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VOL. LXXXVI. NO. 322.
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1919. copyright, uii, am on ph..m iMotM
PRICE TWO CENTS.
7WO CENT TRANSFER WON
BYB.R. T. AND GREEN CAR
LINES, BEGINNING AUGUST 1
Commissioner Nixon Says
Order Necessary to Save
Systems.
FEEDER ROADS FREE
Monthly Accounting of the
Gains Must Be Given
to P. S. C.
LEASES WERE IN PERIL
Manhattan Has 14 No Charge
Points Left of 113, Brook
lyn 30 Out of 1,008
An order permitting both the New
Tork Railways Company, which
operates the green surface cars in
. Manhattan, and the surface car lines
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany, to charge 2 cents each for
. transfers was signed yesterday after
noon by Lewis Nixon, Public Service
t Commissioner. The order goes Into
effect in both cases August 1. It will
continue to be operative as far as the
New Tork Railways Company is con
cerned, until July 7, 1920. The B. R
T. order is to be effective until July
30 of the same year. In each Instance
the Public Service Commission re
serves the right to extend the time at
some future date.
I AU but fourteen transfer points on
the green car lines will be affected and
all but thirty points In addition to
feeder line transfers on the B. R. T.
. In respect to the latter company, the
order specifically exempts transfers
between feeder and trunk lines. There
are at present 113 free transfer points
on the New Tork Railways Company
system and 1,008 on the B. R. T.
The charge of 2 cents is to apply
only to the initial transfer issued, In
cases where it has heretofore been
customary to issue transfers on trans
fers, the practice will be continued and
no additional charge will be made for
them.
The transfer points exempted from the
additional charge are those at which
franchises, or other agreements with the
'city, preclude its collection. They are
' not only in Manhattan, but In former
separate communities which now con-
I atltute a part of the city and over which,
under the Rochester fare decision, the
' dty authorities now have control.
Check Kept on ProSte.
Each company Is required by the or
der to keep a careful account of the
I results of the transfer charge as affect -j
lng the income of the corporations. The
JB. R T. is to make monthly reports to
'the Public Service Commission. In the
case of the New York Railways Com
pany It is stipulated that. If the city is
dissatisfied with the valuation of the
company's property, placed In evidence
at the hearings. It may, at the end of
' six months, apply to have the proceeding
I reopened.
"The publto should have a true state
ment of the transit situation in this
city," said Commissioner Nixon In an
i.ounclng the issuance of the two orders.
"The New York Railways Company, at
the present time. Is in the hands of a
receiver. That means that it is insol-
1 vent and unable to pay its debts. It Is
a vast system which consists of many
leased lines, such as the Eighth Avenue
Railway Company, the Ninth Avenue
Railroad Company, etc. In order to ob
tain leases of these lines the New York
Railways Company Is obliged to pay
, ,K-. it fhm ..nt In nQt nald.
these leased lines will cancel their leasea
Seme of these rentals may be extrava
gant, but they were made years ago and
n-ust be paid until they are changed.
"To further the public convenience the
New York Railways Company was re
quired to Introduce what is called a sys
tem of free transfers between its leased
lines and other railroad lines in this city.
For example, if a passenger on the Mad
ison avenue line desired to travel up or
down the West Side he could obtain a
free transfer at Plfty-nlnth street. This
enables him to take the Fifty-ninth
street car to either Enghth or Ninth
avenue and then transfer to the line
which he desires, either up or down town.
"Owing to the prevailing high prices
of labor and material the New York
Railways Company was unable to pay
Its debts, including Its rents, and to pro
tect the Interests of the travelling public
the Federal Court appointed a receiver.
That receiver Is an officer of the Federal
Court, and that court is practically op
erating this railroad.
"The Federal Court Informed the Pub
lic Service Commission that unless the
railroad company was granted some re
lief, either In the way of an increased
fare of six or seven or eight rentB, or
permitted to charge for transfers, the
court would cancel the leases which had
been made. The effect of this would be
that every time one person changed from
one line of cars to another he would have
to pay an extra fare of five cents, or If
he made two changes, ten cents.
"What would any one have done un
der the circumstances? Would they
have permitted a charge of ten or fif
teen cents when the same result could
have been accomplished for Ave cents
' and a charge of two cents for a transfer.
