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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1921
TWO C RNTS
tn Greater New York
THREE CKNTS
Within 200 Miles
rOl'K CENTS
Eluewhtr?
Murphy Will
Drop Collins,
Run Talley
Tammany Boss Said to
Have Changed Front in
Fear of Judieial De?
feat Like Last Eleetion
We've Got Him on
Rim. Hines Asserts
Eleventh District Leader
Says "Whipped Bully
Is Now Eating Crow"
Tammany Hall rocked with excite?
ment yesterday when the word went
around that Charles F. Murphy and his
advisers had decided to withdraw Jus?
tice Cornelius F. Collins, Tammany
?esignee for Judge of General Sessions,
and put the name of Judge Alfred J.
Talley in his place.
James J. Hines, leader of the 11th
District, who is in open revolt against
the domination of Charles F, Murphy,
gays that Murphy's backdown is a sure
sign that he is beaten in his fight for
control of the organization, and Hines
followed up this declaration with an?
other prediction, that he would beat
Julius Miller, the Tammany d?sign?e
for Borough President, in the pri?
maries, and then bo elected President
of the Borough,
The official announcement by Mr.
Murphy concerning the change in d?sig?
n?es is likely to be made to-day. Mr.
Jlurphy would not discuss the subject
yesterday, nor would Judge Talley.
Justice Collins, when seen at Far Rock
away, where he is passing a brief
vacation, phrased answers to leading
questions in a way to confirm the news.
Serious Situation in Wigwam
In Tammany circles it ?3 admitted
that the retreat of Boss Murphy indi?
cates a serious condition in the inner
works of the Wigwam. The designa?
tion of Justice Collins last week was
made after clue deliberation. As soon
as the news spread that Judge Talley
had been sidetracked at the direction of
Mr. Murphy a storm of criticism broke
all along the line.
The disastrous result of boss dicta?
tion in the Untermyer-Newburger inci?
dent last year was raked up afresh, and
the unanimous verdict was that some
one had "pulled another bone." When,
Justice Collins was asked yesterday
whether it was true that he was plan?
ning to step aside in favor of Judge
Talley he smiled and said:
"I am thinking over a number of
things, and would not like Xo say what
I would do now. 1 would not want to
do anything in the way of a surprise.
The fact is that Alfred J. Talley and 1
have been close friends for many years.
There is no friction between us now,
and there is not going to be any. All
this talk about differences between us
on the Irish question is tomrnyrot.
Both of us have done all we could for
the Irish cause. I will say that I have
a number of matters pending in the
Children's Court that should demand
my attention for some time to come. I
shall have to take that into considera?
tion. If I do anything it will be of a
nature that my friend Talley will profit
by it."
Asked whether, in case of his with?
drawal now, he would seek a Supreme
Court or General Sessions nomination
next ycar; Justice Collins said:
"The party makc3 its own nomina?
tions."
Collins May Be Rewarded
The reported understanding con?
cerning the withdrawal of Justice Col?
lins is that he will be rewarded for his
self-sacrifice by a nomination next year
for the Supreme Court bench,
When Judge Talley was seen yester?
day about the sensational shift that
will put his name on the ticket, as it
.wa.i expected it would be up to last
'week?.the judge shook his head signifi?
cantly and said that he had no com?
ment to of er.
The shift by Mr. Murphy caused
shouts of exultation at the headquar
'ers of James J. Hines, at Manhattan
Avenue and 112th Street. The Hines
men, from the leader down, say it.
means that "Murphy is on the run"
and that Hines, without machine b?ck
?'??'- but running solely on the issue of
?ftti-Mnrpbyism, has scored a tremen?
dous victory, and that he stands a good
ehanee of beating ex-Senator Julius
Miller, the organization choice for Bor?
ough President, at the primaries.
Th# Hines headquarters was thronged
e.^ar oui to the sidewalk la?t n?L'ht. In
the midst of the exultation a weeping
woman found h<>r way to the clubhouse
m ! poured into the ears of the sym?
pathetic "Jimmie" a story of a death
m the family and no money to buy a
eefiSa.
"Don't worry," said Hines, forgetting
'Or the time his animoaftv toward
f*e>Tthing with the Murphy label on it.
Don'i worry. Send the undertaker
her? and it will be all right." Turning
?t ?^Porter, the jubilant Hines said:
.* ha Hcd the arrogant Mur
^'?'J tf> ' ? ? - ' h ? mind. It means only
'?''" ' - - 'hat is that I've got
?urphv on the run, and he and all his
now 'hat. to be a fact.
' time in many year;
;?- eaten crows and it
for him for every course
[C**Uau<d c? pa?? flv?)
Uavigon Infinis Doctors
*** Il?mlTP;Has_Hi3 Way |
financier in Propped Up in
Bed ana Will Be Out of
Hospital in 3 Weeks
Berry l>. Da vison, of J. V. Morgan
*^ '">-, n;A so far recovered yesterday
'",'": '''? op?ration performed upon hirn
'-- Boo ?velt Hospital for the relief of
??'?? on the brain eau?.ed hy a
..;"'?' thai h? asked permission to!
