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Vol. LXXXI No. 27,411
First to Last ?the Truth,
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SATURDAY,
News ? Editorials?A dvertisements
THE WEATHER
Cloudy and colder to-day; to-morrow
unsettled and colder, strong went and ~\,
northwest winds, diminishing.
Fall Report on Last Par?
I ) EC?M B Kit 3, 1921
s?: * :?: *
. TWO CBNTS
In Gr???t?Br New York
THREE CENTS
Within 300 Mile?
FOLK CENTS
Lin* when?
Miller Is Not
ToRun Again,
Albany Hears
Impression That Speeches j
for Canal Indicated a
Change in Governor's
Mind Seems Erroneous !
Aspirants Await
Final Declaration
Newton and Kincaid Re-!
reive Most Attention as
Gubernatorial Timber
fifreial Dispatch to The Tribune
ALBANY, Dec. 2.?A report, cma-j
listing from an authoritative source,!
fras current here to-day that Governor
Miller stands determined to live up to ?
the declaration he made last year upon !
accepting the gubernatorial nomina-j
tion?that he would serve only one
term as Governor.
While it is recalled that Governor
Miller at the close of this^year's legis- ?
lative session said to certain friends !
that he would not he in the running;
next year, the feeling continued to j
prevail that before the year was ended
he would change his mind and consent
to accept a renomination.
Tr.? feeling was given substantia- i
tion by many of the Governor's recent'
acts. Chief among these was the ex?
tensive canal trip he made and which
resulted in an advertising boom for!
the state's inland waterways system.
Those who analyze the Governor's;
actions from the standpoint of their!
nolitical values were of the opinion'
that Governor Miller could have chos- !
en no better course if it was his desire
to get in close touch with ^up-state
voters for the purpose of acquainting i
them personally with his policies and j
principles.
Addressed Large Crowds
The Governor on his canal trip spoke ?
to large crowds at virtually every i
lending on the canal, and while he did
rot give any direct indication in his j
speeches or his attitude that he would i
be in the field next, vyenr opinion was j
.: i ral that he believed the interest
of economy and retrenchment made it j
necessary that he continue in office
until all problems now before the state '.
administration were settled.
Aivrher act by the Governor which ;
!;? been given a political interpreta- j
i o?l was his announcement last week!
that he proposed to.call an extraor-i
ainary session of the Legislature next !
year for the consideration of legisla- j
tion which would .revise New York
City's charter. Those w?o read be- j
tween the lines of the Governor's state- |
mem argued that it presaged a desire :
on the pait of the Governor to have !
the charter revision carried out quick- ;
ly and efficiently.- so that the benefits j
of til is work would be reaped at the j
November elections. Their, conclusions
were that Governor Miller, if a candi- I
date for re-election, would benefit con- \
ritic ??ably by this, as it probably would j
do much toward increasing his popu- !
larity in the greater city.
His Announcement Awaited
The lieutenants here of Republicans ?
who are looked upon as gubernatorialj
timber are keeping quiet. They will ?
not prepare to make any movement ;
openly, at least, until the Governor !
personally has announced his with- !
drawal. Governor Miller will have !
the refusal of the nomination, not '
alone because this courtesy is usually j
extended to every first term Governor, ;
but ai.so because he is the recognized ;
leader of his party in the state and!
has the undivided support of "old!
guard" chieftains whose word carry ;
weight
This situation does not, however, ;
prevent speculation as to who stands
the best chance of receiving the j
nomination if the Governor insists on I
withdrawing. The candidates who ap- ?
parently occupy leading positions are j
both member? of Governor Miller* JI
cabinet. One is-, Attorney General '
Charles U. Newton and the other is !
Adjutant General J. Leslie Kincaid.;
Others in the field are Lieutenant i
Gov. ruor Jeremiah Wood. Fred C. ;
Tanner, of Westchester; Speaker H.I
Edmund Machoid, of the lower house,
and Jesse S. Phillips, former state:
?Superintendent of Insurance.
Glytin Expects Miller
To Be Renominated ?
Republican Chairman Says Gov- !
ernor lias Earned Another}
Term ; Leaders of Same View i
George A. Glynn, chairman of the \
Republican State Committee, seemed j
considerably surprised yesterday when!
asked about the report that Governor!
Miller would not accept a renomina- ?
tion. He said:
''Governor Miller was supported for
the nomination last year by the Re?
publican organization." he said. "He
has earned a renomination, and the Re?
publican organization leaders expect
him to be a candidate again next year,
in which case the organization will j
heartily .support him. If he should de?
cide not to be a candidate, no one will j
know that fact before it is made known i
to the Republican State Committee."
The local Republican leaders are al?
most solidly of the opinion that the ?
