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Vol. LXXXI No. 27,312
(Copyright, 1921,
New York Tribune Inc.)
First to Last ?the Truth: News ?Editorials ?Advertisements
THE WEATHER
Fair to-day and to-morrow, with mod.
erate temperature?; moderate
east winds.
Full Report on I.asS Pas?
FMDAY, AUGUST 26, 1921
* * *
TWO CENTS' | THREE CENTS I FOCR CENTS
In Greater New York 1 Within 200 Mile? I Eloewhrre
Market Graft Bared
To Probers by Widow
And Ruined Merchant
_______ ,^
poor Woman Occupant
of Stall Oiuses Hearers
to Weep as She Tells
Her Story of Extortion
O'Mallev Accused
Of Demanding Cash
$38,000 Loss From Army
Food Sale Discovered
in Hirshfield Report
Three more attempts to squeeze
iribe money from merchants in Wash
iwrton Market were unfolded yesterday
btfore the Meyer Legislative Commit?
tee investigating the Hylnn adminis?
tration.
The stories of two of the witnesses,
one of them a poor widow, bedewed
the eyes of many in the audience,
while anotr.er witness broke down and
wept, pleading that he had been re?
duced to the "need of bread" as the
result of his treatment at the hands
of Edwin J. O'Mallev, Commissioner of
Markets.
Dealer Names O'Malley
The most moving testimony was
?/ken by Barneit Cohen, formerly a
poultry dealer in Washington Market,
livinu at 22 East Sixty-seventh Street.
Cohen told how he had been definitely
promised a stand in the market by
Commissioner O'Malley and as the time
drew near for a settlement the Com
miss;oner took him out for an auto?
mobile ride. In the course of the ride,
he said, Commissioner O'Malley re?
marked that "peop'e offered him money
for the stand" and asked. Cohen "how
much money he had to invest."
When Cohen applied to the Commis?
sioner some time later he said the Com?
missioner told him he had given the
itand to somebody else, because "you
?re not a good customer to me."
Alexander Egger, a fish dealer in the
same market, related how he interceded
with Charles A. Winters, general in?
spector of the Department of Markets,
la behalf of James R. Turner, a pro?
vision deakr in the place, who was
having trouble in obtaining a permit
for a stand which he had held there
for some time. Egger said Wintei.>
told him 'it ce?ild be fixed up," and
when Egger asked Winters what he
wanted the latter replied, "?500."
Eggers said he toid Turner of the
proposition, took Winters over to meet
Turner, saying, "Jim, meet Mr. Win
Urs." "lie met him," testified Mr.
Eggers, "and that was all."
Widow Charges Extortion
The story of the troubles of Mrs
Bertha Louise Katenkamp was told bj
herself, Eggers ami William Minder
president of the Washington Market
Merchant-' Association. Eggers relat?e
that as intermediary in negotiation!
between Mrs. Katenkamp and Winters
In the matter of obtaining a permit, foi
her, he was informed by Winters thai
"t\e would be left alone*' for Si,000
Woen she pleaded that she had a wkb
owed sister with three children and ar
invalid brotl er to support and couldn'
?par-; the money Winters, said Eggers
teme down to $500. When the womar
pleaded h< di in't have that much Eg
t?rs said he "threw up his hands."
Mr;. Katenkamp then took her cas?
to Mr. Minder, who went to O'Malle-,
with the whole- Story of Winters's ac
tion. The widow obtained her permi
shortly afterward without paying t
nickel. Winters, however, was not dis
missed for his alleged connection witi
the affair.
The market stall permits of Stephei
Woolsey and Christian Haslob, whicl
were revoked by Commissioner O'Mal
ley two days ago following the testi
many of these men regarding bribi
payments, were restored to them yes
terca;.- by the Commissioner orK^advici
of Mayor Hylan. In a letter to Com
ttiasioner O'Malley the Mayor referre?
to "an element of expediency whicl
would seem to make it desirable t
have these revocations rescinded."
Court Action Is Started
Ir. this connection it developed yester
day that the Commissioner of Market
was ordered to snow cause Monday be
fore Supreme Court Justice Wag ne
*hy he should not be permanently en
joined from interference with Chris
Wan and Fred Haslob, and Sfcephe:
Woolsey, Washington Market mer
chants. This is the first court mov
to prevent O'Malley from revoking th
permit? of those wl\*> offer testimon
of alleged ?graft practices in the De
Partir.?int of Markets.
