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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
Chaplin Check Was
Only a Photograph

Deputy Sheriff John ]. Murray came
near attaching $140,500 belonging to
Charlie Chaplin yesterday, in AN ac-
ton for 100000 brought by the Es-
sanay Film Manufacturing Company
for breach of contract.
After serving Chaplin, now in the
city aiding the Liberty Loan, the
plaintiff obtained al attachment in the
Supreme Court against any property
that he might have here. The attach
ment was turned over to Deputy Sheriff
Murray, who hurried to the Offices of
the First National Exhibitors Circuit,
Inc, at Is East Forty-nrst Street, under
whose direction Chaplin is nov work
ing. Mr.. Murray stated his mission
and added "Now, turn over to Inc any
money, stocks. bonds or anything else
of value that you have belonging to
Charles Chaplin
"Surc." said the official adj
dressed. He reached into his desk and
took out a paper on which were the
figures Sl4o,5oo But it was only a
photograph Of Il check for that amount
Of money paid to Chaplin for one pict
are and turned over to his brother, Sid
ncy Chaplin, acting as his business
agent. Sidney, IN turn forwarded the
nin@unt Of the check to his brother. il,
California. There the money rs safe
from attnchmcnt 1T lcnst for the lnne
tcinS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
Attacks on Creel Recall Row
Over His Stand in Maurer Case
Head of Public Information Committee Was Kissed Here
Year Ago for Declaring Professors Remark ITO Hell
With Stars and Stripes, Shouldn't Worry Any One

Attacks yesterday in the Senate and
by Senator Pcnrosc that he be removed
from his post as chairman of the Com
mittee of Public Information recalled
here the row that occurred in this city
year ago over the following public
uttcrance by Creel:
81 do not think it should worry any
one at all whether Mr. Maurer did say
To hell with the Stars and Stripes :"
He was talking in defence of free
speech at the Washington Irving High
School, appearing under the auspices
of the Labor Forum, socialistic group.
The week before iii the same place,
James II. Maurer, pacitist and labor
leader. was reported to have said, "To
hell with the Stars and Stripes" Later
he was cxonerated. 1t was shown that
he had used his phrase in relating an
anecdote, and was not in sympathy
with the sentiment. But at the time
indignation had mounted high and the
affair was being discussed in news
papers.
When Creel, referring to the Incl
dent, made the remark quoted above
Colonel Creighton Webb, retired
army officer, shou.ed:
"But we 90 worry-we do worry"
Creel persisted. "I am going to say
i will repeat it," he shouted, chat |
don't care and it does not worry me,
and it should not worry any one
whether Maurer did say that"
What followed, as reported in short
hand for the official minutes by Charles
Picker, court stenographer, was as
follows:
"Mr. Wheelock Up with the Stars
and Stripes. (Hurrah! Hurrah!D
"Chairman James--Mr. Wheelock, will
YOU come and hold this (referrng to
the Stars and Stripes?
"Mr. Wheelock--I will do that at any
time. You bet, am an American.
"Mr. Creel-The way to hold up the
American fiag-I have held it up all
my life
"Mr. Wheelock l am holding it up
now.
"Mr. Creel-The point is, there are
some people who try to serve their flag
by lip service. by always getting up
when they sing America but who
never give one day of their lives to
fighting for the principles Of Amer
icanism. Great applause.)
AN ola man-naVe you louEhl
for it?
MIR. Creel-W What?
can old man-Have you fought
for it?
"Mr. Crecl--I enlisted in the Span
ish-American War.
"An old man--How did you fight for
it? How did you fight for it?
"Mr. Creel-Why don't you wait?
The point I am making is this
"Chairman James-Listen to what
the man has to say.
"Mr. Crccl-The point is, if Maurer
said that we ought to inquire into the
fact and find out what made him say
it. have fought for this flag.
Gan old man Cowardice made him
say it.
"Chairman James You should not
have said anything about it.
"Mr Crcc!--The point ! am trying
TO make is
"Mr Wheclock- with the flag,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax

