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m. THE WEATHER
Fair and slightly cooler to-day; cloudy
to-morrow; moderate north?
erly winds.
Fun Report on tsntst I awr?
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1921
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TWO CENTS I THREK CENTS j FOCB CENT?
Ii? Greater Now Tork I Within 200 MIIm I Eteewhor?
Hylan Put No|
Curb on Pierj
Profiteering
Hulbert Admits Certain
Companies Got 500%
Profit on Dock Deals
Mayor's Regime Upheld
Sub-Letting Under
Leases Hurt Port
Witness, at Meyer Probe,
Blames Sinking Fund
and Corporation-Counsel
Evidence of gross profiteering in
pier leases, to the great Injury of the
sort's business, and the utter neglect
ind helplessness of the authorities to
cope with the situation, were revealed
?sti-rday before the Meyer Legislative
committee investigating the Hylan ad?
ministration.
It was shown that on the basis of
long term leases at low rates obtained
from the. city, certain companies were
enabled to extort profits as high as
500 per cent a year from other ateam
>hip lines to whom they would sublet
portions of these piers or grant wharf?
age privileges.
Hulbert Admits Conditions
Murray Hulbert, Dock Commissioner,
admitted on the witness stand the cor?
rectness of the conditions alleged. He
said that the system that permitted
the evils was bad and destructive, and
that whiie he had made every effort to
check the practice practically nothing
had been done to eliminate it.
He place! the blame for the situa?
tion principally upon the shoulders of
the Corporation Counsel and the Sink?
ing Fund Commissioners, who, be?
cause they differed with the Dock
Commission on the interpretation of
the city charter covering th? matter,
refuse.." to permit him to regulate
wharfage and sub-letting charges. Mr
HulbeTt. himself nominated by Tam?
many Hall for President of the Board
of Aldermen, thus places the responsi?
bility upon two offices of the Hylan
regime.
Elon R. Brown, chief counsel to the
committee, submitted figures showing
how the Maritime Shipping Company
had paid the city $40,000 on a lease.foi
i pier at the foot of East Twenty
fourth Street, and had sublet it at s
ptofit of $60,000. '
No Accounts Kept on Lessees
The Commissioner said that the citj
made no effort to keep account of th'
huge profits collected by lessees in this
wanner, and that no books were kept
on the' subject, although he admittec
?t "would be a sensible thing to do."
He testified that he did insert re
strictive clauses in some of the leasei
respecting sub-letting, and that whei
he attempted to repeat the practice ii
connection with a group of Staten Isl
and piers the idea was rejected by th
Sinking Fund Commission on th
ground that it discriminated againa
older leaseholders, who were not sim
?larly restricted. In the case of th
first of the Staten Island piers th
Commissioner said the Sinking Fun
Commission decid-ed that the lesse
k could sub-let for a sum that would er
able him to obtain the pier for pra<
ticaliy nothing.
Mr. Krown intimated, however, tha
the Dock Commissioner was in a meas
ure himself responsible, in view of th
fact that the latter had control ove
charges where the lessee had a permi
with revocable rights, and that he thu
had the power to correct the cond
tion. To this the Commissioner r<
plied that it was true he had the powe
over instances that he was. aware o
but that he had no means of keepin
track of incoming ships and the wharf
age they were paying.
Corrective Sugestiona Offered
At the conclusion of the session M
Brown summed up the sigsificance c
the evidence so far submitted respect
ing the Dock Department, and ?ftere
?orne suggestions for correction of th
evils revealed.
He referred to the desirability f<
the elimination of long leases and th
substitution, according to the sugger
tion of the Commissioner, of a contr*
of all wharfage by the city with ce:
tain fixed charges. He pointed out th)
there has been no standard in makir
'eases based upon a reasonable retui
to the city. He thought this fair prof
should be about 6 per cent.
The practice of granting ten-yei
leases with the proviso of a renew
with nn increase of 10 per cent wi
entirely inadequate, he insisted, ai
the practice should be abated by tl
Legislature. He suggested that ?egi
lation should be enactedto bring aboi
equality of charges and some meth<
'ound for elminating the profiteer;.
?ising from the leasing system ju
described
The matter of exorbitant wharfs*
?"har-res by lessee;* was brought up f
eiscussion by the introduction of sor
statistics in a rep**t of General Willis
M. Black, which the latter had pr
Pared for thcr United States Shippii
Board some time ago. It was In co
jectron with these statistics that .V
Brown pointed out that the city w
giving this year ?$393,G00 less on i
5200,000,000 worth of pier proper
*o**fl it would hav* received in tax
??ne the property be?n privately own
Black's Inquiry Iteriewed
?lr. Hulbert said he had thrown op
?he books of the Dock Department
M?nerai Black when he was making \
investigation Into the profiteeri
<*.erges for the United States Shlppi
Hoard, and hud requ s ted the Gcnei
:or a copy of his report when he turn
??in. lie said he never received a co
"?* it. He said that, from other expe
?nces he has had wich the General, t
atter "was not entirely friendly to t
Port."
