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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 20, li>32
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TWO CENTS I 'TOREE CENT? I FOTR CENTS
In Greater New York ? B?hln 900 Mile* I Elsewkarav
o wer s Win
lliussolini to
'urkish View
i Carson? Poincare Reach
igeet??en? With Italian
for Accord and .Equality '
fn Near East Conference
Activities of Ue S.
Arouse Lausanne
?^a-hington Is Expcted to
Speak Out Vigorously if
Occasion Should Arise
By Wilbur Forrest
.lue'."; Knropean Bureau
Bm
New York Tribuno, Inc.
LAUSANNE. Nov. 19.?Premier Poin?
dre, Marquis Curzon and Premier
Jimsoiini, after a secret parley at the
Ti?i?ge o? Territet to-day, returned to
?aojanne shortly before midnight an
jtaocing that they had affirmed the
?ed agreement to work on the basis
?j cordial friendship and equality in
? Near East conference.
fbis final affirmation appears to re?
gt? the last vestige of s possibility
fet the Turks will not find the most,
K*4 kind of a wall against them here
?tfcey attempt to push their claims
iparngraph beyond the main limits!
jbtidy agreed upon with the Alli?e, I
iKis?ir.g the terms of the Mudania |
f rtistice.
Military Action if Necessary
Itner.ns that England has persuaded ;
frsr.ee and Italy to stand with her in !
I firm po''cy ot" military action if ;
Ktssssry to keep the victorv-cra: cd <
Sttrnalists in check. This, The Trib- !
ste 'earns, may be necessary in view I
j( ?he fact that the Turkish envoys
a? ur.der instructions from the An- i
?m assembly to negotiate all points j
?c<pt one, which is their demand for I
tS? return of the ?>iosul oil fields. '
Th"? is a p?"'!1'- i'1 the Angora covenant. ?
'?in Tribune i:? assured to-night that
Ourson uid Poincare agreed yesterday
??Paris to stand by the ' San Remo
treaty, which took the Mosul territory ?
ilex the Turks and placed it under j
British influence. It is assumed that !
Jhssoliui subjoined an Italian pledge
to-right to support the treaty at Ter
?Wbi a difference over the return of
WiVA oil 6eWs can easily be the point
??herein tie conference may fail.
i Hmsoiisl'i appearance here to-iight I
9;? Ms?are and Curzon when they
I'Mtiud from meeting him at Territet ,
'?i net been expected, Ire went im- i
:y virv-ir- :,X$W*m)
ktm/tmt Rivage."
Mussolini as ? Diplomat !
Th* diplomatic propensities of the I
Ftscisii chief were shown in his in
fiftence on the troublesome trio of
Poincare and Curzon to the Territet
nndt?vous, an undertaking that caused
the former much annoyance, and by his
forma! demand that Italy be received
i* the main conference on the basis
of "equality" as the price of his ac
*?d, thus salving his pride and
adding to his prestige at home.
In Krench celes to-nigtu it is re?
ported that Mussolini suggested at Ter?
ritet that unless the two other AUiei
agreed ta full Italian equal.ty he was
prepared to instruct his delegation to
proceed independently without obliga?
tion to co-operate with any one.
The three Allied chiefs are to confer
here a^ain to-morrow.
Following their agreement on the Al?
lied program reached last night in
Paris, Poincare ard Curzon departed
for Lausan: e, arriving here at t>:25 p.
rn. by (?pecial train. The train was
halted for a half hour before it pro?
ceeded to Territet, where Mussolini was
waiting, he having refused to come to
Lausanne for the first meeting with the
British and French leaders. While the
diplomats were waiting here they were
usured that Mussolini was cognizant
?f the main points of their Paris agree?
ment and w*ta amenable to adding
Italy's acceptance.
To-night's meeting in the lake vil
?&?e, therefore, resolved itself into a
nio-e or less formal affair and the
principal benefit is the impression it
?*iil make on the Turkish envoys on
the eve of the conference opening in
lifsanne's magnificent Casino to-mor?
row afternoon. With the Allies thus
irmly and formally united lamet Pasha
i? exrected to be more moderate in his
demands than if he were still hopeful
?f a division.
Mussolini Favorable
Foreign Office attaches accompany
*iS Mussolini asserted here, while the
three snoke?men were meeting at Ter
?itet. that there need be no fear that
?atsolini will 'Inject ? points which
*oa!d make Allied agreement more dif?
ficult, while a member of the British
?reign Office told The Tribune corre
?Pomlent that Curzon and Poincare had
????a the occasion of their day-long
Rde from Paris to come to an even
aore complete understanding than was
"welsed last night.