/?'('- -'?" His request was ?ranted to
?tent of propping him Up with ,
ffc? dancer of complication* I? said
K *>*? past, and it is expected that
?<r. Urn.,.,,.: ,/:,! be di Charged from
?"? ?espita) U> about fnn;<: weeks. H
'- that two or three y<nrn may i
?lin t i " wire* yearn rtih,
before *r.y necessity for the re
..-.;-, of the Uxmoi arises, and by thai
?>?, the growth will have Attained such !
:'T'vl,,u*' *? >?'> r*n?*r ?h? operation
?u ?J*r,t owmt?oi?, it was explained,
wr/li* ?"mrh u' ?>?**moval of any!
that ?Lm ^W0"'? ?kuil, but raided ,
Beer Bill Hits Another Snag;
Passage Now Is Held Doubtful
?Senate and House at Odds on Measure After Vol?
stead Repudiates "Honie Brew" Compro?
mise Agreed On in Conference
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
! WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.?The bill to
j prohibit the prescribing of beer as
I medicine struck the rocks to-day, and
as a result it may not be enacted. At
best the time of its enactment is un?
certain. For the present the two
Houses are in disagreement, and it was
i admitted by those in charge of the
j measure to-night that the outlook for
an agreement was not good.
When the conference committee of
i the two Houses adjourned last night
I Senator Sterling, head of the Senate
j conferees, announced an agreement.
j An understanding had been reached at
that time for a compromise on the
Stanley amendment of the Senate and
the "home brew" amendment of the
House, involving the question of search
warrants.
But overnight the House conferees
! kicked over the traces. This morning,
1 greatly to his surprise, Senator Ster
| ling was notified by Representative
I Volstead, head of the House conferees,
, that he would not accept the compro
l mise.
This threw things into the air. and
: to make matters worse and still more
tangled Senator Ashurst, one of the
Senate conferees, declared he would
sign no conference report that did not
contain the Stanley amendment, which
forbids search of persons or homes
without a warrant.
All efforts of the conferees to-day to
reach an agreement failed, and this
afternoon the House conferees let it
be known to the Senate conferees that
they would let the bill die and allow the
Treasury Department to issue the beer
regulations under the Palmer ruling be?
fore they would accept the Stanley
amendment or the substance of it.
Dry leaders in both Houses to-night
admitted the> were apprehensive the
bill would fail and the beer regulations
might issue. However, efforts to patch
up a compromise are still going on, and
may succeed. The possibility exists
that the proposed recess of Congress
will be knocked out by the beer bill
difficulty.
Adding to the intense interest in the
beer bill to-day was a bitter debate in
the Senate which lasted for three hours.
A feature of the debate was a scath?
ing attack by Senator Reed, of Mis?
souri, on Wayne B. Wheeler, general
counsel of the Anti-Saloon League.
Senator Reed charged that Wheeler
had attended a meeting of the con?
ferees discussing the boor bill and
(Continued on paga thrt?)
Detective Held
As Slayer Who
Sought Bribe
i Said to Have Posed asRevemie
I Officer, Demanded $500
of Pair With Wine and
Mortally Wounded One
! Loses Shield, Goes to Ceil
???????
?Victim's Friend Picks Out
Sergeant Haggerty From
Line-Up as Guilty Man
Acting Detective Sergeant Jeremiah
? Haggerty, forty-three years old, of 456
i Park Avenue, the Bronx, was arrested
i at the Bathgate Avenue police station
?yesterday morning on a charge of felo
i nious assault. According to the police,
; Haggerty was identified by Joseph Pal
j laz?la, of 324 East Fourteenth Street,
?as the man who, representing himself
'to be a revenue officer, arrested him
and a friend, Joseph L?zaro, of 229
East Fourteenth Street, last Tuesday,
', and later shot L?zaro after demanding
' a bribe of $500. L?zaro died at Ford
1 ham Hospital last night.
; His wife and children were at his
: bedside. Because of hi3 condition no
further effort was made to have him
identify Detective Haggerty. The death
of L?zaro caused the charge against
? Haggerty to change automatically from
felonious assault to homicide.
The men were arrested at the Gun
Hill Road Station of the White Plains
Avenue extension of the Bronx Park
subway. The officer, it is alleged, fired
two shots at a tin can containing red
j wine whicji L?zaro was carrying. Both
bullets struck L?zaro in the abdomen.
| According to the story told by La-!
jzaro and Pallazola, they hadi attended ?
?a party at the home of Lazaro's ]
father-in-law. at 90G East 213th Street, i
the Bronx. When they left they car-1
ried with them a can of red wine. At
Gun Hill. Road station a man display-!
ing a shield and representing himself
to be a revenue officer questioned
L?zaro regarding the contents of the,
package he was carrying. After they I
boarded a train he arrested them.
On the way to the White Plains;
Avenue station, it is alleged, the officer;
told them he would settle with them
for $500. When the'y replied that they'
had no money, it is said, the officer!
fired two shot.* at the can and then
walked away. L?zaro collapsed when
the bullets struck him. ?