The Commissioner, in explaining h>
the profiteering was made possib
said there was a clause in the c
-harter giving the Dock Commissior
tl'? right to fix wharfage charges-?tl
??. daily berthing ci.arges. There if
Provision in city ?eases prohibit!
?UP-leasing, bot giving the frst les:
too right to fix wharfage churges.
w?? ??n this point that the Dock Co
'(?????oner -ia-d he c'if-.-.gr-ia.j witr? i
Corr-oriticn ( ouniel. Wi.n ro pov
:': c*"'eckin*r the act-tit".?! of the ie;*3t
cq? DocV Commits!?"-ner savs they w<
r"'r to ?-?-."?<?? what?.ver chi.rg-.--i ce
^ter-:-? would l?nr, result!.-g, Lo .?>?!?*
, ?Jfl i'ofUctririi; SDd ;yr(M't ?trnj
w the port.
n? ?dd-Ki, ho*??*>v*r, tJaat h.-> t*? ?U
ICoSOMMH M m? SU)
Ruth Oet? His 55th;
New Home Run Mark
."Babe" Ruth set a new mafk^
for home run hitting at the Polo ?
Grounds yesterday when he drove
the ball into the upper tier of the
right field stands for his "fifty
fifth" of the season. "Babe!' shat?
tered all previous records of the
sort last year by knocking out'
fifty-four homers, sc it is his own
figure that he excelled yesterday.
Twenty-eight thousand fans
were on hand to cheer the Sultan
of Swa^ as he pranced arourfd the
bases, following his record-break?
ing smash. A perfect shower of
straw hats fell from the stands
to bedeck the hero's pathway to.
the home plat?.
(Further details of the historio
homer will be found on the sporU
vng pages.)
F. D. Roosevelt
Has Paralysis
In Mild Form
Muscles of Both Legs Are
Affected by Malady of
Infantile Variety, but the
Patient Now Is improving
General Condition Good
Ex-Assistant Secretary of
Navy Brought Here From
Resort in a Private Car;
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Sec-1
retary of the Navy during.the Wilson i
administration, was taken yesterday
afternoon to the Presbyterian Hospital, I
suffering from a mild form of infantile
paralysis. The disease has affected the
muscles in his legs. It was said last
night that his general condition was
good.
Mr. Roosevelt was brought to the
city from his summer home at Campo
bello Island, Bay of Fundy, in a pri?
vate car. His private physician, Dr.
George Draper, of 116 East Sixty-third
Street, and Dr. Charles H. Young, su?
perintendent of Presbyterian Hospital,
said last night that there is no cause
for alarm. Dr. Draper declared that
the acute attack from which? Mr. Roose?
velt had suffered had entirely passed.
"Mr. Roosevelt had a comfortable
trip here," he said, "and is doing very
well now.
"I cannot say how long he will be I
kept in the hospital-, but it can be deft- j
nitely stated that he will not be crip- ;
pled and no one need have any fear of j
permanent injury in any way from this i
attack."
The former Assistant Secretary suf?
fered his first attack August 10. Dr. i
Draper said that the limbs and feet !
were affected, with temporary loss of j
control of both legs below the knees. <
Mr. Roosevelt has, however, regained :
the control of his legs. This is a prom- |
ising sign, according to Dr. Draper.
Mr. Roosevelt's New York home is at
47 East Sixty-fifth Street. An ambu?
lance was waiting at the Grand Cen?
tral Station when his train arrived yes
: terday at 2:20 p. m.
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Mob of Idle Threaten
Police in Rum Seizure
Bridgeport Reserves Save a
Truckload of Alcohol From
Crowd of 2,000
Special Diavateh to The Tribun*
BRIDGEPORT. Conn., Sept. 15.?
' Captain Charles Wheeler, of the 2d Pre
j cinct police station, was compelled to
j summon an extra squad of police to
! break up a mob which surrounded the
station to-day, after the police had
seized fifteen barrels of alcohol, valued
at approximately $10,000, which was
I being conveyed on a big motor truck
? from this city to New Haven.
! The news of the seizure spread
through the East Side and a crowd num
. bering nearly two thousand gathered.
! Most of them were unemployed and
some shouted that the liquor could be
easily taken from the police. The crowd
; was dispersed after some difficulty.
Carmine Malinconico, driver of the
! truck, who gave his address as New
\ Haven, was arrested and placed under
' bonds of $500. He refused to tell who
the alcohol was consigned to in New
Haven, but admitted that he got the
stuff in this city from a man whose name
? he did not know.
