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AND THE NEW YORK HERALD
VOL. LXXXVII. NO. 329 DAILY.
NEW YORK, SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1920,-grr; . . r. 72 PAGES.
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4
SOVIET IS READY
FOR ARMISTICE
WITH POLAND
Army Fulling Back and Its
Commander Ordered to
Begin rnrley.
STEP TO FUTURE PEACE
Kussia "Will Notify Poles as
to Place and Date of
3reeting.
WAR CRISIS IS AVERTED
Direct Request of Warsaw for
Negotiations Quickly Heed
ed by Moscow.
Funis, July 24. A .wireless message
from Moscow to-day. says tho Havas
Agency, announces that tha Russian
Si viet army Is falling back on the
order of the Soviet commander.
IvcoN, July 24. Tho Soviet Gov
ernment of Ilussla to-day notified Po
land that the Soviet army command
had been ordered to begin Immediately
rcgotiations for an armistice, It Is an
nounced in a wireless despatch from
Morow to-day.
The following telegram was des
patched ?y George Tchltcherin. Rus
t.nn Soviet Foreign Minister, to Prlnco
Fapieha, tho Polish Foreign Minister,
at Warsaw at 1:15 o'clock this morn
ing. The Russian Sovlot Government,
has given orders to the Supreme Com
mand of the Red army to commence
Immediately with the Polish military J
command negotiations for tho purpose
of concluding an armistice and pre
paring for futuro peace between the
two countries. The Russian command
vtll advise tho Polish command as to
the place and date for commencing
negotiations between the miliary com
mands of the two sides."
Warsaw Notified by nd.
Another message, signed by Vesslleff.
nd Khvostohlnsky, for the Chief Head-'
quarter Staff and tho Revolutionary
Military Council, was rent to the higher
military command in Warsaw, marked
"Very urgent," and saying.
'The Supreme Command of the Red
Army has received the order of the So
iit Government to enter into negotia
tions with the Polish military command
on the questions of an armistice and
peace between Russia and Poland. The
Supreme Command will send representa
tives furnished with full 'powers to a
rlace which will be Indicated to you by
the command of the Russian front, who
MI Inform you of the place and the
date when the Polish representatives
ill be invited to attend."
While it Is possible the negotiations
about to be opened between the Soviet
and Poland may not result satisfactorily,
Russia's reply brings in sight a possible
solution of one of the most serious crises
hlch Europe as a whole and the allied
rations In particular have had to face
since the conclusion of Uie armistice with
the Germans In November, 1918. The
sweep of the Soviet armies through tcrrl
toiy held by the Poles to the very bor
dri of Poland proper threatened the
virtual wiping out of Poland as a nation
if measures were not taken to head
tlum off by giving efficient and speedy
id to the Warsaw Government. The
close approach of the Russians to the
German border gave additional cause
for uneasiness, there existing great un
crtainty and apprclicnsfon as to the
effect a touching of German and Soviet
frontier lines might have upon the po
litical future of Europe.
Urltlnh Mediation Ilefaaed.
At the Spa conference It was decided
'htn that steps should be taken to bring
tbogt peace between Russia and Poland
if possible. Poland was advised, on the
one hand, to endeavor to make peace
lth the Russians, while, on the other,
'he Moscow Government was Informed
that the Allies would not cnuntAnnnrA
the invasion of Polish territory proper'
y me soviet armies. Great Britain
up the armistice negotiations first
m an effort to bring thd Soviets and
Poland together, but the Soviet Govern
mtnt made it clear that it was ndt In
clined to accept British intervention, but
demanded a direct application from Po
land Meanwhile It was indicated In
the allied capitals that military aid for
'he Poles would be forthcoming if the
tolshevik campaign were pressed too
fsr
, The action tho Allies desired of Po-I
isna. however, was Anally taken by that
wtlon, which Thursday sent an. armis
tice application to Moscow and effected
t ablnet reorganization, bringing the
fconahst element more to the front. The
"Ply sent by the Soviet Government to
' is the fruit of that application.
GRODNO TAKEN, THEN
EVACUATED BY REDS
Heavy Fighting Continues on
Various Fronts.
By tht Asiociated Prut.
It! It. ii ..j.. ....
, M, t. uiwiiv, waicn was
ln on Vrlitav k .Via TIaI.) .1.1
y -" j w . uviMic.mi, lino
"n eacuateri hv ihm fniini-- -,n
-apture of the Grodno forts on the
outb bank of the Nlemen. according to
snomc.al communication issued to-day.
--outh of the Prlpet," adds the com-,
nloatlon, "our troops Jiavo counter
itacKed, driving the enemy from
ma, Kachuka. Wola and Jezlercy.
.Vj"1 th ne of the Styr tp the south of
in on the enemy, after heavy losses
i trultless attacks, remains passive.
,h region of Dubno and In the
"isnborhood of Grodno tho battle with
!-'my cavalry has taken a favorable
l"rn. Large forces of the enemy which
Continued on TMtd Page.
