ALL MERCHANDISE ADVERTISED IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED First to Last?the Truth: News? Editorials?Advertisements Vol. LXXXI No. 27,439 (?'?ip.vrlKlii. 1021. New York Trllnm? Inc.) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, ?921 ** * * * THE W E A TH E R rnnetfled antl warmer to-day, fotto**red by rain or snow; partly cloudy and cofder to-morrow; wind? shifting to northwest rule I oil Report ?i> Lftfrt P< I '*? TWO CENTS In (?reater Now TorV THKEE CKKTB I EOTR CENTS Within 201 Miles I fcleeww?? One Killed, 19 Hurt, as V Trains Crash Rescuer? Use Axes to Free Passengers Pinned by Debris of WoodenCoach in Ninth Ave. Collision SOU Led to Safety: ! Fire Peril Averted panyReceive Minor Hurls ?n Panic as Cars Stalled Near tOtb St. Are Hit n-.-r person was. killed and nineteen ?ere injured in a rear-end collision of louthbound trains en the Ninth Avenne jlerated rond between Fortieth and Forty-second streets ju?t after 7 o'clock last night. One of the train.-, both of which wer? ?f four cars, had reached Fortieth Stree:, when its ?noter stalled. Motor man Vat rick Garvigan ran back to investigate the cause and was about. to return **r*ben the following train, in chair? of Motorman Anthony Ala brai'is tore into !he rear coach of t'.o stationary train at .? .speed of eighteen miles an hour. The forward car oc the moving train ?was of wood. H telescoped and pinned thirty men and women passengers ?mid a mass or splintered debris. The rear car of the standing train was of steel. It was hoisted on end by the force of the collision, but remained in Passengers Hurl in Rush Passengers In both fains were thrown from their -'eats and many suf Med injurvin the wild scramble for Bits. A short circuit1 sent blue flames twenty feet in the air and for a few minutes danger of a disastrous live mpeared imminent. Quick work i? ?mmunication with the power depart I ? resulted in cutting: oft' electric e'jrrent before the shattered wooden gjsches ignited. There -.vete 500 passengers m the eight cars. Virtually all o?' those in the forward car of tlio moving train Srerc injured. One man, an Italian. }pe police believe, was pinned under jammed seats. lie died before being i.'- a'tcd. Traffic o? Line Tied Up Traffic on tin* Ninth Avenuo line was ?jkapended following 'he wreck Trains c?iitaining thousands of passengers vere stalled from Porty-second Street 1j South Ferry. Ten minutes after the cfash orders were issued to stop trains proceeding north and south. During the rescue work of fire and squads many ''musands congre ted en Ninth Avenue. Police reser-r?s experienced difficulty in keeping streets ?floared for ambulances. Fire ladders .???,.; elevated against the "L" struc i'. ' for more than a block, and many fassengers were assisted to the street bv their use. Mayer Hylan, after viewing the '?:."?!;. aid: "Responsibility for this wreck rests ?it1: the Intcrborough Rapid 'transit Company. I :' they had not used old wooden cars the injuries would have ken hnpos iMe." Leroy 1. Harkness, transit commis ?Honer, refused to make a statement. When asked for au expression as*to EWponsibiJity for the accident he said '?? ?"?? would be time enough when h? had been given an opportunity to in? vestigate it. An hour after the collision Mayor | ???? ; id Commissioner Harkness ?"'* : to coi fer? neo with Robert Ridg Wy. chief engineer of the commission. Harry \\ Lat? ; . ? ngine?r of equipment a''d operation of the Transit Commis .??ral inspectors reported tl Mayor and conferees during the evening. Women Spectator?? Faint Traffic was not resumed on north? bound tracks until 10 o'clock. By that time wrecking crews had tossed the Week debris into Ninth Avenue, whence it was removed by motor trucks. A curious feature of the excitement attending rescue work was a panic in apartment houses on both sides of Ninth Avenue, tenants of which viewed the wreck from their windows. Sev i Continued on gas? three) Firr Drives 200 Hotel Guests Into Streets Smoke From Burning oakery Causes Many to Flee From BetlH in Scanty Attire A ;,re which destroyed a one-story Wkery in the rear of 4 Union Square at an early hour this morning drove War?r two hundred guests of two ?Ot*;a situated near the bakery to the street. "Hit bjaze was discovered bv Peter ?urns, twenty years old, of 401 Fast inirteenth Street, who turned in an alarm. Before the arrival of Engine yompany 14 smoke from the burnimr ?wilding began to pour into the Hotel J*cleaV, at 102-104 East Fourteenth street. The night clerk notified tho ??nager, M. m. Stockton, who, going othc Switchboard, aroused each of his '???'pests. There was some confusion ?s the men, women and children in the ?