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New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

Marcia Van Dresser has been chosen
to head the cast of Fair Helen" the
Ordynski-Urban production Of the
Austin Strong-Charles Hanson Towne
version Of the Ofenbach operetta.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

A benefit performance for the Italian
Red Cross VIII be held at the Garrick
this afternoon, under the auspices Of
the Verdi Club St Clair Bavtield. of
London, Will produce "Twelfth Night
aud zangwill's Melting Pot The com
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

Seats will be placed on sale to-day
for Apple Blossoms the new Kreisler-
Jacobi-Le Baron operetta. which opens
at the Globe next Tuesday. Charles
Dillingham; has arranged because Of
the unprecedented demand for reser-
vations to place the seats al the spo sal
of the.public for eight weeks, instead
Of only four.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02
Plays and Players
Royal Matinee" of ''T'hunder''
Is Postponed Until King of
Belgium Ends Tour

George Broadhurst will present "The
Storm by Langdon Mccormick, al the
Forty eighth Street Theatre tonight.
Helen MacKelar. Edward Arnold, Rob
ert Rendel, Max Mtzel and Charles
Henderson are in the cast
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

Walter Hast has put into rehearsal
new play by Frederick Bruegger called
Eve and the Man" It Is not related
to Adam and Eva"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

Jack Cagwin has Joined "Hello. Alex
ander,' which the Shuberts will present
at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre
Tuesday night.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

Earl Benham has joined the cast Of
THE Magic Melody the Wilmer Rom
berg production now in rehearsal.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

pany includes Phyllis Ralph, Nancy
Aermell, Douglas Ross, Noel Tearle,
Perceval Monger and others.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

Cohan and Harris will be associated
With Arthur Hopkins in presenting
Crane Wilbur in his own play, This
Haunted Violin" formerly The Love
Liar"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

keegan ard Edwards have been added
TO the cast of lhs new Ziegfeld Frolic,
which viii be produced on the New
Amsterdam Roof tonight.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

Live at Hotel Bristol. A la carte or Ameri-
can plan 129 l35 West 4sth 81.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

A new play by Augustus Thomas.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

son are In town from Westbury, Long
Island, and will pass few days at
the Plaza Hotel, where they gave
luncheon for a few friends yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Harrison Dulles
have closed "Talleyrand," their coun-
try place, at Bar Harbor, Me, and have
returned to the Plaza for the winter.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

Mrs. Frederick Edey has gone to Hot
Springs, Va, to spend the month
Mrs. Harold Farquhar Hadden re-
turned to the city yesterday from
Stockbridge, Mass, where she spent the
season.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

The Prince and Princess de Taucigny
lucinge have returned TO the Ritz
Carlton after spending a month at
Breton Woods. The Prince Is sailing
soon for Paris on official business. but
the Princess will remain at the Ritz
until his return.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

The opening sale of the season at
the Plaza Art Rooms will begin this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock Objects to
be sold include modern and antique
furniture, oil paintings. Carrara mar
bles, cut glass and pianos.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-02