! $1,500,000 Received
| Here in Reparations Gold
Consignment of Austrian Kro?
nen Arrives From Bremen
on Steamship Potomac
I A consignment of gold in Austrian
kronen valued at $1,600,000 arrived
here yesterday on the steamship Poto?
mac, of the United States Lines, from
Bremen. It is known as the "repara?
tions koM" and was consigned t? the
Federal Resevve Bank, where it was de?
posited to the credit of Belgium and
France for purchases to be made in this
i country by these nations. %
The gold, which was stacked in kegs,
was kept in the strong room of the
vessel and was taken away under an
armed guard.
The Potomac carried from Bremen
direct 100 cabin and 350 steerage pas?
sengers.
? " ? ? i.
| Ku-Klux Inquiry Will
Be Asked of Congress
j Bay State Representative lo
Offer Resolution When the
Mouse Reconvenes
! WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.?Investiga
l tion by Congress of the Ku-Klux Klan
I will be propos'id in a resolution which
? Representative Taguc, Democrat, of
i Massachusetts, announced to-day ho
! was having drafted for introduction
j vhen the Mouse reassembles )iext week,
i The proposed inquiry would be made
] tit her by a cpccisl committee or by tho
| H.?urc Judiciary Committee.
Representativo Taijue r<aid he had re
: <-?:: .pi?; rel?r.ble lr<ferJBftticn tbftt tho
Kv Kh?x Klan was endeavoring to es
t*blish branches in Massaehusutta and
otixrx New England uutes.
Bail To-day
For Arbuckle
Is Forecast
?$5,000 Bond Ready if
Prosecutor Decides to
Forego Murder Charge
for Lesser Indictment
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Girl's 1 Condition
y Factor in Trial
'Physician and Nurses at
Odds ; Women Vigilantes
to Protect Witnesses
?Special Din patch to The Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept,. 15.?The
grand jury to-day presented a formal ]
indictment against Roscoe ("Fatty")
Arbuckle, charging him with ' man-1
slaughter in having caused the death
of Virginia Rappd, motion picture I
actress, who was injured in the course |
of revels at a party given by the film j
comedian in his rooms, at the St. Fran- ;
eis Hotel, September 5. The action to?
day followed the finding of the jury
after investigation last Tuesday night.
The indictment was filed before Pre?
siding Judge Shortall, of the Superior
Court, and after the presentation of
the document the court fixed Arbuckle's
bail at $5,000 cash or $10,000 bonds.
This action does not immediately oper- ?
ate to give Arbuckle his freedom on <
depositing the required bail. He must
remain in jail pending his hearing in
the police court on the charge of mur?
der. This charge is based on a warrant
sworn to by Mrs. Bambina Maude Del
mont, main witness for the prosecution.
Freedom on Ball Forecast
This hearing comes up to-morraw
morning and Arbuckle's counsel are so
confident of a termination of the pro?
ceedings in their favor that they will
be prepared to furnish the cash to open i
the prison doors for the accused com- i
edian. District Attorney Brady shows
no disposition to insist that Arbuckle j
be kept in jail on the murder charge !
if it is decided to prosecute for man? j
slaughter. Whether Mr. Brady will
insist upon the trial for murder he I
has not yet decided, but he held con- !
ferences during the day with his legal I
advisers and in the afternoon declared
he would not announce hi3 decision I
regarding the withdrawal of the mur
I der charge in favor of the manslaugh
| ter indictment until 10 o'clock to-mor
! row morning.
So confident was Arbuckle of his
chances to get out on bail that his
lawyers had drawn up the order for
his release and' put up the $5,000 cash
bail fixed by Judge Shortall on the
manslaughter ?harge. Arbuckle waited ?
impatiently in his cell for new? that I
Brady had decided to prosecute for ,;
manslaughter, which would mean that ?
his liberty would, be only a matter of ;
minutes. . I
Brady's failure to announce a deci- j
sion condemned the prisoner to another ?
uncomfortable night in a cell. The Dis- |
I trict Attorney saio he would hold an- j
? other conference in his office at 9 j
? o'clock to-morrow morning. j
Detectives GrifF Kennedy and Tom
Reagan took Arbuckle from his cell and ;
read to him the new formal accusation
and then conducted him to the docket, ;
where he was booked on the additional ;
charge. He then went back to his cell,
and was more cheerful than he had ?
| been, evidently expecting word that he j
! was to be released on bail. To cover ;
this a certified check on the Bank of
Italy had been offered by his attorneys, ?
but this was rejected. The check was ?
cashed and the money was handed over
to the bond and warrant clerk.
Non-Professionals at Party
There ?b much speculation regarding ?
the line of defense which Arbuckle's :
! attorneys will follow. They are busy !
gathering witnesses but give no inkling ;
: as to what evidence will be offered by ;
those who take the stand in behalf of \
the film actor. It was said that twelve
witnesses had been obtained who did
not belqng to the screen world,-but j
i who attended the party.
j One feature which was brought out
; at the coroner's inquest, it is said, j
will play an important part in the ?
triul and cause strong conflict of testi- !
mony will be concerning the physical i
condition of Miss Rappe at the time j
of her death.