Somo light on the disposal of th
?2.600 mentioned in connection wit
?? transfer of the stand of Albor
X-obie?-,. another Washington Marke
?>,ri!irnj?!<J on n**t ?afle)
Women Rushed to Safety
In Uprising in Indi,
More Troop? Sent to R<*gioi
and It U Feared Thou
?san?N Arc Slain
lONDON, Aug. 25/- The India Offu
J>? statement ?sued to-night confirn
'??a the serious situation ;-.- a resu
",?? outbreaks in India ?ays th;
?win? to t.r.<: <j.y.v:t\ situation at Cal
**? th? women and children are bein
?W*?at?<J to the barrack?, and that i
***?>'*'*".?; to an appeal to the diKtrh
r*f'*t*'at? more troop* are being sei
y>t*.. disturbed r^ion.
More Khar. r,ri<: thousand live?, it
A**''"- nay? h<<n loat in the rioting i
??Malbardlatrl toi J?riti>.h india, sa:
** Exehang? Telegraph dispatch fro
owitay received to-day. An/ietv Is f?
J'' *?'?? -'?' ? ? ?omen and children :
?f*t40tttlyiBg '?' -'.riot*.. Several rallwi
? ' . -.'?' n ?'?-<-' < lead. Twent
?? of th? i,< Instci Reg ment at Tin
^''M are rtportt? to have ben ct
?>!?'*' :''"'' rtP0Tto,<J, adds the messag
,;*? the riot ng natives ?re work h
;;'<;, way from tor ?ntarlo* to Callen
* the -7.3 ,
'''?: center '* th<! riotous area ?'
P"? '-'? '?'?? ill the district Of r,or<
beast of Cal
?,,, -'? y eh ? v?t,, th* r/.H't**'
hifi '*' ??'?"?'?'?* The eutbrei
?*;-' '- fted in British Indian quart)
ZtotLY0'*, 'A ?iHators *'?^if t)
?*"*?? in y,? district.
i
r-?
Says O'Malley Asked
What He Had to Invest
This is what Barnett Cohen,
a poultry man, testified before
the Meyer Committee yesterday
that Commissioner of Markets
O'Malley remarked to him as
the3-' vere riding one day in
O'Malley's automobile while they
were discussing a permit for a
stand in Washington Market,
which O'Malley promised him.
"You know I got many offers
of money for that stand," Cohen
says O'Malley observed. In the
next breath Cohen declares
O'Malley propounded this ques?
tion:
"How much have you got to
invest?"
When Cohen applied for his
permit some time later the com?
missioner, he said, told him he
gave it to another man because
Cohen "was not a good customer
for him."
r--?
Irate Mother
Drives Herriek
To Police Aid
Beauty Contest Crusader
Applies for Protection
From Woman Who Says
He Insulted Daughter
Letters Cited as Prooi
Oklahoma Man Issues a Re
markable Statement ir
Defense of His Conduc
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.--R.present
ative Manuel Herrlck. new member o
the House from Oklahoma, set out t
tame beauty. But to-day one beauty
plus one irate mother, forced him t
appeal to the police for protection.
Upon being sworn into tho nations
legislature Mr. Herriek determine
that his first term could not be bette
spent than in securing enactment c
legislation prohibiting beauty contest
of any kind. The girls of to-day ar
going the wrong way, he declared. Dir
are the prospects for the future unie?
the open competitions of vanity ar
checked.
Accordingly, he introduced his ant
beauty contest bill. And all the ou'
ward signs have indicated that th
most energetic one-man campaign th
Capitol has seen in many years we
being waged for its successful passag
Ask Police for Protection
To-day Mr. Herrick has fear?. J]
called this afternoon upon Inspecte
Clifford L. Grant at Police Headqua
ters and asked for protection from Mr
C. Belville Shorey, of 2162 Florida Av<
nue. Northwest, who has proteste
against alleged attentions of the lei
islator to her sixteen-year-old daughte
Following his visit with the polic
Mrs. Shorey called. Her pretty daugl
tor, Elizabeth, she told the chief of d
tectives, has received about a dozen a
onymous love letters, which she believi
were Bent by Representative Herriek
Representative Herriek, according
Mrs. Shorey, was a roomer in her hon
for a time. During that time he to
Elizabeth, she said, that she remind
him of an old sweetheart?his "darlii
lost Gracie."