Great crowds, assembled at the sta?
tion io-night to get glimpses of the
"'?led statesmen, were disappointed
?air, ?he special train continued wsth
*** either traveler descending. Mar
i_(Continued er? p?go *lx>
^Quicksand to Neck,
Saved After Four Hours
?ead?ightg Reveal Man's Head
*flen Policeman, Hearing
Cries, Directs Lamps
li?^n)EN- N- J- Nov- 19??A man be
toA ?to-be Richard Collings, of New
*fte " *n * cr?tical condition to-night
mim ? ^r-hour struggle in a quick
r?5 ?om which he was rescued by
^?cernen *nd firemen who heard his
*W)/nly *'hen he had s?nk to his
i-? S'"" lt was 5tin dark this mom
5u4 k Collings's crijs were first
!>&?,??,- * Po-'Cfrnan who stopped a
*?e?Lw t0m u C and turn*d its
SU iflt?. owly sink?r.?C to his death.
l? V*Vcaled the ?an'? head.
**?t for,u "??? hi?, the policeman
*?? M.?.?, tfire DePa--tment. A rope
*? ??{.?? fneVh his arms and k?
?m of ?i0? ' A P?Uccm-?- and fire
????d HI "?.?? Party 8,s? had to be
tR'dtohav. ui,v?rop*8' Callings la
-?? to tfc? A 8t tls way orille return
sporne SXlf ?uffennf chiefly from
Overcrowded Schools Rush
Backward Children Through
Grades to Make More Room
Paris Modistes Open
Needle-Typewriter War
PARIS, Nov. 19 (By The As?
sociated Press).?In the hope of
combating the tendency of girls
to become stenographers in
banks and other offices, the Paris
Dressmaking Association has in?
augurated a competition among
dressmaking apprentices, offer?
ing prizes of 1,000, 500 and 250
francs for the winners, together
with fiO francs to each competi?
tor who qualifies.
The candidates for entrance
in tVui competition must hay?
been two years with the same
house. There will be eight tests,
each carrying live points. More
advanced tests will be applied to
decide any tics that occur.
News Summarv
WASHINGTON
Truman H. Newberry resigns from
the Senate.
Special session of Congress to
convene to-day.
Anthracite operators and miners
agree on madvisability of standardiz?
ing wages or units of output or clos?
ing high cost mines in reports to
Federal Commission.
President Harding proclaims week
of December ?-9 American Education
Week.
Representative Edwards, through
National Merchant Marine Associa?
tion, tells farmer how ship sub?
sidies are direct benefit to agricul?
tural class.
American clearances for 1922 fall
off 18,000,000 tons, shipping report
shows, with New York ranking as
first port in the country.
FOREIGN
Curzon, Poincarc and Mussolini
confer at Territet after Italian Pre?
mier refuses to go to Lausanne. Ac?
cord said to be reached. Conversa?
tions to go on to-day at Ouchy.
Eight wounded when Irish army cars
^M^WPJ????lfil^#?*cct-crowd. Kouifc
dead in premature mine explosion.
Abdul Medjid accepts Turkish As?
sembly's call to the Caliphate to be
! installed to-day. Turns press Allies
; for control of Constantinople.
British Parliament opens to-day
1 with prospect of Balfour, Austen
Chamberlin and Sir Robert Home
? being taken into Cabinet.
German Socialists wreck Cuno's
efforts to form cabinet. Poincnre's
charges of German waste and com?
mercial aggrandizement officially de
' nicd.
LOCAL
Congestion in schools has had de?
plorable effect on children's educa?
tion. Tribune investigator finds.
Fingerprint expert charges he was
dismissed to make room for favorites
of politicians.
Clemenceau visits grave of Theo?
dore Roosevelt and receives many
distinguished visitors.
Theatrical world shocked by death
of Frank Bacon, creator and star of
"LightninV
Izzy is publicly kissed while he and
Moe are raiding.
Sportsmen will fly from here tb
Arctic regions to hunt polar bear
next summer.
Representatives of city chapters of
Red Cross to plan peace-time vol?
unteer service.
Labor bank, with $2,000,000 re?
sources, will be established hero,
Peter J. Brady announces.
Authorities ready for appearance
before grand jury with evidence in
Hall-Mills case.
SPORTS
Joseph Conti, Pastime A. C, leads
field in handicap road run.
Kid Sullivan will substitute for
Pepper Martin in boxing bout at
j Garden against Kid Kaplan.
Ed Swanstrom wins ten-mile walk
of Long Island A. C.
Princeton ends football season
with eight victories and no defeats.
A. A. U. recommends suspension of
Joie Ray.
MARKETS AND SHIPS
British financial policy to be "re?
turn to normalcy."
De Lasterye opposes violent meas?
ures for restoring credit in final
speech on budget in French Chamber.
German manufacturers face prob?
lem of lack of capital to buy high
priced raw materials.
. -?