Japs Talk of Quitting
California for fylexico
Special CalU Dttpatch to Tub Br.x and
New York Mould. Copyright, ISSO, by
Tlia 8cn a.so New Yoik Hesald.
pOKIO, July 24. Tho Japan
ese -newspapers are comment
ing angrily on special despatches
from America reporting incen
diarism and anti-Japaneso dem
onstrations at Marysville, Cal,
A delegation of officials of
Japanese organizations in Cali
fornia, Oregon and Canada la
here consulting with members of
the government, parliamenta
rians and press representatives
on tho proper attitude to be
adopted.
The president of the Japanese
associations in America urges
moderation in the Japanese at
titude, stating that tho virulcnco
of the anti-Japanese sentiment
probably will pass with the hub
bub of the Presidential campaign.
In somo quarters tho feasibility
of a complete Japanese exodus
from California to Mexico is be
ing discussed.
There have been no reports
published recently in Eastern
newspapers of occurrences such
as referred to in the despatch
from Tokio.
CRISIS LAID AT
-LEAGUE'S DOOR
French Charge Situation in
Poland to Mr. Wilson's Ideal
istic Theories.
NO PREVENTIVE OF WAR
Socialists and Conservatives
Join in Condemnation of
League of Nations.
Dr LAURENCE HILLS.
Slo Corretpondtnt of Tllg Bun axd Nw
Yoik Hesald. Copyright, t!0, by Tar 8tiN
and New Yoik Hesald
Pams, July 24 As an butcomo of
tho Polish crisis the League of Na
tions again has become the subject of
'a violent controversy In the French
newspapers, the Socialists attacking
It because of the excuse It affords the
capitalists and imperialists of involv
ing Franco ln anotUex.fl!ar.bilfulUeJ
i-nnservatlve organs ridicule Its lm
potence, pointing out that the Wilson
Idealism of which It is the embodiment
is responsible for the present danger- i
ous situation.
Conservative criticism is accentu
ated by the revelation in tho foreign
affairs budget that Albert Thomas, dl
rector of tho league's labor bureau,
receives 25.000 a year for salary and
expenses. The .Action Francalje ac
cuses Socialists like Thtynas of get
ting rich from the league, whose
Utopianlsm prevents statesmen from
seeing the present peril In its tfue
light.
coming the cause and pretext of war. "PREDICTS COLLAPSE
were the old alliances. It is Impotent to
prevent war and It serves only to ex- j Qf CAPITALIST RULE
tend It This Is the spectacle placed be- j
existence." 1 Aided Communism.
The GomIoIj, taking a serious view of ,
the Eastern situation, blames President ( Bl fhe At,ociaitd Prtt3i
Wilson, "who Impressed his idealistic, Moscow, July 21. Nikolai Lenlne, the
and demagogic conceptions, ami ncimct ,
Lloyd George, who, desirous or conciliat
ing the parties of the extreme Left
(Radical-Labor) and flattering their un
deniable errors, sustained and encour-
aged the disastrous work of the Presl-
. . W TTnttoA Htfltft TOhOSA total
lrnorance of geographic necessities and ,
. . . 1 1 . n U.nn
the ethnological printipica ui u.v
cannot bp excused."
The Oaulol contends that the creat
ing of a myriad of small States that are
not able to defend their Independence is
a menace to the larger Powers.
Bern, July 23 (delayed). Swiss news
papers express satisfaction that Presi
dent Wilson has summoned the next
ussembly of the League of Nations at
Geneva and not at Brussels.
rn ACCEPT AMERICAN
,,,, r p.orir,'' Lenlne pointed out that even In coun-
VIEW Ut' LLAKjUL tries where there wero the most favor-
Lord Chancellor Says Europe
Is Prepared to Submit.
Southampton, England, July 21. The
Lord High Chancellor, Baron Birken
head, speaking at the Pilgrims' lunch
to-day in 'celebration of the departure
of the Pilgrim Fathers, said : "My view
of the future of the League of Motions
is that its power, its Influence, will de
pend precisely upon the contribution
which the American nation thinks
proper to make to It. The Americans
created It; It Is their child. To what
ever party is commtted the control of
Im.ptrfi t(I Are entitled to iiona from
'the speechA which have been made on
both sides that their part In that great
responsibility will be fully and com
pletely taken by the American people.
"In the crisis of the war the league
waa brought forward by President Wil
son in a sense that compelled the atten
tion of the whole world, because Presi
dent Wilson occupied a position of ex
traordinary power. For It full responsi
bility must be borne by the American,,
nation.
The whole body of the Allies
. ..,. ni ...
his made a generous and unanimous re
sponae.
