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New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
State Committee Requests
Representatives in Con-
gress to Press Home Loan
Bank and Tex Exemption
Conference Here Friday
Further Measures to Re-
lieve Expected Shortage
of 3O,OOOTo Be Discussed

Senator Charles C. Lockwood, chair
man of the Joint Committee on Hous-
ing Of the New York Legislature, last
night sent the following telegram
from Washington:
"Please advise press of New York
City that the Joint Committee on
Housing of New York State Legisla-
ture, after taking the testimony in
New York of tenants, owners of real
estate, representatives. of mortgage
companies, labor organizations and ex-
perts, and testimony here in Washing
ton Of William B. Wilson, Secretary
of Labor, and government experts has
requested United States Senators
Wadsworth and Calder Immediately to
call conference of all Representatives
in Congress of New York state and to
seek the cooperation of Representa-
tives in Congress from other states so
shat the following proposition will
have onsideration and action early in
the present session.
Proposed Federal home loan bank,
which aims to give present and pro-
spective home owners the same advan-
tagc as is given to farm owners by the
Federal Land Bank and which exempts
from taxation the 5 per cent bonds
issued against farm mortgages.
"The exemption from Federal taxa
ton of the mortgages on homes or
holdings in mortgages up to, say,
$4,000, so that mortgage money can
compete in the money market with
government and other securities which
now are non taxable, more liquid and
give larger net return.
Exemption from Federal taxation
Of the bonds issued by the New York
State Land Bank, which was incorpo-
rated several years ago by the LegisIa-
ture and which issued bonds secured
by mortgages deposited with the State
Controller of New York, but which has
been unable, with its Az per cent tax
able bonds, to compete with the AZ
per cent and other government non
taxable securities, and the per cent
tax exempt farm loan bonds, and such
other and further measures by which
they think Congress can aid the stu
alton by stimulating construction of
houses.
THE committee also has called a
conference at the City Hail. New York,
Friday. June 6, at 10:3O a. m. which
it has requested Governor Smith, SEN
ators Calder and Wadsworth to ad-
dress, together with other experts, and
to which also have been invited the
presidents of life and fire insurance
companies of the city of the city saw
mos hanks representatives Of tho
state savings and business banks, trust
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Bavaria2a / argies
Unite In Policy
OF Cancellation
Unemployment Problem
Peril; Twenty Jobs Go
Begging in Munich, With
10000 Workrnen Idle

MUNICH, June 1 BY The Associated
Press) Representative of all the 20
litical parties in Bavaria who met
here Friday found themselves of one
opinion-that the situation of the coun-
try was so serious that unity was tho
only means Of its salvation. and con
citation of the working people and the
bourgeois circles was the first step
toward achieving this unity This CON
stitutes working programme, in sup
port of which il is expected all parties
will pool their efforts, including the
Centre party, the Democrats, the So
cialsts and the Independent Socialists.
The outward quiet and safety Of
Munich now seems assured, but the
10000 unemployed in the city consti-
tute a continuing danger The number
Of the unemployed is not decreasing,
largely because Of lack of desire to
work. 1t was impossible recently to Sc
cure twenty agricultural laborers who
were wanted from the great number of
idle people in the Bavarian capital
Regarding the new Cabinet, the Ber-
lin "Lokal Anzeiger' calls attention to
the Importance Of elimination Of rep
resentation for the Peasants League
and consequent exclusion Of the revo-
lutionary influence Of the old Kurt Els
ner group.
The Bavarian army viii soon be dis
banded and the state will go over to
the national volunteer defence system.
No direct advices previously have
come from Munich regarding a chance
in the Bavarian Ministry. A Copcn-
hagen dispatch on Saturday. however,
quoted message from Bamberg, Ba-
varla, stating that the Hoffman, Mn
istry had resigned and that it was ex-
pectcd a ministry son a broader basis
would be formed. The date when the
message was sent from Bamberg was
not given
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Chicagoan Who Captured
10 Germans Is Decorated