Sarah Bernhardt in Wreck
Escape? Vith Shock When Her
Auto Almost Capsizes
PARIS, Nov. 19.?Sarah Bernhardt,
while motoring *o San Remo yester?
day, had a narrow escape from serious
injury. The rear axle of her automo?
bil? broke and the machine almost
i capsized. Mme. Bernhardt, who suf
i fered slightly from shock, proceeded
on her journey by train.
MapoVbur?? Seeks Loan Here
MAGDEBURG, Prussia, Nov. 19.?
The Magdeburg City Council is to en?
deavor to float a municipal loan of
300,000,000 marks at 5 per cent in the
United States. The loan is to be pay?
able in marks.
?
Carolin? Hotel, Elnehnrat, N. C. Good
company; ?unghin? ?port and comfort.?
A?vt. *
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Reporter for The Tribune
Finds Part-Time System
Puts Pupil* ill Classes
Far Above Their Ability
A Minimum of Work
Teachers Struggle Against
Great Odds; Answers in
Examinations Amazing
What effect has the congestion
in the public schools had upon the
education of the city's children?
In an effort to answer that ques
<<;', a Tribune reporter r>;:cnt
thn c weeks iu olassrooms in con?
gested parts of the oity, What he
found will be told hi a vcriec of
articles in The Tribu tie, of which
the following is the first. The sec?
ond will appear to-morrow.
By M. Jay Racusin
Sow many nickels make a dollar?
"Fourteen.",
John's grandmother is eighty-six
years old. If she lives, in how many
yearo will she be 100 years old?
"In mo years."
What is the cost of twelve cakes
at six cakes for five cents?
"Seventy-two cents."
'"How many inches in a foot and a
half?"
"Six inches."
"Winter is cold in the North r.nd
short in the spring."
"Calm" and "stormy" have the
same meaning. "Sharp" and "dull"
are identical.
"Alike" and "different" arc the
sanie.
"A wheel is made up of an engine
and coaches."
These are written answers given in
a recent test of seventh grade pupils
in one of the city's elementary schools.
These pupils are not mental defectives
and have been advanced from class to
claes. They were instructed in ad?
dition, subtraction, multiplication and
i division in the second, third and
I fourth grades, and are supposed to
j have learned all about fraction?, deci
| mala; percentage and the complexities
i of cubic and rectangular measure
j ments in the fifth, sixth and seventh
[ year classes. In anol'ier year, it is
presumed, they will be ready to enter
! high school.
355,000 on Part Time
L Those answers disclose what is hap
p::nir.!? ,ii?j? S ?Tcat proportion of the
??l,000 children who attend the city's
? school. Th'?T Sr&- symbols'"of the ef-.
feet upon the child of the, part-time,
double sessions and other makeshift
schemes grafted upon the educational i
system in a hopeless effort to deal !
? with the congestion and overcrowding !
I resulting from the grave lack of school !
J op?ce.
That there are 355,557 school chil
I dren out of 331,141 on part time and
j double sessions probably has meant
little more than figures to the average
parent with a youngster of school age.
It was with a view to getting at the
real effect of these conditions upon
the education of the child that I spent
three weeks in the classrooms of
i schools where congestion and over
i crowding are greatest, and where con?
ditions are fairly representative of
the other hard-pressed schools of the
city. I sat for hours at desks with the
pupils, two and three at a desk, heard
their recitations, read their books, ex?
amined their test papers and inter?
viewed their teachers.
Hero are some of the things I
learned:
Fifty per cent of the pupils in the
crowded schools are unfit to continue
with the work of their grades and are
not prepared to go on with the regular
studies of the next class at the end of
the term.
Nevertheless, children are promoted
without regard to their educational
progress, only those bordering on men?
tal de^ciency being kept back. If the
child shows the slightest glimmer of
intelligence he is advanced.
Promotion Not for Knowledge
Teachers are virtually instructed to
promote a certain pronortion of their
classes, regardless of the fitness of the
child, to make room for incoming chil?
dren.
Frequently the teacher gives her chil?
dren the examination and test ques?
tions in advance and drills them in the
answers to insure their passage. She ]
is not permitted to keep back more than
six pupils, no matter how little the
class has absorbed of the year's work.
Under these limitations children
who have not attended school more ;
than two or three weeks in a year have ;
been advanced.
In one school fewer than twenty I
children out of every hundred are
making normal progress.
Because of the accepted custom of
forced promotion, pupils in the seventh
and eighth gracfes, who should be pro?
ficient in the more complex forms of
(Continued en gag? four)
Living Cost Now 57 P.C.