Captain Wines, who has charge of
both the Sixth and Seventh detective \
bureaus during the absence of Captain
John McGarth, yesterday morning lined
up the nine detectives of both dis?
tricts and asked Pallazola whether any j
one in the line answered the descrip?
tion of the man who had posed^ as a I
revenue officer. Pallazola picked out]
Haggerty.
Haggerty was later taken to the hos-i
pital to be confronted with L?zaro. !
L?zaro^ however, beine; in a state of;
coma, was unable to identify Haggerty. j
The detective was taken back to the !
Bathgate Avenue station, where ho was!
stripped of his shield and revolver
and finger printed. Accompanied by
several detectives, he was taken to the
Morrisania police station, where he
was placed in a cell.
Haggerty was interrogated later by
Chief Inspector Lahoy, in the latter'a
office. He IS said to have denied the ;
charges, saving tHat Pallazola made u\
mistake in identifying him.
Haggerty, who is married and has ?
four children, has been a member of!
the department for seventeen years.
Moonshine Village in
Georgia SwampDestroyed |
In Existence a Year, Raiders '
Say; Inhabitant? Flee a?
Still? Are Wrecked
SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. ??.?A moon- j
?'.'nine village, located on a canal Lank
deep in a swamp along the Ogcechce
River, was destroyed by prohibition ;
officers yesterday. Inhabitants of the '
village fled into the swamp. The vil-j
lag? had every appearanco of having'
been in existence at least a year, the \
raiders ?aid.
Ten big stills were in operation along |
the canal bank. There were 211 fer?
mentera, 1,500 gallons of "beer," mado
of blackstrap and meal, and sixty five
i,ve and ten gallon k<i<?. of whisky. All
the paraphernalia was destroyed.
Rffes Marion Fun? Drowned
SYDNEY, N. 8.i Aug. 18. Miss Ma?
ri?n Lunn, seventeen yare; old, of N<-w
York City, was drowned to-day while
awimming in Blackett's Lake.
She v/ftK the daughter of a retired h?h
captain and was visiting her ?inter,
Mr?, H. M. Graves. Th^ body was re
, covered.
Burns Succeeds
Flynn as Chief
Of Investigation
Daugherty's Appointment
of New York Man Not
Unexpected in Washing?
ton; Long Been Friends
| To Reorganize Bureau
??????
j Merging of All Secret Ser?
vice Departments Is Fa?
vored*, Not Decided On
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, .Aug. 18.?Attorney
; General Daugherty to-day announced
i the appointment of William J. Burns,
of New York, as director of the Bureau ;
: of Investigation of the Department, of !
Justice to succeed William J. Flynn..
Mr. Burns's appointment did not come
as a surprise in Washington. He and
i Attorney General Daugherty are per?
sonal friends. He also is a friend of the
! President. Mr. Burns was a supporter
of Presiden*. Harding in the campaign
! and was able to be of service to him.
It has been rumored for several months
that he would be selected.
In making the announcement, the ',
Attorney General said:
' "I have known Mr. Burns personally I
1 for thirty years and have watched him '
develop in his specialty. He is familiar j
with all the departments of the gov- !
ernment, is an intelligent and courage- :
ous man, and at this time especially is
considered to be as high class a man i
as could be secured to assume the im- I
portant duties assigned him. The bu- j
reau will be reorganized as expedi- !
tiously as possible and brought to the ?
highest point of efficiency.
Severs Agency Connection
"Mr. Burns has severed his connec- ;
tion with the Burns Detective Agency, !
and will come to Washington and de- ;
vote his entire time to the service. It
is the policy of this department, well
understood by Mr. Burns and highly
recommended by him, that tho Depart- :
ment of Justice establish the most ?
cordial relations with police off-ciuls i
and law enforcement officers through- ;
out the entire country, and, in fact, !
throughout the entire world, to the ?
end that there may be cooperation, ?
and that life, property and the rights
of the people may be preserved and j
protected.
"No partiality will be shown in eo-|
operating with police or other law en- !
forcement oflicers, public or private,
but the best plan that can be con-:
ceived will be adopted and carried out I
to see that the law is enforced and the :
best order possible prevail throughout :
the country, ?n so far as the govern-i
ment and the Department of Justice !
are concerned. The President and I ;
have known Mr. Burns for many years !
and know his ability and efficiency." i
Mr. Flynn has been notified of the !
selection of Mr. Burns as his successor (
and is expected to resign at once. At- j
torney General Daugherty said Mr. I
Burns would take charge of the bureau ?
in New York to-morrow and would ar- !
rive here, where his headquarters will ;
be, Saturday or Monday.
Mr. Daugherty believes a plan for i
coordinating all the investigating
agencies of the government under the
E'epartment of Justice can be worked I
out, but said the appointment of Mr.
Burns did not necessarily mean this
would be done. ;
Complete Reorganization Forecast
Mr. Burns will receive $7,500 a year.
According to the Attorney ('encrai he'
is expected to make complete reorgan?
ization? of the bureau, reduce the force
and bring it to a high poinl of effi?
ciency.
