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New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Two Prisoners. Missing
When Mt. Vernon Docks
Transpor; Is Searched Without
Avail and 1t Is Believed Men
Jumped Overheard

Two military prisoners, being re-
turned to the United States, one TO
serve life sentence and the other
fifty years, for crimes committed over
seas, were missing yesterday when the
transport Mount Vernon docked at ho-
boken
When the Mount Vernon sailed from
France there were fifty prisoners
aboard. on Friday evening, while the
shin was still hundreds of miles from
New York harbor, the prisoners were
counted There were only forty-eight.
Major K. c. Rodgers. who was IN com
mand. ordered the ship searched from
stem to stern without avail.
Not soldier was allowed TO descend
a gang plank from the Mount Vernon
Yesterday without displaying his iden-
tification tag When the last man had
left the ship il was concluded that the
prisoners had jumped into the sea.
Their names and crimes were not dis
closed. Major Rodgers refused to dis
cuss the disappearance.
Resides the Mount Vernon, the
transports Leviathan and the Patricia
docked at Hoboken yesterday. The
three ships brought home $4,000 Of
ficers and men.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
VETS Open New Office
Campaign Planned TO Organize
Sentiment Against Prohibition

CHICAGO, July "a branch Of the
Association Opposed to National Pro-
hibition, which has its national head
quarters at 10 West Forty-fourth
Street, New York City, has been opened
in Chicago, and according TO c. Phelps,
managing director Of the Western Of
fee, the organization will start a
broad national campaign to crystalize
and organize public sentiment against
national prohibition"
Headquarters will be opened in each
state. Mr. Phelps stated to corre-
spondent.
The fight against prohibition will be
waged against the Federal prohibition
amendment, according to Mr. Phelps.
and the association will take She stand
that prohibition, if it is enacted, should
be by action Of the states through a
referendum vote.
Between now and January the Su-
preme Court will render 4 decision as
TO the legality of the Eighteenth
Amendment, Mr.. Phelps said, and if the
court decides that the amendment is
illegal the work Of the association will
be finished. If the court cecldes that
it is legal the association. will continue
to make a fight against national pro-
hlbitiOn.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
wilkins Body Cremated;
Ashes Are at Morgue
Woman Who Supplied Funds
Does Not Anpcar at Last
Rites for Wife SLAYER

The body of DR.. Walter Keene Will
kins. convicted wife murderer, who
hanged himself in the Mineola jail last
Sunday. was crematcd yesterday. The
ashes were returned to the Hampstead
morguo. whore they will be held await
in@ the claim of relative or friend
Before the body was taken from the
morguc brief prayer was recitcd by
the Rev. +. X. Grunert. 3i7 Jay Street,
Rrooklyn. who said he had acted at
the request of Mrs. ". J.. Stacy. who
supplied the $40 necessary for the
crcmotion after it had been announced
that Or. Wilkins's 'ody probably would
be buried in Potter's Field
Mrs. Stacy was not present at the
services. The Rev. Mr.. Gruncrt. who
sa he had known her as an organist
while he was in evangclistic work
wears ago, explained that she had de-
cided TO avoid further publicity.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Kurds Trouble Makers
Of Persia for Ages
Savage Race That Preyed on
Armenia Have Features OF
Real Germans
Ner York Tribune
Foreign Press Bureau

aa Perhaps the most interesting thing
stou. the Kurds Of Mesopotamia, who
are giving trouble at this moment IS
that at least one ethnologist has said
Of them that they might easily be taken
. for Germans in color Of hair, skin and
ewes, says correspondent IN lne
Manchester Guardian" They are one
OF the races, he continues, which have
provided plenty of speculation, and
they have been classed as Of the Cau-
casian type, though one authority has
described tnem as representing prob
ably the aboriginal race, prc-Aryan,
which extended once over the whole OF
Armenia. Luristan and Kurdistan. II
seems pretty certain that they are de-
scendan.s Of those CarCuchi whom
Xenophon mentions as harassing the
retreat OF the Ten Thousand. and they
still use the caves he mentions Tor
their winter quarters. Whatever their
race, there is no doubt about thor tur-
bulence. They have the air OF fierce
warriors, and they live up 20 their ap-
pcarance, having given endless trouble
10 the Persians at one time or another.
s But they have a reputation for honor
as well as for courage, and, Just as the
Romanoffs chose their personal guard
from among the fierce COssacEs, so the
Persian Shahs have been accustomed 20
coniide themselves more willingly 20
Kurdish officers. At one time or an
other the Kurds have been the scourge
OF Armenia, and have committed some
terrible excesses there IN tnclr iorayS.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Bomb Scare Is Caused
BY an Innocent Float
Owen Eagan Uses an Axe to
Prove That Ii Is Perfectly
Harmless Bill of Wood

