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VOL. LXXXVII. NO. -163 DAILY.
NEW YORK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10; 1920.-&?VJr 2& t,cg' h.
ALLIES' ORDERS
BRING GERMANY
NEAR TO RUSSIA
Demand for Surrender of
Culprits Is Strengthen
ing Pro-Russian Aims.
CIVIL WAR POSSIBLE
If Toies Fight, Europe Must
, Pighl; if Thoy Make Peace
Europe Must Follow.
TWO POLICIES TO CHOOSE
Pro-Entente or Pro-Russia, and
Either Will Alter Ver
sailles Treaty.
lly HAYMOND SWING.
Htff Correspondent of Tub Si'.t ind Niw
York Herald
CmrtlM- H0. f Tn Sex asp New YoK
Hiiutn.
Berlin, Feb. 9. Tho extradition de
mands of tho Entente Powers promise
to strengthen the Influence of tho pro
Russian councils In Germany, a fact
which appears to bo the most im
portant consequence of last week's
events. Although the news received
hero from London and Paris lias
served to creato tho Impression of a
-rowing desire on the part of tho Al
lies to save tho German coalition Gov
ernment from falling, at tho same time
the direct challenge to German sensi
bilities lias instilled actlvo courage In
political leaders and Is certain to show
results In other great questions In
this country.
Civil war in Germany may result
from the Entente's policy. However,
up to tills time, nothing fundamental
fcas happened to Increase or to relieve
Germany's distress. On the other
hand, the Entente's policy has served
to weld together German political fac
" lions which had fallen apart.
No concession tho Allies may make
In the extradition case -will add one"
calorie to the German food storo, and
March and April threaten to be the
hungriest months in tho German an
nals. Indeed, to-day German labor re
mains starve into Incompetence.
Poland Hold War pr Peace.
Far mora significant to Germany and
Inoeed to all, Europe than the extradl-'
Hon drama Is the decision which ro
und has been called qn to make In re
gard to peace with Bovlet Itussla. In
this connection It has become moro and
more apparent that Jn Warsaw, not In
Berlin. Is the Treaty of Versailles under
lying Its most severe test. For If the
Poles fight, Europe must light; If the
1'oles make peace with the Bolshevik!,
all Europe must make peace with them.
In cither case the Treaty' of Versailles
is plated In Jeopardy.
It is recognized everywhere hero that
if there Is to be peace with the Iteds
the weight of necessity will bring Russia
and Germany together.
Itussla has resources necessary to
wpply at least a part of the German
needs which the Entente Allies have
been unable to supply. On tho other
hand, Germany has a unique knowledge
of how best to administer Russian de
velopment. It Is believed here that
no safeguards such as trade agreements
have et been devised which would be
adequate to control economic forces as
strong as the natural relationship be
tween these two countries.
Germany's policy hitherto has been
dominated by one conception that her
single hope lay In fulfilling the peace
terms and In later on striving to obtain
a modification of these terms. This pol
ity has been as slncero as Germany was
helpless.
The war was lost to Germany partly
because she had not and could not pro
lure tho food or raw materials necessary
lo carry on. Tho world's markets were
controlled by the navies of the Entente
Allies, and the world's credit was In the
West. Therefore It Is clear now that
thetv are only two possible foreign
policies in Central Europe pro-Entente
or pro-Husslan and every consideration
htre indicates that Germany should
adopt the latter.
Germany as Ally of Russia.
Blowly the futility of Western orienta
tion has been borne In on the Germans,
tven though they lacked the spirit to
change tho course they were following.
Some of this deficiency of spirit has been
gamed in the last few days, .and It will
W fostered in the stringency of March
and April. To-day It appears that unless
a Polish war demolishes Central Europe
It Is inevitable that Germany eventually
win emerge as tho ally of Russia. In
deed, even a nearnful solution of the
Russian problem mav ultimately bring
aoout the rewriting of the Versailles
treaty. Hardly any analysis of Ger
many's future Is made here which docs
not Include new peace negotiations.
German monarchists declare the im
possibility of success of any attack on
Bolshevism without their cooperation.
aad thereby count n saving the German
jrniy and Germany's position as a world
lower. On the other hand, peace with
Russia entails tho harmonious develop
fttnt of the economic tendencies, which
t themselves will obliterate the de
markatlons of Europe created at Ver
' rallies.
"Golden Bridge" Over Barrier.
The greater hopes of the Polish pa
triots were looked on by Entente leaders
' a listing barrier to separate Russia
om (Jermany. " Meanwhile, however,
they forgot the "golden bridge" which
Mwd these two countries. Now it is
wlr.g realized that Germany and Rus
"1 hae not only economic Interests In
jommon but that there Is a mutual po
litical necessity for them to trim Poland
town to Iter natural dimensions. Once a
('infinite d on Fourth Pace.
lOTllEIM GAIN STBENOTII JHOM
'tlier John's Medicine which has 10
""of success for colds and coughs and
kody bulldsr. ltf.