Above Pre-War Figure
October Increase Makes Aver?
age 40 Points Below Maxi?
mum Reached in 1920
The cost of living for the average
wage earner rose 1 per cent to a level
57.1 per cent higher than that in July,
1914, dui'ing the month ended October
16, according to statistics given out
yesterday by the National Industrial
Conference Board. On the basis of
the pre-war figure this is 2.6 per cent
higher than the post-war low level of
154.5 per cent reached in August of
this year and is higher than the aver?
age for any month since February.
The recent increase is due to a rise
of 3 points in the cost of food and a
rise of 2 points in the price of clothing.
j Shelter, fuel and light and sundries
?remained stationary at,the September
, level.
The unchanged cost of sundries and
shelter is still the lowest since the
peak was passed, but fuel and light
went to the highest mark since Febru?
ary, 1921, in September, and are now
only 13 points below the high mark in
the fall of 1920, although the cost of
living, as a whole, has fallen more than
40 points. Both food and clothing are
still within 4 points of the recent low
level.
?
H. . Peterobnr* and Tampa, na.?Thru
Sleeper 8:40 P. M. Dal y. Seaboard Air
Une ?y-, 143 W. *?nd 8t. Bryant, 5413.
?Advt, ?
Clemenceau
Bows at Tomb
Of Roosetelt
Places Wreath, Lifts Hat
and Turns Away Silently ;
Policeman Lends Him
Pen to Write Tribute
'Tiger'??pat~4 A. M.;
Sees Pershing Early
First Call on Old Friend,
111 in Bed; Reception
und a Luncheon To-day
3y Boyden Sparkes
Georges Clemenceau, whose memoirs
would be a history of France from the
days of Louis Napoleon, stood silent
yesterday before the grave of Theodore
Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay.
Standing there, the old Frenchman
thought, perhaps, of that other grave
in France where Quentin Roosevelt is
buried; thought also of the disappoint?
ment of this father when he was not
allowed to light in Frapce beside his
sons; and wished that this American
statesman were yet alive to discuss
understandjngly with him his fears for
civilization.
From the moment of his arising in
the home of Charles Dana Gibson in
127 East Seventy-third street at 4
o'clock in the morning, M. Clemenceau
was concerned with his expedition to
the grave of Roosevelt. At ti:30 he
breakfasted in his room, und if the
Gibson c?ok ?id not give notice then
and there it was only because his meal
was of such a simple character. On
the word of Mrs. Gibson this is what
he ate: A portion of gruyere cheese,
vegetable soup, boiled eggs, bread and
but;er. He drank only water.
"He's a darling old man," confided
Mrs. Gibson, "and not the least bil
difficult to please."
Pershing Brings Wreath
At 10 General John J. Pershing anc
Major Quakemeyer, his aide, both ir
civilian clothes, called. The General
with characteristic tact, had solved tin
principal problem of the Clemenceav
day. H?? brought with him a wreatl
of immortelles, with a few red rose!
knotted with red, white and blue lib
bon, to be carried by the old man ti
the grave of Roosevelt; Roosevelt
whose vision saw a general in the uni
form of a gray-haired captain of in
fan try and had the courage to jum]
h.m to tho rank of brigadier. The;
chatted there, Clemenceau and Per
?hing, for thirty minutes, and in thi
1hajf':hotff',rtranagea to Tight over. tii
war from the day Pershing landed ii
France until the Germans cam
through the lines and asked for a:
armistice at Sedan.
Bernard Baruch called; Colone
Stephen Bonsai, who is to conduct hi
trips in the United Spates, was there
so were Colonel and Mrs. Edward IV!
House, and M. Clemenceau had conver
sation for all of them. Shortly bexor
11 he emerged from the house, climbe
into the landaulet which had bee
provided for his use by Otto Kahi
and was driven to the Biltmore Hot?
With him were the Houses, Mr. an
Mrs. Gibson and his temporary sec
retary, a young man named Le Fevr?
It was announced that he would go t
Oyster Bay.
Preceding their motor cars wei
two motor squad policemen, Han
Shelley and Christopher Morgan. A]
patently some one had instructed thei
that speed was desired. They supplie
it by clearing a path down Park Avi
nue and after them at a furious cli
followed the two automobiles with
third car of newspaper men traiiir
them.
Speed Not His Mania
Inside the landaulet Clemenceau
eyes could be discerned flashing ba<
and forth beneath his shaggy brows,
was .iot precisely agitation that he r
vealed, but nevertheless M. Crucy,
correspondent of "Le Petit Parisian
who accompanied him to the Unit?
States, explained that at home Cleme
ceau uses a similar machine, but th
he has. an extra speedometer in tl
tonneau for his own eyes, and
ever the indicator passes the ma:
of seventeen miles an hour then the
is a new Clemenceau chauffeur. The
were times yesterday when the Frem
statesman rode faster than flfty-fi
miles an hour, but he never uttered
complaint.
