SATISFACTION WITH
ALL MERCHANDISE
ADVERTISED IN THE
TRIBUNE IS GUA <A\T&?D
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LLXXXII > 27*<HO,3
First to Last ? the Truth: Hews- Eanonals ? Advertisements
right. IBtt,
>'ew York Trlbnne Ine )
SAK l{I)AV, DECEMBER ?SO, 19C2
a * *
THE WEATHER
Fair, rising trmperalar? lo-dayi
w.rm.r, rain or ?now to-mr?rrowj
dlrninlahlng ?-,athe??t wind?
_____________ TttaFF i-rvT? i roi u < r\r*
In Or*.1er >ew ISffe I Wlthla IS? till*. I
TWO < f M -
Hughes Urges Commission c
Harding Says U. S. Would Ai<
if Experts on Reparations;
i; Borah Amendment Dies
Indi cl Four
ka Montagnes
AndlO More
In Kiini Sales
I'. S? Grand Jury Charges
Rin^ Sold $r.970.0<H)
Worth of Liquor in
?acIii-?>?' Clirlet Here
Kanjiirl Uni? Is
Held Plot9? Pivot
JVrniit*?? Arc Deelared
Korpi'd; *'i of Brolhrr***
f,orporat.on?* Involved:
$3.0?MMH)0Se.?ureSeen
The indictment of fourteen persons
by tW* V? deral grand ?my yi-terday,
{out of tin in Rwmbera un] one of
;, founder of the Racquet and
> Club, 3?'ill end the activities,
William Hayward, United S Ulm? At?
torney, b?li?'vr*?, i.f ? riiif* of
)*t~*rs ?le luxe whose wares an
?*t huv \*ren sold over the cigar
tsunter of th'* Ka?*-iuet and Tennis
Hub t?. Kt'oeara of the high?*st class
to a clientele which included por
f unexceptionable social "Und
The reputed principals in the
?ebrme are Mottt-ifll I?? Montagne,
i aiember and a founder of the
Kacqurt and Taonia Cluk and his
Walters. Morgan E., William A. ?nd
JlMi M., tl ? entioned being
a *?lo player of diaf.nrtion, who
sev? r.-ol years ago on a team
Vaich '??-?preseiit.-d th?? United SUtcs
:n an international match.
The>c four, 3vh? are accu*??d of
buting $1.970,000 worth of
? ciged whisky in tho high"
. .a! circles of New York in the lant
',??ar, arc ?-aid to control and operate
? r,ly the commission houses of
l!. La Mu- ??nr, Inc., at 634
West Thirty fourth Street, but also
?he Green River Distilling Company
nd the Eminence Distillery Com?
pany, and to have used these con
?erns in the furtherance of their
'.licit traffic.
Employees Are Indicted.
On? of the indictment!? handed up
yeatrrday to Judge Knox in the 1
Ktate* Dittrict Court wat sealed. The
defendants named in the others, be
?tdei the La Montagne brother?, are
r?kk A. Harlow, who tend? the cigar
atarod tt the Rac<*ueX and Tsnnla Club;
'?a??l A. Story, vice-pre?ident and
*,?a*r?) manager of the La Montagne
?srsorttions; Jam.? R. Barrows, n cu?
:?at? bunded truckman who is alleged
obste transported most of the liquor
a<ler a permit from the prohibition
'flee; Joseph S Burrow?, his father,
?ho own. a para?, at PIS West Thirty
fourth Street and is said to have ?tored
tas I.qui.r; Edwin Schutt'nberg. said to
'??> been salesmen; Hex 1* Sheldon,
rk McAlll?ter, alia? MeGss, John
? und 11? rtiert BorgSB, whom
1 described as "professional
ra o' forged permits."
Montiijru La Montacne was presi
?"?nt of the corporation? involved and
hi? brother? are sa d to have held of
6fi ?no owned stock in th,m and to
*are acted a? liquor salesmen.
All of the defendant* are charged
sith ctn-plracy to violate the Vol?tead
at:. Thoie i* mother indictment in
trhich all the La Montagne?, except
Montaigu. ar. nam-d, a? well a? Mc
Alli?ter, Sheldon, Georg?' .nd Morgan.
_ (C*??.*? m .M? ?m>
L. S. tieft ?^200.000 for
Sommer White House
Millkmairc Baltimore Lauvrr*a
Will Prmiiles It Must He
' U ;??.Ilttl?_t*,tl
BpcHa: Diopotck to IS* T*ib-mo
BALTIMORE. Md.. Dec. 2'.'. l'ro\i
'he erection of s summer
***h te Houte for the u*e of the Preai
?ant ol the I'riited Staiet and for a
par', in Baltimore ere made in
J. Wilson Leakin, 1?
til wa? probated here to-day in
th. Orrhnr.?* Court.
Maryl-.nd Historical Society 1?
the letjatees. The residue
ot th. ??,tat?, ?aid to be valued at
Jl.OfiO.ooo cr mai o the Pea
*??*>? lr.?titutc of Baltimore.
the purchase of land and the
**?*<*t:on of the ?ummer White Hou?e
ftOQ.000 it left to the United Statet
of America. The tits It to be within
atnomobiling distance of Waih:ngton.