Hermann Karl Hochschwindler Won
plants, left each wreck. Said the gov
ernment:. Patience! BY kindness We'll
check these pranks of Herr Hoch-
schwindler Won und zu Speck."
Britain is going to see it through.
Why, in certain parts of France her
troops are planting gardens on their
trench parapets. That's how determined
she is. And Uncle Sam? Well, down
at Camp Lee. Va, they are bordering
the company streets with pine saplings.
Ten or fifteen years from now. the men
then in training will be grateful for
the shade.
Albrecht Gambrinus, clever young
spy, cripples the planes of those learn
ing to fly. Will the government shoot
him? Such deeds we dccry! Well
feed, clothe and lodge him till war
passes by.
Jack Evans, who recently escaped,
after sixteen months in a German
prison camp. says it's true, and swears
that "Pee Wee" was in his battalion.
"pce Wee" is 5 feet ] inch and has
a dainty foot. When two OF his COM
radcs returned from trench raid in
brand new shoes, "Pee Wee" looked at
his own tattercd footwear and sighed
enviously
81 wish had pair" he said visit
fully.
"Wcll, dammit" was the unfeeling
answer, Ego git EN-. You know who
we took 'cm off Of"
The next night "pee Wee" was miss
ing when roll was called. At the
following morning there was a rustling
in the barbed wire.
plea. OTIS pee Wee"
1t was "P.e Vice." his feet encased
IN brand new pair OF shoes and mary
other pairs slung about his shoulders.
"War is hell" he murmured, as he
slid down into The trench. II had to
Kill fourteen Dutchmen before | found
pair that would fit
81 hate to disagree with Mr.. Nc
Adoo," says Uncle Abimelech Bogardus,
of Preakness, N. j., "mebby he knows
more about Liberty Loans than l do.
But now that he amt giving out the
daily totals in this campaign, it's about
as excitin' as watching ball game
without ever finding out what the
score isl
August Won Dittendorf sticks to the
trail, hangs round our troops for the
dates when they sail, but the fate that
awaits him should make August pale.
If ever we catch him We'll send him to
Jail!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10

and rivulets in the South thsn in pro-
viding channel asked for by Secretary
of the Navy Daniels and by Secretary
OF War Baker as a war measure.
In ringing speech to-day for the
amendment Mr.. Dempsey pointed out
that aside from the commercial advant-
ages Of this improvcment-far greater
than any other item in the till-there
were two big military reasons for it.
One is, he said, that if a battleship
is injured in battle off the Connecticut
or Rhode Island coast. she can slim
into the navy yard for repairs, even if
her injuries cause her TO lie deem in
the water. The other is that # a
German or other enemy fleet should
ever attempt to bottle up an American
fleet in New York, it would be neccs-
sary for the enemy to maintain guard
not only off Sandy Hook, hut at the
Long Island Sound entrance as we'll.
more than 100 miles away.
Mr.. Dempsey and other New York
members were confident Tonight that
the committee would not be able to
strike the amendment from the bill
when the final test comes.
Chairman Small, of the committee,
may demand roll call.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
What Is Going On To-day

NUEATf.FSS DAY
THIRD LIBERTY LOAT DRIVE
f!cn annhsion 10 tho American Museum az Na,
lral HistogJ. Metropolitan Museum Or =, w
York. Geological Park. Van Cortland, I,,rt vt,
scu" American Museum Safely and ~,
Aquarium. ~ ''''
Circus. Madison Square Garden
Lecture b1 Professor Frank T.. Mckibbon ON Can
America Furnish Those Ships In Tlmc:'' chapei
New icrk University. $40 a. m e"'p''
Address By Inc Rer $. Parkes Cadrnan on oonr
Duty IN Ing pfc4nt Crisis al forum luncheon
OF The Brooklyn Chamber of Conmerce ~ Hrm
Mn Stree, Brooklyn. ~ 30 D. M i'e''
Meeting Of the New yn,. Browning Society Wal
doif Astoria. D. NJ. '
Mesang Of the Lilo AS fino Ar, Club. Hotel
RECEPTION 4 The Committee on Nursing O, n.
Mayors Committee o. Wornep on National BE- 1'a4
Ans. James sre,es. 1865 Fifth Avenue. after.
Meeting o.. Tie Eoard or Education. iiau y, ~.
hoard Park Ascaae and i1hy ninth Stree, '''.
Dinner Of ;he Church cub ~ New York IN, A,o,.
Bishop u Yoti. Waidoy' Astoria, D. m
nertiag u 'ie FIST Church u Di,ine Science
Nsflof' Isiora, 2.
Add,esy ~ iglsce 4 padrre1shi on POLAND ,.
hefots he a'nf Forum. raruopde Han u m
Address ny Schosa Alriniaor on birth FAM
kass.sa fitustiou" before tm WagbinYion
H@anis SociaIIs Club 9ols ArnsieYtian Ayeni,r
Address by Naior william Z. W,e,s on rAt,,its,y
t.S~ " tha tinted ttAira assen,bj, ram A.
Nes' i,at, 'on1h srcc' s.l5 ~ 10
sgpte 1sH7c u ihe Hotel As~"s,stfon u Sem YofL
tts hrei Fillmore. ~ .. u.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
Senate Limits
Debate to Speed
Sedition Bill
Knox Amendment Protect,
ing Legitimate Discus
sion Adopted