Predicts Crash Unless
Workers Work Harder
LONDON, Feb. 9,-James
Henry Thomas, general sec
retary of tho National Union of
Rallwaymon, said to-day that the
state of tho world was bucIi that
unless something were done
speedily a crash would come in
which nobody would suffer more
than the workers.
Mr. Thomas declared that tho
British workmen must work a
quarter harder than before the
war, tho French twico, harder
and the Germans eighteen times
harder. Ho added that tho
labor party'a difficulties arose
not through tho cleverness of
the other parties, but through
jealousies in its own ranks.
TOOK BANK CASH
TO HELP FRIEND
Youthful Teller Thus Explains
Beginning of a $27,500
Shortage.
FINALLY STOLE FOR SELF
Juggled Funds Hoping to
Make Good His Peculations
in Stock Mnrkct.
S
In the presence of Detective Barney
Flood and Assistant District Attorneys
Talley and Unger, Herbert R. Minte. a
twenly-thrce-ycar-oUl assistant paying
teller of the Butchers and Drovers
National Hank of 6S3 Broadway, ex
plained yesterday how he happened to
go short In his accounts to tho extent
of about $27,500.
Alfred Burrows, n promoter, old
enough to be Mlntc's fnther, whom the
young man Involved In his story, and
who was arrested at 2 Rector street
and held in "115,000 ball on-u chargo of
grand larceny as a result of his tale,
was not so communicative as Mlntc.
He merely dented all guilt and let tho
matter stand there.
But. according to MInte's story, the
whole thins started last August, when
Burrows, who was a depositor at the
bank, overdrew his account and asked
him to 'tide him over for a few. days."
Mlnto explained, that Burrows had as
sured him that he would have plenty ot
money In a snort lime, ana tnai no imu
a remarkable Invention which was cer
tain to turn fortune UW way. So, firm
In the belief that the money would be
forthcoming from Burrowe,. Mlnte said,
be temporarily Juggled accounts so ns to
iredlt him with cash mat was not nis.
This Dracttce continued, according to
Mlnte, until Burrows had obtained up
ward of $8,000. At about this time
Burrows was arrested at tho Instance ot
the Hotel Pennsylvania and other hos-
telrles as a "beat," and tho money tur
nlshed him by Mlnte enabled him to
square his accounts.
When he lost hope of Burrows making
rood the mone, Mlnto said, he could
see no other way out. than to embezzle i
somo of the funds of the bank ana play
the stock market In a desperate effort
to clean up enough to cover all of the
peculations
Mlntc, who resides at 41 ortn twen
tieth street. Elmhurst, L. I was held by
Judge Wadhams In General Sessions in
$2,500 ball.
JERSEY LEGISLATURE
PASSES SUFFRAGE
is Twenty-ninth Stttte to Rat
ify Amendment.
TneNTON, Feb. iu. New Jersey rati
fied the wqman suffrage amendment
early this morning, when the Assembly
passed tho Senate's measure. The vote,
34 to 24. was taken after a hard fight
that called for a session that lasted long
after midnight.
By ratifying the amendment this
Stato takes Its placo as the twenty
ninth which has approved the constitu
tional amendment.
Tho pro-suffrage element In the lower
house ihad a difficult time putting down
the filibuster, which Wrted Immediately
after a substitute measure calling for a
referendum had been defeated.
The Senate passed Uie measure a
week ago by a vote of 18 to 2.
WANTS NEW YORK TO
APPEAL PROHIBITION
Bills in Albany for Court and
Health Board Tests.
Albany. Feb. 9. Resolutions calling
upon the State Department of Health to
define what constitutes Intoxicating
liquors, and for the Stato Attorney Gen
eral to Join with the State of Rhode
Island in Its effort to test the constitu
tionality of the prohibition amendment
were Introduced to-night In tho As
sembly by Louis A. Cuvlltlcr of New
York.
Both resolution went over until to
morrow without debate.
GEOBGE DYER DEES AT 101.
Wan Formerly n JIoteIkeeper.ln
Washington.
iBiixir, Wis., Feb. 9. George Dyer,
101 years old. died to-day. He was a
log driver and a boom breaker In Con
necticut lumber camps. wnen young ana
tatr tciui sroDiieton of a hotel In
Washington. D. C, w.'iero he had for
'miMrtn President Lincoln, President
Garfield. General Sherman and Gen
eral Grant
He is survived by a daughter. Mrs.
Josephine .Lowe, SO years old, of Wash
ington, widow of Admiral John Lowe,
of the United States Navy
One Dead In Frlsc FIrr.
San FHAtJCisco, Feb. 9. Mrs. Mary E.
Donoho was burned to death and thirty
two others received burns and other In
juries in a fire which destroyed the
Berkshire apartments, a five story build
ing, hero early to-day. The origin of
the fire Is unknown. The property loss
was estimated at $100,000.