Mrs. Shorey's daughter and the Re
resentative from Oklahoma attend
many social affairs together, tho moth
averred, and the time crime when 1
attentions were 80 fervent that b
concluded a halt properly should
called. She moved to another hou
and refused to permit the Congressm
to go with them, and than, she said, t
missives carne.
Herriek Issues Statement
Following his visit to Police lies
quarters, Mr. Herriek issued the f
lowing statement, which is quot
witjpout correction:
"The newspaper reports and so
other? who are opposed to the passa
of H. R. 8208 a bill Introduced
Representative Herriek to prohi
beauty contests, think that they i
.. aving fun with Him by trying to h<
Ridicule upon him but Instid they ,
only Making sure that his bill v
pa by Buch Methods because they i
acting as a boomerange the Memo
of tin. House after reading the sen
in the 'New York World' of the 2
remarked "this settles It, we will
vote for your bill now" Let the s
writers rave the following facts
mains and cannot be gotten away fi
l.st that herriek has bin in washing
since february the 25th and In all t
time H* has done no running ai
wimen In the sence that the term
commonly Understood to Mean 2.nd
employes No wimen clearks In his
fice, But on the contrary has a
fore- of Men Clearks -,rd He ha? ab
a neck of rep!i<-s from the ailcy
gjdey girl? which they sent in ans
to his decoy letters that he sent ou
order to geather evidence in supr
of hia bilf
"In the hearing before the comt
tec or, Judiciary and li certain g
dont quit cooperating with tho <?
that would like to drag them dowi
Mora! ruin II': Will make some
thern public and then they wont
quit? bo Gay 4th he defies tho so
Hyenas Moral Reprobates and M<
Lepers to prove by any evidence
in entitled to ? Moments considera
In any court of record any whean
the world that He, Has ever I
guilty of an act of Moral turpltud
His whole life so he i* willing .'<>?
Moraly Unclean to Howl as long
as loud .m they like it disturbs
MOT and he will go right on tryin
make this world a better arid u el?,
_?_c<? to live in,
V ? "MANUEL HERRICK
River Holds
! 40 of Dead in
i
ZR-2 Crash
! _
iHope of More Survivors
i Given Up ; Crane to Lift
j Wreck To-day; Ship's
Log, Doll Mascot Found
__________________
Girders Buckled
First, Says Wann
16 Americans, 28 British
Unable to Reach Para-;
chutes Because of Fire I
Special Cable to The Tribuna
Copyright. 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
HULL. England, Aug. 25.--The muddy, |
yellow waters of tho Humber River j
this morning closed over the wreckage '
of the American dirigible ZR-2. Only a ?
buoy is left to mark the spot where the j
giant craft went down after its flam- '
ing plunge yesterday afternoon from
midair above the city of Hull. j
With all possibility of further sur- :
vivors ?one, the death roll to-night I
stands at forty-four, of whom sixteen
are Americans and twenty-eight Brit- I
ish. All day long salvaging operations i
were under way, but the workers were
handicapped by lack of proper ma- ?
chinery. A few bodies were recovered
?whether three or four could not be
ascertained definitely?and a half- ;
dozen articles belonging to members [
of the crew were washed up by the i
tide. These included an officer's coat,
the log book, a doll mascot and some ;
bundles of ship's papers.
Collapse of Girders Blamed
The cause of the disaster, although
it cannot be definitely established until \
after the official investigation is held ;
at Howden on Saturday, is believed to
have been the collapse of several gird?
ers in the middle of the long frame- j
work. After a trial flight a few weeks
ago it was found that certain girders
amidships had bent under the strain |
of turning the ballooi. These were re- j
placed by heavier pieces, but it is be- '
lieved that the strain was still too j
great and that it was these new girders
which gave way. The subsequent ex
plosion and fire are understood to have '
resulted from petrol leakages.
The American and British sailors and
representatives of British air official- :
dorn who worked side by side in the :
salvaging operations to-day will have
available a large crane to-morrow with j
?which it is hoped the frame can he
lifted out of the sand that is rapidly j
silting over it. and that- more bodies :
then can be recovered. The tide runs
fast in the Humber, and the great
width of the estuary.three miles
makes salvaging work exceedingly diffi?
cult. Some hope is held out that, the
cabins of the dirigible can be reached ?
to-morrow before the sand gets too ?
heavy and all possibility of getting out!
more bodies disappears.
Notwithstanding the fact that thou- :
sands in Hull saw the disaster, all
details of it are not yet clear. Of the
five men who escaped with their lives i
from the wreckage, two?Flight Lieu?
tenant A. II. Wann, who was in sole
command of tho airship, and E. W.
