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The sun., 1919-03-10
THEATRES AID JEWISH FUND.
Canvassers in Last Week VIII
Enter Movies Also.

Csnvsssing for the Jewish War Re-
lief Fund in Brooklyn will lead into the
moving picture and theatrical houses
this week by special arrangement. it
was announced yesterday Several
large checks were received yesterday.
among them $4,000 from Elias ReisS
a Manhattan merchant living In Cedar
hurst, and $1,000 each from ]. & NJ. Levy
and Samuel Rottenberg. Max y. Koven,
Rubel Bros. and Munves & Berlin con-
tributed $500 each. The fund now en-
ters tho last week OF the campaign Dl-
rectors will meet tonight to speed VI
the drive.
Among other contributions were the
following: Bernard Stolenzberg, $500
Sylvan Levy and Ben B, Highlander
$3.50; Philip Levison, 5000; L. Robin.
son, sl75; Selig f. Neuberger, Sla5;
Mrs Sylvan Levy, l., Schechter, Hyman
Aaron, Aaron Wisenkovitz, Isaac
Lazarus, Sisterhood Temple Israel. A
II. Bernstein and Max Brodsky. 500
each
The sun., 1919-03-10
the Blue Zone" being the region Of Lii,

the Blue Zone" being the region Of Lille
and Doual
Under the system the five destruction
companies had TO supply to the special
organization for permission 10 COM
lnence work on any plant, the organiza-
Ton retaining . pc: cent. commission on
the gross value, as well as 22 marks 80
pfennigs ton on the iron destroyed
and 10 pfennigs for each meter OF de.
stroyed material. This was done in
order 10 reimburse itself for the labor
supplied TO the destruction companies,
consisting Of prisoners OF war.
The companies were required TO pay
within thirty days the sale price agreed
upon with the special organization. &C
cording to the latter's valuation OF the
plant involved. Machinery and mate
rial were first removed from the plants
and shipped TO Germany, especially all
boilers, rolling stock, electrical appa-
ratus, zinc and copper and materials
OF similar character.
On December 81. 1917, the five firms
mentioned had made profits aggregating
about 10000 marks. according to the
Belgian estimate. on April so. 1918, the
same firms had removed to Germany for
the German quartermasters depart
ment 11,626.306 tons of iron and co.,
-fH,VVo square meters OF otner material
such as wood glass, zinc and tin. They
Rad also removed for the account of Ger
man firms 2i.293,s27 tons of iron and
steel and about 300.000000 square
meters OF other material.
The men engaged in the work were:
German engineers, 60; French and Bel
gian civilians. 81; expert German SOL
diers, es; war prisoners, 1889. The SAL
aries paid were: Engineers, so marks
daily; foremen, 35 marks carpenters, 35
marks; ordinary workmen, 20 marks.
The sun., 1919-03-10
WILSON TO FIND
MUCH WORK DONE
German Bluff on Ships and
Food Called.
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PARIS, March with a decisi ion
taken to call the German bluff about
not delivering ships until guarantees had
been given about food the Big Ten starts
tomorrow to mobilize business in prep
araton for President Wilson's return.
AS soon as the President reaches Paris
he will find many matters ready for a
decision and the conference should show
a record OF achievement in the next two
weeks greater than all previous sessions.
The opinion is advanced in some quar-
ters that because such great progress has
been made and the need of action has be-
come clearer than ever the plan OF writ
ing two peace treaties should be aban-
doned. These hold that instead of n
preliminary and then final treaty the
terms should be Incorporated in a single
treaty. as the latter will now be ready.
it is argued, in the time that it would re-
quire to get the former in shape for sig
natures.
This is perhaps too optimistic, but For
eiEn Minister Pichon said to-day that
some important results might be ex-
pected as soon as all the committees ap-
pointed previous to Wilson's departure
come in with their reports. These will
have finished their labors soon, 1t is said :
all reports are to be in within a fortnight.
Meantime the German question comes
up tomorrow.
Lloyd George. in his anti-conscription
plan. hasn't as yet gone very far into de-
tails. but it is known that the American
military commission has expert advice
that the British plan would coincide with
American interests. This commission
holds that with some enlargement of our
coast defences and our submarine fleet
we would be secure with a volunteer
army even if the terms of peace make
no provision for a League of Nations
strong enough to give the hope of pre-
venting wars.
The men OF the American Expedition
airy Forces are solidly against further
American participation in European en-
tanglements.
The sun., 1919-03-10
CHICAGO HAS NEW DISEASE.
Man Dies From AiIment Like
sleeping sickness"

CHICAGO, March e.--Commissioner OF
Health John Dill Robertson announced
tonight that the first report OF death
attributed 10 lethargic encephslitis 10
come TO his personal attention had been
reported to-day. He has issued instruc-
tons to all physicians requiring them
to report all cases Of the disease with
their observations on its character.
The Commissioner said the disease re-
embles. but most certainly is not. the
sleeping sickness" OF Africa The death
reported to-day was that OF a man 40
years old. A case reported in Evanston
is that OF young woman who has been
in a state Of coma for eighteen days.
The sun., 1919-03-10
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC FAILS.
Canadian Minister OF Railways
Named as Receiver.