A dcrelict wooden cylinder, used to
mark the mooring place Of launch,
floated calmly down the North River
yesterday and furnished New York
with a genuine bomb scare. Randolph
Windle, who rents boats at a private
pier at 140th Street, discovered the
bomb" and, after gingerly securing
it TO log, he notofied Police Head
quarters. A launch was dispatched
from the Marine Division at Pier A
and the bomb was carried back, sub
merged in water.
owen Eagan, Manhattans official
bomb opener. was summoned. He
peercd at the bomb and called for an
axe-a big fire axe. Before the police
men and spectators had time to flee
for their lives Egan had split the
bomb like a watermelon. 1t proved to
be nohing more than a round chunk
of wood with few wires and nails on
the surface, and had evidently been
used as float.
There was no let-up yesterday in
guarding public buildings and the
homes Of those whose activities against
the Bolsheviki and |. W. W. have caused
them to be denounced. = police official
said the guard might ontinue until
the danger is ended.
Deputy Attorney General Samuel
Berger, who has been investigating
Bolshevism with the members of the
Lusk committee, said yesterday that he
Will move to revoke the charter Of the
Rand School early next week.
The books and files Of the Rand
School have been examined by the state
Investigators. Many startling commu-
nications were discovered in the head
quarters on West Fifteenth Street.
These will be made public by the COM
mittee
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Stai;siician SAYS Paris viii
Have Il.300.0O0 bv 1909

PARIS. June ia statistician who
had made a study of the growth of tho
population OF Paris estimates that the
city, within its present limits, will
have 100000 inhabitants in another
half century. and that the population
Of the Department OF the Seine, which
he thinks Will then be a llf. 't be
capital, will have increased to a.
100000.
lie bases his figures on the act0al de-
vclopmont Of the city since 1900 ana
on the progressive density Of the pop
ulaton, which went from cighty-iive -
acre in 1861 to lI5 TO the acre in
1911. In 1915 he anticipates Paris
will cover 432,5OO acres, practically
the entire territory Of the Department
Of the Seine, and some commlnes ot
the Department Of the Seine at Oise.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
5-Billion Bud get
Programme 10 BE
Urged in Congress
Republicans Refute Charge
of Scutiling Platform
Pledges and Seek End
of Pork Barrel Bills
veir York Jr,orrs
rTosbir0fOn Rurfdr

Warrington Rvrenu
WASHINGTON, July 5.-To abolish
the pork barrel" and handle the s5,-
600 .OOO, 900 that will have to be raised
in the next two years, legislation de-
signed TO bring about a budget system
in compliance with promises made IN
the Republican platform. is to be
pushed when Congress convenes on
Tuesday, Republican leaders stated to-
day.
It is planned to drop two bills pend
ing in the House and work for the ap-
pointment Of a budget committee
which will study the problem and re-
port in a new bill. A resolution to
this effect has already been offered IN
the Senate by Senator McCormick.
This plan is also a reply to charges
made last week by the Democrats thai
in eliminating from the sundry ciyli
bill the provision for budget the
Republicans had scuttled the budget
idea.
THE House knows enough about the
situation to remedy the present apPro-
DrlaIlON ucleClS, ohiu -NNP+
Good. chairman Of the House Approprl-
alton Committee. to-day, but whether
Congress will take steps to push It IS
question. ,.r,
ii. therefore, believe that my bill and
that Of Mr.. Frcar urging Il budget
should be turned over to a new COM
mittee separate from the Appropria-
tions judiciary or Ways and Means.
Nothing is needed worse at this
time than a sensible budget. We have
five billion dollars to raise in the next
two years, much of it by bonds, and
we should know beforehand where
every cent Of it is going.
I'VE want to put every cent OF esti-
mated appropriation up to the Presi-
dent first of all. Then if there is pork
barrelling the blame can be fixed"
Under the plan favored by Represen-
tativc Good, budget commissioner ap-
pointed By and responsible to the
President would submit itemzed csti-
mates Of the nations receipts and ex-
pcnses for each year. This would be
sent to Congress by the President. The
commission would be removable, while
a Joint Congressional committee would
sit in the mean time for the purpose
Of making suggestions to the commits
sion.
A start in the direction of budget
was made in the naval appropriations
bill recently passed by the House. The
naval aviation programme, which was
fully itemized, passed the House with
out difficulty, while the army bill with
a lump appropriation was trimmed.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Daniels Lauds League
At Methodist Centenary
Resolutions Approving Cove
nant and UniGcation of Two
Church Branches Adopted

