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SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1921-74
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PAGES?PART I (including Sports)
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FIVE CENTS
Manhattan. Brooklyn
and Thr Bronx
TKX CB-M'?*
KlWfwhrr?
KoeiiigtoCall
OnHardingto
Back Curran
County President and
ffiDes Will Urge Presi?
dent to Ask Calder's Aid
for Boro Chief's Boom
Haskell to Stay
In Race for Mayor i
Party
Leaders Annoyed
by Lock wood's Ultima?
tum for Fusion Unity
Before the last of the leaders in the
Republican - Coalition anti - Tammany
movement departed from the city yes?
terday for the week end there was an
important conference which resulted
i_ _ strong swing to Borough President
Henry H. Curran as the favorite over
Senator. Charles C. Lockwood for the
mayoralty nomination. Senator Wil?
li-, n M. Calder was not present and
rvraors were current th3t an incipient
.?volt had been started in the Repub
Jk-.n-Coalition Committee against the
Brooklyn Senator's domination of the
present complex situation. j
The leaders where hopeful, how- ;
?ver. of bringing about complete har- i
ir.ony in re-rard to candidates at the j
meeting of the committee to-morrow i
night Senator Calder will be back in !
.-day a**d indications were yes- j
tefdav that emissaries left "behind to j
meet "him, particularly representatives
c: the Coalition Committee, would use
their best efforts to reconcile the Sen?
ti.;* to Cur:'.:..
Conference With Harding
Some of the leaders were pinning j
?-. . hopes in this direction on a pos-.
sibl*; conference to-morrow at Ply- j
mouth, Mass., between President llar- ?
dnig.and Samuel S. Koenig and Charles
D. fillies, the latter two being mem?
bers ci the Republican-Coalition Com?
mittee, who expect to meet the Presi- j
dent at the celebration of the landing!
o' t:.- Pilf-rims. It is understood that j
Mr. Koenig, who is president of the '
New York County Republican Com- '
mittee, has made up his rrind to offer;
a real fight fur the Borou?rh President i
and, assisted b:* Mr.'Hilles, a former!
??airman of the Republican National ]
Committee and at present Republican
National Committeeman from New;
? .rk they may ask the President to
is;.' a word to "Senator Calder in favor
of Curran as the final choice.
The Pres.de/_i and Senator Calder j
air- known to be on exc .adingly good I
terms. Mr. Komi*, and ' other New !
York leader, are' said ta. balieve'...w, I
al! things considered, that *"Curran ;
_n ild be put over for the best inter- \
fits of the anti-Tarnmanv forces in the i
fight against 1___imahy-Hear-t and Hy- |
lar: at the coming election. '
' tor Lock wood-s .ultimatum on I
Fri'-y that ,he might withdraw, his?
?ame as a candidate unless -he had j
the united support of all factions ?
which have developed in the fusion I
canp did r.ot please some of the lead- ',
ets. They wore inclined to believe that |
Curran might be more reliable and
erut? all fact:o_s more durably for
the campaign ahead.
Hasten Called Problem
The on'.y reasonable objection to Cur- !
kar., 23 it appeared to the New York !
leaders, was the unchanged opinion of j
pome of the Brooklyn leaders that itj
would be easier to b-._t Judge Haskell !
in th. Brooklyn primaries with Sena- '
?tor Lockwood than with the Manhattan
Borough President. It was stated
frankly by some cf the New York lead- ;
ers that Currar.. vvould be a. quick j
?pice if it were not for the Haskell j
complication.' ."ome of the leaders ex-;
pressed the opinion that the Brooklyn ;
leaders would turn to Curran with ?
little persuasion provided Senator Cal- :
B?f started tne-driv:. ?h^ Republican i
lea.lcr? in Manhattan _re rot sure that \
t candidate corning from Brooklyn I
Wtjuld not be a'factional candidate. . |
'. .vas-learned yesterday that a vote !
tako. at the'two-hour session of the ?
exec-tive committee of the Price coali
?on^committee Friday showed an over?
whelming majority for Curran over
lockwood. The name of Justice James
C. Oropsey al_o loomed up at the ex?
ecutive committee meeting. Several
Votes were cast in favor of Justice
tropaey, it was .aid, as the candidate
Vho might lead all the anti-Tammary
forces out of the wilderness. It was
also said that some of the coalition
committee members intended to see
Justice Cropsey prior io the meeting
to-morrow n:*jht and find out whether
he would run. .
Before leaving the city Mr. Koenig
declared that he stood 'pat on' his'
former attitude that it was. necessary,
to have a united Brooklyn back of the
mayoralty candidate. .