Mrs. William K Vanderbilt, jr.. who
spent the greater part of the summer
n Pride's Crossing, Mass. hsS ~eturned
to the city, and is at the Hotel Wander
bit
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upon the suggestions contained IN my
wire TO YOU Of yesterday.
Il trust that you will carefully read
tho statement issued by the postmaster
general this afternoon with refcrcnc"
10 your situation. I, appears TO me
that he Offers q plan Of adjustment.
practical and just in every way one
that your committee should in fairness
accept.
Il can personally assure you that un-
der this plan your grievances VIII nc
Immediately considered and decision
arrived at without any undue delay.
Would IT not bc fair under these cir
cumstanccs TO all concerned for your
committee 10 advise the telephone
operators under your control at once to
return to work..
II developed today that Miss OCon-
nors reply to Secretary Tumdlty'S pre-
vious telegram was misunderstood upon
it's receipt hero because Of an error IN
punctuation. due apparently TO tele-
graphic transmission. AS made public
In Washington yesterday. Miss OCon-
nor's telegram made it appear that she
had advised submission Of the proposed
new wage schedule to The general man.
agcr of the telephone company In
stead, tho telegram should have read
that she Ind received Secretary Tu-
rnully'S telegram in which tho secretary
ndviscd submission Of the schedule 10
th< general manager.
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WASHINGTON. April 1T.-Rasis for
settlement Of tho strike Of telephone
operators and allied workers in Ne"
England. which has paralyzcd telephone
service there since Tuesday. was be-
lieved by officials here tonight to have
been reached.
Action Of Postmaster General Burle-
son today In forwarding TO General
Manager Driver OF tho New England
Telephone and Telegraph company tho
demands Of tho striking operators. with
instructions to hear tho employees
either individually and collectively upon
receiving assurances thai they would
return to work Immediately. was consid-
cred as forming n basis for agreement.
Following the postmaster general
announcement, Secretary TumultT. VINO
vest erday sent telegram to Miss Jul>h
g OConnor. president Of the operators
union, requesting that the union submit
It's demands TO the general manager. re-
peated his request in another telegram
TO Miss O'Connor, Tho operators wcrc
assured by Secretary Tumulty that If
they followed the suggestion made by
Mr. Burleson their grievances would Dc
heard at once and a decision reached
without any undue delay" Postmaster
General Burlcson had announced that
octfrn would be taken by the wiz"
board on the general managers recon-
mendations on or before May 10.
Postofrice department officials seemed
to feel tonight as though everything
had been done by the government in the
controversy that was possible without
some step being taken by the telephone
employees. Confidence was expressed by
several officials that If the operators
agreed to submit their case and return
TO work the entire matter would hc ad-
iustcd with satisfaction to the employees
and TO the public
Assistant Postmaster General Rooms.
chairman Of the wire board. was IN
Washington yet tonight. and ii was
said hc had not decided 10 20 to Bnsinh
and was awaiting additional develop
mcnts.
Secretary Tumulty's telegram read as
follows:
1T was worry sorry indeed that your
committee did not deem il wise to act
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peace conference have thcy become
critical of MIR. Lloyd Georges leader
ship.
Tho premier in his speech in the
house Of commons credited this fact to
tho disease of vanity" and pnintcdly
hintcd that 1T was due To disappoint-
mcnt on Lord Northcliffes part that
hc had not been appointed on tho peace
delegation The premier referred to
the peace terms Lord Northcliffc roc
ommcndcd in the Times before tho
poacc conference began. saying:
II am prepared TO mako some allow
ancc when a man is lahoring under
keen sense Of disappointment. How
ever unjustified and however ridiculous
the executions may be under those cir
cumstancns. he always is apt 10 think
tho world is badly run"
Tho Times today replied with
slashinG attack. accusing Lloyd GcarG"
OF overlooking reports prepared by cx-
perts.
1T is currently said by his colleagues
in Paris" tho Times declared. that
while hc is able to read and write. he
does neither"
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by TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