"The
t , , ...
whole of Europe Is prepared to
define Its power and Us functions in I
terms, which wir aihsmuu. nuo uui-,
maiciy u,r m n,,i upon u .rgo(.!lllt m0Vement and rectify mistakes
IS 11 in our power u icnu it grraier or.
hlgfer Importance than the AnKrte,n
"If, as a result of their present politl
cal preoccupations, their deliberate de- London, July 2t. The Congress of the
ctston Is to attenuate Its Importance nnd ' Third Internationale at Moscow has is
dlmlnlsh its function, we'shall and must' sued an appeal to Syria. Turkey and
acquiesce In that view. But I am per- Arabia to rise against Great Britain,
suaded that we have Inherited from Franco and America, according to a
American eloquence and Idealism a con- wireless despatch from Moscow to-day.
ceptlon which may still pluck some sal-, The appeal asks the former countries
vage from the bloody and devastating! to "throw off the yoke which the Allies
struggle." J are trying to Impose" on them.
i FOREIGN REDS
AT GREAT FETE
IN PETROGRAD
Many Nations Represented
at Sessions of Third
Internationale.
,
COST SOVIETS FORTUNE!
Chinese, Indians, Persians,
Cubans, Dutch, French
and Germans There.
CHOICE WINES AND MEAT
Congress Resumed at Moscow,
Lenino Telling Delegates
Capitalism Is Near Fall.
reclal CoMe Dttpatch to Tin St and Nvr
Yoik UtiAr.y. Copyright, IStO, by Tmt 8orc
tXD Nrw Yoik Hesald.
Paris, July 24. All tho resources of
Soviet Russia were mobilized to make
the early sessions of tho Third Inter-
nationals in Petrograd the centre of
propaganda for a world wldo revolu
tionary movement. Tho Reds dipped
deep Into the Imperial treasure chests
In an effort to make the entertainment
of the delegates anil radicals from a
score of nations an unforgettable oc
casion, according to details arriving
here via Stockholm. After the ses
sions at Petrograd' tho Internationale
resumed its Congress at Moscow.
Four hundred delegates formed the
Socialistic babel, where Chinese. In
diana, Cubans, Dutch, Persians. Turks,
Bachklrt, Khlrgiz, French and Germans
declared the solidarity of the Interna
tionale and their Intention to overthrow
i the bourgeoisie or middle class through
out the world. Lenlne, ZlnovlcfT, TomsKs
and Boukhartnc delivered nddresses at
the opening session and then led a pro
rfwlnn tn nl.icn wreaths on the tombs
! of the revolution victims and to the cor-
nerstono dedication of monuments to be
erected to Rosa Luxemburg and Karl
Liebknccht In front of the Winter
Palace.
Although Russia Is supposed to be
starving, unbelievable stores of wines
and vodka loaded the tables, while the
choicest viands convinced tho foreign
delegates that Sovlettsm is not disas
trous, at, least to those high in its
councils.
- Ihexe,-ouLJigT&ta:avcJutlonaryvue4
luesuay evening in ino duuibc, repre
senting the developing or the First in
ternatlonale (the Parla commune), then
tho rlf and downfall of the Second In
ternationale, and finally tfio apotheosis
of tho Third Internationale and Bolshev
ism. For this spectacle Lenlne com
manded Russia's finest talent Gorki,
Benols, Challapln and GlaBounof to
prepare the special literature, decora
tions and music, and ordered printers
to turn out millions -of leaflets and Jour
nals In every language filled with inflam
matory addresses, which wero designed,
according to the Pravda, "to cross the
borders with the returning delegates and
give a death blow to the world's bour
geoisie.'
Soviet Premier, speaking befoie the
Third Internationale Monday, stated
that the world's economic crisis nnd the
failure of the League of Natldns to j
reconcile and unite the Interests of cap-
Itallstlc governments were the most im
. ...4 S Yi Aim. "
portant factors promoting the aims of
the Third Internationale, one of which
was to consolidate and organize world
revolution.
After Lenlne'n address, in which he
declared among other thlngu that the en
tire capitalistic system of the world was
threatened with collapse and that the
League of Nations contributed to Com
munism, the Internationale adopted n
resolution calling on the workers of all
nations to Institute an economlo block
ade of Poland.
able conditions, such as America. Japan
nnd England, the Increase in tho cost of
living was disproportionate to the rise
In wages, and declared that those who
benefited In all countries wero an In
finitely small proportion of the popula
tion. The collapse of the entire capitalistic
system was threatened. Lenlne said, ow
ing to the Impossibility of settling war
debts without Involving many countries
In economlo ruin and because of the
hopelessness of reconstruction under a
capitalistic regime. English economists
kauch as Keynes, he declared, had al
ready advanced tne idea mat annul
ment of war debts was necessary for
the recstabllshment of International
credit
Aito x ium uiii.tu .v. ituit" i
sentatlon In the Internationale for the
- .. ii j..ia. -j
The Premier, pointed to the repre
ilini IMJIC VI vuiumra, iiccuui;iil!ia aim
"oppressed nations," which he declared
was significant. Experience was prbv-
ing. he added, that non-capltallstic coun-
tries, such as those of Asia, were fertile
fields for-Soviet doctrines.
