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THE SUN AND NEW YORK HEfcALD. WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1920.
BRITISH WIDEN PLAN
FOR CONTROL OF OIL
Sir John S. Cowans Choseh
Head of Mesopotamlan
Fields Company.
yOTED AS AN ORGANIZER
Xcw Scheme TV1U Inclndo
Jfcrffiiiff Important Pro
ducing Centres.
lucid CMe Dtipttc to Tin Sbk ad Nsw
To" Hesald, CoprrttM. . l Tni Spc
WD Niw ToK HMlt-D.
Losdou, May 4. The appointment of
Lleut.-Oen. Sir John B. Cowans aa man
ning director of the new ilesopotamlan
Oil Fields Company Is regarded here as
t itep of great Importance la the de
Telopracnt of the British scheme or
domination of the world's oil fields. In
tni It is considered the greatest coup
since the purchase by the BrlUeh of the
Run Canal shares.
Sir John was for seven years Quar
......f!.nriil nf the "British Army
icn'p ... .
'tnd Is the man who was responsible for
wpplyliw the liriiisn armies o . w.r
ve-tern front durlnc the war with re
inforcements, provisions and ammuni
tion. He U considered unequalled as on
"slr'john also has the full confidence
ef the French Government. After the
ar France claimed equal rights with
Great Britain In the product of tho
Mesopotamlan oil fields In the belief that
the British were going to control the
oil there. However, In the process of
nucotl&tlons an understanding was ar
rived at whereby, It was reported, there
would be no government control either
by Great Britain or by France, France,
however, will obtain satisfactory par
ticipation. In fact, her requirements
have been met already.
Geologists Lonar at Work.
The Mesopotamlan field was under
geological survey before the war. The
Shell group obtained concessions from
the Turkish Government and they were
confirmed by the British Foreign Of
fice, These concessions are Included In
the Mesopotamlan araea.
The Mesopotamlan Oil Fields Com
pany Is under the control of the Shell
Transport and Tradlrur Company. The
plan under which It starts business pro
vides, according to tho DaiX Hail, for
a great expansion and general reorgani
sation of the British petroleum Industry
with a view to guaranteeing the nation
a full supply of fuel and other oils.
This reorganization plan embraces many
of the world's richest producing centres.
British financial Interests, backed by
hundreds of millions of pounds sterling,
are back of It.
It may be that announcement of the
plan will be held up pending ratifica
tion of the Turkish peace treaty.
The reorganliatlon plan provides that
the vast petroleum resources of the
Shell group pass to British control, ac
cording to the Bally JfalJ. There will
be a clear majority of British directors
on the boards of the various holding
companies associated with this Shell
rroup.
The question of direct government
finance does not enter Into the scheme.
Neither will there be direct government
control or Interference with, the business
administration or distribution of oil.
The agreement with tho Royal Dutch
group, which controls SO per cent of the
Shell stock, provides, however, for
British direction of affairs, which, it
goes without saying, means that Great
Britain shall have an adequate supply
of oil for her naval and air forces, as
well as for commercial and manufactur
ing use.
The Anglo-Persian Oil Company will
be concerned In the agreement and wl:l
be a shareholder In the Mesopotamlan
corporation.
TOLD TO EAT CAKE;
HARD TO GET BREAD
Railroad Board Gets Labor's
Views on Present Unrest.
Washington, May 4. Too many peo
ple eating cake and too many who find
It almost lmposslblo to get enough bread
Is the underlying cause of unrest In the
country E. F. GrabJe, president of the
Vnited Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employees and Railway Shop La
borers, declared to-day before the Rail
road Labor Board.
Arguing for a minimum wage Increase
tf 7 cents an hour over the present
maximum rate of 53 cents Mr. Grable
said that the majority of the men In his
organliatlon were working for less than
'starvation wages."
"People who can't get bread don't like
to be told to eat cake," hs said, "and
they don't like It any better In demo
cratic America than they liked It In
Jnonarchlcal France."
CHULS TAXED tfOB TACKS.
Restaurant Company Hut PT
125,000 for HnTlnir Them la Soap.