OTTAWA. March John J. D. Reid,
Minister of Railways, has been appointed
receiver OF the Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway, II was announced tonight.
The appointment followed official noti-
fication by the railway that It would be
unable TO continue operations after
March 10 because Of lack OF funds, and
consequently an order In council was
adopted appointing the Minister OF Rail-
ways receiver His control extends over
the entire system. including branch lines,
telegraph. steamships. hote! and subs!d
larry development organizations
The sun., 1919-03-10
GERMANY MUST GIVE
SHIPS, SAYS COUNCIL
Cannot Escape Conditions in
TreUes Arn,isfice.

PARIS. March o. Tho Havas
Agency's report on yesterdays meeting
Of the Supreme War Council says:
THE greater part of the session was
devoted to the discussion of the situa-
ton created by the interruption Of the
Spa negotiations. 1t was decided to
notify Germany that she must execute
the conditions of article s of the sup
Elementary armistice signed at Treves
on January 16, which stipulated that
in order to insure the provisioning Of
Germany and the remainder Of Europe
Germany must place her merchant feet
under the control OF the Allied and AS
ISOLATED Powers for the period of the
armistice. this arrangement to have no
effect upon the final disposition of the
ships"
The sun., 1919-03-10
FILIPINos ASK INDEPENDENCE
Legislature Makes Permanent It's
Mission to United States.

manila, March 9.-The special ses-
sion OF the Legislature has closed with
the adoption OF Instructions 20 the In
dependence Mission, some OF the mem
bers OF which are now on their way to
the United States, perpetuating that
body until independence is achieved and
serving notice on the world that the peo-
pie OF the Philippine Islands think the
time has come for America TO redeem its
promise.
The Legislature has approved the for
nation OF national cement and iron
companies. with the Government as chief
stakeholder. revision Of the land laws
and the limiting Of foreign ownership
Of land. This action is subject to the
Presidents approval.
The sun., 1919-03-10
PLANS WORLDS PARLIAMENT.
Bern Conference Would Have I
Elected by Voters Directly.

BERS, March 9.-The formation of an
International legislative parliament was
proposed to-day by a committee of the
International Conference of League of
Nations Societies in session here.
The parliament should be elected di-
tectly by the voters OF all countries In
order, II was explained, "to secure a
democratic constitution for a League Of
Nations
The sun., 1919-03-10
SEATTLE SHIP STRIKE OFF.
Forty Thousand Workers VIII Re-
turn Tomorrow.

sEATTLE, Wash. March 9.-The strike
Of 10000 -shipysrd workers In effect
since January 81 in Seattle, Tacoma and
Aberdeen was formally declared off to-
night by strike leaders, following a cam
Vase of votes cast in referendum taken
during the last three days.
The men are 10 return 10 work Tues
Gay morning under working conditions
and wages prevailing when the strike
was called
The sun., 1919-03-10
italian Chamber Adjourns.

ROME, March Q. - The Chamber OF
Deputies Yesterday adjourned until
April 5. The adjournment was taken at
the request OF Premier Orlando. who in
dictated his desire to return to Paris TO
be present during an important stage Of
the Peace Conference.
The sun., 1919-03-10
CIVIC WORKERS IN UNIFORM.
Barcelona Takes Precautions
AGAINST Future Strikes.

MADRID. March e.-The Omcia: Ca
settle to-day publishes a decree mobiliz-
ing the workers of the Canadian Com
pany to assure the public services. The
men will wear uniform and be under
the command OF a Colonel OF engineers.
The foregoing presumably refers TO
the situation OF Barcelona, where A
strike recently paralyzed the water. light
and street car services. 4 Madrid des-
patch on February % announced that
the Barcelona authorities had taken over
all the electric works OF the Canadian
Company there TO insure the lighting OF
s.City. -
The sun., 1919-03-10
Differences in Perspective.