Mr. Burn.", served with tho Secret j
Service from 1889 until K'07, and was
considered during a great part of that
time the star man of the force. His
first big job, and perhaps the biggest
that he has to his credit, came in 1898, I
when he solved the mystery of the
Monroe-head $100 silver certificates ;
These bills were so expertly counter- ,
(Continued on pago throt) * :
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Rho Dork STriimne
; Court Mus?
j Unsnarl City
D?lit Limit
?Craig and Brown, After
Long Wrangle on Mu?
nicipal Tax Excess,
Advise Legal Decision
Inquiry Reaches
To Swann's Office
Validity of Millions in
Subway Contracts In?
volved in the Hearing
? ,_ e
At the conclusion 4f four hours of
I incessant wrangling before the Meyer
[legislative committee investigating the
city administration, on the question of
i committee counsel Elon R. Brown's
charges that the municipality had ex?
ceeded its tax levy and debt limit, both
Mr. Brown and Comptroller Craig, tak?
ing opposite views, insisted yesterday
: they were right. They agreed, how?
ever, it waa a matter for ultimate de
I cisi?n by the courts.
Mr. Brown held that the city had
j exceeded its constitutional tax limit
by $22,000,000 because the 2 per cent
tax had been based on the real estate
assessment of 1021 instead of the yeai
! before.
Both Sides Claim To Be Right
? Mr. Craig insisted that the law pro?
vides for the tax levy on the "last as
scssment," and that in his opinior
that meant this year and not the pre
vioUs year. Both the Comptroller anc
the examiner were "sure" they were
right, but agreed there ought to be i
decision on the point from the courts
In the matter of the city's havinf
exceeded its debt incurring powers b?
$120,000,000, as Mr. Brown charged, i
developed from tne testimony that thii
money?$117.000,000 to be exact?hat
'. been exempted from calculation in thi
debt limit through a decision of tin
Appellate Division.
Mr. Brown held, however, that th<
decision was not in accordance witl
the constitutional provisions coverinj
the subject. The money to be used fo
dock and rapid transit purpose?, wa
to be exempted from calculation in th
debt limit, he held, only if these docl
and transit operations were self-sus
taining. In view of the fact that th
city lias not received a cent from cithe
of these two enterprises for the las
three years he contends that they ar
not self-sustaining and should no
have been exempted from the deb
limit calculation.
Mr. Craig pointed out that Mi
Brown was criticizing, in fact, the de
cisi?n of the Appellate? Division, t
which the examiner agreed, addin
that he would consider the questio
of bringing the matter to its attention.
Validity of Contracts at Stake
The Comptroller further pointed ou
that if the committee counsel's posi
tion was right it involved the validit
of millions of dollars worth of subwa
contracts. Besides, Mr. Craig expresse
the view that if Mr. Brown's stan
was sustained, the city would actuall
be within its debt margin about $25 4
000;000 instead of only $1:17,000,000 a
the tfomptroller originally claimed.
Additional interest centered in th
committee's investigation yestcrda
when it was learned that the commil
tee is preparing to investigate th
oilice of District Attorney Swam
Frank Lord, of counsel for the co?t
mittee, requested Mr. Swann to tur
over to investigators ce/tain record
which Mr. Lord said were "we
thumbed." Mr. .Swann announced ths
all the records of his office had bee
placed at the disposal of the commit
tee and that a room had been set asid
for the exclusive use of its examiner
From the moment Mr. Brown agree
to take up the challenge of the Uomr
trollcr for a showdown on questions th
air was filled with legal verbiage an
abstruse points of law. For hours th
wrangling continued, with only a glin
mer here and there of an idea withi
the comprehension of the spectators.
Heavy Array of Figures
Statements, figures and citations fo
lowed in quick and endless order, wit
the Comptroller up on his feet breat
ing in and examining the committee
counsel most of the time.
"I am glad to have you break in." M
Brown would say. "A little conversi
tion will lighten up this heavy stuff."
"1 cannot follow yAi," he would ca
out occasionally to the rattling Corn;
troller.
"You don't seem to tumble to it ?
all," Mr. Craig would remark when tl
examiner scratched his head at a poin
After hours of citation and insistent
on their correctness by both sides, 1VI
Brown said: "There is nothing comir
by our talk, I see. I do not beliei
we are going to shed any more light
When Mr. Craig once again tried
push his point before Mr. Brown wi
through, the latter remarked rath
sharply, "Let me finish. I am und'
way. I submitted to your examinatic
this morning and afternoon, but u
less we can talk about the same thii
I will have to ask you to suspend yot
examination of nie."
When Mr. Craig offered that ce
tain things Mr. Brown had said we
pure assertions, the latter replie
"Will, wo ar'- both making asse
tions." Mr. Craig tailed to see tl
logic of some of Mr. Brown's stat
(Continued on page four;
I --,
Ku-Klux Acquires \
University at Atlanta
ATLANTA, Aug. 18.?Lanier
University, established in Atlanta
a few years ago, has been taken
; over by the Ku-Klux Klan, Dr. C.
Lewis Fowler has resigned as
president, and William J. Sim
? mons, head of the Klan, named as
I his successor.
There was no cash considera
i tion involved in the deal, it was
j announced by the trustees, but
! the Ku-Klux Klan assumes all
I obligations of the institution.