?t th? legacy 1? not accepted by C-.n
5?m within eighteen months after
r Leakin*? death the $2(K),0Ci0 Is to
become psrt of the reiidu? of the
??'?te.
Mar/land Hlitorlcal Society was
? *hed tl0.fX>n for the erection of
esl and
wk'?''
..
vr^V .dnnral ot
ta* "ff*, ff.dd, ?.., ? pijiijp ?, s, j rank?
' iVH).
Haytvard Appeals to
All to Back Dry state
William Hayward. United
States Attorney, appeaUd to the
TM\*tTtmJ to help him in
his effort to enforce the prohibi?
tion law. He naked Governor
Smith "not to attempt to nullify"
'ho rVdertil law by repealing the?
Mullan-Gage act. He
clergymen to preach obedience to
law. He asked public official**
and attorneys whether they made
mental reservation when they
tea) oiith to uphold the Cnnr-ti
tution, and added:
"Humbly and prayerfully I
.-.pp'iii to th* lieient. men an'd
women of this community to
cense bartering their l un*?titu
?!"Mi for a co?*ktail or a drink of
bad liquor, and to make the triv?
ial sacrifice r*rt?es?ary to uphold
the law and help restore that re
for law without which an?
archy and chaos must result."
?
News Summary
DOMESTIC
Itughe? suggests world commission
uri'h United S tat* s membera to ?ettle
rep?rations que?tio:-, if premier? fsii;
! naught but good ha? com. of dir
srmament conferenca, l.e t?lli hie
torians.
Irsy Fin*tein. ?ent to era aa V
bany, fails to unearth inaugural
cheer.
Smith to iet precedent by reading
first metsage to I?cgirlature; will
teal with prohibition and ask repeal
of motion picture censorship and
loaak law?.
William J. Lemp, head of once
powerful brewing company, commit?
?uicide at St.. Loui?.
Sheriff haves New Orl?ane with
extradition parr? for Dr. McKoIn
as Louisiana Klan plan? own investi
gat ion into Mer Rouge n.a?k?d
murder?.
LOCAL
Fourteen perton?. Including four
La Montagne brother?, indicted In
Racquet Club-?oclety bootlegging
acandal.
Declaring industry disorganised,
onion coal worker? demand na?
tionalization of mine?, with Federal
commission, headed by Cabinet of?
ficer, to run them.
Mrs. George W. Loft quit? as
Deputy Police Commissioner; lack of
Headquarters co-operation hinted as
reason.
Kills wife, slain In turn by her
father In pretrnc? of four children.
Whalen propote* $41,820,000 bridg?
over Ea?t River at Ninth Street.
I'slice inspector? svlll be held per?
sonally retponsible for dry' Broad?
way on New Year's Eve.
Atlantic gales delay Majestic ar.d
Berengaria, toss Manchuria about
J and smash rails.
Coal receipts unaffected by storm;
Woodin and fourteen of fuel admin?
istration staff resign.
Hanton seeks employers of fire?
bugs in laundry arson ring.
Eight tran?-Atlantlc liners off to?
day with crowded cabin?.
Witness denies $90,000 Elliott
withdrew from Business Builders
went for own use.
Republican As?emblymen ?rill op?
pose turning over transit control to
Board of Estimate.
WASHINGTON
Willingness of United States to
join world economic conference and
assurunce negotiations to this end
have been undertaken cause Senator
Boiah to withdraw his conference
proposal In Senate.
William J. Burns announces work
. on Ferlerai "clearing house" of crim?
inal information to correlate and
perfect pr?tent syetetaa is well under
way.
rOREIGN
Paris gets unofficial but authori?
tative word United ?States ?rill not ;
I participate in Premiers' reparations
1 conference.
United States appeal? at Lauaenn?
for refuge?? ousted from Turkey,
?Ahile conference deadlock continues,
awaiting Angora's instruirions to its
delegatea.
Sar.h Bernhardt, out of danger,
expect? to reappear on ?tag? Wednes?
day.
SPORTS
N. A. A. F. appointa nine commit?
tees for control and development of
national amateur athletics.
Whitbeck brothers reach finale Is
boya' and Junior national tennis
tournament
Batter Times wins feature raes st
New Orlesns.
. Pancho Villa easily defeata Tarry
Martin in rtfteen-rojud bout at Madi
! son Square Garden.
MARKETS AM? .??HIP*?
Steck prices advance despite tax
selling.
Wheat undergoes material eetbsck; I
c 'ton changes smalL i }
Miners Ask
U. S. to Take
Over Mines
(?all for Federal Owner?
