGTON, July 15.---Oil went
on the Fordney tariff free list to-day
by a House vote of more thOTi two to
one.
Long staple cotton, on the free l?3t
in the Ways and Means Committee
diaft, however, was put on the dutiable
list at 15 per cent ad valorem, with
members in doubt as to what compen?
satory rates on all cotton goods would S
be considered necessary by reason of
the imposition of a tax on the raw
product. There was no explanation of
the committee's action in deciding it
the last moment not to take the ordi?
nary variety of cotton such as is raised
in the South from the free list.
The real flare-up was over the oil
schedule. It broke at the outset of the
session, after Chairman Fordney had
presented a letter from President Har?
ding opposing the tax and suggesting
rather a bargaining provision to be
placed in his hands, to "guard against
the levy of duties against us or the im?
position by other nations of export
tariffs which are designed to hinder
the facilitation of trade."
The first vote on the contested oil
amendment came after three and one
half hours of debate. Representative
Garrett. of Tennessee, Democratic
leader, tried to shut off debate at once
so that, the bill, he explained, might
be taken up for amendment under the
ordinary five-minute rule, but the Re?
publicans rejected his proposal by a
straight party vote.
The first test was on an amendment
by Representative Carter, Democrat, of
Oklahoma, to cut the committee ratea
on crude oil from 35 to 25 cents and
fuel oil from 25 to 20 cents a barrel.
The Carter proposal won, 143 to 47,
Democrats supporting it solidly on the
ground that in event the free oil amend?
ment offered by Representative Tread
way, of Massachusetts, Republican
member of the Ways and Means Com?
mittee, should be defeated, they could
help to obtain a lower duty than fixed
in the bill.
Free Oil Wins, 196 to 86
But there rever was any doubt of the
temper of the House on the oil ques?
tion. The Trcadway proposition was
adopted with votes to spare?-187 to 79
?on a stand-up count, but Chairman
Fordney, on the losing side, demanded
tellers. The count as members
marched down the aisle was 196 to 86.
About half the Republican member?
ship of the committee, which imposed
the tax after the bill had been printed
and after the duty earlier had been re?
jected, joined Republican insurgents
and almost a solid minority in throw?
ing out the duty. Representative Gar?
ner, of Texas, rank\ng Democrat on
the committee, stood, however, with the
oil tariff advocates, led by Representa?
tive Chandler, of Oklahoma. It was at
the latter's insistence that the eleventh
hour duty was put into the bill to pro?
tect Southwestern wells.
Citric Acid Change Held Up
With oil out of the way the House
was plunged into great disorder over a
protest by Mr. Garner against an
amendment offered by Representative
Longworth, of Ohio, a member of the
committee, to increase the rate on cit?
ric acid. Submission of it as a com?
mittee amendment, whereas no full
meeting of the committee had been
held, Mr. Garner declared, violated the
right of minority members. Repre?
sentative G?rrett also denounced it as
calculated "to destroy parliamentary
government."
The Garner point of order was sus?
tained, after which Chairman Fordney
anonunced that at two meetings of the
committee, pending passage of the bill,
the Democratic, members would be ad?
mitted.
Long staple cotton wa3 transferred
from the free to the dutiable list by a
vote of 105 to 74, both parties again
being split up. The duty would only
apply to cotton of one and one-eighth
inch staple, although several attempts
were, made to increase the length of
the staple and thereby reduce the
amount of the commodity corning under
the protection. All were defeated, how?
ever, but by small margins.
Approximately 1,000,000 bales of cot?
ton will be affected by the duty each
year, according to statistics offered in
the discussion.
The House to-morrow will take up
the asphalt schedule, the last of the
five on which separate votes are in
order. Then will come consideration
of committee amendments, numbering
about 200.
I-1
Solomon's Temple Cost 1
Fixed at Four Billions
From Tho Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 1921, New York Tribun? Inc.
LONDON, July 18.?England
may count herself lucky the j
Palestine mandate was not j
awarded her in Biblical tim^s.
According to the Right Rev. T.
E. Bird, who lectured at Cam?
bridge University to-day, Solo?
mon's temple, in terms cf mod?
ern values, cost $4,000,000,000
to build. The lecturer did not
intention the discovery of any
building scandal in Jerusalem,
i_1
All-Day Bomb
ai ?
Attack Sinks
The Frankfurt
German Cruiser Withstands
11 Direct Hits; Settles
When 600-Pound Missile
Explodes Near Her Bow
Lifted From Sea by Shock
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Destroyers Ahout to Finish
Her Off Virginia Capes
When Air Forces Succeed
ON BOARD THE DESTROYER
LEARY, EN ROUTE TO NORFOLK, Va.,
July 18 (By The Associated Press).?