JENKINS FACES'
FRESH MEXICAN
CRIME CHARGES
Rebellion, Attempt to De
fraud Government and
Bribery Alleged.
PENALTIES ARE HEAVY
Puebla Prosecutor Says He
Has Evidence to Convict
Consular Agent. '
PEONS TELL OF THREATS
Two Attorneys and II. S. Em
bassy Officials Accused of
Plot by Carranza.
Sprcial Cable to Tun Sex and Vr.it Yon
HuiutP,
Copyright. irCO. 6jr Tun Sr.v An New Yomc
Herald.
Mexico Cnv, Feb. 9. William O.
Jenkins, American Consular Agent In
Puebla, who was kidnapped by Mexi
can bandits on October 19 and forced
to pay $150,000 ransom, will be rear
rested by the Carrunza authorities and
charged with rebellion and other
crimes punishable by imprisonment
and tine, or both, according to a state
ment made to-night by Julio Mitchell,
Attorney-General for the Stato of
Puebla.
Senor Mitchell nsaorted that the
Stato had sufficient evidence to convict
Mr. Jenkins and that. If he was con
victed, he would bo punished severely.
The rebellion charge, ho said, would
be based on the allegation that Sir. Jen
kins supplied rebols with money and
cartridges. He charged further that Sir.
Jenkins attempted to defraud the Mexl
can Government by claiming 300,000
pesos, normally the amount of the ran
som, plus 84,000 pesos ($42,000), which
Mr. Jenkins alleged was stolen from his
office safe when he was abducted.
He said that Mr. Jenkins also would
be charged with having made false dec
laration before the courts of Puebla;
with having threatened peons and bribed
them to testify falsely and with con
tempt of the Judiciary.
Proof to substantiate these charges is
In the hands of the State, Senor Mitchell
declared.
Senor Mitchell also made charges
agnlnst Eduardo Maestro -jandv-Ernesto
Soils, attorneys for Mr. Jenkins, and
against William Woodward, Who, af ter
the abduction of Mr. Jenkins last Octo
ber, was sent to Puebla bv the Ameri
can Embassy In this city to locate the J
Consular Agent Senor Mitchell dc-1
dared that he forced Mr. Woodward to
comply with the Mexican law, where
upon Mr. Woodward replied In enect:
'The laws of Mexico matter very
little to me. I advise you that I have
Instructions to demolish the National
Palace with cannon, or effect the release
of Mr. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins must be
released nt all events."
Charges against American Embasjy
officials here also were made by Senor
Mitchell. Ho asserted that a false copy
of a letter fcent by Mr. Jenkins to his
wife when ho was kidnapped was In the
hands of the Mexican authorities.
AMERICAN HELD BY
VILLA FOR RANSOM
Foreign Office Takes Steps to
Secure Release.
Et, Paso, Tex., Feb. 7. Villa rebels
recently occupied Gomez Palaclo and
Lcrdo, suburbs of Torreon, Coahutla,
and hold, them for nix hours. looting
stores and homes and releasing fl'fty
seven prisoners In tho Jails, according
to unofficial reports received here.
It was after this raid that the rebels
were said to have captured Joseph E.
Askew, an American, who Is said to be
held by Frnnclsco Villa for $20,000 ran
som. Washington, Feb. 7. Orders to take
all possible stps to obtain the release
of Joseph E. Askew, nn American em
ployee, kidnapped from the TIahualilo
company's plantation at Lerdo. Have
been Issued by the Mexican Foreign Of
fice, according to advices to-day to the
State Department from the America
Embaesy In Mexico city.
TEACHERS ASK 20 TO
40 P. C. PAY INCREASE
Legislature Told Of menace mi
School Situation.
Special to The Sra asd Ksw Yok lliaitn.
Albant, Feb. 9. Teachers reperesnt
Ing associations throughout the State
Informed the Legislature this evening
that further salary Increases from 20
to 40 per cent, must bo granted at once
to end the desertions from their ranks I
now Berlously threatening the work of ;
the schools.
The Legislature was amazed at the !
presentation of the new demand. The,
jrfcKwooa dui passea last year provided,
liberal advances Iri pay, providing for
minimum and maximum salaries, and
It was believed the question had been
settled for at least three years, at the
end of which period the maximum will
have been reached.
In the last eight montlis, the teachers
stated, 1,900 have resigned In New York
alone. One day last week 1,700 classes
were dismissed In the metropolitan
schools because thero were no teachers.
More than 1,000 substitute teachers are
needed at onco. Tho training schools
normally graduate about 3,000 teach
ers annually, but this year the number
will be fewer than S00, the teachers said.
The request Is for 40 per cent, ad
vance In all salaries up to and Including
$2,160 a year: 30 per cent, from $2,160
to $4,000, and 20 per cent, above $4,000.