-li.p.Op? ration. Cost and
Pri?e I i\in<_- of Hani
and Soft Cod Output
1^00,000000 Set
An Purchase Price
Industrial CoDapiC and
Rigid Lawi Predicted
Inle-*? Plan I** \dopteil
Punt-are by the (.overninrn' of the
nation'? entire /*'??! in?l?i?tr; . both h
'.aracite. at n total
I "D.0O0. a Cabinet place
i for a Secretary of Mine? and the cre
| ntion of a Federal Commi?*i'
' Mine* and a natior.nl minine council
?re prop<'!*ed i:i a plan for
t allzatinn of tie coal indu?trv ovhirh
the t'r.ited Nin? Workam of Anierira
?will present *o the l.'nite?! SUtes Co?l
alasita in January.
The p!in. embodied ;n a rap
the nation?'-.'Ht iot. esattsitts? of the
miner*' union which ha? beet
?idcring the quest i *n tiaei the uni?v.
convention ef ii*_ 1. ara? a**
night by Chria J. Golden. preeMsii. of
?o. ;? and b member
of th? ?, i?' the dinner of the
Le?(rue f'.r i r dust rial D<
it aaibodiei the following chief
recommeid?*
A SecrC ? ie (shinet.
A Fs**.*r*l < atBtaiaaisn ol
control budget snd policy on the basts
of continuous fact finding*.
A nation? "uncil. to edmin
latst policic*. tritt* miner?, technician?
and commuer? represented.
The BafagasHI b.r
gsining through join? conference.
Freeing product ion mansi*
wage iquabblet ?nd ??let problem? by
making ??air? ? thr drat c arge sgalnit
?the Indsstry ?n* tkarsfor? naakiag
wag. me;i?uremen' one of : he function?
of the Federal eoromittion ander the
principle? of collective bargaining,
?vhich ail] be ?afegu?'^?"' by ?*i inde?
pendent joir.t ?rats ?cale committee.
I'nlfl ?tlon Neies.ary
In explaining the reason? for their
insistence on a nationalization program
the committee in it? report d?-<
i that the coal induttry ha? been so dis?
, organized ?riu mismanaged I Nat the
?ituntion In recent years : a? ap?
proached what even "?tand pa. '
tor? describe a? s "estaatrophe." Un
?orae unification Is effe?*tr?i *
"blow-up" i? prophesied, followed by
drastic and frenzied Icgi.'lf.*
"The operator?." the repor'
tit ues, "have i? fresh explanation for
the annual crisis a* often ab it roll*
around. One year it is csr shortage,
a*?other ye?r high wages, tl
then government interference
thought-out plan and remedy th'
offered none.
"The only large-scale proposal has
come from the Unit*?! Mine Worker*
of America in their demand for na?
tionalization. It is th?. only proposal
that grapple? with ?lack work for the
miners, high prices ?nd irregular sup?
ply for the consumer?."
The nationalization Bahama, vesting
owner?hip of all coal mining pr?.per.
! tie? both developed and undeveloped in
the public and controlled and admin
??terrd by juvennncnt bodir?, is the
tc-lution the committee ho'ds out.
The first step would be, of course,
the acquiiition of the mine? and mine
lands by the government, based on .?
timates of vslue made before Federal
investigating bodies. The committee
itemizes it a? follows:
Inv*?tm?nt of bltumlnou? op?
.'??'?r* .. . i'.oto.ooo.eso
Invaoim?nl of ?nthr?r|i. op
er? tor* . tOA.eCO.60?
Roy.ltle? fl'je (iwn?r. of eo?:
land? which wouM ?i.v. to
ha lousht up by <h? rov.rn
men? on the h..l* of *t
???I proJurtlon. :.?o?
There figure? it consider? s libersl
estimate and point? out that one year's
output of the bituminous mine* would
pay almost half this sum.
Disclaiming any interest on the part
of the Ameriesn worker ?n what is
usually called State Socialism, th"
initi?e declare? against any control of
the mines by politicians and offer? in
stesd a permanent Federal Commission
of Mines which would lsy do*vn the
broad policies cf control, gather in?
formation through a permanent fact
finding agency, and rav. as it? head a
Secretary of Mine?. Its membership
would be limited to eleven, five of whom
would be named by professional to?
adle?, euch a? the engineering group?,
and the remaining six members ap?
pointed by the President. It? func?
tion? would include s!so scientific co?t
finding, research, prlcefixing and bud?
get determination. Thi? commi??ion, in
lO?tl?M* .. .?i ????)
Working Claw's Morale
Ig Best. Schwub Asserts
Prouder of F-iends He Made
in Htimbl?? Be-rlnnin?: Than
Any Other?* Adulations
BETHLEHEM, Pa.. Dee ?.--Charlea
M Schwab, chairman of the board of
director? of the Bethlehem St..] Cor?
poration, in an addre?? to-nlr'?
fore the Pennsylvania State Education
A??oelation, declar.d the average
???rage American citi
?he worki'i*-* cla?. ?a? higher
ihan that of tha "lo-callfd higher citl?
of tha eountr...
"I am prouder of tha friend?,
thote who worked wit?, me in my hum?
ble beginning.** aided Mr. Schwab,
"than of the adulation? of the higheat
In the world."