'I think it is our dutv to bring about
?he defeat of Tammany Hall'b'yv'getUng
fcv. rj body back ' of the ets-opgeat .can.- J
(Contfnuod on page six)
Dry* Told Be^Bill May
Be Sidetracked in Senate
Sapper House Proliibition ?dvo
?ate Says Extremists Are En?
dangering Anti-Lirpior 'Cause
from The Tribune's Washington Ban eau
. WASHINGTON, July 30.?Growing
?Position to the Willis-Campbell beer
?i? in the Senate has placed the meas?
ure in danger of being referred back to
w? Judiciary Committee for further
?-onsideration. This situation was re
Ported to "diy" leaders to-day. The
Jest of strength on the bill is exnected
w ba reached in the Senate the coming |
week.
Opponents plan to offer a motion to I
??commit the bill. They will contend!
? is unconstitutional in bo Ut a? it ?
?ri. to re*?u?ate liquors as medicine.
rhc moticn to recommit, it is said, I
pil command much more strength than |
Wind be mustered for an outright vote
g.ainst the bill. "Drys" admitted to-]
?*_ -hat on the question of -recommittal
J8?- situation promised to bo uncom
lortably close. This arise? from the
**et that Senators who are _--.ustomed ,
jo vote "dry" are convinced the beer bill
? not only of doubtful legality, but that j
? ?likely to hnye a reaction on the !
pu.uc which will weaken the general ;
?Mis-, of prohibition.
. The whole temple of prohibition will
J? pulled down by 'drys' \.ho are Vent
?? carrying prohibition to extremes if
C,ttPB not careful," said one Senator
|o*-.ay. He has advocated prohibition
? *ag tire?.
Drug Users, High in Finance
And Art, Warned to Take Cure
Dr. Simon Is Prepared to Arrest Wealthy Ad?
dicts; Heat and Alleged Deprivation of Nar?
cotic Kill Prisoner; Raid Methods Denounced
Dr. Carleton Simon, Special Deputy
Police Commissioner, whose men have
been gathering in drug addicts for the
last sever.-.l days, admitted yesterday ,
that he had not limited his effort
toward stamping out the na:-$Otic men?
ace to the shabby, friendless victims
now in the Tombs and various police
stations awaitin*** commitment.
Within the last week Dr. Simon has
written scores of letters to persons
high in the artistic, musical, literary
and business circles of the city, warn?
ing them to take a drus cure at once.
If they disobey, he has told them, and
continue their purchase and" use of
heroin, hashish, morphine and similar
forms of "dope," they will be arrested.
Among the hundreds of outwardly
sober and substantial citizens who,
Dr. Simon has learned, are slaves of
the drug habit, are several women
whose names are frequently blazoned
on leading motion pictuic theatres, at
leas'i one millionaire real estate own?
er, a prominent writer of popular
songs, and the publisher of one of the
leading trade magazines.
The list is long and would, if pub?
lished, astound the city. Dr. Simon
himself is amazed at the grip that the
drug evil has gained, not only upon
the "down and out" and the criminal
classes of the city, but, among persons
who lead in their various professions
and businesses.
Morphine, cocaine and the others on
the iniquitous list have replaced liquor
in many cases as sources of stimulant
for persons whose work entails consid?
erable emotional strain. Writers, musi?
cians and actors are specially recep?
tive victims to the drug habit, Dr.
Simon says, because of the exhaustion
and depression that frequently follow
work in which they give largely of
their strength and emotions.
For some time pa3t detectives of the
drug squad have been preparing a list
of persons of repute who have fallen
into the clutches of the vice. From
this list Dr. Simon has taken the names
of the persons to whom he has sent
his warning. He insisted yesterday
that if they did not at once give evi?
dence of seeking cures and instead con
(Conilnued ?n pigs eioht)
Tighe Arrested
On a Charge of
Simple Assault
Detective Who Blackjacked
and Beat 40 Men, Women
and Children Is Promptly
Freed on Bail of $500
Children's Society Acts
Asks Warrant, but Court
Issues Summons, 'to Save
Policeman Humiliation'
Detective Charles E. Tighe, who on
Thursday night is said to have as-1
saulted without cause some forty men, I
v.ornen and children, many of whom!
he is charged with beating, was ar?
rested yesterday afternoon on a charge I
of simple assault. He was also sum- !
moned on an additional charge of at?
tacking and beating eight-year-old
Helen Coen.
When an agent for tho Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
appeared before Magistrate Simpson in
West Side Court, and asked for a war?
rant for Tighe's arrest on a charge of
child beating the magistrate refused on
the ground that such action might hurt
the detective's feelings. He compro?
mised on a summons after he had been
told that the Children's Society intend?
ed to press the charge to the limit.
To Avoid Humiliating Tighe
"I did not wish to humiliate a police
officer," the magistrate explained after?
ward, "I knew a summons would do
just as well. I have known Tighe for
many years, and I know he will re?
spond to a summons as quickly as to
a warrai.t."
Joseph F. , Kenehan, agent for the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children, had several witnesses in
court to testify to Tighe's conduct in
his raid upon the former saloon of
Patrick Coen, at 600 Ninth A\enue.