WASHINGTON, April 9.-An agree
ment to limit debate on the scditon
bill, beginning tomorrow, was reached
late to-day in the Senate, after an
other day of bitter discussion and the
adoption of amendments meeting objcc-
tons of some opponents.
By unanimous consent it was decided
to invoke the rule restricting speeches
to ten minutes on the bill and five min
utes on amendments after 3 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. An agreement to
fix definite time for final vote could
not be obtained, but Administration
leaders hoped for passage of the meas
ure late tomorrow OR Thursday
Senators advocating modification OF
the bill to protect liberty of speech for
legitimate discussion of public ques-
tions succeeded in obtaining adoption
of an amendment by Senator Knox. of
Pennsylvania, to the clause Furnishing
statements calculated to incte resist
ance to "any duly constituted Federal
or state authority"
Frances Amendment Beaten
The amendment would penalizc
statements "intended" to "incite, pro-
woke or encourage" resistance to "the
its enemies" It was contended that
the original language might prevent
proper criticism Of officials
proposal by Senator France, of
Maryland, to limit the prohibition
against "disloyal, profane, scurrlous,
contemptuous' language about the
Constitution, flag, etc. to disloya ut
terances was defeated without a record
vote.
Another amendment by the Maryland
member proposing that the legislation
state what is true, with good motives
and for justiiiable ends," was tentative
ly rejected, 33 to 81.
Nearly dozen amendments, incluJ-
ing several restricting German Ian
sguage publications, are ready for con-
slderaton tomorrow.
Williams Chides Senators
When Senator Penrosc made an ob
Jection-w which later he withdrew-to
the agreement for limited debate to-
morrow Senator Williams said the
Senate had been talking, fooling, split
ting hairs, camoufaging," and had
wasted forty-cight hours deciding
whether the word intended" should
be substituted for calculated" in tne
prohibitory clauses.
This august body. which has been
criticising the Executive for incfn.
cheney" he said, "has been twcedle-
duming and dle-decing, camou-
flaging and trying to fool one another
IN the ultimate hope of foolng the
country"
Landing former Senator Root for
non-partisan patriotism, Senator Will
Jams quoted Mr.. Roots recent state
ment urging less talk and more vigor-
Gus prosecution of the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
Head or Tail?

Both were tall, lean and straight
limbed. They stepped into Marine
recruiting headquarters. at "a East
Twenty-thrd Street, yesterday, and
looked at Lieutenant Gardiner out of
clear eyes. set in clean-cut boyish faces
that might have been pink before long
days in the open and sun, wind and
rain had whipped them to a deep
brown.
I'm Floyd II. Davis" said the
younger. "This is ". j. Davis, my
brother. He's twenty one. I've just
turned twenty. We've just come down
from Andes, up in Delaware County.
Both of us want to 20 to war, but
ones got to stay home on the farm for
a while yet. We've agreed that The
one who gets by the exams goes. The
other stays home. If we both pass, we
toss coin"
Lieutenant Gardiner passed them
into the examining rooms. They
emerged few minutes later, each with
q iittie~white card on WHICH surgeon
had ilotted Qualified" A moment
later Lieutenant Gardiner held a coin
in his hand. '''
Head" said Floyd.
iall," said his brother.
:. Inc coin spun through the air and
then, clattered down on Lieutenant
1ardlner's desk. They looked down
on the head of plumed Indian.
yesterday afternoon Floyd started
s; G., with batch of rockies
ms brother caught a late afternoon
train for Andes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
Mrs. Whcelock- Bravo.