Regarding Internal organizations, Le
nlne asserted that the Social Democrats
( n.ASA .Via m n m. aifAi,a nh.t.H. fn .1. -
i ' . r.vnin.ion.rV
(development of revolutionary power as
a means of service to all countries, as It
had been shown they were the cnemle-i t
f h e worW n)rcia and defend ers of th 0
kiii-ifAll T mm A riA An nitaln. n 1.
he Bald to unfy the cft wng of t,,e
f(lA nmlnfirlnt ramnalm hv th unn
I Ancient Village Lifts
Ban on Cigarettes
Special to Tut kvx am Nzw Yoik Hihild,
QHICAGO, July 24. Downer's
Grove, tho oldest village in
Illinois, situated a few miles out
sido Chicago, voted to-day on the
question whether cigarettes are a
menace tp the community or
merely instruments for the cftrly
removal of the wicked from this
valo of tears. The voters re
pealed the ordinance passed last
Juno which prohibited tho sale
of cigarettes.
Out of a population of a trifle
over 2,000 503 cast their ballot3
against the ordinance, which was
double the vote in favor of up
holding the ordinance. One hun
dred and eighty-eight, women
.voted on tho proposition, and
their voto was 94 for and 94
against.
WOMEN RIOT IN
REFORM HOME
Scores of Bedford Inmates and
Several Police Hurt in
All Day Battle.
j
j COUNTRYSIDE IN A PANIC
Discipline Cast Aside After
Three Escape; Shakeup
in Management.
As a climax to twelve hours of un
easiness and grumbling, In which
three inmates escaped and others at
tacked guards, the 175 prisoners In
the New York State Reformatory for
Women at Bedford overthrew every
scmblanco of discipline yesterday to
engage in a riot that has no dupltcato
In the history of the State's prisons.
Before tho fighting was stopped the
headquarters of the State Constabu
lary was In receipt of a frantic appeal
for help and polico from towns near
Bedford wero closing In on the reser
vation. Scores of women, both white and
negro, were cut and burned and
otherwise injured, a State trooper had
a finger bitten off, half a dozen po
licemen wero battered and scratched
'rtrthp?cpuntryrJe for mlles'lftrouncT
was in aianlc. It was feared that the
rioting women would escape aid turn
their attacks on, one another to at
tacks on the residents.
The riots and the escapes were de
clared by Miss Florence Jones, new
superintendent of the reformatory, to be
the expected outcome of sentiment
shown by tho prison's board 'of man
agers In directing discipline. Just be
fore the fighting began Miss Jones an
nounced iha was resigning .her post be
cause she did not have a free hand In
the administration of her duties.'
Lone Policeman Break Rtot.
When the situation bocinw known to
Dr. Penrco Bailey, a member of the
board of managers, he made de?perato
efforts to communicate with Gov. Alfred
, . .... r t t w
bm',h' Governor was to haxe
visited the reformatory yesterday, ami
It was Dr. Pearce's IntJ.ntion to iiavo
him on the scene while thu Pghtlny nnd
halrpulllng were in progress.
One policeman. Thomas Wade, mem
ber of the Bedford Police Department,
wa rMponsrt)le for the end of the big-
gest of the rlote. With a club strapped
to his hand he struck down" women who
attacked him and spread fear and re
spect for his uniform. Ills coat was
ripped from his back and he had dodged
a dozen hoi natlrons ana carving
knives before his amallants wero over-, age tor him.- Tho writer stated that he
powered. J would pay, for his work ana for the
A serious situation developed when storage at"a later date when he would
the ten troopers and two officers of the .arrive In New York.
State Constabulary, ready to charge the! Branle called for the trunk at the
ngnting women, were torn to put down
their ' sticks. A member of the board
of managers gave the order, following! the letter, he said, but was unable to
out the understanding that klndnees get It at that time. He then pigeon
should be shown every Inmate. Kind-holed the letter,
ness could not be administered from tho i
end of hickory sticks, he argued, and
the troopers txled to corral the prisoners
unarmed.
Constabulary Scorns' Pacifism,
It -was here that Trooper James Mont
gomery of White Plains was bitten.
Others were bruised and scratched, and
finally, it was reported, Sergt. Daniel
Faber, who had led six of the constabu
lary up from White Plains, refused
flatly to risk the lives of his men.
"Let thetn protect themselves or stop
your own riot," he was quoted ar saying
in effect.