The testimony of the autopsy sur- j
1 geon, Dr. Ophuls, at the inquest was |
featured by an assertion favorable to ,
the girl in relation to Miss Rappe's i
?physical condition which would reflect
, on her moral standards. In rendering
i his professional opinion on this point
\ Dr. Ophuls' testimony was in direct
j conflict with the testimony of Miss
Jameson and Miss Cumberland, the
?nurses at the sanatorium where Miss
Rappe died, and who talked with her,
' as they told at the inquest the preced
! ing day.
| Crowded into to-day's features in
the case was the news that Harry
Lohrman, fiance of Miss Rappe, had
dispatched a representative from New
York to take part in the prosecution
' of Arbuckle. At the same time it was
| given out that Mrs. May Taube, said to
jhave important information regarding
?the Arbuckle party, was in the city and
?had mado a statement of value to the
?prosecution to the District Attorney.
Another dramatic spotlight was
?focused on the case in the form of an
| anonymous letter received by Harry
I Kelly, secretary of the grand jury,
?which reaJ. as follows:
"Sacramento, September 11, 1921.
?''Dear Sir: With all briefness that
| urbanity will permit. I am writing you
, to say that not a stone must be left
! unturned in bringing Mr. Arbuckle to
; answer, clearly and beyond all reason
j able doubt that he is guilty of a most
: brutal crime. ? am related to this girl,
j whom he is no doubt responsible for
the death of, and if Mr. Arbuckle suc
! ces8fully cheats the law and justice
j with his money and able attorney I
will say here and now he cannot
! succeed.
? Vows He Will Kill Arbuckle
"I will say here and now ho cannot
cheat, me. I -,vill shoot him down if
it is the last act of my life. I will
j wait a time with patience' for justice,
; and if it cannot be weighed out justly
' then Mr. Arbucklo will answer to me.
I My only hopo and prayer is that the
! law shall find its course. With me it
I is affection, and to auch an act as this
; my answer will bt?, an eye for an eye
?f an:i R tooth for a tooth."
A Jong conference whs held today by
; Mr. Brady, Chief of Pclice O'Brit-n and
j Captain of Detectives Matheson, and at
1 (Cmtituad as p*?o thro?}
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Harding Arms Policy
Indorsed by Marshall
PROVIDENCE, Sept. 16. ?
Former Vicc-Frcsident Thomas R.
Marshall to-day received an ova?
tion at the Kingston Fair, when
he made a vigorous appeal for the
people to (got, behind President
Harding during the forthcoming
Conference on the Limitation of
Armament in order that "we
may ward off every enemy of
mankind." !';
Mr. Marshall also declared the !
vote should bo withheld from all i
non-English-speaking residents, !
as, in his opinion, they were not [
entitled to participate in^the guv- !
ernment. ,
"-1-i--?_-?:?:-_j
P. S. C. Refus?s
To Allow Fare
Raise in Utica
Board Appointed by Miller,
and Derided by Hylan,
Rejects Increase Plea
in Its First Decision
General Policy Shown
Prendergast Says Period
of Readjustment Does
Not Warrant Higher Rate
Governor Miller's Public Service Com?
mission, which Mayor Hylan has as?
sailed as an instrument of the traction
interests, made public yesterday its
first important decision upon an ap?
plication for an increase in trolley
fares. It denied and denounced as
extravagant a request made by the
New York State Railways Company for
permission to raise trolley fares in
Utica from 6 cents to 10.
The Public Service Commission was
appointed under the same law which
authorized the appointment of the
Transit Commission. The former has
jurisdiction over transit companies out?
side the city and the latter over those
in the city. William A. Prendergast,
chairman of the Public Service Com?
mission, wrote the opinion announced
yesterday, and his fellow-commission?
ers concurred in it unanimously.
Policy of Commission
Commissioner Prendergast said that
the' decision might serve as an em?
phatic outline of the policy which the
commission would follow in such cases.
In it he said:
"Public utilities, just as other de?
partments of business, must expect to
cope with periods of depression and
short earnings, just as at other times*
they ertjoy periods of prosperity and |
full dividends. If the public is expected
to make up every deficiency in order to
give a utility a good round rate of
earning power, then the public is en?
titled to the benefit of the surplus over
the agreed earning rate in times of
prosperity.
"It must be borne i;i mind that we s
are not dealing with the conditions of j
1920 or the previous abnormal years,
but with the present period, which is
one of profound economical adjust- ?
ment. It is with this pregnant fact !
before us that a decision in this and
similar cases mu3t be made. The fact
is that the proceeds of revised wage
relations have already reached the
company."
