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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1922
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-A-OS
TWO CKXT? 1 TnRKB ?CI.??T8 | _Ori?
post of Hylan
Subway Plan
w
Over a Billion
?jVansK Board's Engineers
find Mayor's Paper
Scheme Would Be Near
ivDonble $600,000,000
Receiving People,
Mt\\neny Charges
Commission Head Says
(jtT Could IVot Finance
Qaarter of That Sum
George McAncny, chairman of the
Transit Commi?s\on, In a statement
??sa??* I??* night said that the en
facets of the Transit Commision had
iisy-sod Mayor l?ylan's propos?e
tej?.COOOOO subway construction piar
?d that instead of costing $600,000,OOC
f would cost $1,063,900,000. He saic
Lt the city, with its limited borrow
te eapacity, could not finance on?
jfcrter of this sum. He concluded bj
?sing that it is conceivable that th<
?tple will brook no further delays h
ajjjjit construction when the situation
I, ?setter understood.
Mi*. McAneny briefly sketched th<
?,!,y? in transit construction charge
,'??? to the' Hylan administration?re
?fjjiisg to the Fourteenth Street-East
(otDaitrict line and the Livonia Ave
je: extension and the completion o
l?ttsary yards for the proper opera
?jet of BUb-ivny trains.
Charge- Blockade
?Whit amounts- to an actual polte;
?f ktocksdir.g relief has continued eve:
?ct. the commission took office," h<
i?_. "The hold-up of the routes Co
t?t new subway lines is merely tb?
Sttett expression of that policy."
! Of the most recen?* olash betweei
jfo commission snd the Board oi Esti
ait?, on the plan comprehending r?
?ptttT? of local lines. Mr. McAnen;
?si?:
"How does he (Hylan] know tha
?8 city fill do anything of the sort
oTftttMBSUCceBSOr in office will thin!
ft i r?e thing to tear the existini
snteta in?? separate parts and doubl
Hm fot any such purpose ? The re
t_*rtt?re ?note cannot even be invoke'
1 util 192s in the case of the Iftfce?.
immk lines, and 19*26 in the caws
lie S. S. T. lines. Even then a yeaf'
?attli provided before the railway
tsa kteqw red to sell the eity- thei
?lfe?wts in the lines to be recapturec
Ko ?is? cap teil what the situation o
Mass will be, nor what the succ?s
?ora of the present Board of Estim?t
t??1 trf?h to do. No one can tell whs
Mm Transit Commissions may d
fout the lines laid down from five t
?teen years hence. Promises th
Sayor has been making to commuait!?
ill over th? city that such lines wi
? toiit merely because he now pu1
rea on a paper map are not on!
ttpty promises but part of a plan ?
wtption that the people thems_lv(
fceuid reEent.
Figure? Ar? Away Off
"Not only are the Mayor's plans in
otnible because he predicates the
pon a promise of municipal operatic
hat cannot be given for years ar
pon the action of his successors j
?fice. They are impossible, too, fro:
be financial point of view. He hi
?Iked of a $600,000,000 program. 1
?ther words, he means to recaptui
?sting lines, build and equip ne
'ties for fifteen years ahead and tal
are of a number of other things f<
?800,000,000. The Transit Commissic
las had careful engineering and w
.ountirag estimates prepared, showir
?actly what it would cost to can
wat the Mayor's nlan, with the fellot
'HE results :
To buy out the interests of tl
?nferborough and E. K. T. compani?
n tbose parts of the existing lin?
? 2? Popows should be taken wou!
cost 1164,000,000.
"To pay for the exchange of t?
B-oadway-Bronx extension?that is.tl
PR Side line of the Interboroui
ampany?for the Lexington Avenue, ?
?**?' Side line, which he proposos tl
stopany shall retain, would cost ?
2?? s oi present operating valu
BM)?0,0?0.
?To build and equip the new subwa
S^ipch his scheme provides wou
fe?875,900,O0O
Bie total of these three items alo
??,083,900,000.
ffc'ith the addition of the buildi
[his tri-borough bridge connecti
?hattan. Queens and the Bronx,
t expenditure of $25,000.000 and i?
ird, bus equipment and so on, t
iti the Mayor has put forward wot
it pretty nearly double the sum
lams for it.