The charge of simple assault was
brought by Mrs. Ella Fitzgerald, whose
-.rnis were bruised and whose clothing
Vas torn from her shoulders and back
by the policeman. Mrs. Fitzgerald was
taken to the West Forty-seventh Street
station house by detectives, who f.d
vjsed her to make the charge which
was entered by Captain Thomas Dona?
hue.
Tighe was waiting at the station
when Mrs. Fitzpatrick arrived and he
immediately gave a $500 cash bond,
which was provided by his brother-in
law, Samuel Dann. He was in a cell
at no time, and left the station im?
mediately after the charge had been
entered. He looked hale and cheerful.
Child ?-ihibitB Bruises
In West Side Court Heien Coen ex?
hibited bruises. Kenehan told the
court that Tighe had picked the little
girl up by the neck and threw her
across the barroom from one end to
the other and then thrust her into a
back room, where he later piled in
more than thirty other victims of both ?
sexes and all ages.
The girl became hysterical and be?
gan to sorea-Ti, .the. age^t 8aid- where?
upon the mother, Mrs. Mary Coen,
rushed forward an? was seized by .the
detective,.who dragged her across the
(Continued en paju seveni
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Rich New York Woman
Kills Herself in West
Mreu. Charles Slauson Found
Dying of Bullet Wound Near
Santa Barbar?,' Calif.
Special Dispatch to'The Tribuna
LOS ANGELSS, July 30. ? Mrs,
Charles Slauson, fifty years old, a for?
mer resident of New i'ork, was found
dead with a bullet wound in her head
at midnight last night on an ocean
pier near Santa Barbara. A coroner's
jury to-day brought ia a verdict of
suicide.
Mrs. Slauson, who had been spending
the summer at Montecito. the million?
aire colony near Santa Barbara, with
her two children, a boy of fourteen
and a girl of twelve, had been in ill
health for some time. The police be?
lieve she killed herself in a fit of de?
spondency.
Last evening Mrs. Slauson attended
a theater at Miramar and then drove
to the pier, where she dismissed her
chauffeur. Passersby heard a shot and
found her still conscious, but she died
in n few minutes without speaking.
Her New York address was registered
here as 91 William Street.
Mrs. Slauson was **> niece of Miss C.
M. Slauson, of 165 Summit . Crest,
Rutherford, N. J., and daughter-in
law of H, L. Slauson, who is employed
by the Erie Railroad at Port Jervis.
Mrs. Slauson's father was Edgar Van
Etten, who at one time wa? vice-pres-i
ident of the New York Central Rail?
road.
Denial Cabled
By Northclif f e j
Pleases King!
Editor Makes It Known He i
Regards as Closed This In-1
cident of an Interview!
That Was Misunderstood!
?_ i
-
Resumes His World Trip I
Mr. Steed Explains Nothing j
Could Have Been Said Re?
garding Irish Question
A cable message was sent yesterday
by Lord Stamfordham, private secre?
tary to King George, to Lord North
cliffe in New York, according to dis?
patches received here from London.
The message to Lord Northcliffe
acknowledged receipt of his cablegram !
of Friday, in which he denied having !
given an interview in New York which j
was tho subject of a statement from j
the King read in the House of Com- |
mons by Premier Lloyd George.
"I have communicated to the "King j
your message received this morning,"
Lord Stamfordham's message read.
"His Majesty is glad that it confirms
the statements made on his authoriy
by the Premier in the House of Com- i
mons yesterday." j
"> Before he left the Hotel Gotham last '
night to begin the second leg of his j
golfing vacation around the world, j
Lord Northcliffe declined to comment j
on the matter, simply saying: !
"The incident is closed."
After a day on a Long Island golf i
links, Lord Northcliffe returned to the :
Gotham seemingly in fine fettle, sun?
burned and beaming. Ho would not, j
however, say anything at all on recent ;
happenings in Washington, or on the j
interview mistakenly attributed to him '
and cabled to London in which he was
said to have quoted King George as ;
asking Lloyd George not to permit the !
killing of any more Irish.
An inquirer seeking information on
these subjects and also on the report ?
that the word had gone forth that no ;
official receptions would be tendered
to the great British journalist in Japan,
India and Palestine, joined Lord North- ;
cliffe's group in the lobby of the.
Gotham just before he left for his
train. Tho Viscount extended a hearty '
handshr.ke and beamed inquiringly.
"I'm a reporter," the newspaper man
explained.
"I'm sure you are," Lord Northcliffe
said genially, but immediately after he
pulled his Panama down low over his
eyes and lapsed into silence.
Explanations as to the Irish inter?
view said to have been wrongly cred?
ited to Lord Northcliffe were made by :
H. Wickham Steed, editor of The
London Times, who will accompany hia
chief as far as Vancouver.
Mr. Steed said that he had called afj
The New York Times office in the after- !
noon and had seen the managing editor,
Carr V. Van Anda. He told him that
he had said nothing about Irish shoot?
ings.