- COLUMBUS. Ohio, July 5.-Methodist
minute men had their celebration to-
day at the Methodist Centenary here
Secretary OF the Navy Daniels, a
m,r ate man of the Methodist Church
South, delivered an address on prop
lens confronting the Church. He rec.
commended ratification OF the league OF
nations covenant. referring TO 1t as
the nobiest covenant the world has
known, a patriotic sermon on the Mount
adopted By all Allied nations OF every
cline ana every tongue and every
faith"
Resolutions approving the league Of Of
the two branches of the Methodist
Church were adopted at the close OF the
meeting.
President Wilson has sent word that
he is considering the invitation OF cen
fenarv officials to spend a day at the
exposition, and will make his decision
Known when he arrives in Washington.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Abyssinians Come
To Congratulate Us
On Winning War
Peace Delegation to Call
Upon Secretary Baker,
Then Tour Country and
Visit the Chief Cities

The three members Of the Abyssinian
peace delegation who arrived n this
city yesterday aboard the Mauretania
from Paris are to greet Secretary OF
War Baker in Washington on Monday.
They are Duke Debjazzmatch Nado,
Mayor Kantbo Garcion, of the capital
city Of Ababa, and Alto Herany, one Of
the principal members of tse diplo-
matte corps.
The Abyssinians were met at the
dock by Captain Paul r. Morrissey,
Mho was delegated by the War Depart
ment at the request of the State De
partment to act as aid to the Abyssin-
ians while they are in the United
States. Last night the party occupied
suite at the Waldorf.
"The Abyssinians. who are Of Semitic
origin, and are not Ethiopians, as many
believe, number about five million
souls" said Duke Nado at the Waldorf
Astoria last night. "Our country is
about forty miles from tha Red Sea-.
Duke Nado said the party intend
making a tour Of the United states,
with visits to Red Cross hospitals. ship
yards and large commercial plants.
1--WE shall visit Washington. leaving
here Sunday night, and upon our arri-
val at the capital will call on Secre-
tarv Baker. We are doing this on the
suggestion Of your President
The delegates will also visit Phila-
delphia, Boston. Chicago, San Francisco
and other cities.
"The Abyssinians, who are not un-
warlike themselves. having defeated the
Italians in Somaliland some years ago
if YOU remember" said captain Morris
sew Yesterday. "have come to congratu-
late the American people for winning
the great war"
Captain Morrissey said the party
probably will stay in this country
several weeks.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Peace Terms Suit
New Zealand. SAYS
Ex-Premier Ward
Statesman From Antipodes
Here on Way From Paris;
Bush Is Home Optimistic
About Our Foreign Trade

"New Zealand is entirely satisfied
with the terms Of peace" said Sir Jo-
se5h Ward. former Premier and dele
cate TO the peace conference. yester-
dav morning when he debarked from
the Mauretania on his way home lie
added that the disposition Of the for
mer German colonies in the Pacific was
especially pleasing 20 the island domin-
ION since it affected them more closely
than other portions of the treaty.
"The war has also brought about
closer and better relations with the
United States, and this is the one phase
of the new international relations
which is most tslked OF by New ~'"-
landers.'
Another passenger aboard the Maure-
tnnia was Irving I. Bush, head OF 'he
Bush Terminal Company. lie sald inc
Germans would get none OF thS Dusn
terminals in New York, and that ne
did mot see where they would be able
10 get any OF the piers If they at
tempted TO renew commercial relations
Mr. Bush spoke very enthusiastlca ~
about the future expansion OF the mer-
camille trade Of this country, especia!iy
in South America, which for many
wears before the war was monopolized
by German interests.
This country has the world as its
market place." he said "Every ior- .3
eign country is looking toward the
United States to buy the necessities
Of life. as we'll as the lnxuries, ana
see no reason why our trade should
not expand by leaps and bounds. =,
other passengers included Richard
Ordyniski, who brought the warmest
greetings from Premier paderewsNi' OF
Poland, to the United States: lie said
Hugh Gibson, the new Minister 10
Poland, had won a warm place III the
hearts of the Polish people. lie added
that Poland was almost UNANIMOUSLY
in, favor of Paderewski for the next
president.
The Earl and Countess Of Lindsay
arrived for short visit to friends at
Newport. but. as the Earl explained
lsughingly, he thought his visit would
be conside erably curtailed because OIL
the advent of prohibition.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Americans Needed to Push
Consianlinoplc to the Fore