Half Billion First Fire Years
"What is of even greater interest
? fact that the costs that would i
?thin the first five years alone woi
??? $500,000 000. The city could i
&?nce one-quarter of this sum witl
?? limited borrowing power it n
?Kisses or that it wili possess :
?*? years ahead. The margin of
?g. the Mayor saya, is $150.000,0
!???,?* a?rt'ady mortgaged by cbarj
I H0,000,000 still required to compl
*_?ua! subways, a?d $61000,000, s
****ag to the estimates of the Mayo
??tfiwers, for the cost of the propos
??? Island freight "and passent
?JMl. Against what is left, or wl
'I be realized from year to year
pitear future, there will be innumi
r? other charges for schools, dc
j^weraents and what not yet to
?*? into account. It is an irapossil
fc*1.*;.' Transit Commission, as it h
l_?w announced, is prepared
?V__,? WnY Plan sensibly put forwa
Lil_y_?J\ lt bas tonu-io extyeni
? ??* efforts to secure even a se
i_t;5 ^-operation from the Boa
M&axte; I? those wh0 ?Peak of
?_n_T between the two bodies wot
?Bot T? act,.of th* cewmtMion
Vt+g taken that will aid the sit*
:^?C0?nmiA8ion wiiI hgl8d t0
?*?__,? ? the nieanwhile there
i?f,V*l?le th-at the people of t
?-*1** S?*'*t I.have perfect con
S^iat througtt their insistence
^?M.* -'"??*? their necd8* *
#? ?ad,;*?06 ?hirit? ??*- ?ni
?4^8y 6 ra8ny WCnt
16.Ymr*Otd War Hero j
Arrives as Stowaway
The youngest known wearer of
the Croix de Guerre and the
Polish War Cross is at Ellis Isl?
and hoping that the authorities
at Washington will listen to his
plea that he be admitted into the
United States. He is Josef Kop
cznfki, sixteen years old, of War?
saw, who arrived here on Mon?
day as a stowaway on La Savoie.
Joseph served in the Russian
army during the war in what was
known as a "trailers' company."
Hits task was to shine the boots of
officers.* One day, while his divi?
sion was brigaded with the
French on the Western front, he
"borrowed" a pistol and captured
two Germans. Later he fought in
the Polish army against the Bol
-heviki. He was only ten years
old when he was decorated.
I-. , . ?_i
News Summary
LOCAL
Two men report they heard woman
screaming in shed four miles from
Phillips farm on night rector and
Mrs. Mills were slain.
Hylan's $600,000,000 transit plan
would cost $1,063,000,000, Transit
Commission's estim?t? shows.
Mayor's eomaiissionara secretly
voted ?2,500 salary increase in "econ?
omy" budget.
Actor faces deportation for lore of
Edith Day, whose husband won't let
her marry.
John C. Hackett, once forced to
resign, tnrns up in Police Depart?
ment as secretary to Barron G. Col?
lier.
World's greatest bridge across the
Hudson to dwarf all in existence. i
Paradise restaurant, padlocked and
boarded up as Volstead law nuisance, j
stays shut only two hours.
James M- Beck sues securities deal
?i- for balance on note; defendant
charges collateral was handled
wrongfully.
"The World" denies truth of Co
halan's assertion, '%", agency ob- j
jccU to campaign posters.
DOMESTIC
Mr?. Giberson found guilty of
murder, getB life imprisonment.
Miller denounces lawless labor at 1
Hornell, sure of rail strike disorders, j
j Smith demands return of direct ?
primaries.
"What next!" exclaims Edison, ace- i
I ing voice sent by light and mercury j
I heiler to double efficiency of tur- |
; bin?e. j
j Max MoSer, a New York Jewelry j
? salesman, is robbed in Chicago of \
I unset diamonds valued at $300,000.
Brigadier General William Mitchell,
assistant chief of the United States ;
j Army Air Service, sets a world speed !
1 record of 224.05 miles an hour.
s WASHINGTON
Close political observers expect
President Harding to be a candidate
to suceed himself.
President Harding declares the j
united States never will depart from i
the Eighteenth Amendment.
FOREIGN
Peers threaten to storm meeting of ?
Unionista in London to-day when a
decision is expected to be reached on
the Conservatives' support or with- i
drawal from the coalition.
Allies bar the entrance of Turkish j
police into Constantinople. ?
SPORTS
Dominique wins the West Point
Handicap at Empire City track. j
Jordan returns to Yale lineup and j
.tars in scrimmage.
Pancho Villa is matched to meet ?
Abo Goldstein at Madison Square I
Garden November 16.
MARKETS AND SHIPS
Stock prices irregular on proiit
taking.
Ohio Oil Company to pay a 800 j
per cent stock dividend.
Freight loadings show decline for j
?week ended October 7.
J. D. Rockefeller Jr. Not
HI; Resting, Says Office!
j Statement Declares He Went to :
Sanatorium to Stay Two
W-eks With Friend
j BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Oct. 18.? I
(John D. Rockefeller jr. today began
to enjoy a rest at a local sanatorium j
following his arrival last night. He re?
fused to discuss his reasons for seek-I
ing treatment. The financier had no ?
appearance of illness. !
When asked by newspaper men who,
?in his opinion, is the richest man in
* the world, Mr. Rockefeller said;
j "You can answer that question as I
| well as I can. I don't know of any j
! way to find out."
John D. Rockefeller jr. has gone to
I Dr. Kellogg's Sanatorium at Battle !
Creek for a brief rest and any anxiety ,
' as to hi- health is unwarranted, ac- i
cording to an official statement issued I
yesterday from Mr. Rockefeller's New
I York office. It was explained that Mr. ?