The fundarnental principle! of edu?
cation, Mr. Schwab ssi<1. wert tlcraoe
racr and 'nteg-Ht??
r
Tildvn ( tucrvd by His ?
(ritme Aftvr Operation
?c r*.? r-.? -
PHIa_ADELP.UA, Dae, '29.?
William T. 7
champion, wa? in action
M the courts to-day for th? .
tune ?Mtu-e be had n. part ttt hi?.
middle Hi.. ,.,* ixfauae of
nn infection. })<* tool ;? l>i u f
"ork-out at Un M Kr-t-inient Ar?
mory in preparation for his ex?
hibition matches, in Chicago on
January 5 and 6.
"I fed irreatly encouraged
?altar my pra ;i? Tilden.
"I viag surprised that I did a'
well an 1 did. Of course it will
mil r ?rlMtaWr I hall regain my
i. hut 1 am be
may be a rr tkc ex?
hibition B i hi?*?*?jo."
Mrs. Loft Quits
Poliee Job; Her
Plans Not Aided
Hints of Lack of Co-opera?
tion 1 oIIoh Hi-iprnatiim
aa Deput*. ( ommi--.iotirr
Nrving Without Salary
RefuMt to t?i\c Reason
Women AnocirtW in Tears
% lien Siirpri-ei. b\ %?*?,??;
Knriglit Dm N(i (eminent
tlinti of "lack of co op?ration'' ?e
. rompanled th? ?iinouncera?ti?. ??-?t?T
?t Mr?. George W. Left. Fifth
lea ?'ommissloner. serving1
j ?* ithoul sal?r;-. 1.a?H resigned her post.
' No o?.?, however, from Commi-iloner
Enright down to the te?rfu! seerctariei
j in Mn. Loft'i office, would comme.it
J on this.
"Our dear darlinf has left u?"?th t
i wa? the way they put It In the Woman'?
-t. the hendquerter? of the
! women police, on We?t Thlrty-seventh
.??tree*. With teart in their eye?, they
iown th? Chriitmas decorations
and mourned the new?.
The resignation came MarinU? at
' a surprise even to those closi>ly alto
with Mr? Loft. She ama present
on Saturday when gifts u?r- dia
?riVr.'t?*-! to 500 poor cnildreii of Ilrli's
Kitchen ?t a bountiful Christm?s ,i?ny,
?hleli ir.clud?*'! everything from new
shoe? to ice cream.
i?? to Annoonce Rea?on
Win-., i ??: misiior?"* Knright wa?
asked abiut Mrs. Loft'? re?lgnatlon ho
said:
??| und ritand -v- ?
ti-lieve lha r?*?ig-*?tlon will t?ke effect
?he year."
And that wa? all.
Mrs. L'-ft henelf w?? bi
,11 da - fl'phone laat night
from her home In Frreport, L. I., she
-., ?-ivr ?ny re??on for her
?tien. When told that her \
elates were in tears over her action,
she said:
"I'm very ?orry. They are a fine
body of men atid women in th?
far* fluroau an.l ?he Women's Pre
linct. I huve enjoyed working with
them."
Hat. (.Iven Time and Mon ?
Mrs. Loft is the wife of George W.
Loft, candy manufacturer. She wa?
.appointed fifth Deputy Police Commis?
sioner in charge of woman's activities
within the Police Department in Ma?/,
1921. and has given both time and
money to bring the work to a high
i state of efficiency. Many things, how
! ever, which were in the original plans
' of the women's precinct have not
been encouraged at Headquarters and
It wac generally believed yesterday
that the?e disappointment?, coupled
with Mrs. Loft'? ill health, were re
?poniible for ber resignation.
Investigation of the affairs of the
women's precinct revealed that many
things have been Wt uiidin?* there.
The dormitory which wa? fitted up on
the third floor as a refuge for runaway
girls and women in need ef a fma?-l|
ter h?? never been ementa, the
clinic and hospital proffise?! M
operation with the Health Department
has never b?*en put la operat cm and
hool for patrolmen, which was
included in the prospectos of the
women's precinct, functions only in?
termittently.
Washington
Awaits Paris
Parley Result
Pn-ulmt'?* Plan Not to
Rn?*li In to liiropr"?? Aiil
if PrrniiiT? i an F ?nil
W?y Out of Troiilil.**
Fiiiaiicieri Would
Speak ( initially
-
Borali Drops Proposal M
Senat?' Hear.?? ? ?OtafCTODCB
at Briis^rl*? b I ?ootiderfd
- r-~ib%i*'e's Tr??#K?H?j*
.. I'-c. I?, The ?dmin?
iitration'? willingnes? to n?me finan?
cial and economic expert? to partici?
p?t, for t> t 1'r.:*. ! State* should a
wer'd economic conference be called or
a commltslon be named to attempt a
solution of the reparation, question,
was made unmlstaksble here to day
by Whit. House spokesmen who am?
the policy of this government.
a? pronounced by Secretary of State
Hughe* in ?ils .idres?, delivered at
New Haven last evening.
1h? Hughe* propotal was described
by tho*e in toueh ??th th? official.