I-,-=-,-,-:
|Reds Give In;
Get American
i
Food at Once
Litvinoff Tells Brown AH
Terms Laid Down by
i Hoover Will Be Accepted ;
' Supplies Ordered Moved
European Aid Planned
| -
| Letter From Harding Urging
Co-operation and Control
by One Agency Is Read
i -
From Thr Tribune'? Washinpton Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18?Soviet au?
thorities have agreed to meet all condi?
tions laid down by the American re?
lief administration before it would
consent to feed Russian famine suffer?
ers. The formal agreement now is be?
ing worked out at Riga by Walter L.
Brown, Herbert Hoover's representa
| tive in Europe, and Maxim Litvinoff,
j the Soviet envoy with whom he has
I been dealing.
These terms insure full control by
: the American relief administration of
i every ounce of food that enters Russia
I until the time it reaches the children
| and guarantee the freedom of the re?
lief workers to carry out their plans
! without interference.
Word that the Soviet envoy had eon
; sented to the relief administration's
j terms was received yesterday by Mr.
| Hoover. Orders immediately were
? given for the relief administration to
get into activity.
Representatives in New York will
I start at once to charter ships nnd see
j that cargoes start for Russia. The
I first supplies will go into Russia fron?
? Hamburg, Danzig and other points
! where they now are stored. Mr. Hoover
I does not care to say for the present
! how much food is available. The com
! modities to be most used, however, arc
| those that lend themselves readily to
making soup, thin baring been found
1 the most satisfactory ration for starv?
ing peoples.
Organizations to Cooperate
Secretary Hoover announced that all I
of the principal American organic- ''<
tio.is will cooperate in Russian reliai' |
work. A meeting of the European Re- j
lief Council, which ha:: coordinate'' i
European effort during the last year, :
lias been called for ne:ct week to con- ?
sider what joint arrangements can be i
made to meet the Russian situation. G:; |
the council are represented the relief
administration, the American Fr':sndV !
Service Committee, the Red Cross, the
Federal Council of Churches of Christ !
in America, the Jewish Joinr. Distribu- ?
tion Committee, the Knights of Colum- !
bus, the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A.
and the Catholic Welfare Committee.
"It is not the intention of the Amer?
ican relief administration to make '
any public appeal for funds, as it feels :
that the economic situation of America ;
docs not warrant such a demand until
the whole employment and business '?
situation is greatly improved," Mr. |
Hoover said. "Any persons who desire
to contribute are recommended to do :
so through any of the cooperating or- I
ganizations."
Mr. Hoover also gave out a letter !
written him by President Harding, in .
which the latter said the American re- i
lief administration has his fullest appro- j
val in the work it will undertake in llus- |
sia, particularly in trying to ?ave the [
lives of children. The President ex- :
pressed the hope that, all charity aris?
ing in the United States should be car?
ried on in Russia through a single
American agency, on the theory that
"it is only through single American ''
representation and administration that I
wo can assure to both American and
Russian people the best service in the !
use of their funds.''
American Support Expected
The President adiied that he hoped
all those in America who "are char- ?
itably inclined will give their support
either to the American relief admin?
istration or such organizations as may ?
undertake to cooperate with that ad?
ministration." The Executive has di- ;
rected the State Department to issue \
passports to Americans, who will work
in Russia in connection with the relief :
expedition.
At the State Department it was said
to-day that the agreement between Mr.
Brown and M. Litvinoff did not affect
Russia's status in the official eyes of
this country, and that it is preferable
that the relie.' be carried on simply as
a private enterprise.
Mr. Hoover has no authentic esti- '
mates as to the number of persons
who will have to be fed. The American j
(Continued on tr.it pane)
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Senator Ball Fired On in Auto;
Bullet Penetrates His Clothing
____ ?
From The Tribune's Waahivaton Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. -Senator I..
Elelslcr Ball, of Delaware, narrowly
escaped death recently when his auto
mobile was tired upon by on unidenti?
fied assailant near Fourteenth Street
and Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest,
it was learned to-night. Tho bullet
crashed through the door of the auto
mobile and penetrated tho Senator's.
clothing, but did not succeed in cutting
the fleah.
Although the inciden! occurred about
two week:; ago, Senator liai! main?
tained such strict silence that his col?
leagues learned of tho incident only
to-day.
Th? Senator had been receiving
threatening letters ever since tho Bali
nnl, act. became a ??w, hut he has fol?
lowed the policy oPwiisregurding thorn.
! It now develops, however, that the at?
tack on the Delaware Senator came
shortly after he had introduced an
amendment to the Hal! rent bill, and
certain members of Congress are of the
belief that the shot was fired by some
one ill disposed to the rent art.