- - - ,Kaf Ik. rnmlnlHSlnn ! flVAr.
tng the railroad company is not only
unfair, DUt It IS also wicaeuiy itiw mm
untrue. The commission protected the
Interests of the people or tnts city ana
they should appreciate It and not be
misled by those who are attempting to
deceive them. If the commission favored
the railroad company It would have In
creased the rates of fare so that every
person, whether he wanted a transfer
or not, would have to pay two or three
cents extra.
"To repeat, something had to be dona
to protect the public servtca. Operating
Free Transfer Points to Be Retained
on Manhattan and Brooklyn Systems
N Manhattan, free street car transfers will continue to be given only
at:
One Hundred and Sixteenth street and Lexington avenue.
One Hundred and Sixth street and Amsterdam avenue.
One Hundred and Ninth street and Columbus avenue.
Eighty-sixth street and Madison avenue.
Fifty-third street and Ninth avenue.
Thirty-fourth street and Broadway.
Thirty-fourth street and Park avenue.
Twenty-third street and Broadway. '
Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue.
Fourteenth street and Fourth avenue.
Sixth avenue and Eighth street.
Sixth avenue and Fourteenth street.
Spring street and Broadway.
Canal street and West Broadway.
In Brooklyn, the important free transfer points to be retained are:
The Flatbush avenue line to the Montague street line.
Myrtle avenue line to Montague street line.
Court street line to Hamilton avenue line.
Bushwick avenue line to Flushing avenue line.
Bushwick avenue line to Flushing-Knickerbocker line.
Union avenue line to Bushwick avenue line.
Union avenue line to Flushing avenue line.
Richmond Hill line to Flushing-Ridgewood line.
Grand street line to Flushing-Ridgewopd line.
Grand street line to Flushing avenue line.
Church avenue line to Eighth avenue line.
Church avenue line to Fifth avenue line.
Fifteenth street line to Union street line.
Hamburg (now Wilson) avenue line to Ocean avenue line.
Broadway line to Wyckoff avenue line.
Reid avenue line to Wyckoff avenue line.
Hamilton Ferry line to Smith street line.
Lorimer street line to Nostrand avenue line.
SLAYER HAMBY
IS REYEALED AS
SOLDIER'S SON
Chicago Woman Says His
Father Probably Was
"Busy Jim" Hanby.
HOME IN WINNIPEG
Elder Hanby Quit Race
Track Work to Enlist in
Canada at 56.
HE DIED
OVERSEAS
Condemned Man Gives Sing
Sing Officials Cine to Mys
terious Identity.
Special DetpatcK to Tas 8c.
Chicaoo, July 18. The veil of mys
tery behind which Gordon Fawcett
Hamby, New York's unique condemned
murderer, has hidden his life history
since he was convicted a few weeks
ago of the killing of two officials of the
East Brooklyn Savings Bank was
lifted to-day by the aged widow of
"Blind John" Condon, one Urae "race
track king" of Chicago and the middle
i West.
Mrs. Condon, after a long struggle
i with her memory, identified Hamby as
in all probability the shiftless son of
'"Busy Jim" Hanby, race, track em
! ployee of her sightless husband. Hanby
' shook the turf dust from hlB heels
. when Canada began sending troops
across the ocean, and despite his 5
BIG WALKOUT IN
U. S. DIPLOMATIC
CORPS, IS RUMOR
Counsellors and First Sec
retaries Dissatisfied, Ac
cording to Reports.
MERIT NOT REWARDED
Bitter Complaint MadeThat
Capable Men Fail to Get
Advancement.
DOZEN LIKELY TO RESIGN
Politically Appointed Minis
ters "Write Books" Subor
dinates Do the Work.
Bp a Staff Correspondent of Tas Sen.
Copyright, lilt; an rights reterved.
The Hague, July 18. Something
like a wholesale walkout In the
American dlplomntlc service Is Im
pending In the next few months, If re
ports current in dlplomntlc circles
here and notes received from Paris,
London, Switzerland nud elsewhere
have any truth In them.
According to these reports, which
are substantiated In part by letters I
hnve seen, much dissatisfaction Is
snld to exist In the various embassies
and legations because, it Is said, the
SENA TE WILL NOT RA TIFY
WITHOUT RESERVATIONS,
CONFEREES TELL WILSON
FRENCH CRITICS
ASSAIL TREATY
Attacks in Chamber of Depu
ties Are Similar to Those
in U. S. Senate.