At the Biltmore it was explain
that M. Clemenceau desired to call
his old friend, Herman H. Kohlsai
formerly publisher of "The Chica
Record-Herald" and author of the i
mous gold plank in the platform
which McKinley was elected in 18!
Colonel House said that Mr. Kohlsa
who was stricken with paralysis t'
months ago, o.ice expressed the opi
ion that Georges Clemenceau was t
one man worth making a ?trip acre
the ocean to talk to.
"Very well," said the Tiger. ".
(Continued on paga ?even)
Louisiana to
Ask U. S. Aid
Against Klan
Gov. Parker to See Hard?
ing To-day; Is Reported
Ready to Tell Him Ku
Klux Rules His State
May Present Plea
For Intervention
Likely to Cite Lynching?
and Say Constitutional
Government Is Gone
From T'nr THattne'S Washington Vurc.au
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19.?An appeal I
to the F?d?rai government "for aid in I
breaking the strangle hold tho Ku- j
Klux Klan has on the State of,
Louisiana" will be made to President
Harding to-morrow by Governor John
M. Parker, of that state, according to
a copyrighted dispatch from Baton
Rouge, La., printed in "The Washington
PoBt" th's morning. The message is i
from a member of "The Post's" staff,
George Rothwell Brown.
Governor Parker is due here to-mor?
row morning, having made an engage-'
ment with President Harding for to- '.
morrow some time ago. At the White
House there was no inkling that Gov- ;
ernor Parker wished to discuss the Ku
Klux menace, it having been thought
th"t he w'shed to discuss flood con?
trol.
Attorney General Daugherty is ex- ?
pected to take up the matter of Fed
eral activity against the klan with '
Governor Parker to-morrow. Ho is
understood to have been giving his
attention to the Louisiana situation as
well as to the klan's operations gen?
erally. He could not be reached to-day. I
Armed Force Not Planned Yet
It is not regarded as likely, that the j
| government contemplates t e use of !
' armed force against the "invisible em- ;
[ pire," for the present at least. What!
lit is believed may be done is for the1
government to throw the weight of its
nfluence behind the state authorities
and to join them in investigating and
prosecuting those guilty of the conspir?
acy to nullify the laws of the state
and the nation.
It was pointed out by one Louisian
?>.n h -r to nijiit that th% state gov?
ernment has had difficulty in obtain?
ing evidence against suspects in many
parishes because of klan control over
local officials, and it was his opinion
that Governor Parker may have de?
cided to appeal to the Federal govern?
ment for the services of the Depart?
ment of Ju tice bureau of investiga
-n. of which William J. Burns is
chief, for help in tracking down those
involved in klan outrages. The fact
that there is reason to believe some
of the deeds committed in Louisiana
were engineered from outside the state
and indeed executed by persons from
..ther states was cited as ground for
enlisting Federal aid for the state
1 xorces.
Governor Parker is said to have been
stirred to bring his appeal to Wash?
ington by the recent occurrence in
Morehouse Parish, where two men were
killed mysteriously and under circum?
stances that pointed toward klansmen
as being guilty. Efforts of the Baton
Rouge government to trace the crime
have been balked at every turn, the en?
tire community having apparently been
terrorized into silence. The klan is
said to be powerful also in Shreveport,
Monroe, Alexandria and Huston.
It was said here to-day that the Gov-1
ernor will cite in his conferences with ?
the President and the Attorney Gen- !
oral indications that klans in Arkan- j
sas and Texas, in both of which states ?
it is vigorous, have been making law- j
'ess incursions into Louisiana.
Details of how the Ku-Klux controls
almost every phase of the state gov?
ernment in Louisiana, even including j
the courts, how it warns men whose i
! morals or conduct its leaders do not
I like to leave the community, where
| upon they always leave without ques?
tion, are printe'd in Mr. Brown's dis?
patch from New Orleans.
May Ask Intervention
Mr. Brown asserts that Governor
Parker will lay all this before Presi?
dent Harding to-morrow and will in?
sist that the Federal government,
under the section of the Constitution
guaranteeing all the states a repub
i lican form of government, interfere
and restore orderly, legal government
in Louisiana.
The constitutional guaranty on which
Governor Parker will appeal to Presi?
dent Harding, according to Mr. Brown,
is Article 4, Section 4, which reads as j
follows:
"The United States shall guarantee
to every state in this Union a repub?
lican form of government and shall
protect each of them against invasion,
and on application of the Legislature
(Continuai ors gaga thro?)
6lzzy" Reaps Kiss as Climax
Of Wholesale Liquor Round-Up
Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith, of the
local prohibition" forces, scoured the
city yesterday. They got three truck
loads of liquor, valued at $30,000, ar?
rested one person and served sum?
monses on sixty-eight and Izzy was
kissed.