A verdict of $25,000 was awarded Mor
'tt D. Spitzer, a chiropodist, yesterday
In the Supreme Court for injuries sus
tained by reason of swallowing some
tacks In soup that he ate In one of the
Childi restaurants. After hearing his
story of how Mr. 8pltxer had suffered
or a long time, after an operation had
been performed to remove the tacks, the
Jj-ry before Justice Finch gave him tho
fall amount of damages ho sued 'for.
Unless the verdict Is reduced by tho
trial court tho defendant company will
appeal.
Wanted Body Kept la Vamlt.
Tin death bed wish of Mrs. Margarst
wandell, who died in Brooklyn In De
cember, was that her body bo sealed up
In a vault, she told her daughter. Miss
o.lve L Wandell, that sha didn't want
" be Interred In the family plot because
"the ground Is so cruel" Justice Laxan
y. In the Brooklyn Supremo Court,
yesterday granted the daughter permis
sion to remove her mother's body from
grave and place It In a vault.
fa Execute Wooden xVemred Han.
fcial to tbi Bex jLxn Nnr Toss; Hsuod.
Ai3A.fr, May 4 James Egan of New
Jerk win be the first wooden legged
to die in the electrlo chair In this
otate, unless Gov. Smith Intervenes, his
wwlctlon having been confirmed this
"teraoon by the Court of Appeals. He
y n,faeti to death for the murder
" John Klein in a United dgar store at
JI Westchester avenue, the Bronx, June
. 2919.
i
eean Grove Bad Church Rale.
Aibckt Paek, N. J May 4. Ocean
tSTe a maJrlty of 114 votes adopted
J- -iy the borough form of government,
Farias the ecclesiastical rule of the
"wan Grove Camp Meeting Association.
Fr Woman Vote "la South Afrlea.
Cxre Toww. Union of South Africa.
, 7 The House of Assembly passed
reioiution to-day favprln the. extea-
"" Of tho narltamABtan fy-anrhU fa
NATION TURNS FROM
RELIGION. HE SAYS
Bishop Rhinelander Scores
Present Conditions.
PuiUsntriUA, May 4, -The United
States as a nation has turned away
from Christ, as Is evidenced in the gen
eral trend of, school and college educa
tion, popular current literature and fa
vortie. current amusements, according to
Bishop Philip R, Rhinelander, who ad
dressed the lStth annual convention of
the Protestant Episcopal Church of the
Diocese of Pennsylvania,
He criticised the fabric of American
rollrlous structure In stressing the Im
portance of the nation-wide campaign
of the Episcopal church for Increased
membership and Interest In church af
fairs. "
"As fur amusements. Immodesty In
drees, looseness In sexual relations,
bestiality and crime as tho chief attrac
tions In theatrical shows and photo
plays, unbridled license and extrava
gance In all things," Bishop Rhine
lander said, ''are so much trie established
order of the day that the most respect
able among us have ceased oven to
shrug our shoulders."
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
BOARD REORGANIZED
Held to Be De Facto Pending
Court Decision.
Boston, May 4, An announcement
that the present board of directors of
the First Church of Christ, Scientist,
will be regarded as the de facto board
until tho full bench of the Supreme
Court has decided whether the dismissal
of John V. Dlttemore as a director wan
legal was made In the Supreme Court
to-day by Judge Pierce.
A petition of the board of trustees
of the Christian Science Publishing
Society that Dtttemoro be Joined with
the trustees as defendant to the bill IJn
which the directors seek removal of the
trustees and an accounting of their trust
was denied.
The court also denied a motion by
the trustees that Attorney-General J.
Weston Allen bo made a defendant In
the same proceedings. Judge Pierce
said that he had conferred with the Attorney-General
and believed he would
bring an Independent bill In behalf 'of
the State.
1JS00 PER CENT. JUMP
IN REALTY IN CUBA
Consul-General Tells of Sugar
Land Deals.
at this port, who arrived yesterday by
the Ward liner Mexico, said the real
rtAtA nf fhft nhpnompnallv Drosnerous
Island had Jumped skyhlgh recently.
Sugar land that had sold former! r for
tl.000 a lot of thirty-three acres now
t.-Ai,(fcf tlRmn OnA milt vnlnM At About
$4,000,000 before the war, brought H.000.-
000 recently ana then cnangea nanas
for JlT.000,000. Havana was Becoming a
Mtv nt nntnpos. mast of the homes being
built costing from $500,000 to $1,000,000.