FOCH'S THREAT IS FEARED
Bouillon May Read Commandr
er's Protest on Rhine
Settlement.
Eight Cargo Ship Are
Put on German Routes
Special Calif Her patch to The 80S.
WASHINGTON, July 18.
Eight steel cargo carrying
vessels of the Shipping Board
have been assigned to trade
routes to Germany. The names
of these vessels and their size,
with other details, have not been
announced. These vessels are in
addition to the one turned over
by a Philadelphia shipping com
pany for service between Phi la,
delphia and Hamburg.
Sailings for all eight ships are
expected before August 1.
Administration at Washington Is not I to the Government
showing any disposition to recognize
merit or length of successful service
by advancing capable, trained men out
By LAl'RBNfR HILLS.
Staff Correipondent of Tss Scs.
Copyright, 1919; all right e rtterved.
Paris, July 18. The course which
the peace treaty is taking; in the
French Parliament shows a curious
parallel with the difficulties It Is! ex
periencing In America, Franklin
Bouillon, chairman of the Foreign Re
lations Committee, and some of the
other members also, are close students
of American affairs and although the
ratification of the treaty hero is re
garded as a foregone conclusion the
extremely inquisitorial attitude of the
treaty committee Is causing surprise
STATEN ISLAND
FERRYMEN OUT
Crowds Enraged 'ion Oilers,
Firemen and Wa. . Tenders
Quit Without Notice.
POLICE MAN ONE BOAT
Delaney Says Strikers Will Re
turn Marine Rioters Wreck
Strikebreaker Office.
LETTERS BY AIR
MAIL 2C. NOW
Burleson Cuts Plane Rate to
First Class Postal Matter
Level.
It is prompted largely by the critical
examination now going on in the
American Senate. It Is Impossible yet
of tho diplomatic service to be chiefs I to rorecast tho report of the com
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies
which still has much of the treaty to
go over, but the discussion so far
years, gave his life as a soldier, al- of missions, as Is the system In most
i though he died of disease before get- European diplomatic services.
I ting in action against the Germans. It appears that between fifteen and
If the "Hamby" of Sing Sing's death j twenty counsellors and nrst secre-1 seems to foreshadow much criticism
house Is the son of "Busy Jim" Hanby, ! tarles huve discussed the situation i ln th9 report.
he comes of a substantial and highly Informally among themselves, either j For the second tune Premier Clemen
respected family of Winnipeg, Canada. pmonaUy or in some cases by means j ceau appeared before the committee yes-
. - ..... ,a-a ,h .a.i.,,ini dlnlnmntlc iKiiich. I terday In response to a request In a
, reports irom ma! c.iy vo-us- , " ' " " " " ' r j long secret session the committee asked
I to confirm Mrs. Condon's identification with I view to individual but more or j produetlon g( ,he proceg verDal
fot tho son of her husband's late race less common action. minutes of the meetings of the Coun-
track "runner." .ai.. ttt rimhI to Rcilss. ! ct of Four, Just as the American Sen
ate asked for the same data. The se
crecy with, which the Council of Four
drew up the treaty In complete dlwe-
SPECIAL STAMP GIVEN UP
Big Extension of Flying Ser
vice Predicted by Postmaster-General.
Staten Islanders were enraged lart
evening when the oilers, firemen and
water tenders on the municipal ferries
struck at the rush hour.
What particularly irritated the
thousands of clerks, stenographers
and office workers who waited a while
in the rain until they were assured
that there was no Immediate prospect
of the boats running again was the
fact that the men had gone out with
out a word of warning to the public.
American crowds are proverbially
good natured and this one was no
exception, but there were many bitter
things said before the commuters
made their way back Into tho subway
and began the long trip home by way
of the ferry running from Sixty-ninth
street, Brooklyn. The crowded condi
tion of both the Interborough and B.
R. T. subways, forced to handle this
unaccustomed business, did not tend
to smooth a ruffled temper.
The walkout took place at 4 o'clock,
Just as the rush of homeward bound
commuters was beginning, when the
fire room watch on the ferryboat
Richmond went off duty according to
the usual schedule and the -new watch
failed to report. Shortly afterward
the ferryboat Queens came ln and also
waa promptly deserted by the firemen,
oilers and water tenders on board. In
half an hour a crowd of several
thousand commuters had gathered In
the ferry house and street and re
serves from the First precinct were
called out to maintain order and pre
vent the overcrowding of tho ferry
house itself.
fuller Mam Boat.