Thu member of the board of man-. 1
refUied to give permission and the con-!
stabulary drew away,
Rumors that Miss Jones was about
to resign epread through the reforma-
. . ... I
tory as early as Friday night There
waa irrow ng uneasiness amonr boththn
j i . " I
wh '"Cfrof ? h?Si K V""'
early hours o ' the morning the Inmates
of one of the cottages were thrown Into
n" uProir b H18' ,f .threwMta '
worn, rt...,. .,.jcm .,,u iniw a iier, he borrowed $20 from him and asked
and another whose name waa not given. hm t0 take hls trunk and store It for
The. escapes led to comment and 111 I n whe. Some time later, he said, af
feeling among the negresscs employed ter Davlmr him back half of the amount
In the laundry. Soon after breakfast
they begin an argument In which,
Inr' Peters, a white prisoner. led the
opposition force.
Women guards outside and Inside
the laundry failed to realize what was
about to happen, but were galvanized to
auenuun whch a. iou, iiui imi iron,
through a
attention when a red. hot flat Iron.
Continued on Eighth Page.
CARLSBAD SrnCDEL 8AI.T AND WATER
Imported from Carlsbad, Bohemia, Natun's
remedy for constipation, liver, stomach and
kidney diseases, rheumatism, etc. Btwtrt
of substitutes. CARLSBAD FflODUCTS CO.,
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TRUNK MYSTERY
CLUES POTTO
AYOUNGALlEN
Expressman Here Got Order
to Lift Baggage forSouth
American.
HAD JUMPED HIS BAIL
Suspect, a Motor Mechanic
With 3 Aliases, Killed a
Person at Coney.
QUICK WOBK BY TOLICE
Woman) Whoso Nude Body
was Shipped From Detroit,
is Still Unidentified.
Although scarcely twenty-four hours
had elapsed since the discovery in the
East Forty-fourth street warehouse of
tho American Express Railway Com
pany of a trunk containing the nude
and mutilated body of an unidentified
woman who had been dead for seven
weeks, remarkable progress was made
yesterday toward clearing up tho mys
tery. As a result of evidence supplied by
Andrew J. Branle, an expressman of
this city, which dovetails with infor
matloncd obtained in Detroit, where
the crime was committed, a general
search has been Instituted for a South
American whose name has been given
to the polico as A. J. Fernandez, and
who Is said to have used the aliases of
O. .1. Woods and E. Leroy.
This man, the police were informed
yesterday, is a skllled'motor mechanic
and has worked at Kelly Field, San
Antonio, as airplane inspector for the
Government He Is said to have been
arrested at Coney Island last year for
running down -and killing somevone
with an automobile and later to have
Jumped his ball, going to Detroit. A
companion of this man left tfils city
last month for tho Mexican border,
and it Is thought that he also may
have gone there.
"'"Branlffs'Mtr.tniMrimb'thr'tt.'whTch
had been extremely helpful to the au
thorities. Is the direct result of the
widespread publicity given to the crime
yesterday morning.
Branle GlTes nil Evidence.
Branle conducts a private express
business under the name of Branlc'a
New York and Brooklyn Express, at 2l2
West Thirty-fifth street When be read
in tho newspapers that the name A. A.
Tatum had been found upon the mys
tery trunk ho straightway communi
cated with the police and tld Jhem that
he had received a letter signed A. A.
Tatum, the namo which appeared as the
shipper on the trunk with the woman's
body.
Thla letter bore a Detroit postmark.
and had been mailed on June 10, the
' uie un which uio wuiimu a uuuy wan
, fIlpl)fd ffflp th(j cUy. u enc,0ed an
express company receipt on A. A,
Tatum of Detroit for a trunk addressed
to James Douglas of New York city.
The trunk containing the body had been
addressed to James Douglas.
The text of this letter, which was
turned over by Branle to Capt. Arthur
Carey of the Police Homicide Squad;
was not made public. According to the
expressman, the writer informed him
that he had been recommended by one
of his other customers, and that he,
JwouUl like him to get the trunk called
k called
i for in the receipt, and to put It In stor-.
omce of the American Railway Express
Company immediately after receipt of
Meets Tiro Sooth Americana.
Branle told the police that he had
made the acquaintance, tn the fall of
1913. of two men whom he knew as A.
J. Fernandez and Joseph Yanez, who
told him that they were South Ameri
cans nnd that they had Just arrived
from San Antonio, Tex. He said that
thif)' asked him to store a trunk for
them for about a month.
Laterv he said. Yanez wenHto Phila
delphia to obtain work tn an airplane
plant and Fernandez went to live In the
Spanish colony In either West Sixty
third or Sixty-fourth street. From
time to time, he said. Yanez visited this
0,,y and "'"PPed In to see him and they
became well acquainted
In June, 1919, he heard that Fernan
dez had been arrested In Coney Island
nm a result
" "d
I"al .no "aa
a result of a motor accident, and
given the name of O. J.
WOOOS.
nranlc Mld veIerday that he be-
d Kernand had remained In
ja for about one month awaUIn(r baMi
and that when he obtained his liberty
that he had borrowed, Fernandez moved
to Detroit. On January 7 last, Branle
says, he received a letter from Feman-
d enclosing $25, and asking him toj
forward his trunk to "E; Leroy" at the
Detroit Y. M. C. A.