?ituation primarily a? an alternativ? i
that might he taken II th. event the
Allied premier? at ther Pari? meeting
reek fail to arrive at a solution j
of th? repsration? tangle. The Whit? I
House I ie-*r >? *Wm* thi* government |
doe? not intend to rush into Europe
?nd take upon it? ?houlders a ?olution |
of tl * hu? it; carrying out
the policy of halpfulne?? that th*
Harding adirlnlstratlon is committed
to, thi? government will co-operate ip.
?ny eor.f.r.rre or on any eomm'?sion
of diiinter.ited financial and ?conomic
??tpert? that may b? callad to conildtr
ths problem.
Not ( ?lied by Am.rir?
Such ? conference, |? *ra? po'nted
out, would not be calle] l<
ernm.nt h?cau?e th? problem wa? e?
?entially European, but assurances have
been given to the power? that they
could expect American representation
in any meeting called to attempt a
solution of thi? <ju??tion, which niu?t
he ?olved, ?ceorfling to th? White
House view, before restor?tion of Eu?
rope Is ooaiibl?.
The Amerlcen p?rt!clpant?, it wa? i
declared, would b? norrln?t?d with the
complet? ?anetion of the government I
?r.d ?ny agreement thst might be
re?ched by the flnasirirr? snd economic |
avpert? would of court? represent the]
official view of thi? government.
Thi? official attitude ws? clarified at j
the climax of a day In which th. con- ?
ference posai bl Ht y ???? continually to
the fore, and In the midtt of which
Senator Borah, of Idaho, in the Senate
withdrew hi? own widely dtaeuaied
?mendment to the naval bill calling for
a cinference. Me acted on ?siursnee?
from Senate spokesmen for the Ad
latrstioa trat negotiation? looking to
an international gathering were b?*ing
conducted and that tuch a rider a? he
proponed would merely bo an emb?V
roormrnt.
The Borah retolutlon was directly
referred to by the Administration
spokesmen, who declared that it wa?
futile to append to any piece of leg?
islation an authorization to call a
meeting whose object was to accom
r'lsh an accord among nation? when
?he?e nation? had not asked that such |
a move he made nor had they given
any indication that ?uch a mov? would
Se welcomed.
Need Co-operation of All
Th? interest the Chamber of Com?
merce of the United State? has shown
in the direction of solving the repara?
tions question, it was said, wa? ac?
cepted ? ? an expression of the tound
opinion of the business Interests of
America, who ?eek an early readjust?
ment of Edrope. No ?olution that a
purely American commiaaion might
pr??ent, however, could accomplish the
d??iri*d end unle?s the nation? rno.t
??d would consent to put the
>,*r?n-.r into execution. It wa? ?aid.
.-,tor Borah'? action In dropping
hi? proposed amendment, calling for a
conference cam? following ?tat?mente
' Senat*, by .Senstors Watson, of
Indiana; MrConwicL, of Illinois, and
Lodge, of Masaachuietti, *?hich, taken
together, were to the effect that this
government hsd sounded out foreign
governments on an economic eonfer
| enre, and that a conference would be
(C.?I.M? 0% Mil ????)
Kills Wife in Doorway, Slain
By Fatherin-Law; 4 Orphaned
Four children, menaced by fljtngbul
let?, ?aw their father kill their mothei
and their grandfather kill their fathe:
in the baaeraant doorway, of theii
home, 64?? Union Street, Brooklyn, la*
I night. What waa back af the quarr?!
earning the doubla tragedy waa known
only to Frank Dagota and hit wife,
I and they are dead. Th? wife's father,
I Giovanni Magliocco, who lived with
them, ii in th? Bergen Street police
station, charged with murder.
When Dagote left hi? home early
-May he cut ahort a quarrel with
I his wife. Th< Iiagote family oc<
"P floor and th? Maglioceo family
pariaf floor and baaement. Mr?.
Dagot? and her children were taking
?upper with her father down
aboot C o'clock when Frank came horn?.
He rang the hell ar.-l Mr?. P?gate,
folio*??-! a] th? ehlHrsn, ?artet ta tbi
door to let him In. Cure?* were heard
fo<lowed a ??cond later by two ?hot?
? nd Mr?. Dagot? ?t?ggered toward thi
dining room and fall with a bullet
through her heart and anothar in fc?|
breaat
Msglloeco, who had risen from thi
table at th? eound of th? rcteea, ran
to a draw?r and came back with an
automatic pistol. Dagote waa stand?
ing over the body of hit wife, still
cursing. Magliocco fired nine shot? at
raaaa Itallaa, n?ar whom ware
etandirg the children. One of th# bul?
, leta pfarced hi? heart, another hi? head.
Dagot? i.??ic ?r attempt tu rata? hi?
osrn weapon, clutehed at the doer for
support and fall I
wl/t.
Patrolman Redly and O'DonaeM, of
the I -et Uatlon. heard the
rolley of ?hot? and ran to the houee
add arreited Maglloceo, ?Jrho eondueti
a cer.fsctienarT ?tore at let Hi?tkfl
Ptre?