About 7 o'clock the Queens got under
way, manned by policemen from Harbor
Squad A. By crowding the passengers ln
every possible place nearly 2,000 per
sons were carried. The shlpworkers
boat Carmanla took nearly a thousand to
South Beach, and several thousand more
made their way home via the Brooklyn
fairies. The police manned ferry con
tinued to make regular trips during the
evening.
John H. Delaney, Transit Constructl n
Commissioner, wno is temporarily at the
head of the Department of riant and
Structures ln the absence of Qrover
Whalen, Commissioner, hurried to South
Kerry and went Into conference with the
strikers. He was Joined shortly after
his arrival by John F. Slnnolt. secretary
to the Mayor, and Daniel Byan. deputy
transit commissioner. Shortly afterward
Thomas I.. Delahunty, president of the
Marine Engineers Association, and Will
lam A. Mahar, president of tho Mas
ters. Mates and Pilots organisation, en
tered the conference.
The strikers held out firmly for I ISO
per month for the firemen end I1S5 for
oilers and water tenders, and refused
to go back to work unless their de-
Washinoton, July 18. Postmaster
General Burleson reduced to-day the
postage rate on airplane mail to 2
cents an ounce, 'the regular rate for
first class mall matter, and placed the
air mall service on the same footing
with all other means of mail trans
portation. The effect of the order. Otto Praeger.
Second Assistant Postmaster-General.
expiainea, is to put all nrst elate mall
Nothing; Ieft Except to Resign.
Finally Breaks silence. T,JC a,nclusion sj to hnve been
In the death house of sfng Sing ' nrrived at lg thnt if the position of
Thursday the bank slayer, spiwrently j joBnaflWw of an embassy or first
Kard of ITesident Wilson's first principle
annoyed over tn. peroMcew. wno... secretRry of legation Is as high as the i ra, produced The same criticisms in
"7 ,, - ,,. : niost ennuble men cun attain, some, French parliamentary circles as In the
trst. his alias, gave way Anally and told . training and American .Jongrssa. and the committee
them they would learn who he really Is Of them of mnii onrs training ana ( landing to know the reasons
If they asked the Information of John ; experience, then nothing is left for for the various treaty provisions.
Cordon. 2S2J Michigan avenue, this city. I those who hnve already attained that j Naturally for France the big question
goal and consequently have no fur- fo
Iher prospects but to resign. j Foch and Premier Clemenceau. M.
A considerable number of the best ! Bouillon has threatened to read the let
men in the American service, I am
informed, are preparing to take that
The
No John Condon could bo found there,
but Mrs. John Condon was found, and
she readily Identified herself as the
widow of "Blind John" Condon, of rac
ing prominence.
uusy
of
Jim"
Tracing the history
Hanby revealed that he came originally j step before the end of the year
Hamby apparently had Imbibed some of attitude taken Is thnt Congress and
his father s roving: trait? Inquiry ln even more so tile DUDUC nBve "' "
Winnipeg established the fact thst fftlnt 1(jn 0j Qie Tcuy splendid work I parently was not satisfied and appears j
liusy Jim na.il uy uau iicu viicro uuu . . . , . 10 nave giMMi raywa ,t.. .w
ters which M arena rocn sent to tue
Council of Four protesting against the
treaty.
It was to enable Premier Clemenceau
to defeat Marshul Foch that President
Wilson and Premier IJoyd Oeorge con-
ented to the French alliance. Focli ap
SENATE ALMOST
'ENDS THE WAR'
Amendment to Cut Cost of
Trading Ban Says ''Peace
Exists."
JTST MISSES PASSING
Fall's Resolution Suddenly
Brings Realization of
Words' Import.
Four 'Hand Picked' Repub
lican Senators Shock Him
by Their Stand.
HE RUSHES TO pAPITOL
Holds 'Open' Conference
With Hitchcock, WJo Par-"
tially Regains Favor.
NEW METHODS PROBABLE
Invitations to White Houae
May Cease Interviewers
Are Shut Out.
that after he had left to satisfy hls done and service rendered by the Amer
ican Dlplomntlc Corps during the long
war, when not only our country's rep
resentation but the interests of many
other countries hnd to lie looked after.