Company Must Be Careful
"While a franchise rate once fixed
must not be presumed to be immutable,
the reasons advanced for changing it
should be of controlling character. In
this case the local authorities have al?
ready conceded an advance in passen?
ger fare from the original franchise
rate of five cents to six cents. The
local authorities therefore cannot be
charged with failure to appreciate the
additional revenue requirements of the
street railroad company due to the war
conditions. With the subsidence of these
conditions it is not in order for the rail?
road company to be seeking further ad?
vances, especially in the form of its
present utterly extravagant request for
a ten-cent fare. On the other hnijd, it
is the duty of the company to so ad?
minister its affairs through economies
and improvements that the fare to be
charged to the public will be at the low?
est possible minimum consistent with
good service and an adequate return to
the investors."
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Spain Strict With Charles
?" '
Wants Ex-Ruler to Cut Down
His Household Staff
BERNE, Switzerland, Sept. 15 (By
? The Associated Press).?The Spanish
government is demanding political and
financial guaranties .before permitting
former Emperor Chnrles of Austria to
take up a residence in Spain, as he has
twice petitioned the Madrid govern?
ment to be allowed to do.
Spain especially demands restric
I tions on the household expenses of the
ex-Emperor, which are estimated to
amount annually to 1,280,000 Swiss
I francs. This expenditure is caused
by his staff of eighty persons, which
.the Spanish government desires re
? duccd considerably.
Court Rules
For Hi?es in
Recount Plea
Elections Board on Mon?
day Must Show Miller
Legally Gained Place
as Democratic Nominee
Aipdavit Includes
Fraud Particulars)
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Policeman Denies Attack
on Shalleck Was Made
Near Home of Murphy
Supreme Court Justice Isidor Wasser?
vogel yesterday issued an order calling
upon the Board of Elections to show
cause why a recount should not be
granted in the Tammany fight for
President of the Borough of Manhat?
tan. It was churged formally yester?
day that the nomination had been stol?
en from James J. Hines, the anti-Mur?
phy candidate.
The order was issued on the appli:
cation of Vincent S. Lippe, counsel for
Hines, who alleged election frauds on
the part-of the Tammany watchers and
polling clerks. Thirty-five specific in?
stances of repeating and other elec?
tion crimes are chamed in the mov?
ing papers. The order is returrnable
Monday before Justice Wasservogel.
Prison for hundreds of Tammany
workers is certain if the Hines faction
can prove only a small part of charges
contained in the affidavit sworn to by
James J. Hines and filed in the Supreme
Court yesterday.
Police May Be Accused
In addition to prosecutions for al?
leged frauds at tne polls, the Hines
people announced they would bring
criminal proceedings against several
members of the Police Department and
several Tammany politicians' in connec?
tion with the beating and shooting of
Hines's manager, Joseph Shalleck, and
other Hines men while they were look?
ing for evidence of irregularities in
a polling booth not far from the home
of Charles F. Murphy.
The Police Department yesterday is?
sued a statement purporting to hav?;
been made by Patrolman Kicrnar
Doolan, who was one of the policemer
present in the polling booth when Shal
leek was shot and blackjacked. Accord
ing to the statement, no one was in
jured in the polling booth, no blowi
were struck and no shots were fired.
Doolan, however, admits that ten or
twelve men came there in two automo
biles, bearing out that part of th?
statement of Shalleck and his com
panions. He also bears out their dec
laration that they asked to inspect th
books, which Shalleck said, showei
that the Murphy crowd had used re
peaters in Charles M. Murphy's owi
district.
Doolan said yesterday at Police Head
quarters, where Inspector John Cough
hn, head of the Detective Bureau, i
making an investigation, that the Tarn
many election inspector said to th
Hines party when one of their numbe
demanded permission to inspect th
books: "Who are you and what author
ity have you for inspecting them?"
Called Wordy Wrangle
To this the spokesman for the Hine
party, according to Doolan, replied:
"It's none of your business. I'm hei
to inspect them."
Doolan said that a wordy wrang]
then ensued between the Hines me
and the polling inspectors, which en<
ed, according to Doolan, when he oi
dered the Hines men to leave, sayin
that if they did not he would arrei
them. Doolan said they left ther
quarreling^among themselves, entere
their automobiles and drove off.
Doolan admitted that he had n?
made any report of the case to tl
police station.
Hines, in his affidavit filed in tl
Supreme Court yesterday, charged: ,
1. That repeaters were used to vo
for his opponent, Julius Miller, tl
Murphy candidate.
2. That slips urging that Miller I
voted for were inserted in the offici:
ballots by elections officals.
3. That thousands of votes cast ft
him were changed to Miller votes I
erasrng the cross from in front of h
nam<? and writing it in the square o;
posite-Miller's name.
4. That gross errors were committt
in the tabulation and transcription ?
the tally sheets by the inspectors ar
poll clerks.
5. That ballots cast for Hines we
torn up.
6. That ballots cast for Hines we
. counted for Miller.