One residence, bought by Koaman
Wanamaker for a million, was valued
formerly at one-tenth of this sum.
Edward Roland Pottle. American Vice-
Consul at Bilbao, Spain, back by the
Mexico, said the city was now raiea
the richest In the world for Its popu
lation of 1M.0OO. It has 200 millionaires
and they are Increasing. Big American
aiitnmnhttA that sell here for JS.000 are
bought for $10,000 in Bilbao, and the de
mand exceeds the supply. The Span-
lards, preferred gooas maae in me
TTnitaui Ktntpn. and moving pictures
shown In Spain, except a few Italian
products, were American.
About 1500 Spanish emigrants, nearly
.11 nmiH. Btart for America every
month, becoming sheep herders on
western ranches.
POLICE BOAT HYLAN
IN SERVICE TO DAY
Former Navy Tug Will Be
Christened May 22.
The police boat John F. Hylon. which
in u. ...i.t.mwi vv 22. will ro Into
commission to-day. replacing the old
Patrol. She win De commanucu uj -
in i Vi hlleva she will
do all that a police boat should do in
emergencies. Including the saving of life
at sea hereabout, for which she Is finely,
equipped, and the repression of disor
ders on the water ironi.
The John F. Hylan Is a seagoer, can
make fifteen knots and was originally
Intended, as the ocean tug Thomas F.
Scully, to tow coal barges In the coast
i un,i Knref.n Norfolk and New
VWBU 1 .......
England. She has been overhauled and
groomed at Staten isiana unaer uoramia
mikn'i DRrtartment of Plant
and Structures. The city got her for
the nominal price oi i irora mo vy
Department. She Is worth about $400,000.
MRS. 0TTERS0N ACoEtTED.
Found Xot Callty of Mnrderin
Her Brother-ta-lavr.
CoNCOsn, N. H.. May 4. Mrs. Marlon
r nihnim was found not rulltv
uujura w
t... . .. In SnnArlnr Court to-mrht of
the murder In November of her brother-
in-law, Maurice Otterson, at HooKseu.
D'OlIer Helps Salvation Army,
Franklin D'Oller, national chairman
of the American Legion, accepted yes
. an Invitation to serve on tho
tCi uaj
committee which Is directing the Salva
tion Army home service appeal wnicn
opens May 15.
Wilson Slam Pension Bill.
Mav 4. President Wil
son has signed the Fuller pension bill
increasing we pensions oi raimuw oi
the civil war and widows and other
dependents of veterans.
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are welcome at this
trust company.
CUSTOMERS who do
their part will find us
willing to go more than
half way to make a, banJbng
connection, here pleasant
and profitable.
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TRUST COMPANY
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m MORE EYICTED
IN A SINGLE DAY
Only 2,000 Families to Bo Put
Out Compared With 10,
000 Last Year.
Four hundred tenants were evicted
yesterday In New York city becauso
they could not or would not pay their
rent The evictions, while numerous,
do not compare with the number which
took place last May.
At CTi. East 137th streot, The Bronx,
where rent strike Is flourishing among
eighteen tenants, Jacob Cash, a City
Marshal, decided It would be easier for
all hands concerned to move out one
tenant a day, but before he got throughv
moving ono family a hurry call had to
do sent to the Alexander avenue pollco
station.
Capt John Sweeney with eight blue
coats answered the call. After learning
the situation the police captain decided
the voice was more powerful than the
nightstick. He assembled tenants, land
lord and Marshal and advised the ten
ants to settlo up and settle down. Ills
compromise, with a small advance In
rental for the landlord, was accepted.
No one was evicted.
According to Leo K. Mayer, counsel
for the Mayor's Itcnt Committee, there
will be only about 2,000 evictions In this
first week of May, as compared to 10,000
or more In fomwyears. The now rent
laws. Including the privilege of a Mu
nicipal Court Justice to grant stays, Is
responsible for the decrease.