Governor will be renominated. They j
argue that h<- has started a number of j
important projects, like the-reorgani?
zation of the transit system of this ?
city, reduction in the cost of handling 1
foodstuffs in this city through a re- |
organization of the port facilities and ;
the utilization by the state of its j
hydroelectric resources, all of which, ;
they say, ?re only fairly under way.
-?.
Eggs Decline 18 Cents
A Dozen at Wholesale j
?_
The wholesale price of fresh white j
?Sgs dropped 18 cents a dozen yester- ;
day from the wholesale price of a week
ago. White ee-gs from commercial hen- ;
! ? ries brought 73 to 75 cents. The New
Jersey fancy eggs, in new cases arid
packing, the highest priced eggs quoted j
in the market, brought as high as 80
cents a dozen, but the supply of these ?
wts?* smalt.
Brown eggs of fancy quality were
?ess affected by the market decline, and j
fancy browns sold at 71 to 73 cents. j
THE IT.AZA?-Sunduy Dinner Btiulealex !
J? tho new Terraced Kentaurant. Special I
s <3Unn?jr Moo per cover.?Advi.
Bogus Aid Dupes Dr. Lorenz
And Vanishes; Sick Fleeced
"Doctor" Accepted as Secretary Used Name of Dr.
Copcland Without Warrant; Fees Paid
for Spurious Appointments
A man calling himself Dr. Clifford
Woyman, who acted as private secre?
tary for Dr. AdoIplT Lorenz, the famous
Viennese orthopedist, until he was de?
posed, it is said for inefficiency, sev?
eral days ago, has disappeared, leaving
a trail of confused identity behind him.
At the Hospital for Joint Diseuses it
was alleged that he was dismissed when
it was discovered that he knew nothing
of the medical detail he was obliged
to record on his round of inspection
with Dr. Lorenz, and some doubt is
cast on whether he is a doctor at'All.
Since the dismissal of his former sec?
retary the specialist has been confront?
ed with a large number of appointments
unauthorized by him. In the Bronx a
man calling himself Dr. Clifford Wey
man collected fees on the promise that
he could facilitate access to Dr. Lorenz,
according fo Dr. Henry W. Frauenthal,
superintendent of the Hospital for Joint
Diseases, to whose notice these cases
have been brought.
The police, called in to investigate
this matter, appear to have identified
Weyman with a man known to them as
Ethan Allen Weinberg and many other
pseudonyms and misadventures be?
sides.
How Weyman is said to have come
into the" position of responsibility and
trust on the great doctor's staff is an
extraordinary story. A day or two
after Dr. Lorenz landed Weyman is
said to have called on him and repre?
sented himself as having been sent by
Heahh Commissioner Royal S. Cope
land to be his official aid and guide in
his work in the New York hospitals.
Dr. Lorenz unaccustomed to American
ways, credulously accepted him, pleased
with this official co-operation. Nor was
Weyman's story doubted by Dr. Henry
W. Fra?enthal. physician in charge, of
the Hospital for Joint Diseases, where
Dr. Lorenz elected to operate.
The first doubts of fne validity of
Weyman's account of himself crept in
when other attendant physicians say
they detected him in several glaring
technical errors. When these were nu?
merous and flagrant enough to make
Weyman's representations seriously
questionable, it is said the matter was
brought to Dr. Copeland's attention.
The Commissioner denied all knowledge
of Weyman and instituted an inquiry
into Weyman's assertions.
Detective Mahoney, thus assigned,
decided to go on a general resemblance
between Weyman and a man variously
known to him for many spectacular
exploits as Ethan Allen Weinberg and
Royale St. Cyr. He said he found
Weyman was registered at the Hotel
Murray Hill, and going up to a man
in the lobby whom he took to be Wey
(Contlnuod on pao? six)
Morse, Landed
At Havre, Sails
For U. S. Monday
French Police Refrain From
Making Arrest on Promise
of Immediate Return on
Westbound Trip of Paris
Banker Says He Is 111 j
Denies Guilt in Shipping
Deal ; On Way to Rome to
See Doctor, He Asserts
HAVRE, Dec. 2 (By The Associated
Press).?Charles W. Morse arrived
here to-day on the French liner Paris.
He agreed to return to New York on
the game ship when she sails next
Monday, provided he was not arrested.
Under these circumstances he was per?
mitted to land. He established him?
self in the Continental Hotel and is
expected to remain there until the
Paris is ready to sail.
The official- explanatiln made by
French police officials to-night was
that Mr. Morse had been requested to
return to America because he was an
'undesirable alien." It was at the
same time made plain that the merits
of the case had not been entered into.
Morse Saya He Is 111
Before the ship docked Mr. Morse
learned that his presence was- desired
by the United States government au?
thorities investigating his shipbuild?
ing contracts made during the war. He
immediately expressed a willingness to
return to America, even at the risk of
his life. Mr. Morse professes to be in
ill health.