The woman who kissed him was one
of a group emerging from the Church
of the Reincarnation just as Izzy and
Moe were raiding Peter Fay's place at
230 Amsterdam Avenue, close by. Sev?
eral of the women waved their hand?
kerchiefs to the two enforcement
agents, and when Izzy took off his hat
and bowed in reply one of the women
rushed forward and embraced him,
planting a resounding kiss on his cheek.
Izzy and Moe had search warrants
authorizing them to hunt through the
places on their list. They are said to
have bought liquor in each place in
order to get the evidence necessary
before a warrant can be obtained. The
places on their list were scattered all
the way from the East Side to the
Bronx.
The most important seizure was made
at the cafe of Otto L. Arpa, at 499
Bre?me Street. Tha agents raid they
got 150 cases of beer and seventy-five
cases of whisky there. Next in value,
?
-? I
they reported, was the gin they found ?
in the real estate office of Morris
I Forn-ranz, at 450 Lenox Avenue.
Two of the raids were on places near
I courts, and it was said that lawyers,
bondsmen and court attendants made
j haste to return to their duties when
. Izzy and Moe burst in. The agents de
I clared that players from the Audubon
! Theater? fled from Louis Cacci's cafe !
I at 3940 Broadway when they entered.
The only person arrested was Thomas !
j Fisher, bartender in a cafe at 974 Am- ;
sterdam Avenue. He was locked up at i
the West 100th Street police station. |
j Izzy explained that eight summonses J
already had been served on him in sirai- ]
lar cases and nine summonses equaled I
! an arrest.
While Izzy and Moe were busy
i ashore agents patrolling Great South
Bay intercepted a schooner carrying
??whifky valued at $50,000, seized the
liquor and arrested the skipper, Leon
j ard Black, and his crew, John H. Bailey
i and Eugene Brown. They will be ar
? raigned in Brooklyn to-day.
Their boat was creeping through Fire
Island Inlet when the agents pounced
upon it. The liquor aboard is said to
have been lightered from a steamship
lying about thirty-five miles off the
coast. This vessel is said to hav?
10.000 cases of whisky aboard.
Newberry Quits Senate;
Persecuted, He Charges;
Expulsion Was Assured
History of Newberry's Struggle
To Keep His Seat at Washington
Oct. 29, 1918?Exonerated by
United States Grand Jury, New
York, of filing fraudulent primary
expense account.
Nov. 5,- 1918?Elected United
States Senator.
Jan. 4, 1919?Ford files charges
of illegal expenditures with Sen?
ate; asks for recount.
May 19, 1919?Newberry takes
oath of office and seat in the Sen?
ate.
Nov. 29, 1919?Newberry and
133 campaign workers indicted for
violating Congressional corrupt
practices act in 1918 primary.
March 20, 1920 ? Newberry
found guilty; sentenced to two
years in a penitentiary and fined
$10,000.
May 2, 1921?United States Su?
preme Court unanimously re?
verses conviction.
Jan. 12, 1922?Senate votes by
46 to 41 to permit Newberry to re?
tain seat.
Nov. 19, 1922 ?? Newberry re?
signs.
Truman H. Newberry
Frank Bacon,
The Creator of
lightnin Y Dies
End Comes in Chicago Fol?
lowing Breakdown Re?
sulting From Four Years'
Work in Popular Play
Frank Bacon, creator of "Lightnin'
Bill" Jones, is dead.
"Lightn'n'," the play that brought
a belated fame to him and lifted him
from theatrical mediocrity to theat?
rical greatness at the age of fifty
four, proved to be the play that helped
to kill him. His death occurred yes?
terday morning at the Hotel Del Prado,
Chicago, and resulted from a break?
down which was brought about by the
unremitting grind of four and a half
years' playing in one part without a
let-up.
Since the steaming night in August,
1918?August 26, to be exact?that
"Lightnin*." which he helped to write,
opened at the Gaiety Theater they'd
been saying along Broadway that
Frank Bacon would have to go on play?
ing Bill Jones to the end of hi3 days.
For once, a Broadway prophecy came
true. His last performance was given
in Chicago Saturday night a week ago.
When, at the advice of his wife and
physicians, he laid aside his faded blue
G. A. R. uniform and his crumpled felt
hat with its gold cord and consented
to go to bed for a few days, he in?
sisted that he wasn't ill?just tired.
He became weaker, however, and the
break in his voice became a trifle more
real. On Saturday he suffered a heart
attack and fell into a coma from which
he never rallied. At 8:40 a. m. yes?
terday he died peacefully, and w.th
the record of 2,000 performances as the
lovable, dryly humorous, shiftless
"Lightnin'." He had told his bee story
tho last time.