An additional 10 per cent Is provided In
the new schedules for teachers of boys.
Hotel Plata, Tuesdays. 1:10 or 1:10.
FD. 10, 1:10, Thais. Cleopatra's Night
Feb. IT, 1:10. Parsifal.
M. Terrlbcrry, Sec. II W.S1. Tel. S7 CUcJt.
TROOPS KILL 5
IN KENTUCKY TO
STOP LYNCHING
Machine Gun Used When
Mob. Storms Court House
to Get Negro.
HE SLEW GIRL OF 'I1 EN
Seventeen Wounded in Put
tieFederal Troops Now
Guarding Lexington.
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED
Mountaineers Move on City to
Attack Soldiers and Lynch
Prisoner.
Spfcial to Tun Six ap New Ynnu Hkiui.ii.
Lexington. Ky.. Keb. 9. Five men
were killed and seventeen persons, in
cluding a woman, were wounded as
the result of Stato troops firing on a
mob which was storming the Court
House here to-day to take out William
Lockett, a negro, and lynch him.
Lockett had confessed to attacking
and murdering Geneva Hardman, a
ten-year-old schoolgirl and daughter
of a farmer of Payette county, last
week.
Almost 1,000 soldiers of tho First Di
vision, which bore the burnt of the
fighting at Chateau Thierry, are on
duty here to-night. Lockett at a Lite
hour still Is in the Court House under
heavy guard of troops. The report has
been spread throughout Lexington
that ho was taken out of this city to
a placo of safe keeping. If it Is learned
by the citizens that he Is hero trouble
Is almost certain to follow.
Tho day was ono that was unprece
dented in the annals of Lexington, nnd
to-night determined men are standing
In the streets voicing threats against
tho soldiers who prevented them from
lynching Lockett.
Sllin of Approaching Trouble.
Early this morning It becamj evident
that there would be trouble, when hun
dreds of farmers began nrrlvlnf In Lex
ington to attend the trial of Ijckett. The
negro had been brought here from the
State pentltentlnry at Frankfort to stand
trial on a charge which. If proved,
means death. When arraigned Lockett
admitted his guilt
Militiamen had been drawn up In front
of the Court House to keep .back the
crowd. As soon, however, as It was
known In the crowd that Lockett bad
'tonfessed. It turned at once lnfj a yell
Ing, howling tnob, screaming for the
negro's life.
Forward the mob surged. Tho militia
men were powerless to hold them off.
A shot was fired, and then there was a
volley, punctuated by' the rapid lire of a
machine gun.
There was blood In tho street In front
ot the Court House. Men lay dead there,
and many were wounded.
The order to fire came only nftcr It
was certain that only In that way could
the" prisoner be protected. Five hundred
men had fought their way Into the midst
of the militiamen and, led by a giant
carrying a rope In his hands, were bat
tling to gain an entrance to the Court
House. Only a thin line of militiamen
were thero to oppose tho mob, and It
lookcl as if this little force would have
to fight for life.
Crouching along the stono parapet
which extends along the front of the
Court House, they withstood tho charge
of the 600, while Adjt-Gcn. De Wecse,
commanding the troops, stood up and
met the mob's fury, attempting to drive
It back and beat down the giant leader.
Mob HoitIi Dcrtslrely.
Then came the order to fire. The mob,
which believed that the rifles and ma
chine gun contnlned blank cartridges,
howled derisively when It heard the
order. Simultaneously, however, tho
shooting began, and as the 'machine gun
fired men sank In their tracks ,nnd the
mob broke and fled. Four dead and
eighteen wounded lay in the street
The dead arc:
i THRINOTON. William, of Versailles, Ky.
CAltninn. B. P.. of Lexington.
KINO. I,. M., of Lexington.
TIIOMA8, John, of Versailles.
Among the wounded are:
J. W. 'Stansell, W. J. Rees. Otis
Sharp, Emmet Dozler, Erwln Gwynn,
Emmet Danzlger, Frederick Sowders,
H. C. Weathers, James Masseygall, J.
M. Rogers nnd Mrs. E. T. Cross.
One policeman was so seriously
wounded in the arm that it had to be
amputated. One soldier was wounded.
An unldcntllica wnue man anu a
negro girl were reported killed. The
report could not be verified to-night,
however.
Stores Looted of Weapons.
When tho ambulances had removed
the dead and wounded, the mob at
tempted to re-form, while smalt groups
hastened Into the downtown pawn shop
district and Into hardware stores, which
they began to loot of rifles, revolvers
and all kinds of firearms. Despite the
fact that there were 200 State troops,
the entire pollco force and many special
deputlos nnd policemen on duty, It soon
oecamo eviucm maw iuti
was certain unless quick action was
taken.
County officials and their negro pris
oner, Lockett, were prisoners In the
Court House, while outside tho yelling
mob was Increasing In slzo every mln
ute, and determined Kentucky farmers
and woodsmen were at the head of' It
The mob was shouting that they would
have tho prisoner even though It were
necessary to dynamite the Court House.