"There is no mystery about my trip
to Europe," said Mr. Morse. "1 have
come here to consult Professor Mac
hiafava, of Rome. An X-ray taken a
few months ago in Washington showed
that my left kidney was full of stones.
An operation was advised, but 1 de?
sired to consult Professor Machiafava
before permitting the doctors to cut
me up.
"I intended going to Wiesbaden, but
I am ready to return to America imme?
diately to right this case, even at the
jeopardy of my life.
"I'fail, to see'why Charles W. Morse
is more closely interested in the af?
fairs of the Virginia Shipbuilding
Company than its president, directors
and advisers. The Shipping Board has
received its ships back from us. Now
it wants its money besides.
Case Comes "Out of Clear Sky"
"They are trying to convert a civil
case into a criminal charge. This so
called investigation has been going on
in Washington since July. I have been
in Washington since that time, but this
case must come out of a clear sky by
wireless while I am fifteen hundred
miles away from home."
Mr. Morse had luncheon on board
ship,, and. he had for a guest Police
Commissioner Fabiani of Havre. Over
the coffee and cigarettes Mr. Morse
specified conditions under which he
would return to the United States,
making it clear that if he were arrested
he would fight extradition.
The French police conferred with
American Consul General Ingram.
Shortly thereafter Mr. Morse was es?
corted to the Continental Hotel. He
was not arrested. And, unless some?
thing happens to alter the situation, he
(Continues on page three)
Attempt Made to Wreck
Trains on N. Y.,N. H. & H.
Ties Placed on Tracks; New
York and Boston Mail Car
rier Strikes Obstruction *
NEW LONDON, Conn., Dec. 2.?-An
attempt was made last night to wreck
trains on the Shore Line division of
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad at Chalker's Bridge, two miles
west of Saybrook Junction. Ties were
found obstructing the rails.
On October 3 east-bound train No. 3
was derailed east of Saybrook Junction.
The plunger rail of the derailing de?
vice had been plugged, leaving the
semaphore covering the derail clear.
Last night Mail Train 30 between New
York and Boston struck an obstruction
west of Saybrook. The "owl" train, No.
32, also reported striking something at
the same point.
Investigation revealed that "ties
which had been placed on the track
had been thrown aside by the wheels.
Three large ties were found almost cut
in twain.
FLORIDA? ATLANTIC COAST LINK. Pre?
eminently th* Florida Route, with chotc-? of
6 thru trains dally. Coll at 1246 Broadway.
?Advt. J u- H
Arbuckle Jury
Reported 11 to I
For Acquittal
Woman Said To Be Holding
Out Alone for Conviction
of Film Star, Who Heard
Lawyer's Pleas Unmoved
Locked Up at 11 P. M.
Prisoner Lolls Sleepily in
Seat as Attorney Qnotes
From Bible for Defence
, Special Dispatch to The Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.?After six
and three-quarters hours of deliberat?
ing, the jury trying Roscoe C. (Fatty)
Arbuckle on a charge pf manslaughter
reported at 11 o'clock^ to-night that it
had failed to reach a verdict, and was
locked, up for the night. According to
report the last ballot taken stood 11
to 1 for acquittal. Large crowds
waited patiently outside the court?
room for the jury's decision.
Though he had been unmoved by
either the tearful pleading of his own
attorneys, who pictured him as a play?
ful boy who had brought merriment
to the hearts of millions of children,
or by the vitriolic attacks by the prose?
cution, picturing him as a cold-blood?
ed torturer of a dying; girl, "Fatty"
Arbuckle was visibly uneasy through?
out the ordeal of waiting for the ver?
dict. As the bailiff, on several occa?
sions was called into the Jury room,
Arbuckle, who had lolled in his chair
during the closing hours of the trial,
sat up and his bands trembled.
When the jury received its final in?
structions and filed out "Fatty" rolled
a few paper balls, yawned and straight?
ened up as one awakening from sound
slumber.
Defense Quotes Christ
Gavin McNab, chief of counsel for
Arbuckle, in his closing address said:
"Since Christ said 'SufFer little chil?
dren to come unto Me' the instinct of
little children has always gone out to
good men, never to bad, und Arbuckle,
crucified" here by speech, but not by
evidence, has sweetened human exist?
ence by the laughter of millions and
millions of children."
There were tears; in the eyes of the
i lawyer-laird as he submitted the case
? and took his seat. There were tears
! in the eyes of one of the jurors.
McNab called the prosecution's case
a farce, a comic valentine brought
into a cathedral. He called the finger?
print evidence brought to show a
struggle between Arbuckle and Miss
Rappe the proof that the human mind
has not changed greatly since the days
when men believed in witchcraft. He
painted the picture of Arbuckle carry?
ing the limp body of Miss Rappe down
the corridor as "one more beautiful
and more pathetic than any scene i.i
his pictures on the screen."