Rockefeller chose Battle Creek for his !
vacation merely because Dr. Kellogg is
an old friend. He expects to remain j
there for two weeks.
?2--?
Churchill Undergoes
Appendicitis Operation
LONDON, Oct. 18 (By The Associated ;
Press).?Winston Spencer Churchill,
Secretary for the Colonies, was oper?
ated on for appendicitis this evening.
The operation is d?clar?e, to have been
successful, and Mr. Churchill is pro?
gressing favorably.
The Colonial Secretary has been
suffering for several days from what
has been described variously as {rastro
enteritis and gastritis, and from thi?
condition appendicitis developed last
night.
Raises Vot?e
HylanCabine
Amid Secreci
_ at
Budget Committee Gram
$2,500 Increases to ll
$7,500 a Year Official
Against Economy Pledg
Other Appeals for
More Pay Denie<
Mayor Scored Employee
for Making Them; Esti
mate Board Is Muti
The spirit of economy which hj
prompted the Hylan administration I
refuse increases in salaries to mini
j city employees appeared in a new ligl
I yesterday, when It was learned that c
I Tuesday the budget committee of tl
Board of Estimate, in secret sessio:
had voted to put into the tentath
budget for 1923 increases of $2,600 1
the salaries of the thirteen commii
?loners who head city departments.
This means a 83 1-3 per cent booi
for the commissioners, who are no*
receiving $7,500 annually, includin
such officials as Commissioner of A?
counts David Hirshfieid, Commission?
Edwin J. O'Malley of tho Dcpartmer
of Markets, Police Commissioner Ric?
ard hi Enright and Commission?
Grover A. W1 ~n of tho Dcpartmer
<-f Plant and "urea.
No official ti -?.ment of the budge
committee's acti. vas issued eithe
from the Mayors -.nice or by the mew
hers of the committee, and it was onl
by chance it became public. This off
cial attitude of secrecy was continue
even after members of the conimittc
were confronted with the facts. A!
though no denial was made, they r?
fused to diseu?s what had transpired a
the executivo session.
Three Days Left to Increase Salaries
The facts are nevertheless considere
authentically established. Followin;
the public hearings on the tentntiv
I?23 budgst, the committee began oi
Tuesday to finally whip it into shape i;
executive session. Much of the time o
this session, it was 8aid, was devoted t
a discussion of salary increases for ih
high-salaried heads of department:
and commissioners and an incress
from $7,500 a year to $10,000 a yea
voted for the thirteen who held com
mi.sionerships under appointment fror
the Mayor. There still remain thre
days in which salary increases may b<
included in next year's budget by th
committee.
After October 21 the tentative budge
comes before the committee of th'
whole of the Board of Estimate fo
public hearings and final action, a
which time downward revision may b
made, but no additional increases.
In the face of the Mayor's oft-re
feated refusal to allow even $200 oi
800 increases to the lower grades oi
city employees, on the plea that "the
budget must be kept as low as possible
to keep within the constitution a'
limit," news of the committee's actior
came as a distinct surprise. Delega
tion after delegation from the rank
and file of city workers has appearec
before the Board of Estimate with s
?lea for small salary increases, only t.
be turned down flatly and sometimes
abusively.
Mayor Frowns on Requests
Firemen, policemen, night school
teachers and county officials have suf?
fered the Mayor's disfavor for request?
ing raises. When representatives of
the firemen's association appeared be?
fore the Board of Estimate a few days
ago with such a request he told them
that firemen "spent too much time in
bed" and threatened to bring about
"drastic changes" in the department.
The night school teachers were accused
of dragging children off the streets
and into their classes so as to pad the
attendance rolls. The request of the
uniformed policemen was met with a
similar outburst. Previously he had
warned department heads that applica?
tions for salary increases for the men
under them were "impositions on the
taxpayer."
'ihe increases provided for the com?
missioner- were made without their
request and altogether for the reason
that the budget. committee felt that
there should be eome recognition of
their services, it was said. The raises
were justified on the ground that there
had been no increase in the salaries
for these posts since the five boroughs
?were consolidated into the greater city
and since that time the work of the
'?epfirtments has doubled several times.
Furthermore, it was said, the total
amount of tho increases would add
only $32,500 to the* budget, whereas
an increase to the uniformed firemen
or policemen would add millions to the
taxpayers' burden.
The commissioners who could be
reached last night joined in expressing
astonishment at their good fortune.
Commissioner Hirshfieid declared the
budget committee's action was quite a
surprise to him. .....
"I didn't know a thing about it," he
said. "The action of the budget com?
mittee goes to show that the Board
of Estimntes aTref"*?s the hard work
the commissioners do."
"Twilight Sleep" Said
To Evoke Crime Secrets
Texas Doctor Tells Medical
Society He Has Forced
Criminals to Confess
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Oct. 18.?Crim?
inals can be forced to tell the truth
regarding their offense? while under
the influence of scopolamine anesthesia,
or., as it is better known, during "twi
Us?ht sleep," according to Dr. E. E
House, Ferris (Tex.) physician, who
has asked the indorsement of. the Med?
ical Association of the Southwest for
a proposed experiment on 1,000 pris?
oners ip the Leavenworth (Kan.) peni?
tentiary to demonstrate his theory.