Senator Bull was on his way to his
home Vhi'ii be was fired upon. The
assailant is believed to have lain i:i
wait in tin' shadow of a tree. Exam?
ination of the Senator's leg following
the shot revealed that, the bulle!, had
not penetrated the flesh, nnd lie imme?
diately went to bis home, and did not
mention the incident at the time,
Examination of the door of the auto?
mobile showed that the h?llet, was of
small caliber. Senator Hnll has treated
I the occurrence lightly, and it linn not
affected his activities at the Capitol,
House Finds
AnsellHeaded
Bergdoll Plot
Hunt and Cresson Also
Accused in Majority
Report of Conspiraey
in Pot-of-Goid Flight
Minority Absolve*
Of Bribery Charge
General Issues Statement
Denying Guilt ancTHot
ly Denouncing Critics
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.?In a report
! filed with the House to-day by the ma
{ jority of the special investigating com
! mittee which has been probing the
1 escape from custody of Grover Cleve
? land Bergdoll, draft evader, it is recom?
mended that Samuel Tilden Ansell.
i former acting advocate general of the
i army, be disbarred from practice in
| the courts of the nation. General An
| sell is characterized as "the master
! mind" in the plan bv which Bergdoll
; was released from a military prison to
! search for a "pot of gold" in thi Mary
i land mountains.
General Ansell, with Colonel John b.
: Hunt, former commandant of the dis
[ ciplinary barracks at Governor's Islano,
i and Colonel C. C. Cresson, of the pris
? oner's counsel, are charged with con
| spiracy in connection with Bergdoll's
j escape. The majority report charges
that Bergdoll, who escaped from the
] military authorities May 20, 1920, was
j enabled to get away "through the mis
\ doing of somebody other than the Berg
? doll family and their immediate asso
j ciates." This report is signed by Rep
I resentatives Johnson, Democrat. f>f
?Kentucky; Lushring, Republican, of
! Indiana, and Flood, Democrat, of Vir
! ginia.
Minority Report Absolves Army
A minority report signed by Repre
' sentative Peters, Republican, of Maine,
, chairman of the investigating commit
| tee, and Representative McArthur,' Re- |
publican, of Oregon, holds that the con- ?
; spiracy which resulted in the escape of
i Bergdoll was participated in by Berg
? doll himself, by D. C. Gibboney, a law
! yer of Philadelphia; by Judge. Romig,
? who is a friend of the BerguoU family;
i by Ike Stecher, the chauffeur of Berg
I doll, and by Mrs. Emma Bergdoll,
I mother of the draft-dodger. The minor*
' ity report holds that no army officer,
j non-commissioned officer, private, or
i any person connected with the army or
? of tha disciplinary barracks, "received
! any bribe or was approached with a
! view of bribery in connection with this ;
escape." i
As to General Ansell and Colonels
Hunt and Cresson, the majority report j
holds they were "infinitely more cul- )
pable than the rest."
Major Bruce R. Campbell, of Lev-:
ington, Ky., who was summoned before i
j the commission on the strength of in- ?
I timations that he received $5.000 from I
Mrs. Bergdoll, was exonerated in both
reports. Colonel Thomas W. Miller,
Alien Property Custodian, is corn- j
mended in the majority report for ;
seizing the Bergdoll property. The :
majority expresses the hope he will !
make efforts to recover the gold which, ?
as Mrs. Bergdoll alleges, has been |
buried c>n a farm near Philadelphia.
Immediately after the nublication to- j
day of the minority report, the law
firm of Ansell & Bailey issued a state?
ment approving it, but denouncing in
strong language the majority report.
Chamberlain Defends Lawyers
The defense o,f the two lawyers was i
also taken up by former Senator
Chamberlain, of Oregon, former chair- '?
man of the Military Affairs Committee, i
and now a member of the Shipping
Board:
The majority report says of Colonel '
Hunt:
"Colonel Hunt, within the next two
months after he had participated so l
criminally in the escape of Bergdoll,
was promoted from major to colonel
and immediately retired on tbe pay of
$3,G00 a year. It becomes a serious
question who is to pay this lifelong
reward for his perfidy.
"Those whose backs already are bur?
dened with the most onerous tax ever :
imposed must contribute, and, in addi?
tion, more than 4,000,000 of our soldier
boys must, throughout Colonel Hunt's
remaining years, contribute to this mu?
nificent retirement fund in recognition
only of his instrumentality in this na?
tional tragedy. An outraged public has
the right to demand that Colonel
Hunt's annuity be discontinued."
Dismissal of Wood I'rged
The. majority report further recom?
mended dismissal from the govern?
ment service of Karl B. Wood, who :
had charge of the Bergdoll correspond-;
er.ee in the Department of Justice. He
was charge! with concealment of cer-;
tain letters. TRe majority recontmends ;
that he be disqualified forever from :
holding any appointive government of?
fice.
Discussing the passing of money in ?
the case, the majority say:
"The eye of man is far more easily,
deceived than is his mature reasoning
and <a!rr. judgment. Money may pass
from hand to hand in an instant and
at some obscure place and not be z^nn.
While the passing of it may be proved.
(Continued on n"xt pr,<j;)
Discovered "Relativity"
When Einstein Was Ten ?
- j
Hudson Maxim Says He Antici?
pated Famous SavantV Theo- j
ries in Article in 1889
Hudson Maxim, inventor and gun- ?
nery expert, told the crowd that filled i
Carnegie Hall last night at meeting of
the Business Builders that in a dis-!
covery he had made in 1^89 he had
anticipated Einstein broadly in the!
fundamentals of the philosophy of
relativity.