Assails "Witness Prison"
He alluded to the state's witness as
an overtrained witness and an under
traijied nurse. He asked if Miss Pre
vor. and Miss Blake had been im?
prisoned by the District Attorney only
because they were poor and helpless.
He asked why other witnesses were not
! (Continued on page three)
Liquor Found After Two
Are Killed in Auto Crash
Brooklyn Vehicle Hits Car Car?
rying Connecticut Sana?
torium Patients
NORWALK, Conn., Dec. 2.?Two men
were killed and three others injured in
a collision between two automobiles at
Nash's Corner, in Westport, this after?
noon. At the direction of Coroner
Phelan, the driver of one of the ma?
chines, Harry Furgazy, of Brooklyn,
was arrested to-night. The men killed
were John Accarino, of Brooklyn, and
George W. Dilworth, of Westport.
Constable Kirk was stopped by wit?
nesses that one car in the crash was
carrying liquor and that one. of the
injured men was seen to "throw several
bottles from the wrecked machine. The
constable searched the vicinity and
found two partly fitted bottles of ?gin.
The constable was told that this ma?
chine was traveling fifty miles an
hour when it rounded the da.igerous
curve in the Boston Post Road and
struck the other machine.
The driver of the other car was
George W. Dilworth, of Westport. Ha
died to-night in the Norwalk Hospital.
His passengers were two patients from
a Westport sanitarium and a nurse, all
of whom were unhurt.
Furgazy has a fractured arm and the
two othej? injured are Angelo Mace
and Elia >Jatolitano, -joth of this city,
who wererwith the Brooklyn men.
'Police Seize,
Court Frees,
Sauger Aid
| Woman Witness Arrested
During Inquiry Into
! Legality of Birth Con?
trol McetingatTownHall
j Action Denounced
As Intimidation
| Complaint Is Dismissed
Quickly, as Evidence of
LawBreakingls Lacking
Mrs. Juliet Barrett Rublee, of 242
Wejst Forty-ninth Street, whose hus?
band is George Rublee, a Wall Street
broker, Was arrested at yesterday's ses?
sion of the police investigation into
the Town Hall birth control meeting
of November 13. She was charged
with violating Section 1112 of the New
York Penal Code, relating to the dis?
semination of birth control informa
1 tion. Policeman Thomas Murphy, a
j stenographer at Headquarters, made
! the arrest at the direction of Assistant
| Corporation Counsel Martin Dolphin.
Murphy said he was ready to assume
all responsibility in the case.
Mrs. Rublee was arraigned before
? Magistrate Peter J. Hatting in Tombs
: court. At the request of Assistant
i District Attornev James J. Wilson, the
| court dismissed tne complaint because
i of insufficient evidence. This is the
? third ease of the kind in one month. ?
j The same procedure and result were I
' recorded in the cases of Mrs. Margaret I
i Ranger, birth control leader, and Miss !
! Mary Windsor, a speaker at the No
; vember 13 Town Hall meeting.
Intimidation Plan Charged
After the case against her was dis
; missed Mrs. Rublee said:
I "It is all done in an effort to intimi
i date me. It is the most high-handed
! thing I ever heard of. You know I
? have received missives threatening my I
' life. I cannot be intimidated. I do not '
; scare easily."
! "It is persecution and attempt at in
| timidation," said Mrs. S?nger. "It is
I stupidity of the most absurd sort. The
! police are constantly exceeding their
I authority, but they do not seem to get
i anywhere."
Robert McC. Marsh, attorney for the
| American Birth Control League, inti
I mated that he intended to finish what
; ever it .was the police had begun. He
: admitted that suits, civil and criminal,
! are being prepared to guard the inter
i ests of the league.
The arrest of Mrs. Rublee broke up
i the police investigation, which was
! closed to the public. The arrest of
; Mrs. Rublee also prevented Albert Do
1 Silver, counsel of the American Civil
; Liberties Union, from demanding that
! Chief Inspector > William J. Lahty
; produce Monsignor Dineen, secretary
! to Archbishop Hayes, of the Roman
I Catholic archdiocese, who has been
i named as the complainant in the Town
| Hall case. The civil liberties union,
! which is interested in free speech, de
? sired to have Monsignor Dineen qucs
i tioned.
No Warrant Produced
i Mrs. Rublee. was taken from the
1 witness stand into the custody ol the
| policeman after she had admitted that I
I she attended the Town Hall meeting j
! and had read the statute section num
' bered 1,142. Her attorney, Mr. Marsh,
, denounced the proceeding as a high
| handed move and asked for a display
I of warrant, but no warrant was shown.