Ho desperate was the situation that
Gov. Edwin P. Slorrow appealed for
Federal troops. The call was answered
at onco from Camp Zachary Taylor and
300 veterans of tho First Division were
hastily sent here. They reached Lex
ington at twenty minutes past three
o'clock this afternoon and ten minutes
later Lexington and all Fayette County
were under martial law. Before four
o'clock this afternoon the streets had
been cleared of groups of men.
Meanwhile United States troops con-
Continued on Third Past.
HOUSE CAUCUS DEFIES WILSON PLEA;
VOTES AGAINST ARMY TRAINING BILL;
TREATY REVIVED IN SENATE, 63 TO 9
LODGE WINS ON
RESERVATIONS
Will Roport Covenant to Body
for Debate Probably Next
Week.
CLOTURE RULE IS ENDED
Document Open to Amendment
or to Substitution of Mod
ified Explanations.
Special lo The Si'X anp New York Heiuld.
Washington, Feb. -J. By n vote of
63 to 9 the Treaty of Versailles, with
the covenant of the League ot Nations,
was brought back Into the Scnnto to
day, immediately afterward It was
sent to tho Committee on Foreign Re
lations, which was Instructed to report
tho compact back to tho Senate with
tho proposed reservations whlqh were
framed under the leadership of Sen
ator Lodge (Mass.), the Republican
lender.
While the Foreign Relations Com
mittee was asked to take Immediate
action qn the treaty to tho end that It
bo reported back to the Senate, the
consensus Is that this will not be done
before next week.
It was on a motion by Senator
Lodge that tho treaty was sent back
to the Foreign Relations Committee,
The committee under this motion Is in
structed to rereport the document with
tho original Lodge reservations, but
without the long series of amendments
that accompanied It when It waa re
ported the first time. All the amend
ments having subsequently been de
feated und repetition of that fate be
ing now altogether probable, it was
not the wish of the majority to encum
ber the now proceedings with them.
Tho Foreign Relations Committee will
meet to-morrow forenoon. Senator
Ladgc, chairman of the committee, an
nounced, nnd Its proceedings will be pro
forma. Chairman Lodge will be In
structed to report the treaty according
to the Senate's Instructions, but It
probably will not be formally taken up
In tho Senate for debate before next
Monday.
Reason for the Delay.
This delay Is occasioned by the pen
dency of thei railroad bill conference
report, expected In a day or two and
on which early action Is tibsolutety
nccfssary to get tlie legislation finally
passed before March 1. when the roaas
a,a rn hn rAMirnixl In their owners.
While It Is. not expected many days
will .be required for dUcusslon of the
conference report, there arc' ample ele
ments of uncertainty In the situation.
Tho Senate therefore will make the con
ference report unfinished business had
give It right of way till adopted.
The galleries were packed long before
the Senate met and crowds waited out
side. It was the first time since No
vember 19, when the treaty was disposed
of at the end of last session, that the
galleries had been thus overflowed.
The steam roller, operated Jointly by
Senator Lodge and Senator Hitchcock
(Neb.), the acting Democratic leader,
was oiled for tho occasion. With the
two party leaders in agreement as to
general agreements, although not on all
points "bi procedure,' and Vice-President
Marshall ready 'to rule favorably to the
treaty's rehabilitation, tho llttlo minority
nt "irraxnni'Malilo1' nnnnnents made a
poor showing. They mado points of or
der against the proceedings at times
which In other circumstances would
l. -. . t. -MMM .A.nu.tfii1 ,v,ntflArftttnn
nave nail hivu iwjjvvuu.
nnd If parliamentary correctness had
been the chler aim mignt nave cnangea
the course of events. As It was the
relentless majority swept objections
asldo and went Its way determined to
have the treaty again before tho Senate
and to give It another chance for ratifi
cation. Lodre Carries the Day.
At the points where Senators Lodge
nt In disagreement, the
former carried the day. Senator Hltch-
COCK did not warn vno rui cian xiciuuuua
Committee instructed to bring back the
treaty with the Lodge reservations at
tached. He argued that these reserva
tions had failed of adoption onco In the
Senate nnd should be discarded. He
asked Senator Lodge to amend his mo
tion so It should direct that the com
mittee bring the treaty back without
reservations. Senator Lodge would not
do this and Senator Hitchcock moved to
amend the Lodge motion In this manner.
After somo discussion had made ap
parent that nothing would be gained he
iii.jmm I. anA ihe. T.nrtrA mntlnn ,v a n
wmiuivn ' . " .... -
adopteil. Immediately Senator Lodge
moved to proceed to legiaiuiire Business
nnd In a moment the tension was re
lieved and the Senate took up conslder-
, ntlon of the army reorganization dim.