These men cannot merit the indct-
ment and diatrioe that has beea heaped
upon their action. To us at home, In
comfort and in present peace, II is next
TO impossible 10 reconcile the almost
unanimous view of soldiers in the field
or theatre Of war on the gravity of these
and many other lesser offences by their
comrades.
Therefore the execution of not one
sentence OF death for these things has
beer approved by me and not one sllaS
sentence has been executed. Also heavy
sentences have been reduced comprehen-
sively and uniformly. But even with
that said. can neither condemn the
100 900 officers who assessed the SEN
fences nor the law OF Congress, nor the
| system under that law that made them
possible"
After referring to the fact that 1t was
on his recommendation after his re-
sumption of full charge OF the office OF
| the Judge Advocate-General at the end
of hoetilities that a board of clemency was
convened to undertake with the greatst
| expedition the adjustment OF war time
punishment to peace time standards,
| Gen Crowder said.
II come now, with the utmost reluc-
| lance 10 a few distasteful paragraphs OF
| personal vindication. My motives and
! my actions nave peeU Attacked, ana
| have been advertised as having ham,
pered the efforts OF Gen. Ansell ! have
| been set off against him as reactionary,' -
said Gen. Crowder, reviewing his efforts
10 obtain a complete revision of the old
| military code, which finally were sue
cessful in 1915
During much OF this time Gen. Ansell
| was one OF the most promising and
! trusted officers in my office. During all
! the time that the code was In revision
he never suggested to me nor. so far as I
| can learn. TO any one else any of the
changes he is suggesting now. He par
ticipated in preparing the manual for
courts martial, which was based upon
the new code. but he advanced none OF
these new views.
Indeed. the first time that was adj.
vised OF such a view was In November
1917, on the occasion OF his presenting
to you--not through me and entirely
without consulting me--the first OF the
elaborate briefs about which so much
has been made
1T has been charged that as a result
The sun., 1919-03-10
|CROWDER DEFENDS
ANSELL'S CHARGES
Had Only Difference of Opin'
ion About Power Of Review
of Army Sentences.
NEW INQUIRY IS ORDERED
War Time Death Penalties Not
Executed and Others Are
Being Revised.

WASHINGTON. March 9.-Differences
between Major-Gen. Enoch IL Crowder,
Judge Advocate General, and Brig
Gen. Samuel T. Ansell, former acting
Judge Advocate General. were explained
and the ordering OF a thorough investi-
cation by the Inspector General of the
army into the whole subject OF the ad-
mnistratioy Of military justice during
the war was disclosed In a letter from
Gen. Crowder to Secretary Baker, made
public to-day at the War Department
Accompanying Gen. Crowders letter
was one from Mr.. Baker asking the
Judge Advocate General for a complete
statement as 70 the operation of mill
tary Justice The Secretary wrote that
his own acquaintance with the facts
convinced him that the conditions i'm
piled by recent complaints do not exist
and had not existed" but that II was
essential that the families of all those
young men who had place in our mag
nihcent army should be reassured."
In reply Gen. Crowder made a gem
eral defence against recent criticisms
in Congress and elsewhere concerning
court-martial cases and charged that
Gen. Ansell, without his knowledge and
consent, had submitted a brief to Sec
rotary Baker early in the war urging
a revolution in the military justice sys-
TEN.
The sun., 1919-03-10
AnseII DisreRards Advice.

Gen. Crowder also said that about the
same time that this brief was sub
mitted Gen. Ansell. without consulting
the Secretary of War, obtained an order
from the Chief of Stan appointing An
sell Acting Judge Advocate General
This was after Gen. Ansell had re-
quested Gen. Crowder's aid in getting
such an order and had been told by
the latter to take the matter up with
Mr.. Baker. The order was revoked by
Secretary Baker before IT was published,
after Gen. .Crowder had called it to
Mr.. Bakers attention.
The Judge Advocate General said the
supposed controversy" between him
self and Gen. Ansell as to military pus-
tice had been masnified since the real
issues and the only ones" were in DIFFER
ences of opinion as to whether the power
to review and overturn verdicts OF gen.
eral courts martial existed and whether
Judge Advocate General or the Presi-
Dent.
Gen. Crowder held that there was no
authority for review under present stat
utes and was sustained by SECRETARY
Baker. Congress- then was asked TO
create that power. but failed 10 act. Gen.
Ansell insisted that such power ex-
listed under the present statute and that
1t should be exercised by the Judge Ad-
voca te- General and not the President.
Turning to criticisms that the SEN
fences OF courts-martial during the war
have been atrociousIy severe. Gen. Crow
der wrote that this was a criticism
of the system of military justice and
not a criticism OF his administration Of
that system.
The sun., 1919-03-10
Criticism Affect. Congress.