Davies, a British enlisted man?are in
an infirmary here. Two oth"rs, Chief
Petty Officer Norman 0. Walker, an
American, who was once erroneously
reported dead, and W. P. Potter, a Brit?
ish member of the crew, have been
spirited to Howden, and only 11. Hate
man, of the National Physics Labora?
tory in London, is on the scene of the
wreck.
Crack First Warning of Peril
Lieutenant Wann is seriously ill
with a slight fracture of the skull and
is in danger of pneumonia as the result
of his lungs having been filled with]
water when he fell in the river. He
told the Tribune correspondent that
his first intimation that anything was ?
wrong came when he heard a violent
crack, not unlike the explosion of a ,
machine gun, followed immediately by
a sudden elevation of the how.
"Quicker than thought,'' he an id, '
"there came a violent explosion, which
I fear killed most of the crew. Several .
large girders must have snapped when
we turned. I went down with the ship,
which sank gradually, and when about I
100 feet from tho water I jujmpcd. 1
remember nothing after that,
"Contrary to some reports, fire did
not, break out until after the girders
had snapped."
That is the clearest cut description
of the disaster which has been given. !
Whether the girders broke as the re?
sult of imperfect workmanship or
material or whether they had been sub?
jected to abnormal strain, or whether
the moisture which had settled on the
balloon in its long flight was a facto? j
(Continued on pngo thrw!
General Louez Accused
Of Plot to Kill Obregon
Three Alleged Conspirators!
Are Arrested, Another Es
capes Over Border
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 25 (By The As?
sociated Press). The discovery of an
alleged plot to assassinate ('resident
Obregon resulted last evening in the
arrest of General Jesus Salas Lopez,
commander of a' small body of troops
in the State of Morolos; Ana ano
Saavedra and Fernando Gonzales Go- .
mez, according to an announcement by
the Chief of Police of Mexico City to- .
day. i
A man named I, Perez, who according :
ta reports was to have performed the
act, for which he was to receive 50,000
pesos, has fled and now is believed to
be ir: the United States. It was Perez,
however, says the police chief's an- !
nounc.mcnt, who suddenly become
?fruid after gaining tho confidence of
tho alleged plotters and warned the ,
officials here of the plot in an anony?
mous letter which led to the arrest of
the three men. The plan called for a
revol^ in the State of Morolos after the ?
President's death, the chief said.
Two Bandits Rob Train;
Loot Reporte?,! 8500,000
DKNIS0N, Tox., Aug. 25. Two
masked bandits held up and robbed the
mail coach of ? Missouri, Kansas &
Texas limited train as il entered Deni
?w,n early to-day? Postal authorities
intimate?! that the robbers' loot might
roach $500.000. 1
B. & M. Slashes Rates in
War on Auto Freighters
Special Dispatch, to The Tribuna
BOSTON, Aug. 25.?The Bos?
ton & Maine Railroad has locked
horns with the steadily growing
freight via auto business, and the
battle is on in earnest. The rail?
road scored first blood to-day in
its announcement of a .-lash in
freight rates on all branches with?
in a fifty-mile radius of Boston.
This is the road's first move to
recover control of the short haul
traffic centering about Boston, !
and it is confident that the re?
duced tariff will put the road in
a position to compete with inde?
pendent trucking companies.
New Basis for
Peace Offered
By De Valera
Message is Delivered to I
Lloyd George, Who Calls'
Cabinet to Consider It: !
Details Not Made Known j
Republic !\ot Mentioned
Text of Document Expected i
To Be Made Public in a !
Joint Statement To-day
From The. Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 1021, Now York Tribune tnc.
LONDON, Aug. 25.?Sinn F?in en?
voys delivered at Premier Lloyd George's
official residence in Downing Street to?
day the reply of Eamon de Valera, Irish '
republican leader, to the Prime. Min?
ister's categorical refusal on August. 13
to permit Ireland to accedo.
The Sinn F?in communication, al
though bound with the greatest secrecy
in both London and Dublin, is under?
stood to reiterate the republican posi- j
tion in uncompromising tones, while!
suggesting a new principle as the basis
of further negotiation. The contents !
or the note foreshadow p, continuation !
of the present discus-slons, as from all !
that can be learned to-night, neither;
a broach nor an immediate settlement j
of the Irish problem is in sight.