Senator Lodge nau utile comment to
make. "They did what I wanted them
An" ti mM. "so I have to be satisfied.
As i' have said fifty times, the treaty
Will be Brougnt raw wim mo reserva
tions. After It ts DacK nnyooay can
M.. ... nm.nitm.ntfl hft WlKhp "
1 1 1. I Ml ... -- '
Senator Hitchcock was moderately
pleased. Me naa jiuyuu ntniesuy ujai
the Senate would be able to ngree to
h th. hinnrtisnn conierence reserv.i-
i.,na th nf the new consideration.
but the 'decision nan uceu suini mm.
"On tho wnoie, no saiu, "it was; a
favorable session. The treaty has been
revlted, when It was called dead. It
shows that the Senate In ftr ratification.
; suppose It may not bo returned from
iVia MmmlttAA until Wednpfldav or
Thursday: thereafter I suspect Senator
Lodge will offer some amendments.''
The "Irreconcllables" had been espec-
Conttnucd on Second Pagi.
N. Y. Board of Inebriety
To Quit; NoWorkToDo
Special Dee-patch to Tub Sc.n and Nfcw
Yottic Herald.
A LBANY, Feb. 9. Asscmbly
man Martin McCue, Demo
crat of Now York, told tho As
sembly to-night that tho New
York City Board of Inebriety,
organized in 1910. to take caro
of any persons addicted to over
indulgence in intoxicants, has
found no one in need of its aid
and therefore has asked to be
disbanded,
Mr. McCue, accordingly, in
troduced a bill abolishing1 the
board and turning its powers
over to the Department of Correction.
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FIRE DESTROYS
FLAGLER HOME
Greenwich Mansion Recently
Acquired by W. C. Tcaglc
Was Unoccupied.
LOSS PLACED AT $500,000
Handsome Furnishings, In
cluding Valuable Tapestries,
All Arc Prey to Flames.
Fire, starting In the walls of the
mansion recently purchased by Walter
C. Tcagle. president of the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey, at Green
wich. Conn., destroyed the building and
all Its furnishings lato yesterday after
noon. Tho loss Is placed at more than
half a million dollars.
Tho house was unoccupied except
for the caretaker nrtd his staff of help
ers. Mr. Tcagle purchased the placo
from John H. Flagler only a few days
ago nnd was to have moved In in tho
spring.
Defective flues leading from tho fur
nace In the cellar are believed to have
let sparks through to the dried wood of
tho .walls. The house wis Of tho old
Spanish Mission type, provided with
wide halls and passages througn wnicn
ti,. nnm- ,-vAiiri with irreat rauiuuy. i
At least a dozen different sections of the
walls were found on fire at mo samo
time. It was reported by tho firemen.
c i in.i, in thn nfternoon Until
half-past" C tho Teaelo employees tried
to combat the lire nione. vne ij
saw It wan training they sent an alarm
Vim rienartment s
headquarters, four miles away, ine
engine ami nooK anu lauucr
layed and when tho firemen reached the
scene the place was a mass ot Ilamc.
It was discovered that there was no
water supply for tho engine. Tho chem
ical extinguisher was used In an effort
. .1... nt .ho nrirnn that Mr.
Flagler had had Installed In the music
room, and several valuable lapesima
that were on tho lower floors. It was
useless.
Tho estalo occupied forty acres or
ground on a knoll that overlooks Green
wich. It was built under Mr. Flagler's
direction fifteen years ago and since
Out time had been the gathering place
-ynrw nnA ionneetlcut society.
Mr. Flagler's wife. Mrs. Alice M, Flag
ler, entertained extensively mere
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DR. BRADY LEAVES
$100,000 TO WIFE
Religious Message to His
Children in Will.
The will of the Rev. Dr. Cyrus Town
send Brady, clergyman and novelist,
which was filed for probate yesterday In
the office of Surrogate Slater of West
cheater county In Yonkers, N. Y. was
written by tho clergyman hlmsetf and
contained an unusual Introductory clause.
Mrs. Mary Barrett Brady, tho widow,
receives the bulk of the estate, which Is
estimated at $100,000. To his children
ho left his books, trinkets and family
heirlooms.
The opening clause of tho will states :
"I, Cyrus Townsend Brady, priest of
the Protestant Episcopal Church and
author of many books, being of eound
mind and disposing mind, do mako and
ordain this my last will and testament.
"Imprlmus I declare that I die In the
full confldenco and assurance of ' the
truth of tho faith of tho church which I
have preached, In which I havo humbly
tried to live and which I earnestly com
mend to my children and friends as my
final meesago to them."
Each ofi Dr. Brady's children, Cyrus
T. Brady, Jr., Mrs. Elizabeth B. Gleason,
Margaret B. Brady, Sidney G Brady.
Katherlne M. "Brady and Esmond B.