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The capt
ure Of forty-nine Germans single
handed at Consenvoyc, France, last Oc-
tober brought Private Felix Bird, of
the 132d Infantry, whose home is in
Chicago, Distinguished Service Cross.
the award of which was announced to-
day by the War Department.
Private Bird advanced alone against
a dugout, captured the forty-nine Ger
mans and killed German officer who
attempted to escape.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Mexican Bank Looting
Denied by Cabrera
Answers Mitchell With Claim
Money Was Legally Obtained
as Loans

MEXICO CITY, June l. - Luis
Cabrera, Secretary of the Treasury,
in a statement tonight denies an
allegation said to have been made bv
William B. Mitchell, former manager
in Mexico City of the Bank of London
and Mexico and now connected with a
bank in New York City, that large
sums of money were obtained from
the bank in Mexico by the government
through military force or threats of
death to Mr.. Mitchell. Cabrera asserts
that the money was obtained legally as
loans.
The Secretary declares that the
loans were for SS,75O,O00, instead Of
$20,000000, as Mr.. Mitchell said; that
Mr. Mitchell was not arrested in CON
nection with resistance to the govern
ment officers, but on civil grounds;
that the government has made formal
declaration that the loans were OBJ
tanned from the Bank of London and
Mexico in the public interest, and that
the money will be repaid as soon as
the governments financial condition
will permit.
William B. Mitchell, in the Federal
Court in New York City. is seeking to
restrain the New York attorney of the
Commission Monetaria of Mexico from
prosecuting a suit to obtain $4,000
deposited in the Bank of Montreal. In
his allegation Mitchell said President
Carranza of Mexico had legislation
drafted under which he seized SAP ,O0O,-
600 in gold, silver and bullion, and
drove the branch of the Bank of Mon
treal out of business in Mexico. Mr..
Mitchell declared also that the $4,000
is part of the funds Of the bank.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Editor Goes to Prison

HpfrlI Clrroap0ndcnco
beng granted respite of one day to
put flowers on the grave Of his only
daughter, Jacob Frohwerk, former editor
Of the Missouri "Staats Zeitung." was
takcn yesterday TO the Federal pcni-
tentiafy at LcaycnwOrth to begin acrv-
ing a ten year gontcnce for violation Of
IN" espionage act. He was convicted
last June, when it was shown he had
written editorials favoring Germany
and opposing the sending Of American
troops to France.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02

the hope of the world. She warned
them against spending too much time
on theoretical work and study. The
movement was being retarded by a sur
plus Of high-flown talk about Karl
Marx, the communist manifesto, and
such things. They were to go forward
Talk didn't count; action did. They
were not to be downed by the elder
Socialists, but were to assert them
selves and put theory into practice.
The "Yipscls" have theories about
the relationship of men and women in
the coming world of socialism. AS one
girl Of II, belonging to another "Yip-
sel' circle, put it,
ooh, yes, the 'Yipsels' are learning
not to believe in the marriage cere-
mopy The theory cannot be forced
down our throats. In the course of our
Socialist teachings we learn that free
love is all right It's quite reasonable,
don't you think? If you don't like a
man, leave him and 90 to some one
you do like. Why should you be bound
to any one? That isn't freedom"
"And what would you do about
bringing up children ?"
This was a poser.
Evidently the girl had never heard of
the Socialist theory that a child should
be taken at birth and brought up to be
a good Socialist within the four walls
Of an institution.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Troop Train Wrecked
I'm Washout Near Omaha
Cars Carrying 25ih Engineers
Are Dumped Into the
Platte River
Stdjf Correspondence


OMAHA, Neb., June IA troop
train bearing 27O members cf the 25th
Engineers, practically all from Cali
fornia, ran into washout this Morn
.ng on the Burlington Railroad two nty-
five miles west of Omaha and five cars
went into the Platte River. One hur-
cred and fifty soldiers were awakened
from sound sleep to find the water
f., ON two to six feet deep in thei.'
sleeping cars. All the men were res
cued, but twenty-seven were more or
less severely injured. These men are
now in the hospital in Fort Omaha
The troop train was en- route from
an Atlantic port to San Francisco.
where the soldiers arc to be mustered
out. They will be held for forty eight
hours in Omaha and then those able
20 travel will be sent on to the Coas;.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
New Fight OH Frauds
Richard n. Lee Starts Crusade
Against False Advertisements