Dr. House has been experimenting
with anesthesia for five years, he
told members of the association, and
declared in that period, during which
he had tried the "twilight sieep"
method of securing evidence on a num?
ber of alleged criminals and others
in his own state, he "had never failed
in any attempt to rob the mind of its
stored truths." f '
r?-?,-n
Prescribes Cigarettes
For Women Workers
Bpeetat Dispatch to The Tribune
^ CHICAGO, Oct. 18.?Dr. Paul
E. Gardner, president of the As?
sociation of Railroad Chief Sur?
geons, which is holding its annual
convention here, told delegates to?
day that the use of tobacco was
an attribute of a perfect lady, A
speaker before Tuesday's session
had said that "the use of tobacco
is one of the attributes of a gen?
tleman," but Dr. Gardner went
even further than that.
"You talk about smoking being
a strong bond of fellowship be?
tween men who work together,"
said Dr. Gardner, "why, then,
doesn't it follow that women em?
ployees will be better off if they
work out their difficulties over a
cigarette?"
\
Edison Marvels
At New Magic
Of Electricity
Electrical Wizard Exclaims
'What Next?' as He Views
Talking Movie and Mer
curyBoiler Improvements
Commends the Tungsten
Praises Its Inventor and Cites
Him as Example of What
Perseverance Can Do
From a Staff Correspondent
SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Oct. 18.?
When, in 1877, Thomas Alva Edison,
then spoken of as "a rising young in?
ventor," announced the invention of
the phonograph, the world exclaimed,
"What next?" Ho answered the ques?
tion by perfecting the incandescent
bulb, the motion picture, tho electric
cable and many other devices now be?
come commonplace utilities. And at
each new announcement the world
could but repeat its inquiry of "What
next?"
To-day the same Thomas Alva Edi?
son, smiling like a small boy on going
to see Charlie Chaplin and acclaimed
by the greatest wizards of modern
electrical invention a?, "our master,"
visited tho Schenoctady plant of the
General Electric Company?largest of
its kind in the world?for the first
time in eighteen years and the second
since he relinquished the small works
which formed the nucleus of the pres?
ent great establishment.
And after being shown its myriad
mysteries, many of them inventions
elaborating and improving Ins own dis?
coveries, Thomas Alva Edison, too,
a3ked the question, "What next?"
Two New Invention?
Among the plant exhibits he inspect?
ed were two highly important inven?
tions given public announcement for
the first time?a machine successfully
transmitting sound by means of light
and a boiler utilizing mercury as well
as water in the generating of steam
for the driving of turbine engines.
The first, officially called the "pallo
photophone," but immediately chris?
tened by newspaper correspondents as
the "talking movie"?for that, with the
voice recorded on ordinary motion pic?
ture film and synchronizing precisely
with the action, is exactly what it is?
has possibilities of revolutionizing
radio broadcasting, wireless photogra?
phy and a number of similar related
fieids.
The principle o? the "mercury
boiler" is the utilization of mercury
between the fire and the undcr-boiler
surface exposed to the flame, tho mer?
cury, when vaporized, going into a mer?
cury turbine and then into a con?
denser, remaining hot enough to gen?
erate steam in a steam boiler. Roughly,
it is a case of getting double the boiler
and turbine power at less expense for
fuel than for operating but one steam
boiler. This invention may work rad?
ical changes in turbine power trans?
mission. _?
Meets Old Associates
The white-haired dean of electrical
invention, accompanied by Mrs. Edison
and their son, Charles, arrived at the
plant at 9 o'clock. He was greeted by
the chief officials of the company and
by a group of its oldest employees, in?
cluding several of his associates when
he founded the Edison Works in
Schenectady in 1886, tho nucleus of
the present plant. Among them was
Jules .Tourneur, a consulting engineer,
proud of the fact that he "started with
Edison" forty-four years ago.
From the time he entered the main
gates, Mr. Edison's tour was a trium?
phal procession, the workers flocking
by the hundred? to obtain a glimpse of
him, and later assembling in full force
of 18,000 to watch a parade in his
honor down the main plant street, a
mile long. Studio lights had been
placed in all the buildings scheduled
for visit, and motion picture camera
(Contimie- on P-ta thrse)
Great Britain
Protests Rum
Ship Seizure
Prohibition Navy's First
Capture Beyond 3-Mile
Zone Promptly Brought
to Issue by Government
Washington Silent;
Waits Investigation
Canadian Vessel,Emerald,
Charged With Sending
Liquor Ashore in Boats
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (By The As?
sociated Press).?Seizure by prohibi?
tion enforcement officials early this
week of the Canndian schooner Emer
ald, off the New Jersey coast, has been
made the ground for formal protest by
the British government, the contention
being that the vessel was outside
American jurisdiction. Pending detailed
official advices from the officers who
made the seizure comment as to th_
probable attitude of the Washington
government was not available to-day.