-j , ft t,len' rooms in scanty attire and hurried to the street. hmoke also entered the New York ?athskeller, which is located at 100 East 'owrteentn Street, and the seventv-five 5? V'1 the p,aec Icft ihe building in *n orderly manner. All returned to wir rooms after the blaze had been ^wngnished. The cause of the fire is Egyptian Troops Fir? On Mobs During Rioting *'v? Reported Slain and Fifteen Wounded in Outbreak at Fis-na t'AlRo. Dec. 30 (By The Associated j/**sJ---During rioting at K. ^yptian troops were compelled to lire ? the mobs. It is reported that five Pmone were killed and fifteen *ounded. ?J*id Zagloul Pasha, Nationalist r?*~?r' and his five followers, who were -?rested at Cairo last Friday, sailed . ?*? Suez for Ceylon last night. Day Resorts to Injunctions to Keep Broadway Dry To-night Gels? U. S. Court Order Against Shttiiley's; Plants'| ! 55 Raiders at Choice Ta? bles in White Light Cafes Cold and dry?extra dry, 33i fact was State Prohibition Director Ralph | A. Day's prediction yesterday for New ; Year's Eve on Broadway. Not only !that thoroughfare but every street in the city frequented by holiday-makers on the ex-festival of New Year's Eve ?is to be as dry as enforcement agesits and injunctions can-make it, accord? ing to Mr. Day. The injunction adjunct to his Forces was invoked by Mr. Hay yesterday. : He obtained a temporary injunction from Judge A. N. Hand of the United : States District. Court to restrain the I management of Shanley's Restaurant, j 117 West Forty-second Street, from ! selling liquor. Application for the injunction was ! made under the "common public nuis I anco" section of the Volstead act. Not ; 033ly is the offender liable to the usual penalty for infraction of the law, but under tliis section his place of busi? ness may bo closed for a year, and in defying the order of the court he is guilty of contempt of court, for which ; an additional penalty may he inflicicd. ? It is Mr. Day's intention to resort ; freely to the use of injunctions in his . campaign against Now Year's Eve liquor, and he intends, regardless o? i the conduct of the defendants on that holiday, to prosecute the proceedings to??he end and urge that the injunc i tiens be made permanent. Besides the injunctions, he will have ; 155 enforcement agents abroad New : Year's Eve. Many of them, he ?aid Il??-'-'- I ? Good Liquor Scarce; 11 Dead Here So Far from ?'/i? T>-ibunc.'.-i Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Dee, SO.?"We harr made if- extremely hard to get good liquor in New York," said James E." Jones, acting Pro? hibition Conwiissionei', to-day, "Ninety-eight per cent of the stuff co)iH;d" was ? found. It had been thrown back ; across a wall settee. The furnishings '. of this, chamber were even more com ? pletely demolished than those of the ; one in which Horn Shew was found, ! indicating that Horn's guest had i fought more desperately than his nost. I In this man's pocket a birth certificate issued in San Francisco was found. It recorded the birth of Tom Sat, i thirty-one years ago. Detectives, after a superficial cxami ? nation, dismissed the theory that the i two men had killed each other. On the | wail of the living room they found a i large portrait of Horn and his American (Continued on pan? four) Familiar Fraud Said to Yield Million in City Four Arrested Accused of Obtaining Business Men's Si-gnatures in an Exten? sive Directory Swindle Collected for6Advertising' Trick Formerly Was Worked by Fake Book Agents With Farmers as Victims . ? Four men were arrested yesterday following their indictment on charge* of second degree grand larceny who are said to have lived in luxury for years on the profits of a business di? rectory swindle as simple as that with which fake book agents used to de? ceive farmers into signing promissory notes. The alleged victims \n this ease, : however, were not farmers, but some | of the most prominent business houses j of the country. Joab IP Bariton, acting District Attorney, estimated that at | least $1,000,000 had been obtained from firms in this city. Game Was Old in 1907 According to Detective Joseph A. | Daly and representatives of the vigi I lance committee of the Associated Ad I vertising Clubs of the World, who, | with Jerome Simmons, Assistant Dis l trict Attorney, have been hunting for ! months for the perpetrators of the al j leged fraud, the