With the return to Faris OF the Brit
ish prime minister. David Lloyd George
accompanied by the Earl Of Curzon
and Lord Milncr. it is expected that
there will be a speeding up Of the final
preparations preliminary to the gather-
ing Of the representatives Of the asso-
ciated powers with the German dele
gates Mt Versailles on April IS.
There was no meeting Of the council
OF four at Paris Thursday. and Presl-
dent Wilson was thus enabled to take up
many matters with various delegations,
which may be considered side issues.
Of the coming peace session. Tho prop
lens Of many countries. including Ire
land, Rumania- Serbia and Portugal.
have thus again come under the con-
sideration Of the president.
According to the present plans the
covenant Of the league of nations will be
the first subject treated in detail after
the declaration Of peace. After that,
the matter Of the military. naval and
aerial terms. reparationS. responsible
ties and frontiers will be taken up.
As it is evident that the question OF
the possession Of Fiumc and the Dal-
matian coast has not yet been definite
" settled. 2nd the Italian CcieShkcS dEc
working earnestly TO secure decision
before the Italian chamber of deputies
meets on April "A.
1t is the intention OF the acronautical
commission of the peace conference to
form q permanent international COM
mission on aerial navigation to act as
n kind Of clearing house on all uues-
tions Of air navigation between the re-
spectivc states.
That the internal political situation
and labor troubles in Germany are not
to be permitted to encroach upon the
occupied zone. anywhere is indicated by
an order of the British commander n
the Rhine. which informs the strikers
in Cologne that they must Immediately
return to work on pain Of having strong
measures taken against those who pro-
mote or countcnance unrest The
American commander some time ago
issued similar order.
! Northern Italy is experiencing spell
Of labor trouble. the workmen at Milan
(conttnued on Page Fourteen)
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WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE sys-
tenn OF military Jurisprudence is design
I'd to produce an efficient, dependable
fighting army. not TO do exact justice
/, individual soldiers. according 20 the
views vigorously presented to-day TO
he committee Of the American Bar As
%cciation by army officers OF field en-
pericnce. including Major General Ed
sin F.. Glenn. organizer and commander
rr the 83rd division and now again
commander OF Camp Sherman. In at
tanning that objective. the officer con-
lnnded- the present machinery for en-
forcing military discipline had proved
both efficient and fair. the final product
Il the system closely approx mating
Justice to the individual in addition to
producing what General Glenn d"scrib-
I'd as the best disciplined army in
france.
Cases Of courtnartial sentences so OK
cessivc in the penalty awarded rs TO
nes ridiculous were freely admitted by
lhe officers. Such sentences only scrr-
Cd. General Clean insisted. To prove tina
even in the carly stage OF the military
legal proceedings the action os the
courts in no case being final. prove
hat fairness was the general rule.
Judge Gregory. chairman of the COM
,nittcc. and General Glenn. engaged in
considerable argument which brnuEh
nut that the officer. speaking both from
his military "Hpcricnc" and his special
training in civil law. aS r graduate OF
tho law school Of tho University of Min
nesota- say. little in common between
The purposes nf civil jus.ic" and its mil
ilary equivalent.
Major Charles II. Macdonald. General
GIenn's divisional judge advocate nj
Camp sherman. .bus who is a temporary
officer and before tho war was counsel
FOR the federal trade commission. fol-
lowed his chief and expressed the same
views.
You arc not looking Tor exact JUS
t,ce." Major Macdonald declared. when
you arc building an army OF tn" size OF
that the United States was building
Suppose men did get sentences OF 20
years or 40 years. The dishonorable
discharges were suspended and the
went to the disciplinary barracks prob
ably to be restored to service If they
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EVERY u. S, SOLDIER
SUIT OF FRANCE BY
COMING AUGUST
ANTWERP new BASE
By WILBUR FORREST

Copyright. 1919. y. y. Tribune. Inc.)
PARIS. April lT.-As part Of the
program TO clear France Of all American
troops as speedily as possible. IL is
learned from headquarters that Amcri-
can soldiers will be moved within u few
weeks to Antwerp.
The belief is hold by certain officers
that France will DO cleared entirely OF
American troops by August. even II de-
vclopments after the peace treaty Is
signed may require leaving certain
regular units making uD the third army
in occupation OF part Of Germany.
With $4,000 volunteers coming from
America to replace those desiring 10
rcturn home and rc-entcr civilian pur-
suits. the American forces abroad oy
early August should be composed OF
REGULARS" and "vulunteers.'
Among other things influencing the
change in the line Of communications
from Franco TO Belgium has been the
absolute assurance on the part Of the
Belgian government that America Will
be given free and welcome hand in
converting Antwerp into a great Ameri-
can base. both for incoming volunteer
troops and supplies and for the en-
barkation Of homecoming units
The ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF tn" American
lines Of communication and base In
France Is colossal task which un-
douhtcdly is hurried by Secretary Baker
a part of whose work in france will ~"
the closing Of negotiations carried on
during the last eighteen months.
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GENERAL GLENN, COMMANDER Of
THE OHIO NATIONAL ARMY MEN,
DEFENDS ARMY JUSTICE SYSTEM

were worthy Of restoration. 1t was the
lesson involved.
when exact justice interfcrcs with
tho building up of the army, exact JUS
ticc nust DC sacrificed"
There is of course" Major MacDon-
aid added. some room for improvement
There always is in any system Of law or
taxation: but the present army justice
system is very efficient machine. We
have felt that We could attend to the
question Of exact justice after the war"
The officer submitted a record Of 174
general court cases tried at Camp Sher-
mun. He called attention to one SEN
tcncc Of 25 years imposed on 4 man who
refused to obey lawful order from an
officer. On the face Of tho record, he
said the sentence seemed excessive: but
that il was justified by facts and as
reviewing judge advocate he had regret
tod only that tho prison term had not
been longer. Explaining tho case. ho
said the soldier had been ordered to
work at the base hospital on Saturday
during the influenza epidemic and had
refused on account Of religious scruples.
alleging he was a member of tho faith
that set that day aside for worship. On
that particular Saturday. the officer
said. there had been l40 deaths at the
hospital and there wcrc hundreds OF
very sick nen TO b. cared for.
Both General Glenn and Major Mac
Donald insisted that the circumstances
Of any case must l." fully known before
i, could hc determined that The sem
tercc was excessive. Both opposed SuS-
srstions that radical changes in court
martial prucretlurc was necessary
that any large infusion of mon trained
in civil law into tn" military establish
mont was necessary. Every accused man
WAS surrounded now with checks to
safeguard his rights. they asserted.
Tho opposing views held in tho ser
vicc will bc available to thr committee
next Monday whom Lieutenant Colnne!
Samuel r. Anseli. former judge advo-
cate general and the leading fiEur" In
the criticism that has bccn directed
against the courtmartial system will
appear. He will be followed by Colonel
John wigmore. also Of tho judge advo-
cate generals department., but lawyer
in civil life and In the army only for
the war period,
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'remier Lloyd Georges State
ment Before the Commons
Admits of No Other Inter-
probation, Declares the
Semi official Temps.