"I do not know what the King said
(Continued on page three) i
Gets Whisky Rack Only
To Have It Seized Again!
J. A.. Comesky Won Suit, but?
New Search Warrant Nets i
Four More Cases
MOUNT KISCO, N. Y? July 30.?J. A.
Comesky recovered three cases of ?
whisky seized by the state police to- !
day after long and expensive litigation.
Justice Morschauser, of.the Supreme
Court, ordered the liquor restored to
him on the ground that the warrant ?
upon which it was seized was faulty.
Mr. Comesky departed in triumph
with his thi*ee cases.
He scarcely had got home, however,
when the state troopers called again
with a new search warrant, which they
assured him was perfect in every de?
tail.
They took away with them the three
cases which Mr. Comesky had recovered
at so great expenditure of time and
money and four more besides.
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Nm Sotfe a?ri?wne
Wood Slated
?s Governor
Of Filipinos
Will Accept Post Urged
on Him by Harding and
Weeks, Commencing at
Once, Friends Believe
U. of P. Gives Him
Leave of Absence'
Opposed to Independence
but Liked in Islands;
Pacific Issue a Factor
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, July 30. ? Close
friends of Major General Leonard Wood
said to-day he would be the new Gov?
ernor General of the Philippine Islands
and would remain in that position for
a year.
General Wood, according to the state?
ments of persons close to him, will not
return to this country from his present
mission to the Philippines. Instead, he
will take over the duties of the gov?
ernor generalship in a short time and
thus will avoid the delay of making the
long trip home and the return to Manila.
The University of Pennsylvania, with
which General Wood had closed a con?
tract to be provost, is understood to have
consented to allow him a leave of ab?
sence for a year in order to permit
him to serve as head of the islands.
Secretary of War Weeks interceded
with the trustees of the university in
this matter. When the trustees learned
that the President was desirous to have
the services of General Wood in the
Philippines they decided to grant the
leave. This decision was telephoned
Secretary Weeks by George Wharton
Pepper, " chairman of the board of
trustees.
Choice of Harding and Weeks
President Harding and Secretary
Weeks have all along wanted General
Wood to take the governor generalship.
General Wood ha3 been looked on, too,
by responsible leadei-3 in Congress who
are interested in the Philippines as
the ideal man for the place. But the
fact that he had agreed to become pro?
vost of the university stood in the way,
even after General Wood, as understood
here, had come to the conclusion he
would be willing to accept the position
if free to do so.
The information concerning the ap?
pointment and the arrangement with
the University of Pennsylvania is not
official, but comes from high authority
Moreover, in Congressional circles it
is said that General Wood is expected
to be the next Governor General.
General Wood's probable appoint?
ment signifies that the Harding Ad?
ministration has taken a definite stand
against independence for the Philip?
pines at this time. The general is op?
posed ' to independence. His prelimi?
nary report on the islands arrived here
Wednesday night. While it was not
given out, it is known to contain a
comprehensive portrayal not only of
the situation in the islands,,but of the
military and naval situation in the Far
East. The strategical questions which
relate to the Philippines and to the
Pacific are understood to be included
in the document. The report is flatly
opposed to independence at this time.
Immediately after receiving the re?
port Secretary Weeks saw the Presi?
dent, and there is reason to believe thp.t
he lost no time in getting into touch
with the University of Pennsylvania
trustees.
- Japanese Back Independence
The Administration has been espe?
cially anxious to have a strong man of
the type of General Wood, preferably
General Wood himself, as Governor
General of the islands for several rea?
sons. These reasons, while not pub-.
licly declared, are well understood. In
the first place, the independence move?
ment has been engineered in the isl?
ands by crafty leaders, whose plans
found sympathy in Japan. It has
likewise found encouragement from
some elements in this country. With
the independence movement definitely
blocked, the President naturally de?
sires a man of strong character at the
helm, able to handle any troublesome
propositions that arise.
The condition of the islands in re?
spect to business, banking and com?
mercial affairs is chaotic, and General
Wood, whose skill ip administration
was demonstrated in Cuba, is looked on
as the man to restore order.
Moreover, General Wood, as Ms re?
ception in the Philippine Islands
wherever he has gone has shown, is
popular among the Filipinos. Despite
his flat opposition to independence
there is no doubt that practically ail
elements in the islands will be pleased
over his selection.
Beyond all this, there is the need at
this time of a capable executive in
the Philippines, who will command
the respect of Japan and the other
(Continuad en next page)
Peace Terms
With Berlin
Are Settled
All Rights Claimed by
U. S. Under Versailles
Treaty Are Conceded in
Conferences in Berlin
"Deserting Allies"
Charges Refuted
Successful Negotiations
Regarded as Triumph
for Harding and Hughes
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON, July 30.?Negotia?
tions for a treaty of peace with Ger?
many, conceding everything that the
United States was assigned in the Ver
sailes Treaty and every point made in
the Porter-Knox peace resolution, have
practically been concluded. Dispatche
from Berlin to the effect that the Ger?
man government is entirely willing
following the negotiations conductec
through American Commissioner Ellis
Loring Dresel, to make these conces?
sions in a treaty with the Unitec
States, only confirmed what was actu
ally understood by the Administratior
would happen.