game was a profitable I one as far back as 1907 and was an old [ one then. The prisoners are Jame? H. White | of ?17 West 142d Street; his brothers j John F. White, of 309 Bedford Part ! Boulevard, the Bronx, and Michae j White, of 156 Fifth Avenue, and Wil I liam B. Orr, of 1715 Seventieth Street I Brooklyn. Arthur A. Bowen, of RfU ? West End Avenue, a solicitor for th< ! alleged fake business directories, wa: indicted two weeks ago. The four men arrested as principal! are said to have devoted their entir? business careers to the scheme and, a the time of their arrest to have de veloped it to such an extent that the; actually had purchased and publishei annually an apparently l?gitim?t business directory, the principal profi in which, so far as they are concerned is said to be the obtaining, in its name of the signatures of business men t I subscription blanks, which later ar ? altered, by changing the first line, t j advertising contracts. That is the essence of the game th men arc said to have practiced. Thei j solicitors, it is alleged, would approac the head of a firm or some other big ? official and explain that a new bulinoa i directory was to be published, and i I order to gain firm foothold its put I Ushers had authorized tbem to sen i complimentary copies to certain higr I class business houses.? Method of Working Scheme The president, or the secretary, c ! the treasurer, it is alleged, would h ? asked simply as a matter of form an | to keep the record straight, to sign h ! naine to an application blank for on of the complimentary copies. Substitution of one or more lines f< the first line of the application forr it is said, changed the blank into a advertising contract to which, < course, the name of the officer of tl company was affixed. Detective Da is said to have discovered yesterd? the negro printer in Harlem who hf been doing this work recently. The directory, of which the allegt dupe was to get a free c^ny, i?^ said ' (Continued on sags thrss) INVESTMENT INFORMATION for the LAYMAN The Tribune is ready to help its readers with their in? vestment problems. Sec the INVESTMENT INFOR? MATION Column on the Financial Pages of to-day's Ktm $0tfi afritome IL S. Flyers Make Record For Duration Stinson and Bertaud Bat-j tie With Frostbite and Exhaustion ; Stay Up 26 Hrs., 1.9 Miiw., 35 Sees. World-? Mark Set , ! In Crippled Plane Fingers Frozen in Getting ?Needed Oil After Feed Line Supply langeais Lddie Slinson and Lloyd Bertaud, ! piloting an American JL-6 all-metal | monoplane, established a new world's record for endurance and continuous flight, at Roosevelt Field, Mine?la, Long ? Island, yesterday. Their 'official time in the air, carefully checked by a corps of observers, was determined as twen? ty-six hour.-; nineteen minutes and thirty-fiVe seconds. They eclipsed the former record by two hours and thirty three seconds. The remarkable record was completed > under dramatic circumstances in the worst weather ever encountered during a test flight: At 2 o'clock yesterday morning, when they had more than seven hours' flying before them to achieve their task, the feed line of the emergency oil tank congealed from the cold and clogged the lubricating system. At this critical moment the two pilots, exhausted by lack of sleep and benumbed by' the icy blast from the propeller, debated the. advisability of landing. After a brief discussion con? ducted by gesticulation amid the roar of the propeller, they decided to con- ' 1 tinued the flight until they had estab- | j lished a new record. Stinson Freezes Fingers Stinson then went into the cabiri. | : where the emergency oil tank was j | litted, and removing a gauntlet suc- j ? ceeded in punching a hole in the tank. ; Four of his fingers are badly frost- j ! bitten as a result. For the next nine hours they contin- ! j ued the flight under the most desperate j j conditions. Alternutely at the con- i : trois of the machine they each took ! i turns at drawing off oil from the emor I gone? tank, a quart at u time and pour i ing it into the main tank to keep the : engine going. Throughout this time ? the oil splashed from the emergency tank and be/spattered them until they : were saturated wit1) it and barely able i to see. While this was being done the tem ! perature in the machine was several ! degrees below zero and a sixty-mile i gafe was sweeping over .the reaches i ! of Long Island. The record-breaking flight began at I ? the official time of 8:58:15 o'clock 1 Thursday morning, when the mono i plane took off