Mrs. Whcelock- Bravo.
Mr.. Crccl--That is what l am trying
10 do; up with the flag.
chairman Jamcs-Just be quiet.
MIR. Crcel-Therc is an example of
that extreme courtesy they are so fond
of talking about. What am irwin" to
point out is this (the old man Kissed
several timcs). | would like to have
that old man keep quiet. MANY voices
Put him cut! Put him out! Put them
out! Chase him out! Probably re-
terring to Mrs. and Mr.. Whcelock and
the old man,
"Chairman James-Keep quiet Let
them stay there.
"Mr. Crcel-Pleasc. please! What is
all this about:
chairman James-What are you get
ting excited about? (Applause and
laughter.)
Mr.. Creel: "Be perfectly calm. I
nave met with i'll treatment before, and
can meet it again. The point | have
tried to make is this We are talk
ing to-day about the great issue of
preparedness. am for it from start
to finish. but I believe there are var
Gus kinds of preparedness.
For Social Preparedness
"There is social preparedness that
will take the hate and injustice out of
American lives so that every man may
stand strong and free in defence of
the country that deserves his love
Every day we have 100000 cases who
dle from vencreal diseases; $4,000
oables die every year, and the doctors
tell us that every life could have been
saved. We have richness and we have
poverty; we have strikes and we have
hltfOrnncc
paredness is to find where there is bit
terness, why there is unrest, why there
IS discomfort, SO that we may max,
America the country that we love and
the country Of which we dream.
Nov as to The Sum- Where are
we going to get information if not
from these gatherings? Are you going
70 get 1T from the press? MANY voices:
No, no, no!) tell you, the press is
purely commercial proposition. 1t is
in the business to make money, and it
always tries to find the side of the
bread that has the most butter on it.
another thing, take the opinions of
the papers. Where do those opinions
come from? A reporter goes to a meet
ing and gets certain facts and he takes
them to the office. The next morning
an editor in the Office looks at that
reporters opinion and POUNDS certain
oplHlons on tnOSe. tie does not know
whether they are true; he does not
know the reporter. He afterward
writes an editorial. spinning like a
silkworm out Of himself. Then the
cartoonist says, i have to have car
toon.' There is what was the Maurer
case. Absolutely ALL Yet thew wrote
columns of editorials about it. They
did not investigate it. They drew
cartoon after cartoon without investi-
eating.
"You will find that true at every
turn in the road. You will find press
looking after its own interests. You
will find Hearst fighting for interven
ton in Mexico because he owns mines
down there. You will find The New
York Sum-, which always tells us we
must not keep hatred and discomfort,
and which is the most infamous organ
of class hatred in the United States
to-day. You arc not going to get any
where through the papers"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
Their Carrying Capacity Is
100000 Tons, 1t Is
Revealed
Tonnage Increased
A Fifth in Month
Savings Expected to Add
Still More to Cargo
Space

WASHINGTON, April 9.~An in
crease of 20 per cent in the amount Of
tonnage shipped across the Atlantic in
March was gained through close CO.
operation of the Ship Control Commit
tee. the Shipping Board and the War
Department in directing the movement
of traffic. Officials confidently pre-
dicted to-day that the efficiency in
handling was growing, and would mean
a gain of 30 per cent in tonnage during
the present month.
The strength of the non-fghting
fleet which the United States has con-
tributed to the aid of the Allies be-
came known to-day for the first time.
Three hundred and ninety American
vessels, or vessels under American
trade with tonnage Of 2,762,6O5. Of
these 322 fly the American flag, while
sixty-eight are chartered ships of
neutral nations. The American ships
have carrying capacity of 2,365,344
tons.
Many More Ships to Come
In addition to the present feet there
arc 471,000 tons of Dutch SHIPS still to
be put into service as soon as crews
can be provided. Ships built in Amer
lea for the Shipping Boarc will swell
the total still further, as the building
programme begins to show cumulative
results during the summer.
When the Ship Control Committee
was established, January 80, to have
supreme charge of all ships entering
American ports, it was hoped that CEN
tralized control would mean the addi-
ton of 100000 tons to the shipping
facilities available for the TRANSPORTED
ton of men. munitions and food to
fight the Kaiser.
In two months that object has been
achieved by having one force to guide
the American. Allied and neutral ships
trading in American ports.
Delays in loading have been reduced
to a minimum by directing ships to
ports where cargoes are available If
an American vessel is not ready to
take cargo of goods waiting to be
sent to the American forces, abroad,
any Allied vessel is used to prevent
delay and congestion. The result has
achieve the speed of pooling arrange
ment without the complications of a
formal pooling of ships.
Further Improvement Expected
Conditions which existed before the
ship control committee, composed of
P. A. S. Franklin. H. H. Raymond and
Sir Cunnop Guthrie, took charge, have
hampered their work to some extent,
but gradually are being remedied,
leading to the belief that future i'm
provement in the handling of Ships
will be even more rapid than in the
first two months. Diversion of ton
mage from congested Eastern ports to
Southern ports is being developed sat
isfactorily.
Large quantities of cotton were
shipped into New York for export last
winter, so that money could be Dor
rowed on the bills of lading. and much
of the staple still remains in ware
house space needed for other goods,
while Southern ports have room to
spare. 1t is possible that during the
coming winter all export cotton will be
sent from South Atlantic ports to Gull
ports.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
House Votes to
Give New York
4O-Foot Channel
[Staf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, April o.-By a rising
vote of 6s to 43, the House of Repre-
sentatives to-day decided that New
York is entitled 10 a A0-foot channel
from the Brooklyn navy yard to Long
Island Sound. through He'll Gate. The
fight to ovcrturn the adverse decision
o, the House Rivers and Harbors Com
mittcc was led by Representative
Dempsey, of Buffalo, the only New
York member of the committee, and
tho only mcmbcr OF the committee to
favor this Improvement.
Most of the members o. the com
mittcc were far moro Interested i'm i'm.
proving various unlmpOrtunt crecke
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
BuHalo-New York Motor lr~
Service to Start on J'n's