De Valera dispatched the note to '
London without waiting for the Dail
Eireann, or Sinn F?in parliament, to
approve what, lie had written. The Dail
dues not resume its sessions until to?
morrow and, as it had been expected
that De Valera wanted the approval of
this body for his reply, its dispatch to '
Downing Street would bo delayed at
least another day.
Alessage Recalls Premier
As soon as the missive reached the
Premier's residence a telegram advis?
ing him of its receipt was dispatched
tc Lympne, where Lloyd George has
been spending a few days. He came
back to London to-night and took up
consideration of De Valera's letter with ?
his Cabinet.
The communication was delivered in [
London by Commandant Robert Barton, j
of the Irish republican army, accom-j
panied by Art, O'Brien, head of the
London branch of the Irish Self-Deter- '
mination League, and Commandant
Joseph McGrath. Barton is a cousin of
Erskine Childers, who has been men?
tioned recently as a wrecking force in
the peace negotiations, but no signifi?
cance is attached to this because Hart?n
once accompanied De Valera to Downing
Street when he met the Premier.
When the Unionist members of the
Parliamenl for North Ireland met in
Belfast this afternoon Premier Sir
James Craig announced that the estab?
lishment of the departments of the
northern government had been delayed
by the protracted negotiations between
the British government and the south.
The result was, he said, that the Bel?
fast parliament had not yet functioned
and would, 'nave to adjourn again until
February. This suggests that the Brit- j
?sh government is puttingpressurc ?n
Ulster to modify its unyielding posi?
tion, which, perhaps as much as Sinn
Fein's claim for independence, is nn ob-i
stacle to a final settlement.
No Republic Mentioned
DUBLIN, Aug. 25 I By The Associated
I re* It is understood that the Sinn
F?in reply makes no ir.ent.ion of a
republic, hut enunciates the principle
of independence and expresses aversion
to a resumption of warfare.
At a public meeting of ths Dail
Eireann to-morrow Mr. de Valera will
explain the motives which led the depu?
ties to take the decision they litve.
Publication of the De Valera letter,
both at London and Dublin, is also
looked for to-morrow.
At tho same meeting, the Dnil
Eireann being a new one, all office hold?
ers, including the Cabinet, automatical- ;
ly will go out of otlice and will be re-,
elected. After this formality the
peace negotiations will bo brought up
by the president, and any^nember will
be free to bring business before the
(Continued on p ige three)
\ Miners' Army
Of 4,000 on
Wav to Mingo
Loots Countryside as It
Marches. Commandeers
Trains and Autos and
Fires on Airplanes
Slays Two as Spies:
State Asks Troops
Federal Forces Held in
Readiness as W. Va.
Governor Sends Appeal
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
< HARLESTON, W. Va., Aug. 25.
The army of 4,000 miners, unemployed
ex-service men and others which gath?
ered ot Mannet, southwest of here, last
week broke camp at dawn to-day and
began its threatened march sixty miles
into the coal fields ot" Minfeo County.
Its members have announced their in?
tention of unionizing the mines there
by force. *
The army proceeded ten miles to?
day, looting the countryside of arms
and provisions as it went and forcing
the populace to flee for their lives.
Automobiles and on" railroad train
were commandeered by the invading
force, arms and ammunition were
stolen or bought, two men were killed
for reporting the movement of the
miners and spying airplanes were fired
oil. The miners passed through Racine
to-night and have reached Rock Creek,
four miles from Madison. Their
route will take them southwest
through I.ogan, Chapmanville and the
Guyan Ridge into Mingo County.
Battle at Blair Reported
To-night reports were received here
of a battle near Blair. W. Va., south
of here, between 000 deputy sheriffo
and an equal number of miners. It
was at first thought that this was a
clash between the army of miners and
the authorities, but this theory proved
untenable in view of the fact that
Racine, where tho invading army was
at dusk to-night, is twenty miles from
Blair. Later reports cast doubt on the
authenticity of reports of a battle at
Blair. If there were any casualties,
nothing is known of them here.
Early to-day Governor Morgan of
West Virginia appealed to the War
Department for 1,000 Federal troops to
prevent disorders in the coal fields. It
is understood here that orders were
immediately issued to commanders of
army camps in Ohio and Kentucky in?
structing them to hold troops ready
for quick dispatch to West Virginia,
It is estimated that they could reach
the trouble ?rea in three hours if seno
for. The War Department has sent
General II. If. Randholtz and Colonel
Stanley H. Forbes here to investigate
the situation.