from Roosevelt Field ! ii3 a heavy snowstorm. For three hours i it fiew while huge white flakes set ! tied upon the field below. The difl'i '-. culty of flying under this condition 'was described by Bertaud when he ? : had recovered his voice after landing: j I "At times," he said, "we were only i '. fifty or sixty feet above the ground. ? ! We had to dodge church spires and ; : chimneys frequently. Once when I was I i at the controls I almost hit the old ? : chimney of the Camp Mills Hospital, which is about 100 feet high. We \ I were then going about, ninety-five ! ' miles an hour, far too fast for en-j durance purposes, but we were so close ? to the ground we didn't dare cut the ! 1 motor down, as we would have lost ! ' altitude." Aviators Battle With Cold As soon as the freshening wind ! cleared away the heavy clouds the two : ; pilots took their machine up to 2,000 ; feet, and maintained that altitude for '. the rest of the flighv,, which was con ! tinued in a terrific gale. The monoplane landed at Roosevelt Feld at 11:17:50 o'clock yesterday morning, according to the chronom? eters of the official observers. John M. 1 Larsen, owner of the machine, raced across the field to meet the airplane, but Stinson taxied over toward a tem ! porary hut that had been erected for ! the judges. '; The two exhausted pilots clambered out of the cockpit, weak, tired, grimy, I but happy, and laughed while Larsen : showered his congratulations upon . thc3n. They were deafened by the con- '? tinuous roar of the motor, and it was fully half an hour before they could ? hear a thing. i As fast as they could get their breath : in the gripping cold they told their ; j story in snatches, as follows: "The monotony was awful, and the i fatigue from the cold was terrible, i ; We did not dare to go to sleep, fearing! ? that we would become so chilled and ? i numb that when we awoke we would ? i not be. able to handle, the plane con- ' ? stantly in order to keep it at an alti- , j tudc where it would use the least i '. amount of gasoliise. ; "When we left Roosevelt Field the , (Continued on peg? tint?) i j Marines Convicted of Killing,Managua Police Sentenced to Ten dears' Im? prisonment as Result o?' Clash in Nicaragua MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 30 (By i The Associated Press).?The American ; marines who have been on trial before ! a naval tribunal composed of officers ? from the United States cruiser Galves ; ton, in connection with a clash here ? with the Nicaragua!! police, have been I found guilty of the slaying of three ! Nicaragua!! policemen. The marines have been sentenced to i ten years' imprisonment at hard labor. , Tho killing of three Nicaraguan ' policemen and the wounding of live citizens in Managua In a street fight between marines and civilians, was told of in advices from San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, last week. Washington accounts of the incident ?.id it had taken place on December S, giving the names of three American ?iiarines, who wore slightly wounded in. the fight, as Sergeant Lee Henry, of Louisville, Ky.; Corporal Ray Frey, of Carthage, Mo., and Private Arthur , Owen, of Spokane, Wash. The marines j were described as being attached to \ the American Legation. FI.OM??A ? ATLANTIC COAST UNE. I l're-enilnently ttl? Florida Route, i Through Trains dally. Office. 1246 Broadway.??dv. Powers MoveJ lo stabilize! Soviet Credit | Allied Finance Experts in Paris Seek Guaranties So Rusnia and Central; Europe IVtayBe Restored ! Plan Association Of Private Capital To Raise ?20,0Q0,0(H) Among Seven Powers, Including United States PARIS, Dec. 30 (By The Associated Press).?The economic conference held here to-day, which was attended by representatives from Various European countries, decided in principle to form an international association with a view to re-establishing the interna? tional credit Of Europe, says the Haras Agency. The plan is that the association will : be formed by private enterprise with a capital of ?20,'000,000, distributed] among France, tirent Britain, Italy, the United States and Germany. Bel- i gium and Holland will be. admitted on a smaller basis than the other coun- ' tries, while Germany will be permitted to take part on condition that she re- \ mits to the Reparations Commission half of her eventual profits. Louis Loucheur, the French Minister of Liberated Regions, presided over the j meeting, which was held at the Foreign Office, this afternoon. It was attended by British, Italian, Belgian and