Thi se discoveries, he said, along
with the determinations regarding the
principal of force and the ultimate
nature of matter, were published in
The I v ientific American Supplement of
1889. At that time, lie pointed out,
Einstein was only ten years old.
Mr. Maxim was scheduled to speak:
on the disarmament question, but iie
covered it briefly by saying that he
was using his pen und his tongue In i
advocating an armament truce among
the leading .nations of the world. !
Nevertheless, Tic said he was busy I
these days developing further military I
i n velona. 1
f-?
Germans Seek to Keep
Helgoland From Britain
HAMBURG, Aus. 18 (By The
Associated Press).?The incor?
poration of Helgoland in the free
state of Hamburg is suggested
here as a solution for the growing
dissatisfaction with Berlin rule
among the islanders. This pro?
posal is regarded as designed to
offset a movement among the
islanders in favor of annexation
by Great Britain. Promoters of
the merger plan argue that Hel?
goland could be given a liberal
government and established as
the leading base for the North
Sea fishing fleet. Tourist traffic
with the island also would be in?
creased, they assert.
Dublin Expects
Irish to Offer
New Proposal
Refusal by Dail Eireann of
British Terms Is Held
Likely To Be Accompa?
nied by Alternative Plan
Cabinet in Secret Session
View Is Advanced That De
Valera's Speech Aimed at
Winning Assent of Ulster
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright. 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
DUBLIN, Aug. 18.?The Sinn Fein
cabinet to-day began consideration of
? the reply which republican Ireland will
j make to Premier Lloyd George. The
' opinion prevails here that if the forth
? coming communication to the London
| government constitutes a rejection of
the peace offer it will at least offer an .
| alternative proposition as a basis for j
! further negotiations. ? '
? The Dail Eireann, or Sinn F?in par- :
i liament, was in secret session to-day,,
considering the report of the minister '
of foreign affairs. It will conside^ the
government's reply next week before '
'. it is dispatched to Lloyd George.
The declaration yesterday by Eamon
de Valera, president of the Irish repub- ?
j lie, that Sinn F?in would not and
: could not accept the British peace of
I fer, and his conciliatory overtures to
! Ulster are regarded here as an attempt
to win over the Ulsterites to the idea i
of a dominion by persuasion rather j
than by economic pressure, as suggest- !
ed by General Jan C. Smuts, South ?
African Premier. De Valera wants to t
get away from the suggestion in Lloyd
George's offer that north and south |
Ireland would be dealt with separately.
His speech yesterday, therefore, was ?
an effort to pave the way to a develop- j
ment of feeling in Ireland that would !
make for unity and acceptance of the ?
British terms.
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON7, Aug. 18.?The feeling here :
is that hostilities will not be resumed
immediately, even, if as seems prob- !
able, the British peace offer is re- ?
jected by Sinn Fein.
In Dublin the populace obstinately
clings to the belief that a way to com- :
promise will be found.
Secrecy Minimizes Interest
At the assembling of the Dail Eireann
to-day crowds gathered about the Man?
sion House as on previous days, but !
there was some diminution of interest, i
as a result of the secrecy surrounding !
to-day's session.
The British Cabinet met in London ?
to consider the Irish situation. Parlia
nient meanwhile is marking time, hop?
ing that the negotiations will crystal?
lize in time for debate before adjourn- j
ment.
The Irish press reflects the gravity
of the situation but maintains a hope?
ful tone. Extracts from editorials in
newspapers in Europe, America, Can
ada and Australia expressing the opin?
ion that the Irish should seize the
present occasion to brins an end to
bloodshed are receiving great promi?
nence in the British and Irish press and
must be considered to have some in?
fluence, even with the most uncom?
promising Sinn F?iners.
LONDON, Aug. 18 : By The Asso?
ciated Press'. Uncertainty over the
Irish situation has caused 'the govern?
ment to change its pians, and instead '
of proroguing Parliament to-morrow,
as had been intended, it will merely
be adjourned until October 18. The
Speaker, in the interval, will have the
power to convoke Parliament should
Irish developments necessitate it. *
Premier Lloyd George is expected to '
niake a statement on the Irish situa?
tion just before adjournment to-mor?
row.
De Valera, it is said, has not yet
convinced the British of the sincerity
of his uncompromising Statements of
the last two days, the officials being
reluctant to believe an offer which to
them appeared so generous would be
rejected outright.
Irish Politics Suspected
The opinion obtains in official quar?
ter., it was indicated, that the Irish
leaders arc still playing for time and
increased prestige at home and abroad
as tho result of the formal opening < f
the Dail Eire?nn and its businesslike
conduct of affairs, and to this there is
no objection from London if it proves
to mean the continuance of the negoti?
ations.
DUBLIN, Aug. 18 (By'The Associated
Press).--It is pointed out here that
the possibility exists that something
may pass between the Mansion House
in Dublin and Downing Street in Lon?
don in the next week. There is hope
in some quarters that De Valera's
speech of yesterday, with its pointed
references to Ulster, will arouse
Premier Lloyd George or the Belfast
authorities to action.
If this 'loes not come to pass, the !
politic?! forecasters take the view that
Dail will cither send a considered re?
ply to L! .yd George's letter, announce
ts decision to submit the question to ;
:i plebiscite, or :;sk the government;
whether it will agree to give Ireland |
dominion homo rule of the kind out- |
lined in the recent letter of General <
Smuts.