I
France on Record as Favoring
A World Economic Conference
IVKI. I v The AaaociaUu President Hardinp/a
left? or I/xii/o touching on the international probien
-1 ct'ini-ofl?rially lure as :<ho3ving the desire of the President to
obtain sufficient frsedtmi t*> ? nable him to treat the debts question with
n li
?'.*? remarks regarding the proposed world
i that the Kronen government
has ahoun that it farori mi? li ?i ttnfetxnca by bisJatfag upon the holding
?>f u malting in Brasaata for tho discussion of reparations and |_l
Allied ?|?lits, whi.li "It n?! would amount to tho same thing
a? pr itor Borah if the United State? were represented.
Woodin Quits
As Goal Stork
Here Holds Out
I-etter to (inventor Al-o (;ir
rir- H?"?i?_nati??n cif St-tfT.
FfTerti*.?* Jan. 1 : Give??
Hii-in?"??? frexoiire RajMi
Acute Shortage Inlikely
Learoyil iSay* Storm Fails to
Hinder Fuel Shipment?
or Deliveries in City
' ?>?! shipments were re
terdsy with customsry re?;ul-.rlty de
apit? th? threatened delays due to the
?torm. making it unnecessary for deal?
er? to draw on Ihe ?can? t?
' '.ousehold fuel reniain
Ir.-;. Neither rait, boat nor truck de?
liveries were Interfered ?Uli, accord?
ing to Arthur S. Learoyd. Distri^*. Fuel
Administrator, ?m? *-Uh clear and
n weather in prospect there ii no
apprehension of an immediate acute
-rtor?age.
With thil itatement came ir-e an
nounr?ment from the fuel admi;.
?ion olTU-e thai Wi'llam H. Woodin.
-*s'e Fuel Adnnr:i*-tr?tor, and four
tain of hit chief assistant? had Ma?
*?-"! ? lir retignation? to Governor
elect Smith, effective January 1, with
the request that he -et upon them im?
mediately. Mr. Woodin ??rot- t.i the
-nor-alect In his own behalf ar.d
for the members of his staff, pleading
?ro of personal business and a?k
injr that the resignation receive execu?
tive attention at the earliest possible
moment,
I etter of Resignation
Mr. Woodia'a letter follows:
"Will y < ? i J please am pt iiy rr.aigna
tion as Fuel A?lni:ni?trator of this
state? This carrie? with it the resig?
nation of my immediate staff in tho
greater N'ew York office and ?he nine
ili.triot, fu?l adniiiustratore -.erving
wiili mo.
"We have been In office practically
four months, giving a volunteer ?
ica greatlv to the detriment of th?
personal affairs of each one of us. It
would, therefore, seem just that JOB
release ui aa of January 1. Needless
to say we will eladly hold over in of- |
fice for n few day?, in order ?hat our
su-."e??or?. may have opportunity toi
acquaint themselves with their dutie?
It is 'ardly necessary to ndd that we
will do all in our power to assi.-t the
new Fuel Administration?in any way
that you de
"I urpe taat y on do me the favor
of acting in this metter at the earliest
possible moment."
Member? of Ilia Staff
The member? of thi Fuel Adminl?
tration staff included in tho resigna?
re :
( 'ni.,i.. 1 W. J. Donovan, counsel;
Harry T. Peter?, assistant fuel ad?
ministrator; II C, Wick, secretary;
George Barr Baker and Kmil W. Kahn,
itive assistant?; G. R. Scanland,
tar, and the following distnr ?
?rators, comprising the executive
?taff for the state: Districts 1 and I,
Arthur S. Learoyd, Manhattan; Dis?
trict 3. Albert E. Cluett, Troy; Dis?
trict 4, Clarence B. Kilmer, Saratoga
Springt; District &, Carleton A. Chase,
Syracuse; District 6, Merle B. Thomp?
son, Elmira; District 7, Mortimer R.
Mille.r, RoeJieaUr; District a. FHward
B. Holme?, Buffnlo; District 9, Arthur
W. Lawrence, Hronxville.
It is understood that the resignation
Is more than a formal tender or a
gesture to an incoming administration
(Cmntlmat ?a aitl ?aw)
Chieago Trie* ."> Firemen
Thought Klan Member?
Woman Hrait INiirae ?f Cily
Hospital Also Is \?-ru?.i ?!
by Superiors
6pa?r?V>| Dtspotrh to Th? Trittst*?
CHICAGO, Dec. 29. -Si* employe?!
of the city, one of them a woman, ara
on trial of chargea that they are mem
bar? of tha Ku-Klux Klan or that they
favor what it stands for.
M;ii Laura A. Cox, bead nurae of
the Municipal Tuberculosis Hospital, i?
I tha woman. Dr. Jacob Mendelsohn, phy
1 ?ician in charge, appear? to be her chief
accuser. Among the witnes-e? testify?
ing ??gainst Miss Cox were Min Helen
O'Malley. Mrs. Leonard and Milt Grace
Sarilla. AU eaid they had heard Miss
Cox declare ihe waa in aympathy with
tha objects of th? Klan.