The only report received at prohibi?
tion enforcement headquarters said the
Emerald had been taken for alleged
liquor smuggling while in communica?
tion with shore from s point beyond
the three-mile limit. The message did
not oay specifically, it is understood,
that the Emerald's own boats wero ply?
ing between ship and shore. It was
assumed at the prohibition enforce?
ment bureau that such was the case,
however, and that the ship therefore
fell within the recent government rul?
ing as to operations beyond American
limits.
Case Hangs on Ship's Boats
The British protest, -which was pre?
sented to the State Department, is un?
derstood to assert that the Emerald's
boats were not in touch with shore and
that there was, therefore, no warrant
under tiic announced policy of the
American government itaelf for inter?
ference with the Canadian craft. There
was nothing to indicate that the state?
ment that the Emerald was seized
eight miles off the coast would be dis?
puted, and the diplomatic correspond?
ence apparently turns upon the ques
tlonvas to whether tho schooner was
In touch with ohoro through her own
boats. '
Tho case it? the first of Its kind to
arise ?arnjer Ene Administration policy,
recently announced, of confining prohi?
bition enforcement operations strictly
to the three-mile limit of territorial
waters except in one circumstance, that
o?' a vessel beyond that limit which
was. however, sending contraband ship?
ments ashoro in her own boats. The
American position in that regard is
held to rest on international precedent.
That tho British authorities are con?
vinced tho Emerald case does not fall
within the rule was made plain by the
promptness with which a protest was
lodged with the State Department.
Fr.uning of? the American reply neces?
sarily awaits an official report from
tli" Treasury setting out the facts of
the seizure. Should that sustain the
belief here that the ship was sending
her own boats to shore when seized
presumably the diplomatic phase of the
incident would bo closed and tho case
be allowed by the British to go to legal
determination.
Washington Lies Low
In view of the British refusal to
consider the working out of a treaty to
permit search of suspected liquor
smuggling craft up to twelve miles off
shore, it appeared unlikely that the
Washington government would attempt
to defend diplomatically tho more
drastic action of seizure beyond the
three-mile limit except where the con?
ditions met the rule laid down.
The attempt to reach an agreement
for search such as that proposed, by
Secretary Hughes lias been officially
described at the State Department as a
clof?e?3 incident. The Emerald case ap?
parently rests wholly therefore on de?
termination of the facts.
The protest of the British govern?
ment against the seizure Monday, out?
side the three-mile limit, of the liquor
laden Canadian schooner Emerald was
not regarded yesterday by Henry C.
Stuart, acting Collector of the Port,
as proper for him to comment upon.
The protest has gono to the State
Department, and Mr. Stewart said he
regarded the State Department as the
proper agency to give out any news or
information concerning the seizure and
protest.
"It is up to Washington," he said.
"These matters are government mat?
ters, and anything that is said must
come from Washington and not from
me."
The Emerald, manned by Captain
John Williams and a crew of six ne?
groes, all believed to be American
subjects, was captured by tho prohibi?
tion navy flagship Hahn about twelve
miles off the Jersey Coast. Liquor
valued at more than $50,000 was car?
ried under manifest. The captain and
crew were not held.
Mitchell Flies 224.05 Miles an
? Hour; Official World's Record
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Oct. -18.?
Brigadier General William Mitchell,
assistant chief of the United States
Army Air Service, to-day set a new
official world's speed record when he
flew over a one-kilometer course at
Selfridge Field at an average speed of
224.05* miles an hour in four heats.
The test was timed by representatives
of the Federation A?ronautique Inter?
nationale, thus making the record of?
ficial.
General Mitchell drove the army
Curtiss plane which last week won the
Pulitzer speed trophy, and in which
Lieutenant E. J. Maughan later drove
unofficially at a speed of 2485 miles
an hour. While Lieutenant Mauhan's
speed at that time was faster than
that made to-day and was under army
regulations, no representatives of the i
Federation A?ronautique Internationale
were present, a fact that prevented his j
mark standing as an official world's
speed record.
The former world's record, rpcog
n?z#d by the F?d?ration, v.*as umd? in
France last year by Sad? Lecointe,who
piloted his machine at an average of
20. miles an hour.
. Commenting on his great speed,
General Mitchell said it might now be
considered "an ordinary feat" for an
aviator in one of the modern high
power planes to attain a rate far in
excess of 200 miles an hour. Only me?
chanical development, with increased
protection for pilots, was necessary, he
believed, to register even faster flights
than have been made.
General Mitchell's leather helmet
was slit by the wind during his rush
through the air. This showed, he said,
that the aviator's headgear must be
redesigned before high speed could be
maintained with safety. An inclosed
cockpit might also aid in solving the
problem, he said.
Tho force of the wind at the speed
he attained to-day. General Mitchell
added, probably would be great enough
to break a pilot's arm were be to thrust
out his hand during such a flight. Sec?
retary of Comm?re? Hoover witnessed
;he flight.