Bombing aircraft destroyed the former
German light cruiser Frankfurt late
to-day, sixty miles east of the Virginia
Capes, after an all-day attack, which
j both navy and army air officers bad
begun to fear would be unsuccessful.
A bomb which failed to hit the tar?
get, but exploded in the water close
by tho starboard side near the bow,
sent the cruiser down.
Up to the time this bomb, a 600
pcunder, w?s launched, at 4:22 p. m., by
an army Martin plane, from Langley
Field, Va., the Frankfurt had with?
stood eleven direct hits, five being
"duds," without suffering vital dam?
age, and preparations for a gunfire at?
tack on her by five destroyers had been
put under way.
Ship Tossed Out of Water
As the bomb left its carriage under
the great wings of the Martin plane
from an altitude of about 1,600 feet it
appeared as though it would strike on
the fo'castle deck. It missed by a
scant few feet and upon striking the |
water exploded with terrific force. The
Frankfurt liteially was forced up sev- I
eral feet by the concussion and upon I
settling down after rocking and rolling
for a minute or two she began to go !
down gradually by the head.
Another army Martin plane put two
other 600-pound bombs close by the
port bow, and these were believed to
, have hastened the end. The cruiser's
j bow filled slowly, and in twenty min
I i.tes her fo'castle deck began going
'? under. The end was not long delayed
; then, as the ship had sunk low enough
i for the water to rush through two
j gaping holes in the hull at the upper
deck caused by the explosion of bombs
dropped earlier in the day.
Twenty-eight minutes alter it began
to settle the battered and twisted hulk
: disappeared, the mainmast, which had
? been weakened by the explosion of one
' bomb, snapping off as the once proud
! ship took the final plunge arnid cheers
j from the crews of the observing battle
? ships, destroyers and other surface
: craft.
Mitchell Inspects Wreck
Brigadier General Mitchell, assistant
! chief of the army air service, whose
! declaration before a Congressional '
: committee some months ago that air- j
\ craft fast were making capital ships i
! obsolete caused something of a sensa- j
? tion, circled around the sinking hull in I
a fast pursuit plane in which he had j
i accompanied to sea the fleet of big!
bombers under Captain Lawton which |
destroyed the cruiser.
In all seventy-eight bombs, fifty- I
seven of 250 and 300 pounds and twenty- j
one oi 520 and 600 pounds, were j
launched at the Franfurt by naval and ;
army aircraft, which came eighty-five ;
miles from Hampton Roads and Lang-1
ley Field.
500 Volunteers To Be Gassed
With Police Anti-Mob Fumes
Special Dispateh to The Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, July 18.?"A mob"
composed of GOO policemen and others
who have volunteered their services
will be mowed down in a test of a
powerful but not deadly gas at Cannon
ball Farm, below Penrose Ferry Bridge,
to-morrow afternoon.
This new gas, the latest aid to ef?
fective police work?so described by
Superintendent of Police Mills?in scat?
tering mobs and foiling bank hold-up
gangs, is the discovery of a former
army expert, now on the reserve list.
Army physicians who have observed
tests declare that, while victims are
made helpless for a period of less than
half an hour, no permanent ill effects
are experienced.
Superintendent Mills, who has talked
with the discoverer of the new gas and
made arrangements for the test, be
I lieves it will be of practical aid in
police work. The mixture, easily re-?
leased fr-jm a small container, covers
an area of about thirty-five yards. All
who inhale the fumes in this space are
; rendered helpless.
The superintendent pointed out that
| with the aid of the discovery mobs
! would not be able to "get started."
? They would be made powerless and
! drop whatever missiles or weapons
?they had in their hands.
| Superintendent Mills says banks sup?
plied with the new gas would have lit
! tie to fear from hold-up men. The
| cashier, with one of the containers
| within easy reach, would prove more
i than a match for a whole gang.
After the demonstration at Cannon
? ball Farm, where the city police
! horses are broken and trained, another
! test of the new fluid will be given for
! the benefit of the riot squad at tho
! New York police at the Plottaburg
! training camp.
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Lister to Maintain Her
Present Status, Vows
Premier; British Must
Settle With De Vaiera
Goes to Belfast
After Ultimatum
Lloyd George and Sinn
Fein Head to Continue
Negotiations, but Alone
LONDON, July IS (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?The Irish negotia?
tions have taken an unexpected de?
velopment to-r.ight. Sir James
Craig, the Ulster Premier, on de?
parting for Belfast made a statement
which appears to forbid any hope of
assembling a conference such as Pre?
mier Lloyd George proposed among
himself, Eamon de Vaiera and the
Ulster Premier.