He learned, he told the police, that
"E. Leroy" waa another name by which
Fernandez was known. Branle turned
over to Capt Carey several letters he
had received from Fernandez so that the
handwriting could ba cornpared with tho
handwriting In the letter which was
algned "A. A. Tatum" and which re
ferred to the mystery trunk. ,
The police here express the belief that
the man's eult bearing the label of a
little country store was put In the trunk
Continued on Eighth Past.
Delay of Race Recalls Other Cup Contests
Sailed Under Worse Weather Conditions
gOME of th most famous races for the Amoriea's Cup wore sailed
under worse weather conditions than prevailed yesterday off Sandy
Hook, a fact which caused much Wonder among yachtsmen seeking an
answer to the postponement of yesterday's contest to lift the Amer
ica's Cup.
Tho dofendor Puritan beat the Genesta in 1885 by 2 minutes and
9 seconds in -a galo that rose to 30 miles an hour and lashed up nn
ugly sea. Tho course was twenty miles to leeward 'from tho Scotland
lightship off Sandy Hook and return. On tho beat home tho Wind
increased until tho yacljts were scudding along with their leo rails
under and their decks awash.
'The Shamrock I. and the Columbia sailed a fast race on October
20, 1899. Tho wind was blowing 25 miles an hour at the start. -On
tho beat to windward they sailed under reefed mainsail, working top
sail and jib. ,
Captain Barr of the Columbia shook out his reef after rounding
tho stake and succeeded in sotting a club topsail over his working top
sail. The American boat came roaring homo before the wind a winner
by G minutes and 8 seconds.
In 1893 tho Vigilant and the Valkyrie' raced through a twenty
five northeaster. Valkyrie lost four spinnakers as fast as she could
set them.
50 P. C. PAY RISE
ASKEDONB.R.T.
Unionized Employees to Pre
sent New Agreement to Oar
rison This Week.
SEEK MANY DISMISSALS
Straight R Hour Day and Over
time Scale Among 90 Issues
Baiscd by Workers.
In a number of secret sessions held
la tho last two weeks tho unionized
employees of tho Brooklyn Haptd
Transit Company have formulated a
new wago and working agreement
that amounts almost to the effect of
an ultfmatum. It will be presented to
Llndtey M. Garrison, receiver for the
company, on Tuesday or Wednesday.
The-men demanda new wage scale
that calls for more'' than 50 per cent.
Increase over present pay. They will
demand 88 cents an hour for men now
earning about 52, and 98 cents an hour
forihos&'TrhoiW'Kt 2-cents. In
addition they will demand that more
than a score of minor members of .tne
supervisory force of the system be
dismissed because, according to the
men, they are biased against tho
union and are unreasonable taskmas
ters. Tho dismissal from the com
pany's employ of two of tho divi
sional superintendents Is sought on
similar grounds.
The men will demand a straight eight
hour day, with time and a half pay for
all overtime. They now work on a nine
hour basis. They will Insist that runs
be arranged on such a basis that an
eight hour day shall consist of eight
hours of work and not two and three
extra hours consumed in turning In rtfcX
norts. xraltlnir for releases and other InW
cldental work that holds them around car
barns before and after actually complet
ing their work.
The men also demand that the com
pany's spotters make charges Imme
diately against those accused of filching
fares, and not turn tn a confidential re
port that results In the suspected man
being shadowed.
All told, the men are nbout to make
ninety demands, ranging from pay to
working conditions and schedules. 'It
will be the most comprehensive set of de
mands ever received by officials of the
B. B. T.
nirrDf lC oll VCADC
J1VJIhmj ouv j jujiiw
AFTER SAIL AGAIN
British Stage Wonderful Pa
geant at Southampton.
Southampton. July 24. Garbed In
buckskins, a, daring band of adventurers,
with their wives and children, this after
roon marched solemnly to the shore of
Southampton water and embarked on
two fragile ships bearing the names of
Mayflower and Speedwell. Their pas
sengers Included Miles Standlsh, William
Bradford, John Carver and John Alden.
The crowds remaining behind made
sorrowful good-byes and godspeeds. One
Cried: "Reckon the America be a long
way off." The crowd stood waving fare
wells as the ships put out to sea. One
ventured: "Reckon none .of us know
what will be the ending of this sailing
of the Mayflower."
This was the termination of a realis
tic pageant celebrating .the departure
of the Pilgrim Fathers three hundred
years ago. The pagiant, in which four
hundred persons participated, was en
acted In the shadow of the Mayflower
monument erected by American de
scendants of the Pilgrims In 1913. It
depicted scenes in the village life of
England under the first Stuarts. The
arrival of the Huguenot refugee. Henri
Portal, who escaped from France In a
barrel, afforded much amusement.
Several events In American history
were portrayed, among them the Bos
ton Tea Party, Lincoln at Gettysburg
and the American entry into the World
War.
HEARD CLEARLY AT 800 MILES.