E/e S. WonH Depart From Dry
Amendment, Harding*s View
Law Follows Flag in Every Respect, Although Some
Minor Provisions Are Difficult to Enforce;
America Should Assist Rest of the World
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18,?President
Harding was quoted by delegates to the
conference of Allied Christian Socie?
ties, who called upon him at the White
House to-night, just before the close
of their two-day meeting, as declaring
that the nation, in his opinion, would
never depart from the Eighteenth
Amendment.
The President, the delegates said,
expressed hia further belief that the
country, in its international relation
should do its utmost for the rest of
the world.
Mr. Harding greeted the delegates in
his study and listened to an address
made on their behalf by Fred B. Smith,
chairman of the conference, who said
the conference wa3 interested in two
things: Enforcement of the Eighteenth
Amendment and the exercise of Amer?
ica's fuir duty to the rest of the world.
These two subjects were said to have
been the basis of the President's re?
sponse. He was quoted aa saying that
it had been found difficult to carry out
the provisions of ths Eighteenth
Amendment and the prohibition en?
forcement act in some minor details,
inasmuch as it was the Administra?
tion's opinion that the law followed in
every respcci the flag. However, he
added, progress was being made along
lines of enforcement, and the country,
r.e was sure, would never depart from
the policy in this respect that it had
embarked upon.
Speaking of the international plea
made by the delegates, the President
is said to have told them it was ex?
ceedingly difficult for tho government
to do ail that it would like. He em?
phasized, membei's of the conference
delegation said, that this country ought
never to make a threut that it was not
prepared and willing to back up, and
assured them that. Buch would ever be
his policy as the Chief Executive.
Tories Tighten
Immediate Meeting of All
Party Leaders Called as
Peers Resent Exclusion
From To-day's Council
Rebuke for Chamberlain
Lloyd George Is Confident
Parliamentary Whip Will
Hold Unionists in Line
?Front The Trtaune'e European Bureau
Copyright, 1922, New Vorlt Tribuno Inc.
LONDON, Oct. 18.?The .most amus?
ing feature of the extremely compli?
cated political situation Is the threat
by the Conservative peers to storm the
Carlton Club, where the Unionist mem?
bers of Parliament will meet Austen
Chamberlain and other leaders to?
morrow and decide whether to support
or bolt the Lloyd Georgo coalition gov?
ernment. Through the newspapers the
peers are voicing their protest against
Chamberlain for dosing the doors of
thi*; meeting against them at a time
when their party's future is under dis?
cussion.
The Duke of Northumberland, Lord
Salisbury and a score of other peers
have expressed in forceful language
their opinion of Mr. Chamberlain and
some have even threatened to force
their way into the meeting. Bonar
Law will attend the conference and
his attitude will have a profound ef?
fect on the whole political course of
events in the next few months. There
is much speculation regarding his po?
sition, but it is said that he will strive
for the solidarity of the Conservative
party even to the extent of attempt?
ing to form a centrist party composed
of the Lloyd George Liberals and the
Conservatives.
Call Emergency Meeting
The executive committee of the Na?
tional Unionist Association held a spe?
cial meeting this afternoon and passed
a resolution instructing the chairman
to summon an emergency conference
of the association forthwith. This con?
ference was originally slated for No?
vember 15, and it was expected that it
would be allowed to lapse in view of
the meeting of the Unionist members
of Parliament called by Mr. Chamber?
lain. The action of the association to
?day means that it is opposed to this
conference and has determined to stage
a meeting of all leaders of the party.
It is understood that tho new gen?
eral meeting will be held next week
and that resolutions will bo offered op?
posing the continued identification of
the Unionists with the Liberals in the
coalition government. In view of this
unexpected action there is much un?
easiness in Unionist-Coalition circles
over the outcome of the meeting in the
Carlton Club to-morrow. It is gener?
ally expected that Chamberlain will be
able to swing his Parliamentary col?
leagues fh favor of his policy, but it is
conceded that a minority may develop
that may mean a split.
Lloyd George has succeeded in
jockeying himself into a fine strategic
position, and he is bound to benefit by
the discomfiture of the Conservatives,
who must decide for or against him,
without the alternative of compromise.
The meeting to-morrow will be ad?
dressed by Lord Balfour and Lord
Birkenhead, and in ministerial circles
there ia high >pptim?sm regarding their
ability to swing a great majority of the
850 members of Parliament who will
attend.
Lloyd George Is Confident
Apparently Lloyd George has the '?
greatest confidence In victory for his
Conservative colleagues, and he is
making his plan? for his trip iO Leeds
accordingly, It has gone out that the
Premier intends to make an announce?
ment of the early dissolution of Par?
liament on this trip. The election to
follow will probably be the liveliest in
the history of England, since the
women will vote this time.
?