Brady, receives a picture from their
father's collection. To Cyrus, Jr., Is left
his father's sword and that of his grand
father, worn In the civil and Spanish
American wars, and Esmond Is given the
clergyman's seal rings, fob and other
Jewelry.
BALFOUR IN LEAGUE COUNCIL.
Agreea to Take Lloyd George's
Place Provisionally.
London, Feb. 9. At tho request of
Premier Lloyd George, Arthur J. Bal
our. Lord President of tho Council and
formerly Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
has consented to act provisionally ns
British representative on the Executive
Council of tho League of Nations.
Increase In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Feb. 9,-pThe Health
Department reported 495 now Influenza
cases to-day for the last twenty-four
hours. On Saturday 354 cases were re
ported. The Increase over the week end
Is duo to the accumulated reports of
cases over Sunday.
HOOVER CAUSES
BUZZ IN CAPITAL
Politicians Want Him to Say
Whether He Is Republican
or Democrat.
STRONG ON PACIFIC COAST
Statement That ITo' Is Not
Presidential Candidate
Arouses Party Leaders.
Special to The Scn AXn New Ynnic Hebalp.
Washington, Feb. 9. Tho statement
of Herbert Hoover dealing with his
views on public and political questions
was tho theme of mucin discussion ut
tho Capital to-day. Sir. Hoover as a
Iresldentlal possibility haa been an
Increasing: figure with unmistakable
evldenco reaching hero that there is a
powerful but entirely unorganized
Hoover sentiment in all parts of the
countrj. From all sections reports
are coming that he is strongly fa
vored by the women, because they
think he Is the first national lender
who understands them and their use
fulness well enough to make them a
factor In a great national crisis.
But the politicians who havo not
been so well Impressed with Mr. Hoo
ver complained to-day that his state
ment did not clarify the question
whether ho had been a Republican or
a Democrat, on which they want an
answer.
The statement, however, was construed
as indicating that 5Ir. Hoover would be
willing to be drafted, but Is not going
to plnce himself In the hands of any
organization, much less do any organiz
ing himself. There Is no doubt that
he l strong on tho Pacific coast. In
California circles It has been reported
that his frienos In tjiat State Intend to
place his name on the primary ballots
of both parties and snow nis sirens"'.
Hoover, though born In Iowa, la rated
as a Callfornlan. He has said ho would
not support a party that opposed a
Leaguo of Nations, as against one that
favored a league. Senator Johnson
(Cal.) has been a leading opponent of
tho league -and Is now running for the
nomination with tins as nts ctuet insuo.
Hence, as politicians see It, the Cali
fornia primary may be either the finish
or the real beginning of tho Hoover
movement.
Democratic public men, as a rule, aro
not taking kindly to Hoover. "He hasn't
mado the least Impression on the j)olt
Ical situation," declared one of them
to-day.
On the other hand, another Democrat
of like calibre put It this way: "The
country has a lot ot respect, even affec
tion, for Hoover because of his war
work. But Democrats want to know
whether he has been a Democrat or not.
Ho might become un uncomfortable
proposition as nn Independent, a third
party candidate."
It was rumored In somo quarters to
day that Hoover was on record as at
tacking the terms of. the Versailles
treaty; also that ho has declared him
self for "a league of nations," but
decidedly opposed to the one that Pres
ident Wilson wants ratified without the
dotting of an "1" or tho crossing of
a "t."
Washington, Feb. 9. Herbert Hoo
ver's statement that ho Is not a Pres
idential candidate was put Into the Sen
ate record to-day by Senator Borah
(Idaho), who said he expected to make
a speech about It later.
DROWNED IN TRYING
TO RESCUE CREW
Bradboyne Abandoned, Men
of the Oxonian Perish.
Halifax, N. S.. Feb. 9. The second
officer and five men of the crew of the
British steamship Oxonian perished
while attempting to save the crew of the
British steamship Bradboyne, when she
was abandoned off tlie coast of New
foundland, according to radio messages
received hero to-day.
The message gave no further particu
lars as to the fate of the Bradboyne,
twenty-five members of whose crew were
reported last night as being safe aboard
the Oxonian and Monmouth. No word
has yet been received concerning the
fate of the remaining members of her
crew, including the chief engineer.
The Bradboyne, formerly tho War
Panther, left Now York January 29 with
cargo for Cherbourg. She was a steam
shlp.of 5,241 gross. tons and was built In
1918. Her cargo consisted of grain and
sho carried a crew of forty men com
manded by Capt. Reese"?
SCANDINAVIANS JOIN
COURT CONFERENCE
Will Help Form Permanent
Tribunal at The Hague.