Certificate for Miller
It was said yesterday by those fan
liar with the election law that i.
Board of Elections will have to give
certificate of nomination to Miller,
the board must go on the face'?of t
returns. Hines, however, in the eve
of being successful in a recount, c
have his name placed on the ball?
The Board of Elections must give t
certificate of election before Sund
midnight, as the law calls for action
this respect 120 hours after midnig
of primary night. Hines to have t
courts order his name on the bal!
need only show an average of less th
five stolen votes to each election d
trict.
German Wives Demand Union
Labor Status; Parliament Balks
BERLIN, Sept. 15 (By The Associ?
ated Press).?The National Association
of German Housewives has asked the
Prussian Parliament to recognize it
formally as a labor union, but the re?
quest was denied when it was learned
the organization's constitution had
failed to specify whether the house?
wives were employers or employees.
The rejection of the request dis?
closed differences of opinion among
the members of the various branches,
some asserting that women who did
their own housework were employees,
while housewives having maids or
other hired help were employers.
Objections, particularly by peasant
members, to classifying married women
whose household duties were performed
, by servants as "professional wives,"
brought about an attempt to evade tho
' issue by the use of the words "proies
i
sional calling." instead of laborers, in
the constitution.
Explaining denial of the application,
which would have given the organization
the official privileges enjoyed by labor
unions, the Parliamentary spokesman
said: "An organization must justify
under the statutes by its activities the
right to be designated as composed of
professionals."
In connection with the association's
activities, which extend virtually to
all towns and hamlets, with thousands
of members, tnere is much discussion
as to whether an attempt will be made
to enforce the demands by strikes,
lock-out3 or arbitration. It is even
suggested that if the ultra-radicals
supersede the present conservative of?
ficials there is a probability that hus
1 bands will be asked to put their wives
on a salary and recognize woman's
equality by sharing in the work of
! cooking, washing and caring for the
j children? _
Lloyd George Calls Off
Parley When De Valera
Insists on Independence
Paragraph in De Volerais Message
'That Caused Break in Negotiations
The paragraph in Eamon de Valera's letter to Premier Lloyd
George which caused the breaking off of the Irish peace negotiations
was as follows:
"In this final note we deem it our duty to reaffirm that our
position is and can only be as we have defined it throughout this
correspondence. Our nation has formally declared its independ?
ence and recognizes itself as a sovereign state. It is only as repre?
sentatives of that state and as its chosen guardians that we have
authority or powers to act on behalf of our people."
In his reply to Mr. de Valera the British Prime Minister said:
"I asked them [the bearers of Mr. De Valera's communica?
tion] to warn you of the very serious effect of such a paragraph,
and offered to regard the letter as not delivered to me in order
that you might have time to reconsider it. Despite this intimation
you have now published the letter in its original form. I must
accordingly cancel the arrangements for the conference next week
at Inverness."
League Leaders
See Visions of
Its Future Fade
Few Delegates at Geneva
Continue to Regard It
as the Superpower That
They Visualized in 1920
Cannot Enforce Decrees
Campaign of Publicity Is
Advised to Enlist Wider
Co-operation of Nations
By Wilbur Forrest
Special Cable to The Tribuyic
Copyright, 1921, New York Tribuno Ino.
GENEVA, Sept. 15.?As the League of
Nations approaches the end of a fort?
night's deliberations the impression
might be gained superficially that the
league has resolved itself into an in?
ternational debating society in which
hundreds of thousands of words have
been given forth by representatives of
nations from all quarters of the globe.
Events, however, are beginning to
bring into definite light the fact that
the society of nations is coming to a
new status.
In effect the league has somewhat
humiliated itself. This world super?
power, which was to create perfect uni?
versal brotherhood almost overnight as
it existed in the minds of some of the
league's supporters a year ago, is now
recognized as a mere illusion. Only a
few delegates out of those represent?
ing the more than forty nations in the
Geneva meeting have not reversed
their beliefs of 1920. The league to?
day, if it is to be compared to anything
for purposes of illustration, is like a
mentally alert young cripple, who is not
necessarily incurable but in the mean
time is possessed'of ability to act as a
powerful moral force.
Prescribes, but Cannot Enforce
The Geneva meeting has shown be?
yond the shadow of a doubt that the
league is not yet powerful enough to
prescribe the medicine of universal
disarmament and treat vital world ills
and at the same time force the patient
to take its medicine. Certainly, how?
ever, the league has demonstrated its
growing moral powers and it must
necessarily function, at least until it
is joined by the United States and
other great powers, such as Russia and
Germany, on this basis.
The league's' principal weapon will
be publicity,. which will not only be
directed when occasion requires against
dishonest international powers, but will
be used for liberally acquainting the
world of the league's activities, in the
hope that public opinion of the nations
in the league, as well as in those out?
side, will strengthen its hands.
Before the League Assembly adjourns
here, The Tribune learns, methods to
gain greater publicity will be adopted.