The cablegrams to-day, however, ex
plain the confidence at the Whiti
House yesterday that President Har
ding would issue the peace proclama
tion while he is at the summer lodgi
of Secretary of War Weeks in Nev
Hampshire next week, despite th<
doubt of Attorney General Daughert;
as to whether he would have his, repor
ready for the President prior to his re
turn to Washington.
Administration Circles Jubilant
There is a great deal of jubilatioi
in Administration circles over thi:
news. Republican leaders are partie
ularly pleased, not only because o
tho speeches by Democrats in th
House and Senate during tho debate
over the peace resolution, but on ac
count of statements made by Demo
crats on the stump during the Ha?
ding-Cox campaign and biting, sarcat
tic editorials in Democratic newsps
pers during both the campaign an
the peace debate.
No one here has forgotten the furo
which the Democrats set up during th
campaign over the words "separat
peace." For one thing, it was describe
"as deserting the Allies," though thi
is not the most important point. 1
was the Democratic question: "Ho?
are you going to force Germany t
conclude a treaty; are you going t
send our boys back into Germany?
That aroused the most resentment, b(
cause there was no flat answer whic
could be made. A denial of that ir
sinuntion, though it was believed b
President Harding?then Candidat
Harding?and his advisers to be s
false as "He kept us out of the wai
had been four years ago, was mere!
an expression of opinion and then
fore not convincing to the skeptical.
Moreover the Wilson Administrate
was in power. It had its own me
abroad, and the country generally pr
sumes that official advices are mo:
accurate than the spoken words of m*
whose main object might be presum?
to be to get into office.
Harding Vindicated
To-day, however, Mr. Harding is vi
dicated in his campaign deciaratio
that he favored the conclusion of
peace with Germany at the earlie
possible moment. He is vindicated
his inaugural address, and Secretary
State Hughes, through the negotiatio
he has conducted through Commi
sioner Dresel at Berlin, has demo
strated that the Republican leadersh
in the last Congress was right in pas
ing a separate peace resolution?t
one which was vetoed by Preside
Wilson.
It is believed here that the pea
treaty will be framed in the next fi
weeks, and will be signed almost ii
mediately after that. This will be f<
lowed at once by the appointment
an ambassador to Germany, and t
sending by Berlin of an ambassad
to Washington.' The Department
Commerce already has agents open
ing in Germany, so that no change
that situation is expected. With a
bassadors representing* the two con
tries the relationship of the Unit
States with Germany will be simil
after long delay, to that establish
long ago by Britain, France, Italy a
the other co-belligerants in the v?
against Germany.
Harding Upholds United States Rig!
As regards what the differences
the situation may be as compared
what would have been if this counl
had ratified the Versailles treaty 1
situation is most peculiar. Presid?
Harding and Secretary Hughes h*
taken a very firm stand that, despite 1
refusal of this country to ratify 1
Versailles treaty, it is neverthel
(Continued ?n next pag?)
Seaplane Dives Into Boats,
Sinks Two, Hurts 3 Persons
A hydroairplane attempting to make i
a landing on the short of Flushing
Bay, Corona, came down about o'clock
last night in a cluster of motor boats
and rowboats, some of which were at
moorings and some of which were ii
motion and occupied. Three persons in
one of the motor boats were hurt, an?
ther motor boat and a rowboat were
sunk and the hydroairplane went to the
bottom, its occupants swimming ashore.
Ray C. Gilhooly, of the Hotel Wel?
lington, Satetlth Avenue and Fifty-fifth
Street, owns the hydroairplane. He has
a commercial flying station at Corona,
and recently had added the machine to
his fleet. He was giving it a try-out
with William Alexander and William
Lyons .two a)? his pilots.
As his eratt swooped down toward a
landing, Alexander saw that he had
miscalculated his distance. He tried
to start the engine but was unsuccess?
ful. The next moment the hyrdo-air
plane plunged into the flotilla gathered
about 500 feet from shore.
First it struck the Madeline, a motor
boat, owned by George Mettler, of
Corona? which was owing-in-- empty at
its moorings. The Madeline was
wrecked by the impact and sank within
ten minutes. A wing tip struck a
tethered rowboat, tore it from its buoy
and sent it bobbing and spinning out
into the Sound.
Just beyond, the motor boat Regina,
owned by Michael Coleman, 01 Astoria,
and occupied by William Wagner, of 38
Thirteenth Street, College Point; Min?
nie Healy, of 107 Delaware Street,
Flushing, and a child whose name the
police did not learn, was making fran?
tic efforts to clear the course of the
hydro-airplane.