Premier Lloyd Georges declara-
tioa IN xne British parliament that
France had ben gtvcn full guaran-
zoos against o removal OF German
attacks Is the hrst authorative
statement that such guarantees
have been given, and arorses the
keenest discussions regarding the
nature Of the guarantees as AFFECT
tns tho United States and Great
Britain. The French reports say
that the grAzantses amount to an
alliance, and the sern1-ofncaa1 Temps
saya;
.sPrerntsr Lloyd Georges language
admits Of or1y ono meaning. This
is that Great Britain and tho United
States engage to sustain France IN
case she II again attacked By Ger
many. Such an alliance Is 1egtti-
1nate and necessary. Mr. Lloyd
George would not pronounce such
words lightly, and his announce
mont 1a HnSulnrly instructive"
Other French reports describe
tho guarantees as In the nature OF
. "easus foedeTis- whereby any fall
ure Of Germany to carry out tho
treaty would bring concerted action
by France. Great Britain and tho
United States.
Tho council Of four. which framed
tho guarantees as part OF the Rhine
settlement, has thus far maintained
q rigid silence except for the general
declaration Of Mr. Lloyd Gorge.
vtscount Chinda, Of the Japanese
delegation. arranged today for his
appearance before the council Of
four on Saturday on the Kiao-Chau
question, with view to an adjust
ment with China. which shall be
incorporated In tho peace treaty.
The American delegates believe that
an accord VIII be reached, whereby
China Win ultimately control Ktao-
Chsu, with suitable recognition Of
Japan's Efforts
a plenary session Of the peace
conference Will be held two days
aaxt weck, Wednesday and Thurs
day, for the purpose Of passing
npoA q large number Of rr1tsintn9
details before the meeting with the
Germans
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Eighth Ward
Murderers Burn Jail
But Sheriff's Posse Is
Equal to Emergency

CATLETTSBURG. KY, April tssi7,--;
Placing straw from their beds In q yen-:
,ilation shaft and setting fire to It, pris--
oners confined in the Boyd. county s1aito
this morning started a blaze which
burned one wing Of the structure to the
ground. Among the sixty prisoners COM;
fined in the institution were three al%;
legged murderers. all of whom, tho
authorities claim. are implicated in. the,
desperate effort to escape ~
AS soon as the fire was discovered
Sheriff Sam Debord hastily summoned
a posse Of twenty men and armed them
with rifles. The prisoners were ordered
out Of the burning building and lined:
up against the court house wall. Sheriff
Debord ordered his deputies to shoot. to
kill any man who tried to escape None
Of the prisoners was willing to take the
risk and the result was that all were
safely lodged in the city jail. Charles
Musick, Maynard Estep and John Bran.
ham, the three men accused Of murder;
were taken to Winchester, KY. tonight
for safe keeping.
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PREDICTS new yORK'S
1850 POPULATION
WILL Be 12,556,184