A campaign to interest advertisers in
fighting to suppress advertisements
which tend to destroy public confidence
has been inaugurated by Richard H
Lee, special counsel for the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World and
former business manager of The Trib-
une.
Under the plan fraudulent advertis.
ing would be suppressed and doubtful
advertisements would have to be
backed by proof. Mr.. Lee urges every
one to raise his voice when he sees an
advertisement that he believes should
not have been printed.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Freiglater and lug Launched

PORT JEFFERSON, L. l., May 81
The 5000 ton cargo steamer Osiris and
the going tug Bastrop were
launched here this afternoon at the
Bayles Ship Yard.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Held After Auto Hurts Five

John Montereali, a shoemaker, of 10
Queens Boulevard, Winfield, Queens,
was arrested yesterday on a charge Ct
driving an automobile which killed the
four-year son Of William Roth
Thursday in Elmhurst, Queens; in
f1ictcd severe injuries upon Mrs. Roth
and knocked down Roth and his other
three children.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02

companies, labor organizations, mort
gage and title companies, experts on
housing, tenant associations and others
interested in the problem in order
that, If possible, the expected shortage
Of homes for thirty thousand families
may be met at least partially by the
representative men of the city who
have its best interests at heart"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
for a license. They had spent 1000
to get rid of saloons.

Laudati bought all the property in
the square block about the station and
built bungalows. To counteract this
move, the citizens built, overnight,
small memorial church adjoining the
Laudati property, for according to the
law a saloon cannot be built within
500 feet Of the church
Now Laudati has built what the citi-
zens declare is a "spite fence" all
along his property shutting off the
light from cottages to the south of it.
The police say they have no jurisdic-
ton. The citizens threaten to chop
down the fence
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
S'Spite Fence Is Latest
I'm Laudati's Saloon Drive
Police at Princes Bay Say "No
Jurisdiction"; Neigl,bors
Threaten to Use Axe

The Princes Bay section of Staten
Island was seething last night as a re-
suit of Leon Laudati's latest move IN
his two-year campaign to build a saloon
at the railroad station. When he first
broached the subject the indignant
citiZenrY refused to sign his nntitinn
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02

Titles of
| booklets
| Ask for the one
YOU want:
National Parks
Crater Lake
Oregon
Glacier
Montana
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Mesa Verde
Colorado
Mount Rainier
Washington
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Sequoia Gen. Grant
California
Yellowstone
Wyoming
Yosemite
California
National Monuments
Petrified Forest
Arizona
Zion
Utah
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
L. S. Exports Much Dive

The United States exports more
chemicals and dyes to Japan than any
other country in the world. This is
exclusive Of crude nitrate of soda,
which comes direct from Chile.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-11

two abSenfees apparently having
Joined the other ten.
You see how kind we are.- sone
OF the soldiers said .we are hav-
ing the committee present at your
execution"
None of us answered.
we were all to see Sablin. the
Commander in Chief" Petrukhin
announced as soon as he approached
near enough to Pugatchov. He
said that Botchkareva would have
to be shot. but not necessarily now
and with this group"
A ray of hope was lit in my soul
Nothing Of the sort~ Pugatchoy
bawled angrily.
What is the matter here? Why
this postponement? The list is al
ready made up"
The soldiers supported Pugatchov.
Shoot her. Finish her now!
What's the use of botheringl with
her again. cried the men.
But just as Pugatchov sensed that
Petrukhin had obtained the delay
hoping TO save me. so the latter re-
allied that words would not be suf-
ficient 10 carry his argument. He
had provided himself with a note
from Sablin.
Here is an order from the Com
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policy against President Wilson was
concerned, had died on December q.
America and Britain. from the first
day of the Peace Conference. were to
be found shoulder to shoulder on
every disputed issue of supreme inn
portance.
Many versions circulated in inform
ed London quarters of what President
Wilson had said. what Lloyd George
had replied. during their historic talk
on December q that changed the
course Of history.
None of them are sufficiently plaus-
ible to be worth repeating. The main
thing that did happen was that Presi-
dent Wilson gave up. dropped COM
pletely. his theory of the freedom of
the seas" as that doctrine was inter
preted by some of his supporters on
this side. Whether he offered Lloyd
George a frank surrender on this is
sue in return for support on every
thing else. whether he explained that
the freedom of the seas never meant
what Britons thought it meant. do
not know.
President Wilson's surrender. or
The Washington herald., 1919-05-11
Historic Meetings with London Statesmen on
First Visit Broke Up So-Called Cont
mental Alliance, and Brought England
Over to Americas Side at Crucial Time
in Negotiations.