Talking Machine's Selections
Travel Far In Air.
Sr. Jons. N. B., July 21. Selections
from a talking machine on tho steamer
Victorian, 800 miles east of here, cn
route to Montreal from Liverpool, were
heard distinctly this afternoon at the
wireless telephone station of the Marconi
Wireless Company on Signal Hill, ac
cording to officials In chaige.
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LIPTON REGRETS
DELAY IN RACE
Chnncfcs His Views Later
When Told There Might Have
Been Loss of Life.
CONFERS WITH ADVISERS
Skipper of Challenger Leaves
"Wife Ashore Jersey Pilot
Has flow and Quits.
Hy a Stalt Corrcpnvdtnt of Tile Sc AND
Niw YOSK HrJALP.
On- Board Steam Tacht VicrontA,
July 24. Shamrock missed a golden
opportunity to lift the Cup to-day, in
tho opinion of Sir Thomas Llpton's
friends on the Victoria. Sir Thomas
himself shared this view until he was
persuaded by his skipper, Capt.' Will
iam P. Burton, that it would be a
matter of life and death to race in
such weather.
Immediately after the postponement
Sir Thomas called a conference of his
board oj racing strategy In a private
cabin on hft steam yacht, which had
run down to Shamrock's anchorage In
side the Horseshoe. For two hours he'
was closeted with hla advisers, Skipper
Burton, Charles E. Nicholson. Col.
Duncan Net 1 1 and Capt. Diaper of the
23-meter trial Shamrock.
After tho conference broke up Sham
rock's owner seemed in better humor.
He made the following statement to the
newspapermen ;
"When the committee boat signalled
'Do you want the rare called off?' Sham
rock and Resolute at once agreed.. I
have asked Shamrock's captain and otb
crs about it and they said they con-1
siaereu it perfectly right, it was not a
matter of spars and sails, but of loss
of life. They said there was certain
dangerof losing life If the race went on.
"They told me the wind was blowing
a 30 knot galo out there and the seas
were sweeping the decks. Both Capt.
Burton and Col. Nelll said they thought
they had done the right thing. Nelll
said it would have been a mistake on
the part of the New York Yacht Club
not to postpone the race.
"I thought they should have sailed and
so did Commodore Jarvls. Shamrock
encountered far worse weather in her
trip across, but, of course, that Is no
comparison, because she crossed the
ocean under her working sails. Jarvls
and I were the only two who didn't
agree, and I believe now we were wrong,
"There will be a race Monday and we
are still hopeful. I was disappointed, be
cause to-day looked like Shamrock's
day ; but Sir John Ferguson tells me tin
box he Is making to put the Cup in won't
be finished until Monday, anyway.
Sir Thomas, as usual, forgot his
troubles and said smilingly; "That 'Cup
Is going to be on exhibition In the Brit
ish Museum for a month or two after L
get It home."
To-day for the first time Skipper Bur
ton left Mrs. Burton behind when the
Shamrock started for the stake boat. It
was so rough that It was necessary to
take a man In her place. Mrs. Burton
remained on the house boat Kilkenny.
She wanted to go, but every member of
the crew had to be heavy and strong on
such a day. it is the nrst time Mr.
Burton ever started on a race without
his wife, who acts as tils timekeeper.
Another absent member of Shamrock's
crew was Capt. "Jack" Applegate, the
Jersey fisherman, whose knowledge of
the tides anil currents off the Hook was
utilized by Capt. Burton In the preceding
races. What happened waa not dis
closed, but it seems Capt. Jack and the
Shamrock's skipper could not agree on
how the challenger should be sailed.
After a dispute Capt Jack took his
boat and left according to the report
Fishermen have been much perturbed
over the affair, some taking the view
that It was unpatriotic of him to help
the British skipper, and others arguing
It was Just a matter of business.
Thero was another large party on the
Victoria, which grew smaller and smaller
transversely with the size of the waves.
When the yacht lay outside near the
Amhro.ie Channel Uffhtfthln. wnllnwln. in '
the heavy sea. tiiere were sudden and hand, more than one of the historic Cup
frequent disappearances. races has been sailed with reefed maln-
Once within the shelter of the Hook sails and headsalls shortened- to tn
the company recovered sufficiently to eat I limit. In one 6f the 1899 slrles the
luncheon on the after deck. Among Sir j first of the Shamrocks, pitted against Co
Thomas's guests wore Sir Thomas ! lumbla, carried away her topmast In a
Dewar, Sir John nnd Lady Ferguson, i blow and withdrew.
Col. S. Seymour Bulloch, Tollce Com- i The deciding race by which Columbia
mlssloner Richard E. Enrlght. Ralph withheld the Cup from Shamrock late
Pulitzer. Charles Firming Day. Misses i in October. 1899. was sailed under a
Agnes and Eunice Fitzgerald and Miss
Eugenie Whltmore.