Mrs. Rublee, her attorney and I
j friends, ami Foiictman Murphy, went I
to luncheon in Mrs. Frances Acker- |
i man's car and then to the Tombs court. I
; The court attaches declared a lack of I
i jurisdiction, saying that if the of- !
fense alleged had been committed at
the Town Hall the complaint should
; be tiled in that district. Mrs. Rublee
1 was brought before Magistrate Hat- |
1 ting and Assistant District Attorney
| Wilson said:
"Your honor, 1 have no evidence in
this case. The police heve furnished
; nothing to the District Attorney's of
| lice."
"I understand the police are mak?
ing this complaint. We will give them
more time, until 3:30," the court
suggested.
"If 1 have not sufficient evidence by ?
I 3:30 I'll dismiss the whole thing," re- ?
sponded Mr. Wilson.
Evidence Is Lacking
After a long wait, during which a
! whole squad of policemen stood
j around and stared at Mrs. Rublee, the
? police brought in the complaint. Mr.
i Wilson and Mr. Marsh looked it over.
! Mr. Marsh said it didn't mean any?
thing and Mr. Wilson said there was
? 130 evidence.
The complaint, after outlining the
?section numbered 1,142, charged:
; That a meeting was held in Town
i Hall November 13 and th.it the pur
i pose was to spread birth control iti
! formation, and upon questioning the
! defendant by one Chief Inspector
j (Continued on page six)
?f Big Three" Naval Agreement
Awaits Approval by Tokio;
U. S. May Curtail Pacific Bases
Settlement of Shantung
Question Comes Down
to Problem of Control
of Tsingtao Rail Lines
Japan-China Envoys
Debate This Issue
-,? ,
Delegations Hold to First ?
Contention ; Prospect !
of Agreement Is Goodi
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (By The As?
sociated Press). ? Delegates of China
and Japan in their conversations
brought about by the Hughes-Balfour
offer of good offices for the settle?
ment of thet Shantung controversy
went to the very heart of the dispute
to-day, each nation reasserting posi?
tions taken in the four recent notes
exchanged between Tokio and Peking,
with particular reference ,to the
Tsingtao-Tsinanfu Railroad.
The Chinese delegates "made clear"
that in entering into this informal
conference for the settlement of the
Shantung dispute they had "no desire
to have it inferred" that China had
receded from its known attitude with
reference to the treaties and statutes
which are in dist.ute between the two
countries relative to the Kiaochau
leasehold.
The Japanese delegates presented the
Japanese position concerning control
of the Tsingtao-Tsinanfu Railroad on
the basis of the Japanese note of Sep?
tember 7, looking to joint control.
Delegates participating in the meet?
ing to-day made known that the con?
versations were conducted in a frank
and friendly spirit. Conversations will
be resumed Monday afternoon, when the
discussion on control of the railroads
will be continued.
Question of Control
Informal "round table" discussions
which followed presentation of the po?
sitions of the respective countries rela?
tive to the disputed Kiaochau leased
territory, centered immediately upon
the question of control of the railroad.
Both delegation's conceded at the out?
set that no settlement could be reached
until this question was disposed of.
Dr. Wellington Koo, for China, re?
asserted the position that the railroad
be owned and administered by the Chi?
nese government, as set forth in China's
reply of October 5 to Japan's offer of
September 7 to restore the Kiaochau
leasehold conditionally.
The first step directed toward a
modification of positions on either side
remains to be taken. China's stand for
undivided authority over the railroad
was said by a member of the Chinese
delegation after the meeting still to
be firm.
"Actual Facts" the Basis
A communique regarding the discus?
sion this afternoon said, in part:
"It was agreed that in discussing the
Shantung question 'the delegations
would take the actual facts and not the
academic viewpoints as the basis of
discussion, which will be for the sole
purpose of promoting mutual under?
standing and good neighborhood be?
tween China and Japan, and withvut
giving ground for the least inferences
that I he discussion will be based on the
treatv arrangements which have been
in dispute between these two countries
or others.
"An interchange of views on tho
question of Kiaochau-Tsinan (Tsingtao
Tsinanfu) Railway then took place and
this discussion will be continued at
another meeting."
Supports Mother-iu-Law,
But Can't Help Mother
Gustave Widmann, forty-live years
old, summoned ?ti Jamaica Court yes-1
terday for failure to contribute to his;
mother's support, told the magistrate
he Was the sole support of his mother
in-law. Widmann pointed to the Biblical
injunction that man's duty is to leave
his parents and "cleave unto his wife."
He said it seemed to him this was in?
tended to include his mother-in-law.
"I can't take care of my mother and
my mother-in-law also." said Widmann. ;
"I have been going on the principle
that with a married man his mother-in
law ought to be first."
Widmann was brought into court
with his brother, John Widmann, thir
ty-eight years old, of 51 Fosdick Ave- !
nue, Glenda?e, L. I. Both are to have
a hearing on the charge of failure to
contribute in Jamaica Court Wednesday.