2. Ne succeeded in forcing through
the mandate" project. whereby for
annexation of semi-civilized or savage
countries Is substituted control by
single powers under the supreme sway
of the league.
3. He was instrumental in reconcil-
ing the most savage differences. that
without him might have split the con-
ference, between Poles, Rumanians,
Czecho-Slovaks, and Jugo-Slavs. re-
garding their respective boundaries.
1t is too early to say that wars will
not soon break out in the Middle East.
but. IL they do not. to Wilson (or
America) belongs the credit.
4. He resisted to the point of open
rupture the Imperialist demands of
Italy in the Adriatic. and at this writ
ing it appears that he will carry this
one ma jor point that still remains to
be settled, and that Fiume will be the
great seaport of the new Slav nation.
Won Great Victory.
,. In the Far East. il now appears.
the President won a qualified victory,
even though by secret agreements
Britain, France and Italy had agreed
TO support Japanese claims at the
Peace Conference. This success. one
of the least talked about. is perhaps
one of the most important to the
credit of Wilson.
I place this point in the list OF
Wilson's successes with reservations;
it is perhaps not yet quite clear what
Japan proposes TO do.
Now to turn to the debit side of
the ledger. What has Wilson had to
give up. where has he had to with
draw or modify his desires?
In putting down the list that fol-
lows it must be said that perhaps. on
some OF these issues, the President
changed his mind in the light of fuller
information and gave ground because
convinced: there is no way form to
separate those points upon which for
political reasons the President was
compelled to compromise from those
upon which he altered his personal
viewpoint during the negotiations.
/. He abandoned completely his doc
trine of the freedom of the seas"
By this surrender he won-the support
of suspicious. alarmed Britain to most
of the rest of his program. | give
below from personal observation and
discussion the story OF the ''conver-
sion of Downing street. at the end
of last December. to the President
during the visit TO London that was
pregnant with the fate of the world.
Failed in Effort.
.. He failed in his effort to for
muIate a Russian policy: though.
since every other power that had
policy also failed. this point can
hardly be counted against the
President.
;. He modified very decidedly his
views concerning the transfer of
populations without their consent
from one country to another in
consenting to French control of the
Saar coal regions.
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snapder in chief.- Pctrukhia de-
lclsred. pulling out q paper. rs
says that Botchksreva zhaii b,
taken TO my compartment in IN,
raiiway' carriage and kept there un-
der guard
Pugatchov jumped up as ~ bitten
But the committee here rallied ts
the support of Petrukhin. arguInt
that orders were orders, and that ]
would be executed later.
Not the least interested spectato,
Of the heated discussion was myseff
The officers followed the argumep,
breathlessly. too. The soldier,
grumbIed. The forc4s of life anc
death struggled within me. Nov
the FIRST would triumph. now thu
second. depending on the turn OF
the quarrel.
Nothing doingv' shouted Pugat.
chov. thrusting aside the order Of
the Commander in Chief. ITS toe
late for orders like that! We will
shoot her! Enough words!"
At this moment 1 became aware Of
one OF the two newly arrived com.
mitteemen staring at me intentIy
He took a couple Of steps toward
me. bent his head on the side. anc
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other officers were called out. Each
Undress.
of them was ordered to cast off his
uniform and remain in his under
garments.
The Bolsheviks needed all the uni
forms they could get, and this was
such an inexpensive way of obtain
ing them!
Tears streamed down my checks.
The old General was near me.
Don't cry!" he urged me. I'VE
will die together"
Not all the prisoners were in our
group. Those remaining kissed me
farewell. The parting among the
men was alone sufficient to pierce
ones heart.
Knelt and Prayed.
We'll. we will follow you in an
hour or two" those who were left
behind said bravely.
After | took my boots off, | re-
moved the icon from my neck and
fell before it on my knees.
why should 1 die such a death ?''
L cried. For three years l have
suffered for my country. Is this
shameful end to be my reward ?
Have mercy, Holy Mother. If not
for the sake of humble Maria. then
for the sake of my destitute old
mother and my aged father. Have
mercy"
Here 1 collapsed completely and
became hysterical.
After a few moments an officer
approached me. put his hand on my
shoulder. and said:
You arc Russian officer. We
are dying for a righteous cause. Bc
The Washington herald., 1919-05-11