The Ulster leader contends that
the Sinn F?in themselves, by contest?
ing the elections for the northern
Parliament on a platform of "no
partition,'' in which they were
roundly defeated, have recognized
Ulster's claim to self-determination,
and, as far as his wcrds have been
interpreted for the present, he s*?eni3
to wash his hands of a.iy further
participation in the peace negotia?
tions.
"I return home well satisfied with
the efforts being made towards peace,'r
said Sir James. "Mr. do Vaiera has
broken his silence and cleared the
ground by his statement to the press
that he proposes to found his daim on
recognition of the right of self-deter?
mination."
Says Tolls Fixed Status
The "Ulster Premier contended that
| the people of Northern Ireland had
i "determined" their own Parliament by
| an overwhelming majority.
"Such being tne true facts," he con?
tinued, "it now only remains for Mr.
de Vaiera and the British people to
come to terms regarding the are:* out?
side of that of which I am Prime Min
ister. The people of Northern Ireland
make no claim whatever to 'determine'
the terms of settlement which Great
Britain shall make with Southern
Ireland.
"When this is accomplished I can
promise cordial cooperation on equal
terms with Southern Ireland in any
matters affe< ting our common interest.
"Having reached the present stage, I
return to Ireland to carry on the prac?
tical work of the government. I feel
that our interests are ably represented
in the Imperial Parliament, and, of
course, our services are available at
any moment."
Craig and Premier Deadlocked
From reliable authority it is learned
that a deadlock has developed between
Lloyd George and S?r James, and it is
inferred that this concerns Mr. de Va
lera's insistence that under any possi?
ble .settlement any powers given to the
Ulster government must bo derived
not from the Imperial Parliament) but
from an Irish parliament representing
the whole country. Unity of Ireland is
from Mr. de Valera's standpoint abso?
lutely essential to any possible nego?
tiation.--.
The official announcement issued at
the close of a long conference between
the Premier and Mr. de Vaiera to-day
says :
"The conversations between Mr.
Lloyd George and Mr. de Vaiera will h-i
resumed Thurday."
This ordinarily would permit the
British public and Ireland stiil to in?
dulge in confident hope that a satis?
factory settlement would ultimately bo
reached, but Sir James Craig's state?
ment, which was given out in the form
of an interview, has put rather a
damper on the hopeful spirit.
Nothing is allowed to come out as
to what takes place behind the closed
doors of the Cabinet room, and the
secrecy even extends to a tacit agree?
ment to put no questions on the sub?
ject in Parliament. The negotiations,
in fact, have all the character of dip?
lomatic exchanges between two foreign
diplomats.
Though it had been thought possible
from the first that Ulster might adopt
such an attitude, thin sudden dashing
of hopes that a peace conference would
be assembled hs an outcome of the
separat'' ; ?otiations of the Prime
Minister with De Vaiera and Craig
comes somewhat as a shock to the
public.
Repudiates "Majority" Argument
The Ulster Premier run?/ declares
bluntly that the British government
must reach its own agreement with
De Vaiera and that Ulster ?3 deter?
mined to maintain its present status,
thus repudiating the whole Sinn F?in
argument that Ulster is in the minority
and must bow to the majority in Ire
h.nd.
There is some hope, however, that
v.h<n Mr. Lloyd George meets Mr. de
Vaiera again on Thursday he may be
able by some means to rescue the ne?
gotiations from the apparent deadlock.
Whiie ?hi' *>r-.,mier was in confer?
ence with Mr. de Vaiera he sent a
telephone message for the Ulster lead?
er, who arrived with the Marquis of
Londonderry almost at the mutncrt that
the Premier was taking leave of Mr.
de Vaiera; in fact, the latter was not
?ware until afterward that Sir Jamos
had been summoned. The official an?
nouncement shows that Mr. Lloyd
: George received the Ulster Premier
? and his colleagues after De Vaiera had
? departed. ...
Mr Lloyd George conferred with
' the Ulster Premier alone. The mem?
bers of their respective cabinets accom?
panied both Irish represenUtive?, but
| so far as it* known diu not participate
1 in the conferences with the Premier.
De Vaiera Remains in Ix>ndon
It was at first supposed that Sir
j James and his colleagues were going
i to Belfast in accordance with a prior
engagement, and that while there they