French financiers and business men to dis- \ cuss the European economic situation as an outgrowth of the recent discus? sion of the situation in London by Premier Lloyd George, Premier Briand and others. In the morning the French delega? tion had a preliminary exchange of views with Sir Laming Worthington Evans and the other members of the British delegation over the British memorandum on the economic situa? tion. The afternoon conference adjourned at 8 o'clock this evening. No com? munication was issued, but it is under? stood that Russia was the main sub? ject of discussion. It is declared that it was conceded that a stable financial situation must be guaranteed in that country in order to assure a fitting re? turn for capital invested, and that private property and private enter? prise must be recognized by law. The restoration of Austria is one of the objects in view. .This is considered necessary for the proper working of the newly formed states of central Europe. The participation of Germany is re? garded by the delegates to the con? ference as essential to the restoration of the economic equilibrium of Europe. Dr. Walther Rathenau, the German ' financial expert, though not present at the meeting to-day, has met and talked with some of the members of the dele? gations. The French delegation consists, be? sides M. Loucheur, of four of France's most important bankers, the president of the Credit Lyonnais, the president and general director of the Banque de Paris et Paya Bas, and the president of the Banque de l'Union Parisienne; three manufacturers of the Creusot and other steel works, and two repre? sentatives each of the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance. Big Belgian Financiers The Belgian delegation consists of the vice-governor of the Bank of Bel? gium, two large manufacturers and two representatives of Premier Theunys. The meeting of the financiers and business men is regarded in French circles as one of the most important experiments tried since the first ef? forts to bring Europe back to a peace basis. Even in French political circles, where, all efforts of British business men to intervene in European problems have been regarded with the greatest suspicion, the impression is gaining that after all business heads may be able to get ahead faster than diplomats. The French maintain their attitude of refusing to meet the Bolsheviki of? ficially, although there are indications that official circles are coming to the conclusion that the European problem can be solved only when all the great producing nations get together. Kills Horses He Cannot Feed Owner Penniless and Unable lo Find Buyer for Team NEW LONDON, Conn., Dec. 30.?John Foldbar, who lost his farm near Glas tonbury recently and most of its equip? ment through foreclosure proceedings, became desperate to-day when a week's search had failed to reveal a purchaser for his team of horses, almost his sole remaining asset. He had no feed for the animals and no money to buy any. Taking hia rifle, a bit of personal property which had escaped the auctioneer, Feldbar led the team into the woods near his home and shot the horses dead. Wagner .& Co., ? Brokers, Assign 1 For$7,500,000 | Action of House That Has 37 Widely Scattered Branches j Follows Bankruptcy Suits in New York and Chicago j - | Exchange Is Investigating i | Head of Firm Blames Clos? ing Out of Stocks on i Which Concern Was Long Announcement was made from the I rostrum of the Stock Exchange not | long before 2 o'clock yesterday that E. i W. Wagner & Co., members since April J 13, 1916, and one of the largest wire j houses in the eountry, had failed. A ! few minutes later the Committee on Business Conduct of the exchange an i nounced that it had commenced an ex | amination of the firm's affairs, as a re j suit of which the members were sum-? I moned before the committee. This was i followed by the assignment. Henry K. Kaufman, attorney, speak? ing for the firm in connection with an involuntary petition in bankruptcy filed in the afternoon, estimated liabilities at $7,500,000 and assets at $5,000,000. The petitioners in the bankruptcy I proceedings are Peter J. Rogers, 383 Park Avenue, who declares the com? pany owes him $5,000, representing money advanced for purchase of stocks on margin; Rudolph Guenther-Russell Law, Inc., 131 Cedar Street, alleging a debt of $500, and Frederick Bos cheaean, $4,000, set down as represent? ing money advanced for stocks pur? chased on margin. The attorneys for; the petitioners are Hays, Hershfield