hands. laughing. I'VE have a wom-
an today
"Ah. yes" he added. turning to ms
all. you can write letters home and
ask that your bodies be sent there
for burial. II you wish. Or you can
ask for other fayors."
The suspense of waiting was as
cruel As anything else about the
place. Every officers face wore an
expression OF implacable hatred for
that brute of man, Pugatchov.
Never have i seen a more blood
thirsty perVert. L did not think
that such a man was to be found in
Russia
The waiting wore me out soon ana
i fell again on my knees, praying
to the little icon. and crying to
Heaven:
God. when have I sinned to earn
such death? Why should die
like a dog. without burial. without
a priest. with no funeral? And who
will take care OF my mother? She
will expire when she learns of my
end" .t
The Bolshevik soldiers broke out
laughing. My pleading touched
their sense Of humor. They joked
and made merry.
Don't cry. my child" the General
bent over me, patting me. They
are savages. Their hearts are of
stone. They would not even let us
receive the last sacrament. Let US
die like heroes, nevertheless"
His words gave me strength. I
got up, Strengthened myself out and
said:
"AIl right. will die as a hero"
Then. for about ten minutes, I
gazed at the faces OF our execution
ers, scrutinizing their features. 1t
was hard to distinguish in them
signs OF humanity. They were
Russian soldiers turned inbuman.
The lines in their faces were those
Of brutal apes.
My God! What hast Thou done
to Thy children" I prayed.
In long file the numerous events
or my life passed before me. Ny
childhood. those years of hard labor
IN the little grocery store of Nasta-
sia Leontievna; the affair with La
GOV: my marriage to Botchkarev;
fasha; the three years of war;
they all passed through my imagi-
nation. some incidents strangely
gripping my interest for a moment
or Two. others fitting by hastily.
somehow that episode of my early
life, when / quarreled with the little
boy placed in my charge and the
undeserved spanking ] got from his
mother stood out very prominently
in my mind. II was my first act of
seh-assertion. rebelled and es-
capped. Then there was the
jump into the oh. 1t almost seemed
that II was not l who sought relief
IN ITS cold. deep waters from the
ugly Afanasi But I wished that I
had been drowned then. rather than
die such a death.
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change of mind. in London on the sea
issue. was regarded by the British az
great victory. 1t implies. they be-
lieve. the virtual abandonment of the
whole historic American position re-
garding the rights of neutral COM
merce in war time and the limitations
OF blockade.
And Britain has paid in full for the
concession, backing up Wilson TO
the limit of her powers in every other
issue that has come forward in Paris.
pulling even one OF her own dominions
In line with American policy on the
question of mandates for the German
islands in the Pacific.
French annoyance with British be-
havior at the conference. French and
Italian complaints that ''perfidious
Albion has backed her Anglo-Saxon
ally as against the Latin races. arc
based in part upon the breakdown of
the understanding reached at the
London conference before President
Wilson arrived.
That understanding. Britain con-
tends. was contingent upon President
Wilson pressing a sea policy that the
President dropped at once.