Fir? memberi of one company of
i th? Ara department ar? also on trial
i on charg?? of belonging to tha Klan.
' Alderman Robert J. Mulcahey, chair?
man of the City Council committee ap?
pointed to investigate the activities of
the Klan among city emp'oyee?, Mid
he would recommend that the five fire
men be suiperdol. According to the
on? of HattHhon ?hief Patrick
' rpny, whole district includes the
? affected fire company, tue suspected
men e? Uece? fee? of $6 and 115 ad
{ ditlonal for their robe?. Fireman
Thomas J. O'Brien, ?tember ai the
j company, testified that r<- had received
| threats that he "would he taken car?
of" if ha aapiarad as a witneae.
U. S. Won't Sit
In Paris Parlev,
France learns
If i nt of an Eleventh-Hour
Strp by Washington Bed
if Ffnhr I* Seized: Cuno
Plan on Debt Awaited
Proposes 4-Power Part
AI*o Expert?*?! to Offer a
Billion ? Mark Payment
Now and Reat in 10 Yeara
TARIS, Dec. 29 (By Tha Associated
Pre*?, i. I'ertiitent reports thst th?
! States would particip?t? in
?orne form In next week'? conference
of the inter-Allied Premiers here were
definitely eliminated to-day upon tha
receipt of news that America would
take no part in the meeting.
Unofficial but authoritativ? informa?
tion reaened htra to-d?y that tha
Americ?n Administration regard? tha
forthcoming aetslon as a purely Euro
pesu affair and not ??arrantIng inter?
vention by tbc Unltsd Mate?.
Although It is not be'lev-d the Hate
Department In WaBoington has mad?
an; statement on tb? matter, inUreit?
ed governments, on Inquiring in re?
sponsible American sources, wer? in?
formed there did net te?m to ba th?
slightest chance of American partici?
pation.
Ther? was son.e ?uggeation, how
ever, that tne bresking up of th? con?
ference and the probability that this
would be followed b French seiture?
in Germany might provoke an eleventh
hour st?p by the Lnited State?.
Interest Over Cono'? r?an
Report? that Wilh?lm Cuno, th?
German Chancellor. Intend? to start!?
the premier?* conference with d.finit?
??esp?sala for a four-power pact which
would guarant?? th. ??curity of
Fr?nc? and th? present Pranco-C?r
tnan frontiers, reached reparation cir?
clet today and created considerable
assists at,
Thi? pact, according to th? report?,
would estend over a pariod of thirty
year?. It would be signed by Great
Britain, Italy, France ?ad Germany
Th? t'nited Stat?? alto would be aaked
IB, bit without aiiuming any
militar>' obligations.
French officials are said to have al?
ready received an outline of the scheme
from unofficial source? and th?ro is
believed to b? little cnthuaiatm for it,
? inc? it i? ?uppoaed to contain a claus?
giving any country the right to with?
draw within tho thirty-year period,
provided a referendum decides to this
effect. Another feature of th? reported
pact would be th? withdrawal within
a ?hort time of the troop? of occupa?
tion. This, it is asserted, would find
no support in France.
Germany is keeping Its new pro?
posal? much in the dark, so far as the
reparation commission is concerned.
The commission ha? learned that
among Chancellor Cuno's proposals
?vill be one to pay a lump turn, some?
where between 6.000,000,000 and 8,000.
000,000 gold mark?, 1,000,000,000 to b?
paid at once and the remainder over a
period of ten year?.
This would be accompanied by a cer
. tain form of Allied financial control
sufficient to tnture the balancing of
,ny'? budget and th? ?tabiliaa
tion of tha mark.
Split on Reparation Continu?e
Btoaiol Cabio to TOO Tribune
. .riebt, til!, N.w York Tribune )
PARIS. Dec. I".'.--Divsrarence between
the French and British viewpoints on
Germany's pr?tent financial condition
! become? increaiingly apparent as the
! January 2 conferen?-e of Allied pre?
mier? approaches. Officials here, e? en
in advance of tho London Cabinet ?
meeting t -day, wer? informed the
British theory a? to the basis for ne?
gotiations is not th? French.
The British admittedly contend any
? action agalntt the Reich taking the
i form of teizure of what the French
| call "productiva guaranti?? and ?anc
tiont" will only complicate the situ?
ation further and ?hatter all hope of
?arly German payment?. Th? French
r?it?r?t? their ?logan: "No morato
i rium without ?auction?."
I r> i?ch official? to-day repeated their
belief Germany'? dlt'rei? i? largtly flc
titiou?. They pointed out the Reich
internal debt was criated by borrowing
I in?id? th? country to m??t wsr ex?
i pentct, instead of contracting obliga?
tions Ttrrosd, as ?lid ilia A11U?. Tala
count now la wised off th? ?lat?, and
Berlin face? only it? reparation? in?
dabtednca?, with the full resource* of
a country free from devastation and
factoriea working full blast to faelli
; tat? payment.