An anonymous letter was received
from a person who evidently took In
earnest Sir Thomas's' Joke about tho
"silent Ford motor" on Shamrock.
"Why not play a fair game!" 'wrote
this correspondent. "We hear this yaj ht
of yours Is equipped with a motor, ami
we should csll this a pretty mean game."
The letter waa posted in Boston,
iRACE TO DECIDE
CUP IS PUT OFF;
WIND TOO STIFF
Will Be Sailed To-morrow,
Announces Committee .of
N. Y. Y. Club.
DELAY IS CJUT1CISED
Yachtsmen and Spectators
Disappointed Over
Postponement. I
GRAFT SAFE IN THE GALE
Hcsoluto nnd Shamrock Will
Bo Thoroughly Inspected Be
for the Deciding Bnttlo.
Yachtsmen of two hemispheres were
grlovously disappointed yesterday
when becauso of too much wind and
heavy seas the regatta commHtco of
the New York YachtClub, with the
assent of tho rival skippers, post
poned until to-morrow tho sailing of
the crucinl race which was expected
to determine tho custody of the Amer
ica's Cup.
At the noon hour a stilt southwester
was blowing off tho Ambrose light
ship at a rate which old yachtsmen
variously estimated at from twenty
five to twenty-eight knots an hour.
There was n choppy aca running,
crested with whltccaps. Enthusiasts
on their way down to tho starting lino
were congratulating themselves that
at last the skippers who have been bo
hungry for a real spanking breeze had
no hope left unrealized. Hero cer
tainly was a steady wind, with enough
punch in It to heel tho Shamrock
over to her racing lines with a ven
geance. It was the view of a majority of
observers that tho yachts were facing
the sportiest test of the series. It
had not occurred to such practical
sailor men as William Gardner, de
signer of tho Vanltie, and Capt. Day,
who has sailed cockleshells all over
(he seven seas, both of whom were
aboard the destroyer Semmes, that tho
two sloops contesting tho world's
yachting supremacy would shirk try
ing conclusions in a twenty-five knot
blow.
Skippers Agree to Postponement.
When the race was called off ut noon
a sparse but highly enthusiastic obser
vation fleet had-assembled. T ho sea
was rolling and pitching In a manner
trying to persons of "squeamish" ten
dencies. Both racing yachts were in
position, apparently ready for the pre
paratory signal. The Rcooluto was fly
ing through the choppy seas with only
her Jib and mainsail set. The Shamrock
was moving no faster under the pull
ing power of Jib, mainsail nnd a small
working topsail.
Not only was the blow gaining
strength all the time but Its direction
'seemingly was hauling around from a
more westerly quarter. That fact also
Is said to have influenced to some ex
tent the decision of the committee to cad
off the race. A westerly wind causes
Idlffl3ilty In laying a fifteen mile wind
ward and Icewurd course becauso of the
lay of the land.
Successive early morning squalls, ac
companied by terrific thunder nnd
lightning, had brought up the stlffost
breeze that has swept lower Now
York harbor In several weeks. The
racing yachts liad ploughed their way
out to the lightship, where they found a
considerable sea running and also .i
ficshenlng wind from a bad quarter. In
response to the query from the com
mittee boat both skippers. Captain Bur
ton of the Shamrock and Captain Adams
'of the Resolute, notified the regntti
committee they were willing to post
pone the race, which now, It Is hoped,
will be sailed to-morrow.
Yacht Hnce for Anchorages.
Shamrock and Resolute wheeled nbout
and immediately begun what looked lljyy
an unofficial and impromptu race from
the lightship up to the Hook. Scorning
to take towllnes, they hauled In their
sheets nnd sailed toward their berths at
a racehorse clip under their own'powe-.
Despite their shortened sail, both yachts
heeled over steeply, but both seemed to
be behaving beautifully. The Resolute
was ahead when they started, and flia
seemed to have no difficulty In Increas
ing her lead over the green challenga.-.
Craft of the observation fleet did not
linger to see this impromptu speed trial.
Before the big sloops' were back at their
moorings In the Horseshoe some thou
sands of disgusted spectators who had
thronged the decks of the Saturday slgh'
seelng steamboats and sundry others who
graced the quarter decks of private yachts
were scurrying up the harbor to New
York, sorry they hnd not nrranged to
make some different disposition of the
week end.
This action by the committee was by
no means unprecedented. In the last
series of races, that of seventeen years
ago, one of the races was called off 'be
tween Reliance and Shamrock HI. bo-
fiuA nf a northeaster. On the other
twenty knot breeze, little, if anj, stlfter
than that which was named as the
ostensible cause for yesterday's post
ponement. It was a spirited contest
throughout. The morning of October
20 was sharp and frosty, with a biceze
that proved too strong for the large
club topsails the sloops had been carry
ing. As the yachts manceuvered for the
start spray arose In shnwrrj at their
jbons and a blown the fulj Un;th of
their decks. Columbia carti driving