Bitter complaint has been made that
on the came basis and the question of ! lived ln Winnipeg for twenty-eight years. I while politically appointed Ambassadors
tune in mailing will determine ' Gordon's parents made a comfortable and Ministers ln some Instances have
whether or not a letter will h I "vln conducting a laundry, but Oor-. mode capital for themselves by writing
... . . . , s Dy aJr" I don's uncle. George, sold the laundry j bee.ks of self-praise it was the counsel
plane instead of by train. Letters in business some years ago. Gordon's , ,
desire to follow tho racing "game" his
children were cared for by the family of
George Hanby, an uncle of Gordon.
George Hanby is a Health Inspector for
the city of Winnipeg.
He told reporters there that the family
came originally from Yorkshire, but had
mother died when he was quite young
and the uncle took over the care of
Gordon, his brother and a sister. "Busy
Jim" Hanby In the meantime had moved
on to the Chicago nnd other tracks.
Jackson Hanby, a brother of George and
! .Tnhn also hehed in carina for the three
that , KMrn Jackson Hanbv now la llvlnar
in Victoria, B. C, and Is In 111 health
What became of Gordon Fawcett
Hamby's sister, fl this Identification of
C'eatwtaeat on Himth Paps.
transit which miss train connections
will be forwarded by airplane to make
up the lost time.
It was stated that there was no guar
antee under the new arrangement that a
oner wouia go By airplane, but
persons might go to post office stations
wnere airplane mail sacks were made up
and request that their letters be put ln
these sacks.
Special airplane stamps will be aban
doned and letters need not be marked
"via air post."
Postmaster-General Burleson, ln mak
ing his announcement, said :
"The successful operation of the air
mall for more than one year and the
great development for commercial work
In the airplane In that period have taken
this phase of mall transportation entirely
out of the class of experimental work.
The great saving of time now effected
over the fastest railroad train between
New York and Chicago will enable the
Department to make a saving in car
space of more than twice the cost of the
operation of an sir mail service on thst
route. It will therefore no longer be
necessary to charge mors than the regu
lar rate of postage for the transmission
of airplane mail.
"The success of the airship In carry- Jim" Hsnby was not the only member
lng the mail, together with the mmmmt a. of the fsmlly to get Into the war at the
velopment that has taken place In speed earllst Possible moment. Friends of
In quantity of mall that ran be carried ! hlfc h'r Mld they ha1 b'n told ,hat M
and In certainty of operation makes It I "n M the opportunity offered. Jim
Improbable that the air transportation of I Hanby's daughter volunteered for over
mall, whether by ihe Government or 1 "a" service as a nurse, and that she
commercial air transportation lines, will I went hroBO' If she Is tn Rsskatche
ever be stopped, but will Increase from wn' they ahe haH not there
year to year by leaps and bounds, es-! ' rK
peclallv over long distances. The great I
expedition of mall by this means of HAMBY'S APPEAL IS FILED.
transportation constitutes a service which i
the public throughout the country Is now mrrr ,;,. Kom.nl nc. t
...... .. . . m.u ... .... lllilo Hill
retarles of the legations, with theli
years of training, who really did ttv
work." carried the hod," but they ncvei
arc heard of.
Patriotic Dnty Felt.
Some of these men declare they re
mained ln the service as a patriotic duty,
regardless of the small salaries received
the bank murderer is correct, is not made ! h, . , w v.. ,arince for nm. of
entirely clear. i ,h A ,hev wer. stremrthened ln
Houlllon. If read they undoubtedly
would cause a sensation. Whether Clem
enceau can satisfy the committee suf
flctentlv to prevent the production of
the letters is the interesting question
now.
The responsibilities commission re-
ported adversely yesterday to the coun
cil on the request of former Chancellor
on Bethmann-Hollweg and Field Mar
shal von Hlndenburg to appear for trial
tn nines of the former Kaiser. It Is
pointed out that the treaty expressly de
mands the surrender of the former
Kaiser.
their resolve to remain by the belief that
when the diplomatic service waa more
or less reorganised after peace was made
the capable men of proved ability would
be advanced to positions as chiefs of
missions when vacancies occurred or
new posts were to be filled.