Judging from the newspaper reflec- j
tions of public opinion, the people of j
Dublin seym to have more confidence j
than many peopte abroafl that the j
war will not be iwewed. I
Lloyd George
I Wants Japan,
jU. S., Britain
In Peace Pact
Tells Commons He Hopes
for Tripartite Agree?
ment at Washington to
Hold World in Check
Favors Settlement
On Pacific First
Says Dominion Premiers
Hold Empire's Navy
Must Be Equal to
That of Any Country
LONDON, Auk. 18 (By The Asso
1 ciated Press).?The earnest hope
j was expressed by Premier Lloyd
| George in a statement to the House
1 of Commons to-day that the coming
| disarmament conference in Wash
i ington would result in a complete
| understanding on the problems of
j the Pacific and the reaching of a tri?
partite agreement including Japan,
| the United States and England in a
I great partnership insuring the peace
| of the world.
"If the alliance with Japan could
be merged into a greater under?
standing with Japan and the United
States on all the problems of the
Pacific, that would be a great event,
and it would be a guaranty for the
peace of the world," the Premier
said.
Praises Japan's Loyalty
Lloyd George was dealing specifically
with the Anglo-Japanese alliance at the
time, and explaining how the conference
had unanimously recognized that Japan
loyally had carried out her obligations
to Great Britain during the war, in let?
ter and in spirit. He asked if it was to
be suggested that Great Britain now
should turn her back upon Japan with a
mere thank you and goodby after
Japanese aid had proved one of the
turning factors in the war, in that it
had given protection to the transit oT
Dominion and Indian troops across seas.
Even countries disliking tho Anglo
Japanese alliance would despise the
British If, after such services, Great
Britain turned her back upon Japan.
The Premier said he saw no reason
why it should be impossible to re
member obligations to Japan and at
the same time preserve a spirit of
fraternity with the United States.
Must Be in Accord With ?. S.
It was a cardinal principle of Brit?
ish policy, the Premier continued, that
Great Britain should act in as com?
plete accord with the United States
as possible. He did not know of any
country in the world wiih whom it
was more important to act in concert
He declared that the surest way to
make a success of the disarmament
conference was first to reach an un?
derstanding on Pacific questions, an-i
he hoped his view in this respect would
be taken at the Washington gather
The Premier said it was the consen?
sus at the recen;
that the empire must have i i
equal to that of any country i
world, it would be unfair to leave to
the motherland the t
naval defense, but the exten and na?
ture of the contributio: r .-. be left
to the dominions and I because
each naturally was anxious to guard its
own independence,
''Some would like to contribute hy
means of naval stations, some by o;1
and some by having their own fli
said Mr. Lloyd George. "These ques?
tions must be decided by the parlia?
ments of the respective dominions
This is not a matter in which we could
presume to dictate, prescribe or even
suggest."
. ?n his address Lloyd Geor^'f revealed
that the conference f ;
not discuss the Irish question. II" .. ;
there was no burning desire to touch
upon that difficult matter.
The Premier defended the action o?
General Smuts, the South African Pre?
mier, with regard to Ireland. He
General Smuts had acted perl
straightforward and honorably,and tl .
everything he had done was done with
the full assent of the king and the
ministry.
Says Japanese Stood War Test
"When you come to the question of a
renewal of the Anglo-Japanese alli?
ance," said Mr. Lloyd George, ''you
must take into account how it har op?
erated. There was a real test in the
late war. No man who watched what
happened could come to any other con?
clusion than that it was loyally and
faithfully interpreted and carrie I
by our Japanese ally. The Pacil !
being raided by fast German cr
Our ships were being sunk. And we
had to depend on the help of Australia
and New Zealand."
The Premier proceeded t > describe
how Great Britain's immense fleet was
strained to the very last ship, new a-vi
old. in the gig ntic operations foi
tecting Great L?ritain's own shores in
the North ?>ea, the North Atlantic ar.d
the Mediterranean.
"In the immense Pacific Ocean ?;'d in
t'ne southern Atlantic." Mr. Lloyd
George continued, "how were we to
guarantee a half million colonial and
a million Indian troops, crossing thou?
sands of miles of sea, against the raid?
ers? We could not have done it but for
the fact that our Japanese ally came to
our aid.
Guaranteed Transports' Safety
"The Australian and New Zealand
premiers admitted it. They said, 'we
would not have Kent our troops with?
out that guaranty.' And at the begin?
ning of the war we certainly could
not have given the guaranty but for
the fact that the Japanese Meet cau-.e
there to assist us in chasing the raid?
ers,
"It was invaluable to us it was ore
of the turning fact ?rs in the war
They loyally and fa?thfullv to t1 e
letter carried out their obligations,
and carried them out in the spirit
"Is it to be suggested that we now
should turn round and say to them,
'Thank you. You stood by us in
trouble, but we don't n >ed yon any
linger, so goodby'? Would anybody
behave like that in business: The
British Empire must behave like
gentlemen.
"When you are dealing with af?oun