300 L W. W.'g Are Seized
In Portland Round-Up
Longshoremen's Strike Leader
Among Those Arrested on
Suspicion of Membership
PORTLAND, Ore-, Oct. 18.?-More
than three hundred alleged members
cf the I. W. W. had been arrested here
up to 8: CO o'clock to-night as a result
of the issuance of order? to the police
to round up all men having raember
sn?p cards of that order in their pos
8 Among those arrested was William
Ford, who h?s been directing the long?
shoremen's strike here.
?WHITE -.t'LPHim ?WmSOS-Olart*??
am-Jam.
Mrs. Gibersoii
Guilty; ?>ejt* **>
Prison for Life
Jury Agrees at Once She
Killed Husband, After
4 Hours Reaching Verdict
With Gemency Appeal
Still No Sign of Emotion
Defendant Laughs in Cell,
Maintains Her Innocence;
CounselW ill Appeal
From a Staff Correspondent
TOMS RIVER, N. J? Oct. 18.-~The
jury in the cas? of Mrs. Ivy Giberson
found her guilty to-night of murder in
the first ?legree. Upon its recommen?
dation of life imprisonment, agreed
upon after four hours' deliberation,
she was sentenced immediately to life
at hard labor.
"I am innocent. I have told the
truth," said Mrs. Giberson in her cell
ten minut?e later. "That's why I can b?
calm. I am not the first innocent per?
son to suffer from an unjust verdict.
But I shall fight. I shall appeal. I
shall carry this verdict to the highest
courts."
The convicted slayer of her h_sban?L
William Giberson, shot to death in bed
at Lakohurst on August 14, flung forth
her challenge without a tear in her
eye or a quaver in her voice.
She had stood as unflinchingly be?
fore Supreme Court Justice Samuel Ka
lisch to be sentenced.
"The jury has convicted you of mur?
der in the first degree %vith a recom?
mendation to life imprisonnwnt,'' pro?
nounced the judge, his voice trembling
with emotion. "I shall add nothing to
make the punishment inflicted upon you
greater than it already is. The sen?
tence of the law is th*at you be confined
in the state prison for the term of
your natural life at hard labor.*"
No Sign of Dismay
Silence in tho court. A white-faced
woman, with a look of ice that could
not thaw, one arm hanging lax, the
other taut, stood facing the judge. It
was the same when Alex Man oft, the
foreman, gave the verdict. Not once
did her expression change. She lis- '.
tened attentively with tight lips and
clear eyes that failed to register sur?
prise or dismay. For & moment she
sat and talked to her counsel,.ex-Judge
W. S. Jeffrey, as tho jurors filed out.
Then she left the courtroom with a
swinging stride, her head held high,
invincible in her attitude.
Her son, Joe Richmond; her slxty
thrce-ycar-old mother and the father
of the murdered man were all in the
court to hear the sentence.
The jury agreed from thestart that
she was guilty. Three ballots were
taken.
Tho jurors were 10 to 2 for convic?
tion in the first two. Six held out for
life imprisonment, four for the eleetrie
chair. On the third ballot all were
agreed on the more merciful verdict.
In her cell she welcomed reporters
with a handshake and a bright smile.
There was nothing bitter or recrimi?
natory in her words, but plenty of
fight. Her counsel will appeal imme?
diately. Her family have enough funds
to fight the case,
Outside the door of her cell her
mother sat, a bowed, pathetic figure.
Inside Mrs. Giberson chatted light'y
and even laughed as the conversation
took a light turn. One could scarcely
imagine that her ordeal had been so
great.
Says She Has Suffered
"But I do feel things." she said in
responso to questions about her com?
posure. "I have suffered all through
the trial, although no one appeared to
think so. Even if I went to the chair
I would be secure in the knowledge
of my innocence. I thought I would
win until to-day. I really did. But
to-day ? began to doubt.
"No, I don't feel bitter about the
law on circumstantial evHen?*??. r ???*-?
pose they were doing the best they
knew how. I real.ze mat we ???.?/e w.
the truth absolutely, If you tell th?
truth and stick to it, they can't tie
you, though they tried to tie me. I
have told the same story right from
?Continuer) an sase twitv?)
40-Mile-an-Hour Blizzard
Raging in Adirondack?
Two Inches of Snow Fdls
Hunters Driven to Shelter
By Fury of Gale
UTICA, N. Y., Oct. 18.?The central
??dirondacks to-night are in the grip
of a forty-nji-e-an-hour blizzard, which
started this morning with a light ?Bind,
which steadi'y increased In intensity,
and snow, ?? m?h continued until tlwre
was a fall of two inches?
The hordm of hunters who rushed
into the woods with the opening of
the hunting season welcomed th? snow
as an aid to their sport, but the high
winds had driven them to cover before
the end of the day and hunting is pr*c- j
tically at a standstill. ]
Cries Heard
In Shed Night
Of Hal! Crime
2 New Witnesses Tell of
Woman Screaming
"Don't Murder Me," In
Shack4 Miles FromFarm
Shots Fired, Then
Speedy Car Passed
-.
Mrs. Mills'? Throat Cut
After Death, According
to Analysis by Chemist
_
By Boyden Sparkea
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct.