An illustration of the use of publicity
to exert moral pressure will also be
given in the next few days by Paul
Hymans, of Belgium, who on behalf of
the league has been for some time
attempting to bring the Polish-Lithu?
anian dispute over Vilna to some solu?
tion and has failed because of the
stubbornness of the nations involved.
Passes Verdict to Assembly
M. Hymans will lay the cold, bare
facts of the situation before the Assem?
bly. He thus will permit the Assembly,
, in which forty-two nations are repre
i sented, to judge the merits of the case
| and pass appropriate resolutions to be
! sent to every portion of the globe.
The moral pressure campaign is be
' coming daily more effective against the
; powerful Council of the League of Na?
tions, which is made up of the larger
powers and is credited ,with squelching
the disarmament activities of the
league as it awaits the outcome of the
Washington conference. The Assembly,
I which has been the clearing house
? for international discussions since it
i opened September 5, shows a decided
I tendency to pledge the league to con
! tinue to act on a greater scale. While
I the delegates realize that they will be
unable to force the nations to disarm
completely, they are preparing to ex?
ercise moral pressure in an effort to
coerce league members to declare their
intention to disarm and submit their
governments' building plans.
This tendency, notwithstanding the
coming conference of the greater
powers in Washington in November,
has been outlined in a dozen speeches
before the assembly.
Dr. Christian Lange, secretary of the
General Parliamentary Union and dele?
gate to the assembly from Norway,
told the assembly to-day that the pub
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Armed Junker!
Band Holds All
Germany at Bay
Brigade in Trenches Near
Munich Refuses to Yield
and Republican Forces
Are Repulsed by Bullets
Erzberger Plot Probed
Testimony Shows Conspir?
acy to Assassinate Was
Formulated in Bavaria
BERLIN, Sept. 16.?Suspicion that
the assassination of Matthias Erzberger
was plotted in Bavaria by Chauvinist
secret societies' which transferred
their headquarters there so as to be
less liable to interference was con?
firmed to-day by a statement of Chan?
cellor Wirth before the Reichstag
Vigilance Committee. The Chancellor
was answering a question whether It
was true that signs pointed to com?
plicity in the murder of Erzberger by
the notorious brigade of Captain Ehr
hardt, the moving spirits of which are
located at Rosenheim, near Munich.
Dr. Wirth read a long report from
State Commissioner Weissman showing
that all attempts since the Kapp revo?
lution to arrest Colonel Bauer, Major
Pabst and Captain Ehrhardt had failed,
although it had been discovered they
were residing near Munich in an in?
trenched position under a strong guard
comprising their followers and some
members of the Bavarian police force.
The report added that it was virtually
impossible to penetrate- their hiding
place, as any one approaching it was
fired upon.
Chancellor Wirth added that the sit?
uation could not possibly be improved
in Bavaria by postponing action. The
aim and object of his policy were to
obtain a speedy removal of the state
of siege in Bavaria.
The Independent Socialist Herr Ditt
mann bitterly arraigned Bavarian Po?
lice Chief Poehner for alleged con?
nivance in sheltering the "murder
gang." He demanded that the govern?
ment of the empire put an end to the
situation in Bavaria, which he said
constituted a danger to the state.
The Nationalist Deputy Dr. Hergt
retorted that the charges against Enr
hardt and his men had not been proved
and offered sworn testimony that they
were not connected with the murder of
Erzberger. Dr. Wirth rejoined thai
the Rightist incitement of the last twc
years to violence against the presenl
regime had grown intolerable and that
the German uniform had been misused
for nefarious purposes.
The Chancellor declared that he was
unable to accept the standpoint of th?
Bavarian government that the whole
question of a state of emergency should
be shelved until a ministry was formed
Ehrhardt has been in communicatior
recently with former Bavarian Minis
ter of Justice Roth. According to in?
formation obtained at Police Head
quarters, Colonel Bauer is now resid
ing in Budapest, but recently he ha?
made several visits to Munich, wher?
he met Ehrhardt.
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Jay-Walking Squirrel
Halts Traffic in Grch
Frisky Animal, Headed fon
Broadway, Herded Back to
Central Park by Crowd
There was a fifteen-minute traffl
tie-up at Columbus Circle late yester
day afternoon. It was the only tie-u
that Patrolman 7707 has experience
since he joined the Traffic Squad tha
didn't leave everybody in a bad humoi
About 6 o'clock a Central Par
squirrel darted out of the park an
started across the Circle, heade
straight for the white lights of Broad
way. Patrolman 7707 saw it, made
lunge for it and struck the asphal
That was the beginning of the tie-up.
The adventuresome park fugitiv
darted under a glossy limousine leadin
a long procession of cars. The drive
saw it and stopped the car. Other dri?
ers stopped their cars.