It is declared that no en,'oiragcm4pt
for that hope has been received. In con
sequence of which gloom is said to pre
vail ln more than one embassy and lega
tion. Because of the belief that politics
has been placed above merit In the diplo
matic service more than a dozen of the
best men are said to have decided to
resign.
PHILLIPS CONFIDENT
ATTACHES WILL STAY
receive,
service."
as supplementing the train
Continued on 'eurfA Pago.
ASKS NEW YORK MAIL TUNNEL.
Wasklnartom Project WeaU Con
nect Two Railway Rtatlons,
Washington, July II, A mail tunnel
between the Pennsylvania and Grand
Central Ballroad stations In New York
city was urged to-day by First Assist
ant - Postmaster-General Koons before
tho House Post Gffice Committee.
The cost is estimated at f.l,S00.000.
Head Sunder Issue of "Brooklyn Standard
Union" to-morrow for two-page political
story, Including comploto llt of Kings
County Republican Convention dtlagalta,
with photographs of Woman Loaders 44V,
Went to Colleve la Winnipeg;.
Hamby's uncle said also thnt Gordon
had received a good education and was
sent through high school. From high
school, his uncle said, Gordon waa sent
to St. John's College ln Winnipeg, bat
seemed not overenthuslastlc About a
college course. It was at this time that
he went to join his fattier In Chicago
and from then the exact date of his mi
gration wss not made clear little has
been heard of him except from time to
time, when. In trouble or out of funds,
he played upon the heartstrings of his
relatives for money or other means to
get him out of trouble. Oajprge Hanby
said that although he and other rel
atives frequently gave money to their
roving nephew, he never took the trouble
to repay them.
There the story of Gordon Fawcett
Hsmby stops, so far as his relstlves In
Winnipeg are concerned. ISfforts here, j . c a f .
however, elicited the fact that "Busy i Atwutant secretary Comment e
on Walkout Keport.
i f Despatch to TSI It
Washington, July 18. Aecslmant Sec
retary of State Phillips, who le directing
the State Department ln the absenot
from Washington of Secretary Lansing
and Under Secretary I'olk, told The Sun
correspondent to-night that the situa
tion with regard to subsistence and the
maintenance al comfortable living places
on the part of the counsellors nnd secre
ts lies of the American Diplomatic Ser
vice in Burope. par1.'' ly ln the war
ridden countries, wur ..ceedlngly dim
cult, but that regardless of circum
stances there has been no hint of disaf
fection In any part of the service.
"Conditions of living are undoubtedly
hard," said Mr. Phillips, "and without
a doubt at their present scale of salaries
the diplomatic officials have a struggle ;
but at the same time I have every rea
son to believe that these men will re
main at their posts notwithstanding the
emhaxraasments. They are not the sort
tn quit even If the sacrifice Is more than
they should be compelled to sustain.
"I know the men of the servloe
throughout Europe personally and they
are not the kind to resign their duties
because of temporary hardship. I am
confident that the report that they con
template anything Ilk a walkout is unfounded."
GERMANS TRY TO KILL
AMERICAN OFFICER
Provost Marshal Cockriel U.i
hurt by Fuaillade.
By the Amociated Prat
Coblsns, July 18. Two Germans at
tempted last night to assassinate Major
George Cockriel, Provost Marshal of tho
American forces in Germany. The
Major was not Injured.
The attempt was deliberate and pre
meditated. Cockriel Is on the German
secret list of "marked Americans," and
during the last week has received five
threatening letters, ono of which gaya
him only twenty-four hours to live.
Major Cockriel, accompanied by a
military police officer, was walking
ulong a dark street of Coblenx at 10
o'clock lust vnisht when he met two
Germans who began firing as soon as
they had passed the Americans, blazing
ii way over their shoulders as they ran.
This probably accounts for their poor
marksmanBhlp. an neither of tho Amer
icans was hurt, although several shots
were fired. The Germans proved better
runners than marksmen, as they escaped
despite a hot chnse.
Major Cockrlel's home Is in St. Paul,
Minn.
ftpectel Detpalcj to Tax lev.
Washington. July 18. The Senate
had a narrow escape to-day from de
claring the war at an end. Senator
Fall (N. M.) introduced on amendment
to the sundry civil appropriation bill
declaring that "a status of peace with
the former German Kmpire being de
clared to exist," no part of the appro
priations carried in the measure should
be used to enforce the trading
with the enemy act. It was only de
feated by a vote of 33 to 27.