18.?Two residents of New Brans
wick have given the police '?
sworn statement detailing their (?k;
periences on the night of Septemher
14. when the Rev. Edward W. Ha?
and Mr?. Eleanor Mills were mar
dered If their story ie. true tint
.overs were killed in a shed at Wei*-?
ton Mills, a settlement several miie_
out of New Brunswick and four
miles from the Phillipe farm. j*j*
The two men who told the story far
affidavit form did so soon after the
arrest of Clifford Hayes in the belief
that if they concealed their knowl?
edge longer it might make thing?
more difficult for him. Their aff
davits were obtained by policemerr in
plain clothes who had been working
on the case for weeks independent of
the Prosecutor's office and only re?
cently were turned over by the police
to the Prosecutor. Their story of
the murder shed is tne first direct
confirmation of reports that the
clergyman and the choir singer were
killed at a distance from where their
bodies were found.
Heard Screams and Shot?
Officials who accompanied the ae_
to this shed found there, they say, a
bloodsteined handkerchief -with the
initial "S," a woman's handkerchief
and two side combs. This is now sup?
posed to be the evidence upon which
j Prosecutor Strieker and Prosecutor
j Beek?an based their plea on Sunday
! e\rtt Governor Edwards and Suprot?
! Court Justice Parker that they be ai
I lowed to continue in control of the
? murder Investigation.
One of the handkerchiefs, which were
found in the shed referred to by -the
men, was said to bear the clear im?
print of a blood-stained hand.
Newspape. men saw the signers of
this affidavit to-day. They said they
had been pledged to secrecy abou? some
of their observations, but this much
they felt at liberty to tell:
They were driving in an automobil*
from Redbank, N. J., to New Bruns?
wick. Somewhere in the vicinit - o*
Weston Mills, on Che state highway,
they heard a woman's screams. She
was crying "Helpl Murder! Police'."
"Don't murder me!" "Oh, oh, don't
murder!" There were no more cries
then. They heard a shot, then sar
eral more in quick succession.
The two men had slackened the speed
of their automobile, according to their
story to-day, but prudently decided to
mind their own business, and afte*
only a very brief halt drove swifQy
into New Brunswick. They fix the
time the - heard the shots and screams
as about 10:80.
They drove through New Brunsw?cfc?
they said to-day, and were still won?
dering whether to do anything about
their experience when they reached
Buccleuch Park, where they were to
meet a friend. They stopped at the
Easton Avenu*? entrance to the park.
They had been waiting there for mor?
than half an 'hour when an automobile
whizzed past them, going out Easto?
Avenue in the direction of the Phillfos
farm. The lights of the car were Ufa
The men said that they were unable
to discern the occupants of the car;
It was about 1:20 a. rn. when it passed
them.
Car Sped Back fn Twenty Min?te? -
Twenty-five minutes later, at a quar?
ter to 2, the same car returned, passing
them at top speed, and this time the
machine lights were extinguished. ?^
These two men told their story ^fj_,
local authorities a few days after tit*
finding of the bodies of Dr. Hall and
Mrs, Mills. Investigators were sent
with them to the shed or barn, whig?
they now say is near Weston Mills. In
this place the sidecombs, the woman'?,
handkerchief and the blood-staioee
handkerchief with the initial S wefe*
found.
Attempts were made to see if t-j-?
story could be made to fit with known
facts about the killings. First and
most important, the information in the
affidavit ran afoul of a report turned
over to Prosecutor Beekman to-day by.
the E. R. Squibb Research and Biologe
cal laboratories. The report was on an
analysis of the soil taken from the
spot beneath the crabapple tree on 4$i*
Phillips farm and on which the head*
of the murdered pair rested when thfy
were found. It was signed by Hor_i?
Holladay, who expresad the opinion,
that Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills were kil-et?
where their bodies were found. He
also expressed the positive opiniop
that Mrs. Mills's throat was eut afta*
her heart had stopped beating. >?-.
Blood Found in Soil
It was explained in the report *?**_r
152 pounds of reddish soi!, two pou??r
of grass and grass roots and about row
pounds of small stones were subjaew,
to analysis for blood content Tm
materials were submi-ted on OctolM?;
2. The earth was screened through;
fine wire meshes in the early jpreeea??
of the analysis. It was found that mW
grass and roots had absorbai CM? of
a pint of blood. Speaking of this,,I?
his report, Mr. Holladay saidi >W
*Th? fact that only 0,08 of a pint M
blood w->? fo'nd 'n **"- s?**-" ?'_? ? ~?hra$
the bodies of the Rev. Mr. Ha? and
Mrs. Mills were found is ver* g?ol5?
evidence that Mrs. Mills was shot lja-,
fore her throat was cut, nor is It Hke?y
that we would have found 0.08 of V
pint of blood in the soil if the bodies
bad been he-ought to the spot after
the morder.*
It was explained by Mr. Holladay A?
Prosecutor Beekiaan that form?lale
have been workejf out which shew