Men Stole $29,000 From Bank
To Be Bootleggers, Say Police
Jacob Sleischmann and Harry Bren- (
I ner were arrested last night charged :
?with Stealing $29,000 from the Broad- j
way Central Bank, 2574 Broadway, near
i Ninety-seventh Street, although they
said, according to the police, that they
| had invested the money in a bootleg
i gi33g enterprise which was doing very
1 nicely and intended to make restitu
: tion as soon as the business war
: ranted it.
Brenner, who lives with his wife and
! two children at 367 East 155th Street,
? is a bookkeeper at the bank. Sleisch?
mann, a widower with one son, who '
?lives at 300 West 116th Street, kept1
? a comparatively small balance at the j
I institution prior to last August.
Brenner is accused of crediting to \
; Sleischmann's account deposits made
' by other patrons of the bank, to the
! amount of $29,000, between August 1 j
j and November 20. According t.i De-j
I tectives Love and Fitzpatrick of the '
i West 100th Street police station, who
| arrested the pair at Third Avenue and
! Eighty-seventh Street, they acknowl
[ edged the truth of the allegation,
i The detectives eaid that they ex
plained their action by declaring that
Sleischmann, who was able to get
liquor withdrawal permits, had per?
suaded Brenner to enter the liquor
business with him, supplying the capi?
tal from the accounts of other deposi?
tors.
Whatever money Sleischmann was
compelled to draw for purposes of the
business the bank bookkeeper is said
to have made good from the accounts
of other depositors. According to the
detectives, ?Brenner said that they had
just completed a denl which netted them
$300 apiece, and, if business kept up
at this rate, expected to make restitu?
tion to the bank before many months
had passed.
Last month, however, Anthony Ziesat,
manager of the bank, had an account?
ant go over Brenner's books. He re?
ported a shortage of $29,000 on No?
vember 20, and the following day the
police were notified. Since then Love
and Fitzpatrick have been trailing the
bookkeeper. Noting his frequent con?
ferences ?with Sleischmann, who, they
found, was a depositor whose account
had b*.en consistently larger since" Au?
gust lv they arrested both of them
when ??iey met ?aBt night.
f?-'-;
Japan Leaves Decision on Navy
Ratio Entirely in Kato's Hands
TOKIO, Dec. 2 (By The Associated Press).?The government has
decided to leave the ratio of warships entirely in the hands of Admiral
Baron Kato for decision, and has communicated to him to that effect,
according to apparently authentic reports here. This development was
given publicity prior to the receipt of news dispatches from Washing?
ton containing an announcement by Prince Tokugawa on the same
subject, and followed on the heels of extended press discussions on the
question of the warship ratio, which on the part of some of the lesser
journals had become almost abusive.
The "Jiji Shimpo," arguing for the Allies, says: "The pending
ratio issue will, after all, be insignificant when a proper understanding
is reached on the form of agreement for the maintenance of peace in
the Pacific."
The "Asahi Shimbun" believes that an entente superseding the
Anglo-Japanese Alliance would eventually grow into an association of
nations which would be welcomed by all the world and would not be
inconsistent with the League of Natipns.
The "Yomi-Uri Shimbun" warns Baron Kato not to push his con?
tention to the breaking point.
_ _ _ i,
Britain Offers
France Parley
On Kemal Pact
Paris to Reply With Coun-j
ter Proposal including
Reparations and Other
Issues in Discussion
To Fight Moratorium |
London Said to Favor Re?
nouncing All German
Payments for 4 \ears
?Special fable lo The Trlbutte
Copyright, 1921, New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, Dec-2.?The murky air of
Anglo-French misunderstandings was
cleared up temporarily to-night by the
government's receipt of a proposal from
England for an immediate conference
on the question of the Franco-Turkish
treaty. This subject and the morato?
rium proposal of Germany are tho main
issues between the two governments.
The French government learned to?
night that Btitain proposes to renounce
for herself all payments from Germany
for a period of four years, permitting
France to receive whatever Germany
is able to disburse in goods, or other?
wise in that period.
The Tribune was informed that
France will make a counter demand
that the conference with the British
?epresentatives in London, Paris or
elsewhere, discuss not only the Near
East, but .all questions at issue, in?
cluding reparations. It is regarded as
doubtful whether any British proposal
for a moratorium for Germany would
be successful, but it will form a basis
for a discussion which has more pros?
pect of reaching a final settlement
than any hitherto proposed.
Opposed by Democratic Left
It is learned that the Democratic !
Left in the Senate is preparing to vote
an order of the day against the mora?
torium project. This group comprises
150 Senators.
Simultaneously with other develop?
ments, the Reparations Commission to?
night telegraphed the German govern- :
| ment its unanimous decision to insist
j on the January and February install?
ments, of the indemnity, aggregating
775,000,000 gold marks, failure of;
| which will result in grave results to i
j Germany. The commission urges that !
i the government either obtain necessary j
I funds from its own nationals who pos- !