Tho amendment was offered during
a quiet moment when there were few
Democrats in their seata and was on
the point of being accepted without
objection whvn Senator Kenyon (la.)
observed that It looked important, and
as few Administration Senators were
present he suggested a quorum should
be summoned. As soon as the roll had
been called Mr. Fall introduced tils
measure.
"A peace status does in fact exist."
he said "Are you going to be afraid
to turn your citizens loose to trade? I
am not surprised thnt the belief Is widely
entertained that the treaty of peace
must be ratified before we shall
have peace, but that is not the fact.
IVace does exist. Tho ratification of a
.reaty is not the only means to produce
peace. There ought to be some author
ity to declare that It does exist. The
blockade has been raised The nations
are all trading with Germany. The
President is issuing licenses for this
trade and if this amendment should
have any effect at all It would be mere
ly to place all citizens on an equality
ln this regard.
' Senator Underwood (Ala.) insisted It
seemed an efTort Indirectly to declare
peace with Germany before the usual
course of ratification. He understood
the trading with the enemy act v;ia not
being forced anyhow. Answering a
question by Mr. Fall. Mr. Underwood
said he would be willing to vote for
the amendment If the words "a status
of peace with the former German Em
pire being declared to exist." were
stricken out. lie was perfectly willing
to stop spending money to enforce the
trading with the enemy act but not to
declare a status of peace.
Mr. Fall thereupon, saying he wanted
merely results, withdrew the words ob
jected to, and It looked as if the
amendment woUld be adopted. Sena
tor Nelson Minn. ) however, pro
tested warmly that no prl a agreement
of Senators could bind the'Senate, and j visit of
a roll call was ordered on the amend
ment. As a result It was defeated, 27
ayes, 33 nays. Nearly al! affirmative
votes were Kepubllcan and of the opposi
tion Democrats. But there were sovoral
exceptions on both sides.
NOTED WOMAN FLIER
IS KILLED IN FRANCE
Baroness de La Roche Flew
Over Paris Ten Years Ago.
Special Detpatch to Inn an.
Washington, July 18. President
Wilson learned to-day that the ratifi
cation of the treaty of peace with
Germany and the League of Nations
covennnt as a single act by tha
United States Senate was lmpoaalbi
unless the ratifying body has first
written Into the document reserva
tions which will remove the menace
to American sovereignty which tha
covenant now contains. The Infor
mation wns borne home to him by the
four Kepubllcan Senators hand picked
by the President himself from that
wing of the party In the Senate winch
Is most kindly disposed toward some
form of international agreement to
prevent future wars.
At the conclusion of the Interview
the President, shocked and surprised
to find that the power to sway had
forsaken him in this vital hour, or
dered his motor car and sped to the
Capitol for a conference with Sena
tor Hitchcock (Neb.), ranking
Democrat of the Foreign Relations)
Committee, who has been partially
restored to Kxecutive favor after last
week's snub as a part of the eleventh
hour efforts of tho President to so
lidify his partisan in defence of his
foreign policy.
Wlii.l Inquiry Revealed.
The White Honsc conferences with
the Kepubllcnn Senators have been a
great disappointment to Mr. Wilson.
According to the White House plan of
converting the opposition the Sena
tors summoned to tlie Kxecutive pres
ence hnd been those members of the
upper hmise who, the President had
been led to understand, were the least
erloua opponents of his leugue
scheme'.
He discovered that whereas this was
true enough ns fur as It went, it was
nevertheless also true that even those
favorably Inclined members of the
Senate were stanchly against the
covenant us brought home from Paris,
nnd that such objections as they held
to the covenant, although less numer
ous than those entertained by Sena
tors Lodge (Muss.), Borah (Idaho).
Knox (Pa.), Johnson (Cul.), Sher
man (III.) and Polndexter (Wash.),
were Just as firmly fixed. The
President was told by every member
of the group he bud summoned thnt
without reservations the treaty would
not be ratified.
Another interesting feature of the
situation presented by the events of
to-day was the sudden stoppage of
the flow of Invitations to the Repub
lican!. No engagements with mem
bers of the opposition have been
made fur to-morrow. None hus been
ninde for Monday. Whether to-dny.'s
four marks the end of the
conferences was not announced, but
the Immediate assumption was thnt
the President, having realized the im
pervious character of'the Republican
armor of opposition, has determined
to employ new methods.