St Wolf. The assignment of the firm was made to Clarence C. Taylor and Chester Legg, of Chicago. Judge A. N. Hand ap? pointed John S. Sheppard, of 27 Cedar Street, as receiver, with abond of $200, 000. Charges Against Firm Member The causes leading up to the assign? ment were considered at a special : meeting of the governing committee : following the close of the stock mar l ket, and, although no official statement j was issued, it wan learned that serious I charges were made against the firm, of | which E. W. Wagner is the floor mem i ber. Mr. Wagner was in Chicago yes i terday. The member against whom i charges were brought is allowed ten i days to prepare his reply and then he I will be tried by the governing com I mittee. Th?1 interest of the governing I committee is associated with the cam ! paign which the Stock Exchange has | launched to make sure that no rules ! are violated. At 33 New Street, where the firm has j offices, the news of the failure brought consternation to scores of customers j seated in front of the large blackboard ! where fluctuating digits recorded the j course of the stock and commodity j markets. There was a rush to learn ! the status of their accounts, but in l quiries were met with the announce ! ment that all information must come from either the receiver or the as j sign?es. j On New Street the crowd became so I dense that special policemen were i forced to keep the curious from con | gC3ting one of the financial district's ' thoroughfares. From 8 o'clock on ac? cess to the firm's offices was denied to all those who had no permit to enter or who could not give a satisfactory reason. Arthur Garfield Hays, of Hays & Wadhams, issued a statement in be (Csntlnuod on paas (sur) Turtle Thrills in Mad Dash; Smashes Mile Mark in 4 Years Special Dispatch to Tlie Tribune TORONTO, Ontario, Dec. 30.?Pro- j ' fessor A. S. Pearse, of the University j ! of Wisconsin, admitted to the American ? Association for the Adavncement of Science in solemn session here to-day that following the horses was not half ; as exciting as racing a thoroughbred turt c against tim?. All the parapher? nalia required is a turtle, a watch and i plenty of time. Turtles that the professor tagged and ; lot loose have achieved what is believed : to be a world record for speed among ' turtles. Under Iris tutelage and stop ! watch work on*- turtle has traveled a | little over a mile in 3 years 11 months i 19 days. The tension during the last ' nineteen days can better be imagined 1 than described. By the last week it was seen that, barring the straining of a tendon, noth? ing could prevent the Pearse colors from being borne by a world champion. In the final hours of the race, when all eyes were on the clocking;, the pa'ee was rather better than one hundred yards in trve months. Professor Pearse's race was con? ducted as an experiment to determine the mobility of the animal, and he an? nounced thai the average distance cov? ered by 160 turtles over a five-month period-was 115 yards. These turtles came from the same marsh as t^he champion, on the shore of Lake Men lota, Wisconsin. In that swampy region the density of turtle population is five to twenty-five an acre, which provides the professor with quite a stable of youngsters from which to select prom is ng two-year-olds for his academic , steeplechasing. Big 5 Agree on Ratio For Airplane Carriers; Fix 27,000-Ton Limit SILLY S Says Harding, Commenting On Reported Break With, Hughes From The. Tribune's Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.?The President to-day characterized as "silly" Lhe reports concerning* a rupture between himself and Secretary Hughes. Mr. Harding* said the reports did not contain a particle of truth. The Executive made the statement to the correspondents and gave permission to suspend the unwritten rule that the President is never to be quoted. "Silly, and you can say I said so," said the President with emphasis. "There's nothing in it. SILLY, and put it in capital letters!" It was declared at the White House that the President has been increasingly annoyed by reports which have gained credence with some newspapers that there was friction between* himself and his chief Cabinet officer. rPhe Secretary of State conferred to-day with the President over recent developments at the arms conference, and so satisfactory was the message he brought that the President kept Mr. Hughe for luncheon at the White House. Outsider May Direct Science Church Papers Court Warns Litigants They Must Agree on Official by ! Tuesday, Else He Will! Put Receiver in Charge: Oust Two More Trustees _ Directors Drop Eustace and Harvey, Want McKenzie, j Adams and Patton Named | Special Dispatch- to The Tribune BOSTON, Dec. 30.