Family at the Bedside
His wife, who married him in a Cal?
ifornia village thirty-seven years ago
and remained his loyal and steadfast
companion during the dreary days of
barnstorming in the West, was at his
bedside when he died. His daughter,
Mrs. Bessie Allen, was also there. His
body will be taken to Mountain View,
Calif., his boyhood home. Mr. Bacon
is survived also by a son, Lloyd, of
Los Angeles. Funeral services will be
held in Chicago Wednesday.
The death of Frank Bacon came as a
ahock to Broadway last night. As vice
president of the Actors' Equity Asso?
ciation and ex-president of the Green
Room Club, and as a member of the
Lambs and Friars, he was a part of
Broadway's theatrical life, and was
held in affectionate esteem by ail fre?
quenters of the street that brought him
fame?managers, actors, authors, com?
posers, press agents and stage hands.
The cheerful optimism that character?
ized the part of "Lightin' Bill" Jones
in the play was a quality expected and
found in Frank Bacon when he was out
of his character and away from the
theater. In sheer personal popularity
in the profession he was perhaps ex?
celled by no one.
Thonght It a Visit to Chicago
Broadway did not realize that af?
ternoon in August of last year when
it gave Bacon a tumultuous send-off as
he departed for Chicago after 1,291
consecutive performances in "Light?
nin"' at the Gaiety that it was really
saying goodby. And certainly Bacon
did not realize that he was saying good?
by to Broadway. To him Chicago was
merely a visit. The ex-sheep herder,
advertising solicitor, country printer
and California "h?m" who had finally
come into his own meant to come back.
New York to him was home. And up
until Saturday morning he wa3 sure
that he would come back.
It took the San Francisco earthquake
to get Bacon out of the West. For
years and years he barnstormed from
town to town with a cheap repertoire
company and ate meals cooked by his
wife over an oil stove. It was hard
living. Somewhat easier living was
found In San Francisco when he landed
a j b at t'e Alcazar T- eater. He st:ick
to that job sixteen years, and perhaps
would have st-*ck to it until the end
?C-intlnue? on ???? cttf
A
Extra Session
Of Congress to
Begiii^To-day
l\o Action Is Expected on
Ship Rill in House or
Senate Until President
Delivers His Message
Front The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.?For the
second time in its history the 87th Con?
gress will meet to-morrow in extraordi?
nary session. Its principal work will
be the merchant marirsp bill.
It is expected both the Senate and
House of Representatives will adjourn
after being in session to-morrow only
a few minutes, merely going through
the formality of convening, and then
await the coming of President Harding
with his address on Tuesday.
Several members of the two branches
have died since the last session, the
last being Representative John I. No?
lan, of California, who was chairman
of the Labor Committee, yesterday. It
is probable the House will adjourn on
a resolution of respect.
Incidentally, though no surprise* are
scheduled in the Executive's message,
the House, at least, which is faced with
immediate action on the shipping bill,
undoubtedly is loath to grapple with
the measure. Leaders are pessimistic
and apparently unwilling to get down
to business on it until the last minute.
Misst&tements Cause Opposition
There seems to be no doubt much of
the opposition to subsidy is due to a
lack of knowledge of what the President
is trying to do. Democrats and radi?
cals have made so many misstatements
about what is in the bity that the aver?
age person has not had a chance to do
any thinking for himself. Briefly, the
measure, which is intended to build
up an American merchant marine sec?
ond to none in the world, provides:
Low interest rate, equal to govern?
ment bond rate, upon the unpaid bal?
ances on vessels sold, and fifteen years
to complete payment for same.
Loans up to two-thirds of value on
new construction, loans to run fifteer
years at 2 per cent; this to take th?
place of the shipbuilding bounties ol
several foreign competitors.
Theso loans to be made from a re
volving fund of $125,000,000 to be se
aside out ol the funds of the Shippinj
Board.
Exemption of certain taxes, provid
ed the money is used in new shi;
construction..
Requirement that 50 per cent o
emigration to the United States shal
be carried in American vessels.
American Registry for Transport
All army and navy transport in mer
chant vessels of American registry.
Government officials to travel am
government supplies to be carried ii
American vessels. ^
Payment of direct compensation
One-half of 1 per cent for each gros
(Continued en pat? three)
Student Refuses to Wear
U. S. Uniform in Collegi
Against Christian Principles t
Take Military Course, Son
of Minister Holds
AMHERST,- Mass., Nov. 19.?For th
? first time in the history of Massachi
I setts Agricultural College a student hi
| refused to den the uniform of tt
j United States Army a - 1 participate i
! a military course conducted under tl
j direction of commissioned and noi
I commissioned officers assigned to tt
institution by the War Department,
j became known to-day. The man
I Gordon Hugh Ward, of Englewoo
j N. J., the son of a minister, and rat<
as one of the most brilliant students !
the college.
