New-York tribune., 1906-04-16
THE GORKYS DISAPPEAR
MAY HAVE GONE VEST.
Baggage Sent to Chicago = Al
Hotels Refuse Accommodations.


Maxim Gorky and Mime. Gorky" were not
found by newspaper men In this city Ses'eiua',
Their baggage II was ascertained was shpPeu
TO Chicago a morning train ana thero was
some reason TO believe that they had gone on the
same train with the baggage. tosether "iDi
Nikolay Pieshcofr, Gorky's adopted SON.
After being turned away from the Lafayette
Brevoort Hotel at Fifth avenue and Sth street
on Saturday evening they went TO sociahsuc
meeting at the Grand Central Palace with the
underst landing that they were to have rooms at
the Rhinelander. No II Fifth avenue When
they got 10 the Rhinelander an hour before mid
night however. they were told by Frank Geraty.
the manager. that they could not stay there and
that their baggage must be removed immed1-
atey Gorky and the woman who has been
travelling with him his wife then went 10 No
3 Fifth avenue I'm company with Mr.. and Mrs.
LEROY NJ Scott while the baggage was sent to
the Victoria Hotel in charge of Gorky's adopted
An attempt to get rooms at the Victoria failed,
and the baggage was taken TO the Grand Central
Station and left in the baggage room overnight.
At the Grand Central Station yesterday it was
said that the baggage had been shipped to Chi
cago. but nobody would say positively whether
or not Gorky and his companions were the
train as passengers
H GAYLORD Wiltshire who was responsible for
the appearance of the CfOrkys at the Hotel Belle
claire. said last evening at his home in West
93d street that he did not know what had be
come of them He left them Saturday night
he said. in the company of the SCOTS at No.
Fifth avenue. and he was inclined to think they
had stayed there He was unable to communi-
cate with the SCOTS ar the ticrkys yesterday.
Il wanted Gorky 10 come to my house he
said 'but Mr.. Scott seemed TO be anxious TO get
him away from the influence of socialists. and
undertook to provide accommodations. I told
Gorky that he would not he able TO get rooms
in any hotel in the city with his conventional
Wife when it was known that his real wife and
children were in Russia. and think the trouble
he is encountering will teach him lesson He
will find out that he cannot accomplish any
thing in this country except with the aid Of the
socialists
Repeated inquiries at No. Fifth avenue yes
terday and last night were met with the stats
ment that the GOr-ys had never been there. but
no statement could be obtained directly from
Mr.. Scott. 1t said that Mr. Scott would
not see newspaper men or talk with them ovsr
the telephone.
Abraham Cahan editor OF "The Jewish Daily
Forward" said last evening that Gorky had ar
ranged to go out of the city for few days ana
keep out of sight in quiet place. where he could
Russian author and revolutionist could get ready
some speeches he intended to deliver in this
country. and in the mean time the trouble over
Mime Gorly' would abate. GOrky had told his
friends. Mr.. Cahan said. that he was supporting
his wife and children in comfort in Russia, and
that his wife was content with the separation
immigration Commissioner Robert Watchorn.
when seen the Hotel Chelsea yesterday. said
the longer In the hands of the local
Immigration Bureau. 1t was up to Secretary
Metcalf of the Department OF Commerce and
Labor at Washington. he said.
IF GOrky is, as he says. married to the actress
and at the same time not legally separated from
his wife in Russia. then he is liable 10 deporta-
ton" said the Commissioner, for both bigamy
and polygamy are under the ban of the immigra-
ton law AS the case stands however. we
have no evidence against Gorky or the woman
who came here as Nine. Gorky."
Word was received at The Jewish Daily For |
ward" No 175 East Broadway. through the CEN
traI committee of the Bund of this city. that |
Maxine who was the leader during the revOlu- /
tion in the Baltic provinces. and head of the
federal committee during the three weeks of its
rerublican government will be in New York in
few davs. His mission 10 this country is sim !
,lar TO that of Gorky. He viii make tour Of |
The United states. making speeches and Iectur- /
ing.
st Petersburg. April 15-Mme. Gorky is in |
Southern Russia and her version of the question 1
of a divorce from her husband, the novelist has 1
NOT vet been obtained. Maxim GoTky's friend
shin with Nine Andreieva is of more recent
date than was supposed AS late as 1915 the
novelist with his wife and two children, mace
trip I'm the Caucasus The Children are oo!a'
aged five and eight years