Mr. Mayer did not agree yesterday
with the opinion express by Assistant
Corporation Counsel James D. O'Sulll
van that no rents can be raised over
the April, 1919, figure until October,
1920. Mr. Mayer said: "As I under
stand, where a tenant has paid the rent
for April. 1920, a tenancy has been cre
ated until October 1, 1920, In the ab
sence of an agreement"
Orange Has 33,230 Population,
Washington, May 4. Census figures
made public to-day Included :
Orange, N. J., 33,239, Increase 3,609,
or 12.2 per cent; West Orange, N. J.,
15.573, Increase 4,593, or 41. 8 per cent
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EVELYN TO SUE FOR
ADIRONDACK ESTATE
Begins Action Against Hus
band for Personal Estate.
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw-Montani started
a Supreme Court action yesterday to re
cover 340,000 of personal property from
her husband, Virgil James Montanl, a
dancer known as Jack Clifford. The
property In question Includes fourteen
Navajo rugs, two boats, some pictures
and books. Among the latter are law
books and school textbooks.
Evelyn Ncablt and Clifford have been
living apart for some time, lie sued
her recently for divorce and sho has
filed a separate action for divorce
against him In an uptState county,
where she and Clifford lived during
the summer months. The actress an
nounced she will try to recover her
Adirondack estate, which was purchased
with her money, sho claims, although
title ws taken In Clifford's name.
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Factories i Trenton, N. J. Branches in Leading ClUea
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NAVY MEN IN PORT
STICK TO THE SHIPS
Mako Now Low Bccord for
Overstaying Leave", Despite
City's Allurements.
New York makes a mighty handy arrd i
attraetlvo plsyground for the men oi nJ zlmmerman. rr(nceton
the Atlantic fleet now in the uason MaUUnd Now Tork clljPi and
nivcr. but Its allurements scarcely no John Allan Wyeth. Princeton : California,
against the call of duty, according to Prank Howard Witcox, Berkeley, Cnl.,
figures given by Capt, Louis M, Nulton, and Illchard Henry Scofleld. Los An
commander of the nagshlprenrlvanla. geles
They disclosed that of the more wan and tra,.e,n(l eXpellBeB (o
7.(00 "gobs" who hayo been set nsnore , ftnd nm Bel4l,lm , ad(lltlorl t0 hl,
dally as members of liberty Vusi onv : fellowanlp of 10i0oo francs. The Amerl
1 per cent have overstayed thele cans will enter the Belgian universities
Of course New York has become a, of Druie9( Uteti Ghent Lauvain.
"dry" town since' the licet was ws , Twenty-four Belgian graduate students
port and tho fighting craft have jusi , enUJ, j.,.,, universities this
come from Cuba, whero tnirsi coum -
.ii,r -raiifiBd hut the naval authori -
ties refuse to consider tho mere fact of
prohibition oa responsible for the splen
did showing. The type of young man
now In the servtco Is not a "booxe
Pghtcr," they assert. They say the re
markable record Is a result of the months
of training undergono In Southern waters.
Aboard Capt Nulton's vessel the daily,
average for three days nua ocen bix
absentees out of 600 men on shore leave
and the reports sent to him by the com
manders of other vessels Indicate the
same proportion.
Frequent squalls sweeping across the
Hudson gave yesterday's hundreds of
visitors to the fleet a taste of ocean
weather as the small boats ferrying
them to the dreadnoughts pitched and
tossed In the choppy current A strong
ebb tide added to the difficulties of navi
gation. One boat about to. discharge
several score passengers at the Ninety
seventh Btreet landing, was swept away
from the float nnd spent ten minutes
circling about In a battle against the
tide before It succeeded In making fast.
The Y. M. C. A. announced a dance
for to-night under the auspices of. the
Battery Park Naval Hut to be held in
tho New Tork University Auditorium, 90
Trinity place. Mrs, Vincent Aston Is
expected to be hostess and the men will
be provided with partners.
EXCHANGE STUDENTS
TO BELGIUM CHOSEN
Maitland Belknap of New
York City on the List.
The Commission for Belief In Belgium
announces that the following students
have been chosen on nomination of their
universities as exchange fellows to en
ter Belgian universities this autumn:
Talo, John It Elllngston, Butte, Mon
fa mitf exchange plan,
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