1T is a criticism" he said, "of the
officers who imposed. for instance, SEN
fences OF death for sentinels convicted
OF sleeping on post, for soldiers wilfuly
and contumaciously refusing TO obey the
direct orders OF their commanding off,
GERS. and for desertion in time of war.
and IT Is a criticism Of the Congress
which authorized a death penalty in
plain statutory terms TO be assessed on
convictions for these offences. l do not
mean to say that II criticism in the
connection Is due I am immune. I am
not I agree with the statute and shall
defend 1t. but am not responsible for II.
Considering the charges from the
standpoint OF the officers who assessed
the sentences, let us see who they are.
They are men taken in a general dragnet
through the nation. They come from
every walk of life. There are 200. 900
OF them. They comprise faithful cross
section of our whole people and our ma
tional life.
What is this charge of severity by
them? We have seen that il cannot be
an indictment of the system. 1t is simply
a difference between the opinions of well
meaning and humane critics far removed
from the scene OF the offences punished
and with only partisan. inadequate and
highly colored statement of that case 10
guide them and the opinions of men who
considered the facts under the solemn
obligation OF an oath to be honest i'm
partial and fair. who lived in the en-
vironment of the offence and were
stepped in the reasons making it grave.
and who assessed the sentence in the
performance of the highest civic duty
Of mantle defence OF home and coun-
trN.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-13
Interchurch Drive
For Millions Due
To Five Leaders
Chiefs of Various Organiza-
tions Combine Forces
and Pool Interests for
Three Protestant Faiths

Hardly anybody interested or en-
gagged In raising funds for church
movements nowadays ever thinks in
less .han eight tigures-S75, 900. 900 for
the Presbyte:ians. 1oo,ooo.ooo 20. the
Baptists, colossal sums for the Episco-
palians and so on.
For this five men are more or les.
responsible. They placed church Civ
ing on an organized basis. They are
Dr.. S. Earl Taylor. secretary OF :he
Methods: Board of Foreign Missions;
DR.. John R. Mott, Of the Y NJ. G. A,
Dr.. Hubert c. Herring. Dr.. Fred Hag-
gard. of the Baprlst Board o. Foreign
Missions. and F. W. Aver, Baptist
layman and advertising man of Phila-
delphia.
Because Of their achievements in
raising gigantic sums they have come
to be known as the big Five Of
Professionalism" in America, and now
have combined to conduct the greatest
movement OF al1-the Interchurch
World Movement.
DR.. Taylor, who is forty-six years
old and native of Iowa, went through
all the stages of becoming a Methodist
minister, except the ordination His
doctorate is literary degree
Studied Motifs Methods
After studying the methods of Dr.
Mott, of the Y. NJ. C. A., a pioneer in
gigantic fund raising for religious and
welfare purposes, he undertook, under
a commission from DR.. John F. Goucher,
the wealthy Methodist leader Of Balti-
more, to bring toge ther, at Cleveland, ,
Methodist leaders and adopt a stand
ardized system Of church giving.
Eighty-ive million dollars was fixed
as the financial goal Of that move
ment, and it was achieved, although
bishops and others shook their heads
obviously.
Plans and ideas adopted then at the
instance of Dr.. Taylor were borrowed
by other religious organizations. and
the result was the recent series Of
gigantic and successful financial CAM
paigns for various post war and re-
construction purposes.
Five Leaders Combine
Now, the five men chiefly instru-
mental in carrying those movements
to success have come together, and
with the same tactics and still! larger
aims, propose to carry through the
lnterchurch World Movement. >Epis-
copal heads are again nodding doubt
fully, but their owners nevertheless
are falling into line. The primary pur.
pose of the new movement is to carry
out a joint programme Of Protestant
denominations throughout the world.
Dr. Taylor is the secretary and main
spring. Mr.. Aver is chairman, with
DR.. Mott at the head Of the executive
committee. Practically all the chief
workers in former movements, includ.
ing college presidents, missionary ex.
ecutives and clergymen, are also
placed.
Headquarters, originally established
in Fifth Avenue, spread into Fourth
Avenue and then into Broadway. II
the various offices plans are being
worked out, and with the end of sum.
mer there will be launched, it is as.
serted, the greatest interchurch cam.
paign ever conceived.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-13
Rector Must Pay $4,000
On $1,000 Income
Restaurant Man Claims Near.
Poverty, but Court Lets Old
AlimOny Order Stand