Paris, Feb. 9. The thrco Scandinav
ian nations have accepted the Invitation
of Holland to a conference nt The Hague
on February 16, to discuss participation
in tho Permanent Court of International
Justice, provided for by Article XIV. of
tho League of Nations covenant, the
Chrlstlanla correspondent of 'tho Temps
says It is announced in Norwegian of
ficial circles. Switzerland,, under pres
ent blans, also will take part In the con
ference. The Temps says the proposed court
apparently Is Intended to try offenders
a rains t the laws of war and believes It
I would furnish a basis for solution of the
problem arising from the allied demand
i ot wa; -guilt
Commits Party by 10l-17
Vote Against General
Staff Measure.
PACIFISTS LED AjCTION
Resolution Is Answer to
White House Letter For
bidding Move.
4ei
PRESIDENT URGED DELAY
, s,
Held Party Expediency Put
Issue Up to the National
Convention.
Special to The Su.f asp New York HtnUD.
Washington, Feb. 9, Tho Demo
crats of tho House tcj-nlght bolted the
leadership of Presldetit Wilson and by
a caucus resolution declared their un
qualified opposition to tho passago by
this Congress of any measure provid
ing for compjilsory universal military
training or service.
The action, which was taken by a
vote of 106 to 17, camo In a caucus
only a few hours after tho President
eent to the Democratic leaders of tho
House a letter ho had written to
Secretary of War Baker expressing
his approval of tho universal military
training project submitted to Congress
by tho General Staff and urging- tho
caucus to take no action of approval
or disapproval on such a programme.
Tho President's view was that the
question of whether the Democrats
should sponsor the training pro
gramme should be left to tho Demo
cratic National Convention
The decided stand against tho Presi
dent was the first tlmo that Housj
Democrats sWo tlio party came Into,
power, seven years ago, have refused by. ,
caucus action to follow his leadership.
It has been apparent that the opponents
of universal training had a majority In
the Democratic ranks, but the large
vote by which they bolted party leadef
shlp camo as a distinct .surprise.
Universal training by the action ot the
Democrats, It Is now conceded, has .been
killed In this Congress. At least halt ot
the Republicans are. against it becauso
of the largo expenditure necessary.
Tho caucus was controlled by tho
Democratic forces that have continu
ously opposed any extensive programme
of military preparedness, and they com
pletely drowned out tho appeals of the
advocates of tho training programmo
to stand by tho President Tho meeting
was engineered so that th Democrat
were put on record ds being directly
opposed to the position taken by the
President.
AVrnnRle for Two Honrs.
A resolution was offered by Repre
sentative Doremus (Mich.) declaring
that it was the senRe of the caucus that
no declaration on this phase of tho mili
tary question should bo taken at this
time. Over this the Democrats wran
gled for two hours and a half. It ex
actly coincided with the views of the
President as the tono of his letter In
dicated ho did not so much dosiro to
place himself on record for military
training as to forestall the expected
notion of the, caucus By a roll call this
was voted down, 88 to 37. Arguments
that this would be tho wisest political
action were unavailing.
The Democrats then promptly took
steps to Inform the President and the
country that they were unequivocally
against military training. A resolution
to this effect was Introduced by Repre;
sentative Ayres (Knn.), and after agree.
Ing to two textual amendments by Rep
resentative Gard (Ohio) and Repre
sentative Humphreys (Miss.) It was
adopted by 10f! to 17, In this form:
Resolved, That It Is the sense of -this
caucus that no measure should
be passed by this Congress providing
for universal compulsory military
service or training.
As originally Introduced by Mr. Ayres
the resolution declared that such action
should not be token "at this time."
Mr. Card's amendment eliminated the
word's "at this time." making tho resolu
Hon all the more sweeping. Mr. Hum
phreys's amendment inserted tho words
"compulsory military service."
Probably thirty Democrats spoke upon
the question. There wero no denuncia
tions of tho President. It was said,
those opposing his position only de
claring that It would be an unjvlse politi
cal move to follow him In this case.
Mr. Doremus, Representative Caldwell
(N. Y.), Representative Olney (Mass.)
and Representative Fisher (Tenn.). the
latter three all beln members of the
Military Affairs Committee, lead the
forces supporting the President both as t
to the desirability of tho training pro
grammo and the undeslrablllty of putting
the House Democrats on record on this
question at this lime.
rnclflt Forced Action.
The caucus was forced by the Demo
cratic members who opposed tho waf
and the seli;tlve service act, and this
faction was bitterly aiiacitea oy .nr.
Doremus for "getting the party into such
a mess." ,
In the absence of Democratic Leader
Clark who Is campaigning In Missouri,
Representatives Kltchln (N. C), Dent
(Ala.), former Chairman of the Military
Committee, who refused to support the
selective programme during the war, and
Flood (Va.) led tho forces favoring the
antl-mllltary training resolution. Repre
sentative Ferris .(Okla.). Chairman of
the Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee, mado his position clear by
sending a telegram declaring his support
of the Ayres resolution despite the posi
tion taken by the President
Tho main argument of this Taction
was that the country Is opposed to mill-.,
tary training and the Democratic party
would be unwise not to come out Iri
clear terms against tho programme.
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