Governor Blames Agitators
Governor Morgan issued a statement
at his office saying that every precau?
tion had been taken to prevent blood?
shed in confection with the movement
of miners. He announced that any
hostile invasion of tho non-union coal
field? would bo vigorously repulsed.
1 ha statement read:
"We are in possession of information
that, a large body of armed men, num?
bering several thousand, who hace
been encamped for several days on
Lens Creek, near Mannet, marched
early to-day to near Racine, in Boone
County, intending the same as a pre?
liminary movement to a march into
Logan and Mingo counties.
"Inflamed and infuriated by speeches
of radical leaders, the men started their
march and arrived at Racine at noon.
Heavily armed patrols which have been
patrolling the road.-; in the vicinity of
.Mannet are still active.
"The Governor's office is fully aware
of the gravity of the situation. Two
r.icn were killed in the district, while
numerous stares on Cabin and Paint
creeks, along KTTnawha River and Coal
River, have been entered by ilrmed men
and robbed of arms, ammunition and
supplies. Trains have been stopped
and forced by men with drawn guns to
haul them to their destination."
While there have been no wholesale
violations of the law, the Governor de?
sires to ?rive assurance to the people
of the affected district, that every
available resource will be utilized to
restore law and order ami trusts that
it can be accomplished without further
bloodshed.
Loot Stores as They Pass
Swooping down on the countryside
southwest of Mannet, the army of
miners invaded every country store
along the line of their march, steal?
ing provisions, arms and ammunition.
Tl a Governor has appealed to mer?
chants not to sell arms and to the
railroads not to carry them.
One of the men killed by the army
was a union miner at. Eastbank. His
head was blown off because he gave
information to officials and newspaper
m en.
Two bombing planes, owned by coal
operators of Logan County, were fired
(Contlnufld on pano nine)
$75,000 in Bonds Are Stolen
Bv 34th Street Safe Crackers
A reward of $5,000 is being offered
for the arrest and conviction of per?
sons involved in the robbery of bonds
from the safe of Morgan E. La Mon?
tagne, GUI West Thirty-fourth Street,
on the night of August 13. The total
loss is estimated at ST.?.OOO. A pro?
portionate amount of the reward will
be paid for the recovery of any one of
the listed bonds. The William J.
Burns Detective Agency yesterday is?
sued a circular to all bankets, trust'
companies ami bond houses listing the
missing bond?.
At Police Headquarters ?' was said'
thnt the raid., ry had not been reported.
The fust knowledge the police had of1
tho theft was whan the Burns Detec?
tive Agency circulara wero Bhown to
them, ,
n o safe was entorod in can opener
fashion. The lool consisted o? banda
and negotiable securities. A partial
description of the bonds follows: Five
?in.000 United State:- Treasury certifi?
cates of indebtedness, duo August 1,
; 11)27.', numbered consecutively from
1158 to llb"2; Broadway Realty Corpor?
ation debenture sii.iiing fund bonds,
S due Juno 1, 1940, and aggregating
$2,900, including two $1,000 bonds,
numbered M-29i< and M-294, and nine
$100 bonds, numbered C16-C24. In the
same company bonds made out to Rene
M. La Montagne, totaling $900, were
stolen. They number C7-C15. A $1,000
Liberty bond of the fourth issue and
numbered 01512599 was included in the
loot.
Rene La Montagne, who lost, the $900.
is well known throughout, the world a?
a polo player. Ho has played in Eng?
land and India in important, matches
and has participated in some of the
leading polo ?"-en's in the United
States.
Thi- La Montagne firm form?
one of the largest wholesale . id
liquor concerns in this coun .
The thieves are said to have id
the offices by false keys at a time when
the watchman was in another purt of
the building,
i
Peace Signed in Berlin;
Clears U. S. of League,
Protects All Our Rights
Full Text of Peace Treaty
As Given Out in Washington
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.?The text of the treaty kif peace between
; the United States and Germany as signed in Berlin to-c?iy reads:
i
j Preamble
"The United States of America and Germany:
"Considering that the United States, acting in conjunction with its
co-belligerents, entered into an armistice with Germaijy on November
j 11, 1918, in order that a treaty of peace might, be concluded:
"Considering that the Treaty of Versailles was, signed on June
28, 1918, and came into force according to tine terrfiis of its Article
440. but has not been ratified by the United States:
"Considering that the Congress of the United States passed a
joint resolution, approved by the President Jury 2, 1921, which reads,
in part, as follows:
" 'Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of
| the United States of America in Congress assembled tbat the state
I of war declared to exist between the Imperial G-erman Government
and the United States of America by the joint resolution of Con
'. gress approved April 6, 1917, is hereby declared at an emd.