?sess foreign moneys or negotiate from j
foreign lenders. The opinion was ex?
pressed that the fall of the mark was
due to the government's failure to take j
steps to balance the budget, increasing j
1 internal expenditures, and the issuance
of unnecessary paper.
Huge Loan Sought
LONDON, Dec. 2 ( By The Associated
Press).? Walter Rathenau, formerly)
German Minister of Reconstruction, is j
; negotiating with Sir Robert Home, j
| Chancellor of .the Exchequer, and with j
! officials of ti??* Bank of England for a !
loan of ?50,000.000 to Germany, it was!
learned on high authority here to-day. j
It was understood Herr Rathenau !
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15 Husbands in Service, j
Collects on All, U. S. Says1
Brooklyn Woman Held in Chi- j
cago Jail While She Tries to !
Recall Names of 11 Mates
CHICAGO, Dec. 2.?-Helen Ferguson
Drexler, daughter of a Brooklyn, N. Y.,
family, who admits she is a "nut on I
so.diers and sailors, but doesn't like ?
marines," is in a cell at the county jail I
here trying to recall the names of j
eleven of her fifteen husbands.
Equipped with one baby and a pen-j
chant for hero husbands, the govern- \
ment declares Mrs. Drexler has col- j
lected as high as $400 a month in sol- i
diers* allotment checks from the United j
States for the last three years. The !
baby Was listed as the child of each !
successive husband and drew an allot- |
ment too.
In 1917, she' says, she was married to |
Wilfred Taylor, a soldier, and they had
a son, now three years old.
Next she was married to Paul Moler.
a soldier; then Thomas Meehan, a
sailor, at Great Lakes, and next Albert.
Drexler, a soldier, at Camp Grant. Al?
though she has retained Drexler's name
there have been at least eleven hus?
bands since* then, sha estimates. She
? never obtained a divorce from any of
them, she eays. ,
Briand, in Paris,
Has Conference
On Reparations
Loses No Time in Getting
Into Thick of Problem
That Threatens Break Be?
tween France and England
Speaks to People of Havre
He Declares Position of His
Country Now Has Been
Made Clear to the World
By Wilbur Forrest
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright, 1921, New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, Dec. 2.?Premier Briand
landed on French soil to-day, after his
effort in Washington to impress
France's need of adequate defenses,
and to-night he was again in Paris,
j struggling with "the knotty problems
of reparations, which are vexing the
Allies almost to the point of a breach
between France and England.
The Premier landed at Havre at 11
o'clock this morning, announcing that
he had had an ideal voyage and was
satisfied with the results of his so?
journ in Washington. He arrived in
Paris on a special train at 3:30 p. m.
j and immediately motored to the Quai
i d'Orsay, where he held a lengthy con?
ference with President Millerand.
The Premier talked through almost
the entire journey from Havre with
j Louis Loucheur, Minister of Devastated
| Regions, on France's position on the
| reparations problem, and it was this
subject which occupied his hour-long
talk with President Millerand.
In Sparkling Humor
The Premier was in a sparkling
i humor as he received the correspond?
ents at the Foreign Office to-night, de
] daring he would like nothing better
than to have remained in Washington
j foe the entire conference. He would
! have done so, he added, if the inter
i pellators in the Chamber of Deputies
j had been able to spare the presence in
! Paris of a Premier they think has no
; other duty but to answer their criti
| cisms,
Briand repeated that France intends
to do her share toward the reduction
of_Jand armaments and will soon cut
them down 50 per cent. He did not
believe that the vital leparations ques?
tion now troubling Europe would be
introduced at the conference, whose
agenda were fixed on the limitation of
armaments and the Pacific problem:-!,
but it was certain that another meet?
ing would take place, at which these
questions would be discussed.
"The Washington conference, under
the rules now promulgated, could not
extend the agenda or call in certain
other powers aside from those repre?
sented without the unanimous consent
of all the powers involved," said the
Premier, in commenting on reports
that Germany and Russia probably
would be summoned to Washington and
that the injection of European prob?
lems would result.
"I have this assurance from Presi?
dent Harding himself in various con
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Fresh Unrest in Corea
Worries the Japanese
Arms Conference and Assassi?
nation of Hara Said to Have
Excited Activities
WASHINGTON, Dec. ? (By The As?
sociated Press?.? Opening of the Con?
ference on Limitation of Armament and
the assassination of Premier Hara of
Japan have revived the Nationalist
movement throughout Corea, according
to advices received in Japanese circles
here. No disturbances have occurred,
the dispatches said, which called for
direct police interference, but the sit?
uation was said to be causing some
anxiety.