ROCHESTER,, \. Y. April e. .As.; Il
tor truck traffic line to handle - New
and express between Butfalo asS Of
York City, having the in,s6slo
the chambers of coramerce OF .n;:ed
and Rochester,. has been o'f E,spirs
here under the name OF the n It
State Motor Transport L'aes, I'm, I'm Il
IS scheduled to begin the hs pn"u.hsstss
freight between Buffalo ana NV eitiss
on April Is and between thoss s,...cs
and New York on June I, Zen m..S,l.bls.
trucks. with trailers. will he 8sass
OH April Is. it is announced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
Surgical Supplies for Italy

Surgical instruments and suppIicg
~ the amour, Of ;2>1,271 viii be pur.
chased Immediately and shipped to the
thorization to czpend the money vas
gjven yesterday by the War Council q
the American Red Cross, following a
report by Robert Perkins. Commit.
'Ion~r for the Red Cross in ita!y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
Rear Admiral Peary Better
After Blood Transfu.;on

WASHINGTON. April Rear Adj.
njral Robert +. pcary (rctircdj. the
arctic explorer, IS recovering at his
nome nere IRON a blood TRANSMISSION
operation.
The treatment vas given for what
the doctors described as "pcrnicjouq
snSmia."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-10
Remove Creel,
Is Demand
In Congress

Continued from page /
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-07-11

seek to achieve more friendly ra
pIochement with Germany, and to
bring the two groups nearer together
British Concessions in the Balkans.
That this statement Of highlands
policy was not mere pretense. Prince
Lichnowsky proves in his long account
of the negotiations arising out of the
Balkan war and the establishment of
Albania. AT the outbreak of that
war" he says, 1--WE Germany had
unfortunately declined the proposal of
the French government to join in a
declaration of disnterestedness and
Iimpartiality on the part of the pow
ers.' On the other hand, he says of
Lord Grey: From the beginning, the
British statesman took the stand that
England had no interest in Albania
and was therefore unwilling to be in
volved in war over this question.
He wished simply as an honest broker
to mediate between the two groups
and settle difficulties. Thus he in no
wise placed himself on the side of the
entente (his allies) and during the
negotiations, which lasted about eight
months, by virtue of his good will and
weighty influence, he contributed not
little toward bringing about concord
and agreement. Instead of taking a
position similar to that of the English,
we invariably assumed the attitude
pr escribed to us from Vienna
On every point, including Albania, the
Serbian harbors, in the Adriatic, Scu-
tart, and the definition OF the AL
bantam frontiers, we We're on the side
of Austria and Italy, whilst Sir Ed
ward Grey hardly ever took the
French or the Russian point of view.
On the contrary, he nearly always took
our part in order to give no preteXt
for war. 1t was with his help that
King Nicholas was induced to leave
Scutari. Otherwise there would have
been war over this matter, as we
should never have dared to ask our
allies to make concessions.
Lord Grey conducted the negotia-
tons with circumspection, calmness,
and tact Whenever question
threatened to become involved, he
would draft an appropriate formula of
agreement which invariably proved
acceptable to all. His personality
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-07-11

commanded equal confidence among
once more we issued successfully from
one of those numerous tests OF
strength which are characteristic OF
our foreign policy. Russia had had to
was never in a position to further
Serbian ambitions. Albania was Great
ed an Austrian vassal state and Serbia
was driven from the sea. The result
fresh humiliation for Russian self
consciousness"
British Concessions in Africa.
Similarly, when Germany sought
concessions in the Portuguese colonies
in Africa. England, as the protector
of Portuguese interests in Africa as
sisted Germany in obtaining all she
wished. Thanks to the obliging at
titude of the British government"
Prince Lichnowsky writes, Il succeed
ing in giving the new treaty form
which fully conceded with our wishes
and interests. All of Angola up to the
twentieth degree Of longitude was as
signed to us, so that we reached the
Congo from the south; and we receiv
ed the valuable islands of San Thome
and Principe, which lie north Of the
Ecuador and therefore really belong to
the French sphere of interest-a fact
which led my French colleague to live
ly though fruitless counter represen-
tations Furthermore, we received the
northern part of Mozambique, the
Iiqungo forming the boundary.
1.-THE British government showed the