The President arrived at the Capitol
ffliortly before 6 o'clock. Senator
Hitchcock, who had gone homo and
who expected to depart for Swamp
scott, Mass., by an evening train, had
KINO PETER BACK IN SERBIA.
Paris, July 18. llaroness de
Roche, the French woman flier, was
killed ln an airplane accident at the air
drome at Crotoy to-day. The Baroness
was flying with a passenger when the
accident occurred.
Stay Sentence f Death.
Ignoring the many tunes repeated de
sire of Gordon Fawcett Hamby that no
effort be made to save blm from death
ln the electric chair Frank X. McCaffry,
the Brooklyn lawyer designate! by the
courts to defend him at his trial for the
slaying of De Witt C. Peal and Henry
W. Coons In the Fast Brooklyn Savings
Bank last December, filed yesterday with
District Attorney Lewis in Brooklyn the
formal notice of appeal ln Hamby's be
half. The appeal acts automatically as stay
of execution of the death sentence, which
wss set for the week of July 31. The
appeal probably will be heard in Octo
ber. 'Consequently Hamby's frequent
expressed desire to "have It over with as
soon as possible" will not be satisfied.
Monarch Cheered on lirtnan From
Ills Ksllr In Greece.
I ! ti.i.K ai-k. July 18. King Peter ar
rived yesterday at Arandjelovatz. Serbia,
on a special train supplied by the lireek
Government. Prince Alexander met the
monarch at the station.
King Peter refused to have nny cere
mony In connection with bis arrival, but
the population cheered his train at the
rtstions it passed In welcome to the aged
sovereign returning from hU self-imposed
exile ln Greece.
The Baroness de l.a Kclie was the
first woman to mnke an airplane flight
over Paris. This was about ten years
ago. She won her air pilot license in
IflO,
In 1915 the Baroness made an altitude
L I been untitled only an hour before. He
arrived at the President's room carry
ing ln his hand copies of Several
recent Issues of The Sun. He laid
the file of papers upon a table and
then waited for his p rty held.
The greetings between the Presi
dent and tho Senator were of t-tas moat
studiously cordial character. They
met, clasped hands and then the
FRENCH SUFFRAGE BLOCKED.
Senate Committee Reports Ad
versely Bill ! "hum be r Passed.
Paris, July 18. The electoral com
mittee of the Senate decided to-day to
report unfavorably the bill passed by
the Chamber of Deputies git'.ng the vote
to women.
record Tor women, rising to n height of i President, seating himself on a divan,
sen ... .. ., I tn 1...... ,. . . . .- .. . I . .
' "" lMr 1'1,-nrin motioned t-enuior iiitcncock to a
nearby chair and tho conference waj
on. Triie to the principle of "open
covenants, openly urrivej at," the
I door remained open While the secret
3ervlte men. and newspaper corre
spondents paeked the corridors.
year she flew to an altitude of 16,70t'
feet, beating the record of Ilulh Uaw(
the American woman llier. During bar
career as a flier the Baroness had met i
with many accidents
POPE GLAD BLOCKADE IS OFF.
The bill passed by the Chamber of
Deputies gave women the right to vote
for members of the coccmunal and de
partmeatal usambUes. It was adopted
I run German Catholics Abandon
Thoughts of Hatred.
Rous. July 18. Pope Benedict has
addressed to the Bishops of Germany a
letter expressing Joy over the removal
j of the blockade. The letter recommends
j that an attitude of Christian charity be
taken in regard 10 reparation for war
damages.
The Pope expressed confidence thai
the civilised nations, and especially
Catholics, would aid the populations
brought to a state of extreme need. He
recommended that all thoughts of hatred
against former enemies be abaadoaed
by German Catholic.
I
The President smiled ami Senator
Hitchcock fairly beamed. They
chatted for almo.'t an hour and then
parted. The President left the Capi
tol having first Indicated to tho re
porters that the whole purpose of his
visit was a clarification of counsel, but
it was not explained Just what had
beelouded the counsel or what refcol
vent had been determined upon us the
most efficacious.
Senator Hitchcock, after tho l. nur
ture of Mr, Wilson, aald there was no
doubt regarding the ratification of the
ponns treaty by the 8enatc. lie del
not say whether the President hud told
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