France's plan for occupation of th?
Ruhr differs widely from that reported
If!and. it was said. I? will be ex
lly at th? meeting January
Ticial? left no doubt of tho- French
lination to relie ?coa
if ? moratorium I? granted, and
??mion i* diametrically
Wants World
Finaneiers to
Fix Sum for
Berlin To-dav
PropoM- ?m lnternatiiMi.il
Hoard for an Impartial
Fcononiic Siir\?'v, Willi
AJI Polities Eliminated
l!.ir<lii.<r Wim**.
U.S. Participation
?Secretary Hold*? Debt?? to
Ameriea I\?*t ?in I-?!??*.
Would >ot Hind PowCVI
to Accept the Diciaion
NEW HAVEN, Conn., :
Charlea E. Hughes, Secretary of
.Stats, suggested a -tep toward tho
solution of the reparation problem,
which he regards as the crux of the
whole European situation, in an ad?
dress to-night at a meeting erf tha
American Historical Association
here. It 1b the first, definite and au?
thoritative '.?liment on the situation
to <*nmc item Washington.
Men of the highest authority In
finance in their respective countries
should be invited, he said, to decide
what smount Germany should pay
and how it thould be paid. He h*'l
no doubt, he said, that "disttn
gulshed Americans'' would be will?
ing to serve on auch a <*ofb*jiission.
It ha,! been suggested, fie said,
that if tha coming c<?nf<*ren?*a of
premier?) In Paris failed to find a
satisfactory basis for adjustment of
reparation?, the United State?
should act as arbiter. An unanswer?
able objection was, ha thought, that
the United States had not been in?
vited to act ss arbiter.
In this tltnatlon nnd In the event of
the failure of the Pari? conference, Mr.
Hughe? ?uggeited th? appointme
an international eommleaion 01 flnan
cler? of ?uch outstsndlng prominence
in their various countries that their
very names would he a guarantee that
their Undings would be bs?ed purely on
the ?conomie marit? of the ?itua
He ?aid that it mlsht not be ?dvltabl?
to make the?, finding? compii'???
acceptance by governmen?? eo
Ko adjuatment of oth?r dilflou'? ??? *n
a waa pottibl., h? ?aid, until th?
question of reparations had been set?
tled. H? ?aw no ?onnactlon b?tw??a
this problem of reparation? and that
of th? debt? owed to the United State?
by th? Allied nation?, ?Ince tho?? debta
did not affect In any way Germany'?
capacity to pay for the damage wrought
in the war.
Upon the capacity of Germany to pay
re?ted the solution of the whole mas?
ter problem of K'trope, declared Sacra?
tary Hughe?. That made it funda?
mentally an economic problem, he
pointed out, and "the flr?t condition of
a ?atiifactory settle, lent I? that the
qua.tion ahoald b? taken out of
politic?."
Statesmen ought la be able to agres
upon the capacity of Germany to pay,
h? acknowledged, but h? added that
they were h-imp.red by personal difll
eulties, by the deference they felt com?
pelled to pay to public opinion in their
various countries.
In the ssme address Secretary
Huf-hes told of the success of the
Washington conference for th? limita?
tion of naval armament? and dl?cu??ion
of Far EaiUrn questions, .aying: "bit
conclusion 1? that the naval treaty will
stand the te?t of analysis and fair
?tat-ment, taking all th? pertinent
factt into contideration and that it will
be a deiirable safeguard and not a
menace to our security and at the ?ame?
time an important aisarsnce of t
The?e happy mulls will be attamen,
however, on the condition that ?*>
toward other nation? in the ?am? spirit.*
of rcatonablenes? and friendship thai
we expect them to exhibit toward ut
Haghet's Economic Views
Thst part of hia addren dealing with
the economic ?itu?tion in Europa fol?
lows:
The ?conomie condition? In Europ?
give us th? srreatott concern. They
nava long received th? e?m??t con
?Ideratlon of the Administration. It
i? idle to ??y that w? are not
terested in these problem?, tog we
.'oeply lntere?ted from as 8*0
nomie ?tandpoint, sa our credit* sad
market? are involved, ?ad from a
humanitarian ?tendpo.nt, as the heart
of the Americas p?opl? go.? out te
thoM who ar? la dittr???. We ?can?
not dlipoas of the?? <or<>b!.m. by
calling th.m European, for they ? :?
world problem? snd w? canaot ??cap?
th? injurious eon???*u?nce? of a fall?
ar? to s?ttl? them.
They are, however, European srsh
!?m* in the sen?? that they esanst
le solved without the consent of
?an government?. We casse*
tent for th?m. The key to 'he
settlement i? in thsir hand?, not la
our*.
The crux of the European all
lion lie? in th? ?ettlement of repara
tiens. There will be no ?djuttmen?
of other r.eed?. however pi*e??ln*L
> until a definite and accepted baiii
! for the dUcharg? of repara'
i claim? ha? been fixed. It i? f
I to attem
j atw' i"pe until the founda?
tion u !?id.
How eat the United 8utea ask?