The revival of the independence
spirit also wa.i. ascribed in part to the
release from prison of thirty-one lead?
ers of the. insurrectionary movement
of 1919, which was accompanied by con?
siderable bloodshed. The Coreans were
given their liberty under a general
amnesty proclamation of the Japanese
Emperor. Among the released was Choi
Nam Syen, author of the famous Corean
proclamation of independence.
When you think at Writ In*,
think of Waiting. ?ajdvu
Official Action Delayed
While Japanese Submit
"5-5-3" Ratio Terms to
the Nippon Government
America Offers
Some Concessions
Will Cease Philippine and
GuamFortificationWork
if Japan Limits HerForts
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.?A two
hour conference by the "Big Three"
?Hughes, Balfour and Kato?is un
I dorstood to have reached the very
| verge of a naval ratio greement.
| Within a few minutes after adjourn
i ment optimism as to the outcome
! radiated from all three delegations.
In one quarter it was said the only
: thing which blocked an official agree?
ment on the "5-5-3" ratio was the
fact that the Japanese were required
to cable to Tokio. At any rate, it is
understood that the Japanese began
cabling a report on the situation
within an hour after the conclusion
of the conference.
Far Eagt Involved
It also became clear that the real
question being debated at such length
was not the merits of a 60 per cent
ratio for Japan, instead of a 70 per
cent ratio, but other considerations
or concessions which the Japanese
insist upon if they are to accept the
American naval proposals. These re?
late particularly to Far Eastern
questions, but are concerned with
fortifications in that part of the
world.
To-day's meeting of the "Big: Three"
was the first formal meeting at which
! the big problem of the conference?the
jnp.val ratio?was the question to be dis
! posed of. No official statement as to
! what took place at the meeting was
; given besides the following commu
I nique:
j "Mr. Balfour, Baron Kato and Mr.
j Hughes met at the State Department
j this afternoon and had an extended
j interview with respect to the nava!
I proposal. No comment on the inter
! view can be made at. this time."
British Are Optimistic
After the meeting of the "Big Three"
a British spokesman said:
"It was a most successful meeting.
j Important provisional decisions were
?made. Any announcements that may be
j made are to come from the Japanese."
! The Japanese would make little com
! ment. An American adviser of th?i
Japanese delegation agreed, however,
that the British estimate of the result
of the two-hour conference was not too
sanguine. Katsji Debuchi, the coun?
selor of embassy, who ordinarily ar?
ranges interviews between Admiral
j Baron Kato and the press, said that
it would be impossible for his chief
to make any statement to-r?ght. He
i was told what had been said by Ameriv
j cans and British presumably in a po
i sition to know the result of that con
| ference. But he declined to commit
! himself beyond:
"Well, optimism is the correct word.
I There is nothing else to say to-night.''
Proposal Made to Japan
It is understood that the view which
the Harding Administration has reached
i after much study and consultation with
j military and naval experts with regard
I to fortifications in the Far East?after
j they had learned what it was that the
Japanese really wanted on this q?es
tion?was advanced to Baron Kato at
! tiie e inference.
This is that the American govern?
ment, duly considering the willingness
of Japan to agree to stop the armament
race f.nd keep the naval strengths Of
the two countries precisely as they are
! during a Ion? period of years -ten
? years is only the naval holiday, where
| as the ratio extends to the replacement
i period which will follow --and also
! considering the willingness of Japan
; to reach an agreement on ail *the Pa
! cific and Far Eastern controversies be
I tween the two governments, is willing
| to make ceitain other agreements.
Would Halt Fortifications
One of these is not to build any for
| ther fortifications in the Philippines
I or Gaum. In connection with this
? pledge, however, the Americans demand
| that the Japanese also cease the con
| struction of fortifications in the island?
| known as the Pescadores, which lie just
i to the west of the southern half of
?"Formosa and command the trade, route
i leading up from the China S-.a through
i the Formosa Strait ??...?; thence up along
the coast of China and the west coast
? of Japan.
This question about the fortification
i of this group of islands was raised
I to-day. L'ntil now it had been thought
; that the American ideas would be met
? if the Japanese should agree not to for
j tify the Caroline and Marshall islands,
i over which they were given a mandata
| following the Paris p-?ace conference,
j these islands being no?th of the equa
| tor and, therefore, assigned to Japan
under that agreement, while those
i south of the Equator were assigned
to Australia and New Zealond.
Laid to Domestic Politics
From the point of view of the Japs?
i nese delegates, and the Japanese Cabi
? net they represent, the chief interest
! in this demand that the American? do
j not construct any further fortifications
? in the Philippines and Guam is said
j to be domestic politics. The Japanes?
j delegates for some time have been will?
ing to accept the naval ratio of "5-5-$'*
on its own merits, and have not hesi*?
' tated, in some instances, to admit it.
There are many complications, however.