- The possibility of j the Christian Science Publishing So ciety, which issues the various publica- j tions of the church, passing under con? trol of a man not a member of that j faith arose here to-day, when Judge Crosby, in the Supreme Court, an? nounced that unless the board of di? rectors of the Mother Church and the j trustees of the publishing society j agreed by next Tuesday on a new trus- i tee to succeed Lament Rowlands, re- j cently removed, he would appoint a temporary receiver or trustee for the society. Judge Crosby declared that while he ? would like to appoint a Christian Sei- j entist to this position he would not i necessarily do so, but would select a j man who, the c ourt was confident, ; would manage the society wisely for I the best, interests of the trust created ] by Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy. Ousted Men Ask for Receiver This decision followed an all-day; hearing which developed considerable acrimony on both sides. The directors , of the Mother Church, after voting the removal of the remaining two trus- . tees of the publishing society to-day, : petitioned the Supreme Court to ap- ' point a full new board of three trus- ; tees. Following this move counsel for \ the trustees just declared removed . petitioned the court to appoint a re? ceiver for the publishing society on the ground that there should be some responsible person at its head. This ? resulted in the warning of Judge Cros- I by that the church officials must reach an agreement or face the possibility! of having a trustee who was not a mem- j ber of the church. . Judge Crosby ruled that John V. Ditte- ; more, ousted director, who has pending! a bill seeking io prove he was illegally i removed from the board, may take part | in the conference for the selection of i a trustee. This trustee, 01 receiver, when appointed will act only temporarily j until the deposed officers have a hear? ing on the question whether their re? moval was legal. The trustees removed to-day were Paul Harvey and Herbert W. Eustace. Lamont Rowlands previously had been : ousted by the directors. The court was asked to appoint William P. McKenzie, ! of Cambridge, George Wendell Adams and James E. Pattor, of Boston, to fill i the vacancies in the board of trustees. Sherman L. Whipple, attorney for I the trustees, disputed the legality of l the directors in removing his clients ; and said that these trustees were now ? functioning and would continue to do | so until an adjudication by the court I on their petition to be allowed to resign. Mr. Whipple then suggested ; that a temporary receiver take charge (Continued en next p>gs) Man, Pursuing Thieves, Wounded by Patrolman j Victim Shot as Officer's Gun Is Discharged When Latter Falls From Auto . The theft of two spare tires from | the rack on an automobile standing at ? Madison Avenue and Sixty-fourth btreet last night resulted in a chase in which ten shots were tired and one ! man was accidentally wounded. i Charles Allmark, chauffeur for Mrs. Jeannie L. Nowcombe, of 960 Park Ave I nue, saw four men remove the tires j from the unguarded car. They jumped j into their own machine, standing near ; by, and drove north in Madison Avenue ! to Ninetieth Street. Allmark, driving ? the Newcombe car, pursued them. At ; Sixty-seventh Street he picked up i Patrolman John Mulrayne, of the East j Eighty-eighth Street station. At Ninetieth Street, Patrolman Mul | rayne fell from the running board. j accidentally discharging his revolver. i The bullet struck Alimark in the foot. j He was taken to Reception Hospital j and later removed to Presbyterian Hos I pital. Th" thieves escaped. HOVDINi?