NEW YORK, April 17.-Traffic prob
lens of New York in 1850 were pictured
in prediction made tonight by +. }. II.
Erackc. public service commissioner.
who declared that II the present rate or
growth is maintained the population of
The city will then be l2.556.lS6. and
that it's transportation lines will u"
called upon to carry more than eight
billion persons annually. To "nrc for
this growth. Mr.. trnckc .dccarcd. the
present transit facilities must BE- multi
piled by four.
Mr.. krackr's analysis was made IN
view Of an application by the Belt Limo
railroad corporation for permission TO
abandon its little used tricks along the
water front. He recommended abandon
mcnt of such trackage in all parts OF
the city so that transportation COM
panics may concentrate their FUNDS
upon the development OF facilities
much more useful and beneficial
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Copyright. 1919. ny tho International
NcwS Bureau. lnc.. I3nSlnn.N

copyright. 1912. ny tho International
Nrws bureau. Inc. RoSton)
THE HAGUE. April II.--What is to
b. tho end Of tn" dreadful outbreaks
which arc attlin taking place IN many
parts Of Germany? In my view tho
events which have hc"u rhr"nirl"d dur
Ing the past few weeks arc but III" pre-
lud" 10 happenings If an "v"n NOR"
sensational and Sanguinarv character.
amounting in fact 10 Il second revolution
That revolution may last for vl"nthS.
or even years, and is destined IL hC
fought out with Somcthinr "f tn" f"r"-
city. tho riTnr. and tn" fanntIr;ll cruelty
that characterised tn" German pcnpi"
during thr Thirty Years War In that
conflict Hun Tough, Hun. though both
sides starved though III" country WIS
ruined. and though. in tho last stages.
some of the combatants were actually
driven 10 resort 10 cannibalism.
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LONDON. April 1T.-tBy tn" Assori-
atcd l'r"SS. )-+Dprn warfar" between
David Lloyd George. Er;tish primo min
lister. and Lord Northcliff". -Encland'S
foremost publisher. is tn the political
world tn" mosi interesting result Of
tho prcmicr's flying visit I" London
from tho Paris peace conference d
his speech before parliament Wcdncs-
day.
Lord NorthCiffc and Baron Beaver
brook. who served as tho official eye
witness" for tho Canadian government
at the front in 1916. and later became
chancellor Of tho durhy of 1.ancas-
ter and minister of information. al
ways have been credited with being
the powers behind the scenes who
brought about tho retirement OF Pre-
mier Asquith and the succession "t
Lloyd George TO tho head of tho caht-
net. Northclifre's newspapers have
given Lloyd George general support
throughout his management Of tho war
hut when the general election followed
tho armisticc they shifted somewhat
10 tho attitude Of friendly critics. Only
during the latest Developments OF tho
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WITH LLOYD GEORGE
AGAIN ON The SCENE
PEACE DELECATESTO
SPEED Up PROGRAM

LONDON, April 17-(Brdtish
wireless Service)-Premier Lloyd
George left Loudan this morning
on his return TO Paris. BE was
accompanied by the Earl OF Cur
zon and Viscount Milner.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Prt-
vate advtees to the White House
today from Paris said plans for tho
Presidents return to the United
States still were indefinite ami that
reports published In Paris that
April 81 or %, had been fxed as
tentative dates for his sailing were
without foundation.
The message said satisfactory
progress was continuing In the
peace conference.
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PRESIDENT WILSON AND PRRNERS Of THREE ALLIED powers WILL
Hold FIRST MEETING WITT THE GERMANS AND DELIVER EERN5
7-(By Associated
on
OPEN 4 WARFARE ON LLOYD GEORGE by N0RTHCL|FFE

After saying that the record Of tho
Times during thr war speaks for itself,
the newspaper apparently threatens n
future attack. saying some points of
his war record require to be more fully
known"
The Evening News. a Northclffc pub
licntinn. today prints cartoon OF the
premier lowering over Westminster in
an nirplano, labelled "hnt air" with
bombs for tho Northcliffc papers.
Mr. Lloyd George md Lord North
cliffe probably arc the two most in
fluential personal forces in British
politics. and now that they arc ncrrcly
and publicly nj war. the effect on Mr..
Lloyd Georges political fortunes and
fhn test Of the influence of the. North
cliffe press. which is expected 10 fol-
low. will mark tho beginning pf a
now political chapter. the developments
Of which are hcinG discussed with tho
livclicst interest Each man is an
caGrr fighter. and the battle between
tho little Welsh giant" and th" news
paper Napoleon is not likely tu be a
tarc one.
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TAKE ACTION AGAINST
SPREAD OF LYNCHING

NEW YORK. April ia call for
n national conference on lynchinE TO
he held here May and s. tp take con
ccrtrd action against lynchinE and law
lcssncss wherever found" was issued
today ny John Il. Shillady. secretary
Of the conference. acting on behalf of
n group Of l20 we'll known men and
women Of the country who have signed
tho document. The signcrS represented
the District Of Columbia and twenty
eight states. including twenty Signcrs
from eight s'uthern states