The efforts were fruitless. The ma?
chine struck the motor boat a glancing
blow, one wing scraping across the
cockpit and careening the boat danger?
ously. The three persons in the boat
were knocked down and flung about,
but their craft was not seriously dam?
aged and still rode upright.
Other motor boats sped to the rescue
; and took them ashore and they all de?
parted ui an automobile before tht
? arrival of the police. It was said thai
| Wagner had a severe scalp wound anc
that his companions were injured also
! After Btriking the Regina, the hydro
I airplane crashed into a rowbcat ant
nank it and then went down itself.
Reds Agree to Free All
Americans; Rush Troops
To Curb Hunger Revolt
Troteky Goes to Front in
Command of Infantry
Regiment and 2 Cavalry
Divisions to Hold Line
Soviet Appeals to
Peasants for Aid
Guerrilla Warfare Against
Communists and Kuban I
Cossacks'Uprising Grow
By Joseph Shaplen
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright, 1921, New Vcrk Tribune Inc.
BERLIN, July 30.?The starving
peasant hordes that are advancing on
Moscow, according to the Bolshevik
newspaper Izvestia, have reached Ka?
zan. Tho Soviet government is hur?
riedly arming troops in an effort to
halt this human avalanche.
Minister of War Trotzky, armed with
complete dictatorial authority, has left
Moscow for the Volga region, where he
will direct the operations of the 11th
Infantry and the two cavalry divisions
which have been assigned to keep the
advancing peasant hordes beyond the
famine barrier erected by the govern?
ment.
To keep Russia's hungry mobs be?
yond the barrier is now the chief aim
of the Bolshevik authorities. Failure
to do this means the annihilation of
both Moscow and Petrograd by the im?
migrating hordes. The Soviet govern?
ment is determined to curb the ad
vanae.
Peasant Mobs Attack Communists
The Bolsheviki have to contend also
with a body of partisans headed by
Antonoff Popoff. This group is com?
posed of well-armed peasant mobs that
are operating over a considerable part
of central Russia, carrying on a sys?
tematic guerilla warfare against the
Communists, murdering Communist
officials, invading towns and villages
and cutting railway communications.
The Moscow government has dis?
patched General Tuchachevsky, who
commanded a division of Red troops in
the wars with Poland, to subdue this
anti-Communist revolt.
Added to the other troubles of the
Moscow government is an uprising of
Kuban Cossacks, which broke out re?
cently. Not only has this movement
not be?n suppressed, but it is steadily
assuming greater proportions. The
Cossacks have inflicted serious defeats
on the Red army, compelling the Bol?
sheviki to evacuate the whole region
between Station Kavkazkaya and Ar?
mavir, on ,tho Rostov-Baku railway.
The Cossacks are trying to cut the rail?
way further north.
This revolt has cut off the shipments
of petroleum from the enormous Baku
fields to central Russia.
Moscow Appeals to Peasants
While these military operations are
fanning the already critical situation
of the country, the Bolshevik authori?
ties in Moscow are calling feverishly
for help. Izvestia publishes this ap?
peal to the peasants living in the more
fortunate provinces:
"Those peasants who are more for?
tunate than their brothers can do more
than any one else to help the govern?
ment handle the calamity which has
befallen soviet Russia. The army,
workers and peasants in the stricken
provinces must be supplied with bread.
If the more fortunate peasants do not
come to the government's aid in the
struggle against famine, our economic
life will be utterly destroyed and Rus?
sia for many years will remain an im?
poverished country without hope of
improvement."
The Moscow Pravda reports that the
situation is particularly serious in
Samara, Saratov and Kazan, where, the
newspaper asserts, thousands are dying
daily. This soviet organ admits that
the situation is growing more critical
every day and that the population,
driven to desperation, is organizing
anti-soviet demonstrations.
People Eat Grass and Straw
The terrible desolation in south?
ern Russia, where the people in
some districts are rapidly being
driven toward savagery as a re?
sult of their awful hunger, is described
by refugees who have just made their
way to Berlin. Human beings are eat?
ing everything in sight?grass, tree
bark, roots and straw.
As far north as Kirsk one sees noth?
ing but blackened, naked fields. The
railway stations are besieged by pale
men, women and children in ragged
I clothes who rush onto the train plat
i forms almost before the train stops
I and with outstretched hands be-r:
"Help, for the sake of the Christ! We
! are dying of hunger!"
Cholera Spreads Through South
Not only the peasants but the city
I dwellers as well are deserting their
I homes in a vain search for food. Many
?of those who are not killed by hunger
I fall victims to cholera, which has
spread throughout southern Russia,
'laying the population low by-thousands.