" 'Sec. 2. That in making this declaration, and as a part of if,
i there are expressly reserved to the United States of America and
its nationals any and all rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations
or advantages, together with the right to enforce the same, to which
it, or they, have become entitled under the terms of the armistice
signed November 1 1, 1918, or any extensions or modifications there
j of, or which were acquired by or are in the possession of the United
States of America by reason of its participation in the war or lo
which its nationals have thereby become rightfully entitled; or which,
i under the Treaty of Versailles, have been stipulated for its or their
benefit, or to which it is entitled as one of the principal Allied and
associated powers, or to which it is entitled by virtue of any act or
: acts of Congress, or otherwise.
"'Section 5. All property of the imperial German government
or its successor or successors and of all German nationals which was
: on April 6, 1917, in or has since that date come into the possession
or under control of, or has been the subject of a demand by the
United States of America or of any of its officers, agents or em
: ployees, from any source or by any agency whatsoever, and all prop?
erty of the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian government, or its
i successor or successors and of all Austro-Hungarian nationals which
t was on December 7, 1917, in or has since that date come into the
possession or under control of. ur has been the suhfject of a demand
I by the United States of America, or any of its officers, agents or em
;' ployees, from any source or by any agency whatsoever, shall be re?
tained by the United States of America and no disposition thereof
made, except as shall have been heretofore or specifically hereafter
I shall be provided by law, until such time as the imperial German
government and the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian govern?
ment or their successor or successors shall have respectively made
| suitable provision for the satisfaction of all claims against said gov?
ernments respectively of all persons, wheresoever domiciled, who owe
i permanent allegiance to the United States of America and who have
suffered through the acts of the imperial German government or its
agents or the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian government or
its agents since July 31, 1914, loss, damage or injury to their persons
or property, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of shares of stock In German, Austro-Hungarian, American or other
corporations, or in consequence of hostilities or of any operations of
war or otherwise, and also shall have granted to persons owing per?
manent allegiance to the United States of America most-favored
nation treatment, whether the same be national or otherwise, in all
matters affecting residence, business, profession, trade, navigation,
commerce and industrial property right?, and until the imperial Ger?
man government and the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian gov
erment or their successor or successors shall have respectively con?
firmed to the United States of America all fines, forfeitures, penal?
ties and seizures imposed or made by the United States of America
during the war, whether in respect to the property of the imperial
I German government or German nationals or the imperial and roya!
Austro-Hungarian government or Austro-Hungarian nationals, and
shall have waived any and all pecuniary claims against the United
States of America.'
"Being desirous of restoring the friendly relations existing be?
tween the two nations prior to the outbreak of war,
"Have for that purpose appointed their plenipotentiaries,
"The President of the United States of America, Ellis Lorfhg
Dresel, Commissioner of the United States of America to Germany, and
"The President of the German Empire and Dr. Friedrich Rosen,
Minister for Foreign Affairs.
"Who, having communicated the-ir full powers, found to be in
good and due form, have agreed as follows:
Article I
"Germany undertakes to accord to the United States, and the
United States shall have and enjoy, all the rights, privileges, indemni?
ties, reparations or advantages specified in the aforesaid joint reso?
lution of the Congress of the United States of July 2, 1921, including
all the rights and advantages stipulated for the benefit of the United
? States in the Treaty of Versailles, which the United States shall'fully
enjoy, notwithstanding the fact that such treaty has not been ratified
I by the United States.
Article II
"With a view to defining more particularly the obligations :>_
Germany under the foregoing article with respect, to certain provi
ions in the Treaty of Versailles, it is understood and agreed between
the high contracting parlies:
"(1) That the rights and advantages stipulated in that treaty
for the benefit of the United States, which it is intended the Unit?J
States shall have and enjoy, are those defined in Section 1 of Part 4,
and Parts 5, 6. 8, 9, 10. 11, 12, 14 and 15, The United States, in avail?
ing itself of the right.-, and advantages stipulated in the provisions of
l (Continu.- on ant pa_t)
ft ft
Everything Conferred at
Versailles, by Armistice
and by Act of Congress,
Conceded by Germany
Not Bound Under
Wilson Association
Agreements on Trade and
Diplomatic Relations
To Be Taken Up Soon
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. - - The
tteaty establishing peace between
the United States and Germany, and
fixing its t?rms, was signed in Ber?
lin at ."??L20 o'clock (Berlin time) t?3v
i day. This follows the treaty of
peace with Austria, which was
' signed yesterday.