-UUi (iKNltS OF KSCAI'E? NEXT WEEK -KEITH'S PALA.CB.?Adv. Britain and AniericaTo Be Allowed 5 Craft Each, Japan 3 and France and Italy Will Get 2 Apiece Eight-Inch Guns To Be Armamenl Plan of 10,000 Tonnage for Auxiliaries Also 1* Adopted; French Delay By Carter Field WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.?Final agreement on the tonnage, number and armament of airplane carriers? regarded by many experts as the rea* capital ships of the future?wa reached by the five great nava, powers to-day. The ratio again is 5-5-3 for Britain, the United States and Japan, and practically 2-2 for France and Italy. The maximum size of 27.000 tons as proposed by the American delega? tion was accepted, the maximum size of gun to be carried was fixed at eight inches, as also proposed by the American delegation, and the num? ber of carriers is five for Britain and tho United States, three for Japan and two each for France and Italy. Decision Quickly Reached This sweeping decision on a sub? ject regarded by many experts as of far more importance, so far as real naval strength is concerned, than the decision on capital ships, and about which so much trouble was antici? pated because in the early stages of the conference it was understood that Japan would fight for an equal ratio on this class, was made after a very brief discussion. It came on the heels of an agree? ment by the delegates on tho limiting of tonnage of ali other auxiliary ahips, except airplane carriers, to 10,000. and the limiting of size of guns to be carried by such ships to eight inches. While the French delegates agreed to this they pointed out tbat the final de? cision must come from Paris, so that actually this very important decision stands approved by four powern, -.vit1 France to be. heard from. Judging from the tone of the French delegates however, no difficulty on this score is apprehended. Tonnage for Five Powers The tonnage for airpla.'ic carriers, *s agreed upon with reservation or sug? gestion that it would be necessary to cable home for instructions on the part of any delegation, is as follows: Unite?? State?, five carriers... 135.000 ton? Britain, five carriers. 136,000 ton* Japan, three carriers. Si."00 tons France, two large or three omall carriers. fin.ooo tonn Italy, two carriers. 60,000 tons On top of this is the restriction that, no carrier shall exc d 27,000 tons and that no carrier shall carry guns in ex? cess of eight inches. On the question of the live powers represented here, each agreeing not to use submarines against the merchant ships of the other four nations?this awaits official sanction from three capi? tals?Paris, Rome and Tokio. The na? tions meantime have virtually ap? proved the American proposal that an effort, be made' to amend international law so as to outlaw attacks by sub? marine on merchant ships. Drafting Five-Power Treaty At the same time that the final de? tails of the various agreements are ?being worked out a draft is beinc ' prepared of a five-power treaty, which Iwill be presented to the conference *??? soon as all points are agreed upon. The speeches of Albert Sarraut, head of the French delegation, and Admiral De Bon, of the French navy, showed clearlv to-dav that the criticism of the French attitude at the conference so I far has been very irritating to th? | French delegation. M. Sarraut spake? ' of thij admonition in somo editorials ! that they should pay their debts before | building warships and said France was | proud of her debts after the manner of : a wounded soldier being proud of his ? scars. Both Sarraut and De Bon denied ; hctly that France or the French navy ? approved the writings of a Captain De Fr?gate Castex, in the "Revue Mari? time," who vigorously defended subma j rine attacks of the most unrestricted ! sort on passongt? liners as well as or ! dinary merchant ships. Lord Lee read I from some of the French captain's writ j ings and asked to be told if they rep i resented the views of *he French naval | staff. Action on Submarines Near ! The conclusion reached on airplana j carriers, tho agreement, with only ! France remaining to agree and her ac | ceptance expected, of the limitation of ! auxiliary ships to 10,000 tons and th? ' sir.e of their guns to eight inches, and j the very definite shape?in the form o< alternate proposals?which the sub? marine situation has taken, hav? brought the. naval phases of the con ference very close to the end. No decisions on important nava questions remain to be made here. Ac I tually only two remain to be ma?i? : abroad, and one of those is so thor oughly discounted that there will b? surprise if France does not agree t< the limit of 10,000 tons and eight-incl guns for auxiliary craft. The other i: : on submarines. It seems clear to-night that som j very definite progressive step on th ? submarine will be taken. It may b j that France will not enter into th I agreement with the other four power ; represented here not to attack the! merchant ships with submarines in th : event of war. But every one expect j that even if she refuses to enter int this agreement?and most of he I friends say that she will not refuae sh*e will certainly approve th? idea ?