All trains in the south are now being
guarded by detachments of troops as
the hungry mobs frequently have been
looting unprotected carriers. All rail?
road employees in the Ukraine have
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Aviator Lands Safely
On Top of Mont Blanc
?Swiss Flyer Conquers Highest
Peak in Alps After Two
Earlier Failures
CHAMONIX, France, July 30 (By
The Associated Press-).?Mont Blanc, the
! highest summit of the Alps, was con
! quered to-day by an aviator. The suc
I cessful airman was Durafour, a Swi?<*
i flyer, who had previously failed in two
' attempts to land on the summit. To
\ day, setting out from Lausanne, he rose
i to a great height and ultimately effected
i a landing on the mountain peak, 15,782
j feet above sea level.
? Taking off from the summit, Dura
I four made a favorable descent, finally
i landing at Chamonix.
Reds Admit Moscow
Regime Faces RuU
Special Cable ta The Tribune
Copyright. 1921, New York Tribun? Inc.
BERLIN, July 30.?The cen?
tral executive of the Third Inter?
nationale, in a secret circular sent
out to the branches of the Inter?
nationale in western Europe, an?
nounces that the position of the
Moscow Soviet government is
mosb critical as the result of a
shortage of food and fuel that is
regarded as hopeless.
The circular, according to the
Prague newspaper, Pravo Lidu,
admits that the financial and eco?
nomic position of the Lenine
Trotzky r?gime is fast becoming
desperate.
Silesian Crisis
Is Ended, Savs
t.
Lloyd George
_
France and Britain, by Talk?
ing 'Very Plainly' to Each
Other, Believed to Have
Approached Agreement ;
Boulogne Seat o? Council
London to Join in Notice to
Berlin, but Troop Move?
ment Awaits Conference
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 1921. New Tor?c Tribune Inc.
LONDON, July 30.?Premier Lloyd
George, in a speech made this after?
noon in unveiling a war memorial at
Thame, said that after a crisis in Al?
lied relations over Upper Silesia, Great
Britain and France were again on com?
mon ground.
"We have had some difference with
France recently over the interpreta?
tion of one of the sections of the
peace treaty and we talked very plain?
ly to each other," the Premier said.
"To-day I believe we are on the right
road to understanding. The prelim?
inary difficulties which were causing
trouble hav. been eliminated,"
It is understood that the Supreme
Allied Council will meet about August
4, as planned, and the misunderstand?
ing which threatened a break a day
or two ago can be completely cleared
away. Boulogne is again mentioned
as a place of meeting instead of Paris,
it is possible that Premier Lloyd
George will get to the conference be?
fore it closes, but will be represented
in the earlier sessions by the Marquis
of Curzon, Foreign Secretary. It is
possible that Belgium also may attend,
in view of the prospect that the trials
of war criminals at Leipsic may come
up for discussion.
Will Join in Notice to Berlin
The Bi.ti?h government apparently
is willing to join France in notifying
Germany to be prepared for the pass?
age across German soil of French re?
inforcements for Silesia, but the ;.ctual
demand for their transportation will
not be made until the Supreme Council
has decided the best course to follow.
THAME, England, July 30 (By The
Associated Press). ? Premier Lloyd
George in his speech to-day referred
optimistically to the trend of the dis?
cussions between France and England.
It had been arranged for the Allies to
meet in a few days to settle this vexed
question, he added, and he hoped the
settlement would be final.
The Premier continued:
"Great Britain only claims that she
must have a voice in the interpretation
of the peace she made such sacrifices
to win. She does not claim a predom?
inant voice or a determining voice.
That would be so arrogant a demand
that no self-respecting ally could pos?
sibly tolerate it. We only ask for an
equal voice, and we are prepared to ??,0
even beyond that. We recognize fully
that the greater sacrifices of France
give her a special claim for consider?
ation?that her interests are more im?
mediate in some of these questions?
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Pigeon Brings Harding's
"AU Well," From Yacht
Naval Carrier Bird Flies 250
Miles Back to Washington
in Five Hour?
WASHINGTON, July 30.?Communi?
cation with Washington by naval car-,
rier pigeon was maintained to-day by
the Presidential yacht Mayflower as
she steamed up the Atlantic Coast
with President and Mrs. Harding
aboard en route to Plymouth, Masa.,
where, on Monday, the President will
speak at the ceremonies commemorat?
ing the tercentenary of the landing
of the Pilgrims.
Before the Mayflower left Washing?
ton yesterday Lieutenant A. J. M.
Catee, director of the Naval Pigeon
Service, placed fivo carrier pigeons
aboard. At 4:55 p. m. to-day one of
the birds returned bearing a message
from the President to the executive
offices. The pigeon had.left the May?
flower at 11:3? a. m., when the yacht
was about twenty-five miles northeast
of Cape H_nry light, a distance of
about 250 mile? from Washington.
The President's message, obviously
hastily scribbled, sajd:
"Executive offices. White House:
"Fine voyage. All well. Mr?. Har?
ding greatly refreshed. Making our
schedule amid excellent conditions. In?
spection thia morning revealed fine
crew aboard the Mayflower. Greetings
to all the office force.