As told in The Tribune this morn?
ing/the treaty, the text of which was
? made public to-night, safeguards
! every right, claimed for this country
? under the Treaty of Versailles, but
' does not bind this country on any of
! the provisions objected to with re
I gard io the Versailles Treaty. In
; other words, it cuts the United
! States away from the League of
' Nations.
The text of the Knox-Porter res
! olution. declaring peace, which was
j signed by the President July 2, is in
\ eluded verbatim in the treaty so far
j as it relates to Germany and is agreed
j to by Germany. In this resolution
'? the most sweeping claims of Ameri?
can rights, not only under the Ver
| sailles Treaty, but under the armis?
tice, or because this government is
\ one of the Allied and associated pov,
. ers, or by various acts of Congress,
| are recognized by the German gov
j ernment.
i One of the interesting points about
the treaty is that it laboriously un
? scrambles the League of Nations
i from the Versailles Treaty, thus dis
'? appointing President. Wilson's boast,
! on leaving the second time for Paris,
that he would bring the treaty back
! so intertwined with the League of
| Nations that it would be impossib'e
'? to separate them.
All U. S. Rights Claimed
This is done by claiming all Amer?
; can rights in the various sections cr
I tiie Versailles treaty necessary in roak
! ing the claims specific, and then by a.
| sweeping provision declaring that this
i country does not accept and is not
; bound bv any references to the League
of Nations. Lest, there bo the slightest
doubt, the treaty further stipulates
that not only is the United States not
! a member of the League of Nations,
?and not bound by the Versailles treaty
| provisions regarding the league, a1
! though rights reserved to this country
in the very sections mentioning the
i league are claimed, but that this gov?
ernment is not to be bound by any ac
; tions of the league.
_ The numbering of the sections in tiiti
, Versailles Treaty by which this govern
I merit is not bound, and will have noth
| ing to do, recalls the Senate fight
i against the ratification of the Versailles
; Treaty with the League of Nations.
: The Shantung section, which provoked
' one of the most bitter fights, and on
I which President Wilson found th:.*.
j three of his four colleagues on the
? American commission differed with
: him, is one of these,
j Secretary of State Hughes, ir. an*
| nouncing the signing of the treaty,
! made the following statement to-nigh i?
summarizing its provisions and Amc.
\ ?can rights under the pact:
Summary of Treaty
"The treaty defining peace relation*
between the United States and Gci>
I many was signed at Berlin to-day. 15
1 was signed on behalf of the President
; of the United States by Ellis Lorinrf
: Drese!, commissioner of the Unitci
States, who had received full power*
for the purpose, and on behalf of the
President of Germany by Dr. Friedricu
; Rosen, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
"The treaty with Germany is in ac-i
i cord with the peace resolution adopted
bv Congress and approved by thd
? President July 2, 1921.
"The preamble of the treaty recite*
Sections 1, 2 and 5 of the resolution;
which relate to <" rmany.
"Article I of the treaty provides thai
the Ur-.ited States snail have all the
rights and advantages specified m thi
resolution, including those stipulate?!
for the benefit of the United State in
: the Treaty of Versailles.
"Article II of the treaty defines mor}
particularly the obligations of Gerj
I many with respect to certain provision*
in the Treaty of Versailles. Thus it
is provided that the rights and advan?
tages stipulated in the Treaty of Ver*
?ailles for the benefit of the Unite I
States, which it is intended the Unite]
States shall enjoy, are those dehn:!
in Section 1 of 1'art IV and Parts V,
VI, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII. XIV and XV
"Section 1 of Part IV contains the!
provisions by which Germany re?
nounced her former overseas poises?
sions in favor of the principal allie I
and associated powers. This confirm
the rights of the United States with
respect to Yap and the other formel
Gorman overseas possessions upon a?i
equity with the f.thor powers. Thi
other parts of the Treaty of Versatile,
above mentioned embrace the milit?t)
clauses, the reparation, financial an'
economic clauses and tha pirts ralatinj
to aerial navigation, ports, ?aterwa-j
and railway?, guaranties and misc.
leneous provisions. The result Is
put the United States on a footing wi
the other allied and associated po\\t.
with reipect to all the rights drfi;;
in all these clauses. It is provid