Ward, who is a member of the soph
j more class, said that he would not dri
! because he believed mi itary trainii
?to be against the principles of Chri
| tianity. He took the course in h
! freshman year, but declined to co
! tinue it when he became a member
the second yetr class. Because of ii
excellent work in the course he w
slated to become a sergeant of t
corps, army officers said.
Letter to the Governor of
Michigan Defends His
Record and Excoriates
Foes Who 'Hound' Him
Friends See Clew
To Plans in Note
Act Forestalls Almost
Certain Expulsion by the
Senate, Is Capital View
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.?Tru?
man H. Newberry will not be a
member of the United States Senat?
when that body convene? in the spe?
cial session of Congress at ncnae to?
morrow. He resigned, to teke e?feet*
immediately, in a lette.- dated yes?
terday.
Vice-President Calvin Coolidge, a?
president of the Senate, received
notice of this from Senator New
berry early to-night, together with a
copy of the letter of resignation Mr.
Newberry had sent Governor Alex?
ander J. Groesbeck of Michigan.
Newberry's resignation has been
virtually assured ever since the elec?
tion early this month. Early on
Election Night the returns showed
clearly that the next Senate would
have more than a majority of men
who would vote to expel him, some
tf them, indeed, having made
pledges during their campaigns that
they would so vote.
Own Colleague Defeated
One of the most disturbing of these
elections to Senator Newberry was in
his own State of Michigan, where Sena?
tor Townsend, who had supported him
loyally, went down to defeat?the first
time sirrce the Republican party was
organized in 1856 that Michigan bad
sent a Democrat to the United 8tates
Senate.
Senator Newberry's letter of resigna?
tion contains a sharp attack on thn
bitter political persecution organized
against him by friends of Woodrow
Wilson the moment he defeated Henry
Ford in the Republican primary in
1918. His letter closes with a note of
thankfulness that his presence in the
Senate "aided in keeping the United
States out of the League of Nations."
Some of Mr. Newberry's friends had
hoped that he would be a candidate
to succeed himself, at the next elec?
tion or at a special election. The last
line of his letter of resignation gives
i possible hint of this. It was said
here to-night, however, by some of his
friends that he was "all through with
politics."
Text of Resignation
Following is the text of his letter of
resignation and of his letter to Vice
President Coolidge: I
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 17. 1922
Hon. Alex J. Groesbeck? Governor of
Michigan, Lansing, Mich.
Sir: I tender herewith my resig?
nation as United States Senator from
Michigan, to take immediate effect.
I am impelled to take this action
because, at the recent election, not
! withstanding: his long and faithful
| public service and his strict adher
; ence to the basic principles of con
I structure Republicanism which I hold
in common with him, Senator Town
send was defeated. While this fail?
ure to re-elect him may have been
j brought about, In part, by over four
years of continuous propaganda of
misrepresentation and untruth, a
fair analysis of the vote in Michigan
and other states where friends and
political enemies alike have suffered
defeat will demonstrate that a gen?
eral feeling of unrest was mainly re?
sponsible therefor.
This situation renders futile further
1 service by me in the United States
I Senate, in which I have consistently
I supported the progressive policies of
j President Harding's Administration.
; My work there has been and would
i continue to be hampered by partisan
j political persecution, and I, there?
fore, cheerfully return my commis?
sion to the people from whom I
received it.
Voices Gratitude to Fr'ends
I desire to record an expression o?
my gratitude for the splendid friend?
ship, loyalty and devotion of those
| who have endured with me during
I the last four years experiences un
i paralleled in the political history of
the country. By direction of the
Democratic Administration these be?
gan immediately upon my nomina?
tion, by proceedings before a spe?
cially selected grand jury, sitting
in another state, which, by a vote
of sixteen to one,, completely ex?
onerated those who had conducted
my campaign. Then followed my
election with every issue which has -
since been raised clearly before the
electorate of the state. A recount
j was demanded and after a thorough
I and painstaking review of the bal
! lots by the United States Senate 1
! was found to have received a sub*
i stantial majority.
While this was in progress I*waa
? subjected, with a large number of
: representative men of Michigan who
! had supported me, to a trial, follow
! ing ind;ctments procured by a Domo
! cratic Department of Justice which,
i through hundreds of agents, had
! hounded and terrified men in r11
? parts of the state into believing
! that some wrong had been done.
Under the instructions given by
the court convictions of a con?
spiracy to spend more than $8,760
naturally followed, and sentences
imposing fines and imprisonment
were immediately passed. All charges
of bribery and corruption were, how
! ever, quashed by the specific order
j of the presiding judge,
On appeal the Supreme Coart of
j the United States reversed the ac
i tion of the court below because, a?
i stated by Chief Justice White, of
''the grave misapprehension an^ the