"WARKEN G. HABD?-.G."
Relief Terms Set Down by]
Hugh PS and Hoover Ac?
cepted in Note Sent by
Maxim Gorky to London
Woman Prisoner
Already Released
Senator France Declares
America Will Do Well
to Deal With Soviets
RIGA, July 30 (By The Asso&
ated Press).?The Moscow Bolshevik
authoritit.- have accepted the demand
of Herber. Hoover, as head of the
American Relief Administration,
that all Americans in Soviet prisons
be released before any measures for
the relief of Russian famine suffer?
ers can be taken by the United
States, according to a Rosta News
Agency dispatch from Moscow. The
dispatch says that the Russian au?
thorities suggest immediate negotia?
tions in order that aid may be
brought speedily to the starving.
The release of one American pris?
oner, Mrs. Marguerite E. Harrison,
of Baltimore, newspaper correspond?
ent, has been obtained by Senator
Joseph I. France, of Maryland. She
arrived here to-day under escort of
Senator France, who has concluded
his investigation of conditions in
Russia.
"Quite Acceptable*"
The Bolshevik reply to Mr. Hoofer
is made in the name of Leo Kameneff,
head of the Nonpartisans' Non-Politi?
cal Famine Relief Committee. It reads:
"The Russian government, upon
learning of the proposals made by
Herbert Hoover in the name of the
American Relief Association, finds
them quite acceptable, including the
question of the idease of American
citizens. ,
"The Russian government eem
siders it necessary to fix as soon as
possible the exact conditions on
which the immediate relations are t?
begin.
"Its humane intentions guarantee
the feeding, med;?al aid and clothing
of the million children and invalids.
For this purpose the Russian govern?
ment considers it useful that Direc?
tor Brown or any other person au?
thorized for the negotiations should
immediately come to Moscow, Riga or
Reval.
"The Russian Soviet government
expects a quick reply stating the
place and time for the negotiations.
"KAMENEFF."
fMr. Hoover's offer was addressed to
Maxim Gorky, and' stated that the
American Relief Administration was
prepared to feed a million children.]
Kameneff's reply was sent by Maxim
Gorky to the Soviet Mission in Lon?
don for delivery there through the
American relief organization, accord?
ing to the local Bolshevik Legation.
Future Relations.
The acceptance by Russia of the de?
mand for the release of the American
prisoners did not come as a surprise
to the lo''al Soviet authorities, despite
the ov* .?poker? criticisms of the United
States for raising the prisoner ques?
tion in _ time of famine. The Soviet
office's are understood to believe that
their acceptance will not only bring
the needed famine relief but also open
channels of future relations between
Russia and America.
The American government represent?
atives in Riga consider Kameneff's
note a3 constituting also an answer to
the demand made by Secretary of
State Hughes for the release of the
American prisoners in Russia.
The American Relief Administration
in the Baltic States is in no position
to extend aid on a large scale to Rus?
sia at present, having only sufficient
supplies on hand for its relief work
in the Baltic area, it is explained in
connection with the news of the Rus?
sian acceptance. Hence it is expected
that the supplies must be rushed from
the United States.
Although without word as to when
and by what route the released Amer?
icans will be sent across the border, the
Ameh^fcan Red Cross and the American
mission in Riga began making pla_%
to-day to receive them.
Mrs. Harrison to Berlin
If the condition of Mrs. Harrison f
a criterion for all the rest, they neea
shoes and clothing as well as food.
Mrs. Harrison expects to accompany
Senator Fiance to Berlin Monday and
thence go direct to America.
The newspaper Novy Put, the official
Bolshevik organ here, declares th_
question of releasing the imprisoned
Americans is in no way cannected with
the famine in Russia.
"The American government," it says,
"could long ago have repatriated its
citizens from Soviet ? prisons without
resorting to such highly cultured and
humane pressure. This was proved
only yesterday by the reaching of an
agVeement between Russia and Hun?
gary. If, however, the American gov?
ernment considers the present moment
favorable for pressure on Russia, then
certainly we can only be surprised at
the tact of Secretary of State Hughes."
"The reply of Russia " continues th?
'newspaper, "is the best proof of the
straightforwardness and good inten?
tions of the Soviet power and also its
security in internal stability.
"The conditions which behind the
loan of bread hid a knife have been
accepted. Now it i.- your business,
Messrs. Americans, to .elp the Soviet
power save the perishi? .. During your
work you will learn n.aeh in Russia
and will understand at last that the'
Soviet power and the broad masses of
the peoples of Russi. are one common
whole. That will be not without i's
usefulness, both in the United States
and Soviet Russia."
Senator France Surprised
Senator France expressed suro-?_
at the announcement that Russia had
i ?greed to pelease th? A_.eric_u prii.