Traffic Cop 7707 then gave chase. S
did many pedestrians. The squim
olayed hide and seek successfully f
ten minutes, hoppinjc from one machar
to another, with a hysterical crowd i
pursuit.
Somebody finally imprisoned it b
neath a September 15 straw hat, br
the squirrel got away, darted ba*
across the Circle, and disappeared in
tkt) park. Traffl? begaa moving ?gai
Britain Cannot Reconsid?
er Refusal to Meet En?
voys as Delegates of
Republic, He Declares
Leaves Door Open
To New Proposals
Hint Is Given of Further
Action After Consulta?
tion With His Advisers
By Arthur S. Draper
From The Tribune'a European Bureau
Copyright, 1921, New York Tribune Ine.
LONDON, Sept. 15. ? Premier
Lloyd George late this afternoon
called off the conference arranged
for Sinn Fein and British repre?
sentatives at Inverness, Scotland,
next Tuesday, and to-night the Irish
question was in its most precarious
situation since Eamon de Valera and
Lloyd George first began their ne?
gotiations.
This development came suddenly
and unexpectedly immediately after
De Valera's reply to the conference
invitation was made public in Dub?
lin. It resulted from De Valera
insisting that Ireland was a sov?
ereign, independent state, and that
Sinn Fein delegates would enter the
conference only as envoys of such a
state. The British Premier promptly
sent a message in reply, announcing
that the government could not con?
sider such a claim and that he was
cancelling arrangements for the con?
ference.
Will Consult Cabinet
Lloyd George informed the Irish
leader, however, that he would con?
sult with members of his Cabinet as
to what course was made necessary
by the new situation, thus leaving
some hope for further negotiation.
Lloyd George's message to-day ex?
plains the mystery of what happened
Tuesday at Gairloch, where the Premier
is spending a vacation, when the Sinn
Fein emissaries interviewed him. It
states that he informed the envoys
that De Valera's reiteration of Sinn
Fein's claim that its delegates should
?negotiate as the representatives of a
sovereign state would make the confer?
ence impossible and offered to regard
De Valera's letter, which the couriers,
Joseph McGrath and Harry Boland, car?
ried, as still undelivered, in order ?to
give the Irish leader an opportunity to
reconsider.
Lloyd George refers to the failure of
this effort of his in the following
words: "Despite this intimation, you
have now published this letter (which
was first released in Dublin this'after?
noon) in its original form."
"I must accordingly cancel arrange?
ments for the conference next week,''
Lloyd George adds.
Would Constitute Recognition
In another part of his reply Lloyd
Gecrge says that if the British govern?
ment accepted the proposal to hold a
corference, in view of the claim re?
iterated by the Sinn Fein, it would
constitute official recognition by the
government of the existence of Ireland
as an independent republic, and con ?
cede its right to break from associa?
tion with the British Empire and ally
itself with some other foreign nation.
"Only one answer is possible to such a
claim," the Premier declares.
At the close of his reply Lloyd
George tells De Valera that it is hi?
opinion the many concessions made by
the government deserved a more gen?
erous response from Sinn Fein. On the
contrary, says the Premier, "You have
not met us with a single step."
Lloyd George undertakes to com?
municate again with De Valera in a
few days, after he has consulted his
Cabinet, but warns that some delay is
inevitable, as he is "laid up" at Gair?
loch.
Break Surprises London
The government's reply took London
completely by surprise to-night. When
the letter from the Dail Eireann was
published this afternoon, as supposed
by arrangement with the government,
it was generally assumed that the con?
ference would meet at Inverness Tues?
day, as had been planned. As the Dail
said, "We have no hesitation in declar?
ing our willingness to enter the con?
ference" on the basis which Lloyd
George himself "had laid down in the
final paragraph of his last communi?
cation, it was thought he would be
ready to overlook Sinn Fein's reasser?
tion of its claim to independence as
merely an elaborate process for saving
its face.
He evidently swung around to a le?a
conciliatory attitude because De Valer?
ignored his suggestion that the Dail's
letter be held back pending further
consideration by the Sinn Fein leaders,
and the original Sinn Fein draft was
published in Dublin without any con?
sultation with the British government, ;
which is a breach of all previous pro?
cedure regarding publication. ?j
It is quite impossible at present to
foresee what will develop from th?
wholly unexpected situation which ha
arisen at the eleventh ftWur, when ever?
where it was believed that the cos
ference would be held without furthtj
hitch. Hopes are still entertain*?
however, that the bridge between th
government and Sinn Fein can be re
built. At the same time it must b{
recognized that the opposing partiei
seem to-night to be as far apart as they
were when the negotiations first began.
Text of Premier's Reply
LONDON, Sept. 15 (By The Associ?
ated Press).?The text of Premier
Lloyd George's reply to Eamon de Va?
lera's communication follows:
"I informed your emissaries who
came to me here Tuesday that reit?
eration of your claim jo negotiate j
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