Despite the fact that an affidavit by
George W. Rector, the restaurateur.
filed recently in the suit for divorce
brought by his wife, Mrs. Bertha f.
Rector, states that his income is now
but $1,000 per annum, a final decree in
favor of Mrs. Rector. handed down yes-
terday by Supreme Court Court Justice
MoAvoy, directs him to pay his former
wife the sum of $3.50 monthly.
Rector failed to pay referee ap-
pointed by the court to determine what
alimony he ought to pay Mrs. Rector.
In view Of this the court decided that
the amount named for monthly pay
ment pending trial should stand in the
final decree. 1t was learned that the
referee would have recommended that
Mr. Rector pay only s1oO monthly.
Rector claims that since Rectors,
Inc, discontinued the use Of his name
last year his income has been small.
His contract gave him one-third in
terest in Rector's so long as bia name
was used.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-13
N. Y. to Honor Bastille Day
French Holiday To Be Cele-
brated TO.morrow

New York is to celebrate with France
tomorrow the 13Oth anniversary Of
the storming Of the Bastille. Jules
JusSe1a"d, the French Ambassador,
Governor Smith and the Mayor have
been Invited to participate.
1hers will be a reception at II q.
m at tho French Consulate, 10 Bridge
Street In the evening the sixty five
organizations affiliated With the
United French Societies will start
games and other entertainments at
Manhattan Casino, Eighth Avenue and
l45th Street, which will last into Abe
evening.
At $3.50 p. m. Castor Liebert, French
Consul General. will preside at me-
mortal services. Dolls of French
manufacture will be sold at auction
during tho evening. Anna Fitziu. of
the Chicago Opera Co,npany, who Is
to sing in tho evening at the stadium
Of the College of the City Of New
York. has selected the "Marseillaise"
and tho aria from Massenet's lie Cid"
In honor Of the day
New-York tribune., 1919-07-13

claimants were close personal friends
or the iinancier, and that Captain De
Lamar either had made investments or
advised them what stocks to buy. The
heiress said, according to Spence, that
her father intended to make good any
losses that his friends sustained be-
cause of following his advice.
Representatives Of Columbia and
Harvard universities, which, with Johns
Hopkins University, are residuary leg
atees Of the estate, from whose inter-
ests the money being sued for will
come if the plaintiffs are successful,
attended the hearing.
William Nelson Cromwell, one OF the
executors Of the estate. also attended.
Spence's statement quoted Cromwell as
declaring that Captain De Lamar had
been actuated in dealings with the
claimants solely by the desire to help
them make little extra money.
Captain De Lamar left an estate of
$50, 100000, and he could not possibly
have had the slightest persnal benefit
from these transactions, insignificant
in comparison with his affairs" the
Spence statement quotes Mr.. Cromwell
as saying. "They related solely to
half dozen parties whom he gener-
ously desired to benefit.
Tangible Proof Necessary
ut was the duty of the executors to
require adequate proof of the guar
antees or assurance which they say
had been given. AS soon as they estab-
lish these assurances the accounts will
be paid just as the captain himself
would have paid them"
Captain De Lamar left between $1O,-
o0o, 900 and s1b,ooo,oo0 to Columbia,
Harvard and Johns Hopkins.
Mr.. Spence, as we'll as the claim
ants, expressed regret at the publicity
New-York tribune., 1919-07-13
Squiers Seems Certain
OF Bench Nomination
Kings County Republican Com.
mittee Expected to Put Him
on Court Slate

When the unoficial convention of
the Kings County Republican Commit
tee meets July "a in Kismet Temple
one of the big places to be filled on the
slate, that of Supreme Court Justice,
will go unanimously to Arnon Z.
Squiers, the minority floor leader of
the Board Of Aldermen. This was the
prediction of Republican leaders who
foregathered yesterday in the City
Hall to discuss the forthcoming con-
vention.
Tho designating petitions for Mr.
Squiers were placed in circulation
early last week, and are being dis
tributed by the regular Republican
organizations in the Boroughs of Rich
mond and Queens, and in Nassau and
Suffolk counties, which, with Kings,
comprise the Second judicial District.
The petitions will not be circulated in
Brooklyn until after the convention in
Kismet Temple.
Mr.. Squiers, who is district deputy
grand master of Masons, said last
night:
II am withholding the circulation of
my petition in Kings County so it may
be distributed through the regular or
ganlzation channels along with the Pc
titions of those candidates for county
Offices who may be Endorsed at the con
ference to be held on July "a. have
received most generous pledges of sup
port from leaders and others through
out the entire judicial district and look
for united support Of the enrolled
members Of my party at the primaries y
Until within the last fortnight there
we're two powerful rivals opposing
Squiers for the ominaton-Senato1
Charles C. Lockwood and Meier Stein.
brink, of Brooklyn. Both have with
drawn in favor Of Squiers, and other
men powerful in the councils of the
party have come out openly in favor
of the Squiers candidacy.