ROME. June 12.-"With the Ameri-
cans IN Constantinoplc they would
make IL a greater port than New York, "
Matteo Pantalconi, dean Of Italian
economists, said to-day to The Asso-
ciated Press. THE vast resources Of
southcr~ Russia. Of Armenia. the
Ukraine. Rumania and parts Of Asia
Minor must all pass through CONSTANT
noplc. The riches Of that vast terri
tory are yet untouched and should
proper exploitation be undertaken Con
stantinople would become the greatest
gateway in the world.
"Napoicon was right when he said
IT is the key 20 the world
"All it needs is something Of that
American organization TO put it in its
right place"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
S240Means Much Happiness

To get along without father was hard
enough for Mrs. b. and her three
daughters, but the difficulty of explain
ing and understanding English made
each day more difficult. People came
who scolded because the girls did not
20 to school. and lack OF shoes and
scanty clothing did not seem to satisfy
them as reasons. Then came a man
with a "disDossess" which caused tears
and afterward even harder labor as
Mrs b. bent over the coats she fin
ished."
Then a visitor from the Charity Or
ganization Society heard the story Of
BIS sudden death, the piling up Of
debts and the impossibility of even
providing food for the children. The
"dispossess" has been stopped and
Mrs B. has been given a chance to
keep her home and her children.
In order that she may learn trade
and so have some opportunity for
future self support the Charity Organ
ization Society is asking for $40 70
help her through the next year. Gifts
may be sent to the society at lO5 East
Twenty-second Street, where they will
be promptly acknowledged.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
u. s. Beats State in
Suit for an Estate
$1,000 Left by Mrs. Ehrenberg
Goes to Alien Property Gus.
todian, Saws Court

More than $1,000, representing the
estate Of Mrs. Louise Ehrenberg, which
Attorney General Newton sought to
divert to the state treasury, was
awarded instead to the Alien Property
Custodian Yesterday by Surrogate
Schultz of The Bronx.
Mrs Ehrenberg. who died at 443
Wallis Avenue last January, was sup
posed TO have left a son by q former
marriage, John GAM, who was reported
to be in the German army.
The alien property custodian took
over the estate, and the Attorney Cen
eral instituted suit on the ground that
there was no proof that GAM was in
the German army.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Changes in Omsk Cabinet
Are Reported From Toxic

TOXIC, May 23.--Ofieial advices
from Omsk indicate that the following
ehanYes have recently taken place IN
the cabinet Of the provisional govern
msnt: The ministers OF interior. jus
tics and public instruction. A. Gatten-
berg, 8. Stankevitch and Professor
Sapossnikof. have resigned and have
been succeeded. respectively. by Vice
Minister Of Interior Pepeliaief, Of he
Cadet party. former member OF ne
Duma; Professor Tallberg. and the Vice
Minister Of Public Instruction, Mr..
Preobrajensky. A. these men were al
rsady serving in tho provisional gov
eminent the changes do not indicate
any modification In tho policy followed
By the Cabinet.
BY an order from the Omsk govern
ment, General Ivanof- RinoR has been
recalled from yladiyostok He ctm-
msnded the Siberian armies Of the
eastern provinces.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Rumania Refuses Lcnine's
Call TO Cease kolchah Aid

GENEVA, July 5.-The Rumanian
government has refused the request of
a Bo'shevik delegation recently sent
Lv Nikolai Leninc, the Bolshcvik Pre-
mier. that the Rumanians cease giving
aid to the Ukrainians and to the forces
Of Admiral Kolchak, according to an
announcement by the Rumanian BU-
reau at Bcrne. The Bolshevik delega-
.ion had proposed peace and guaran-
teod Rumania possession Of Bessarabia
if the Rumanians acceded to their re-
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Red, White and Blue Fish
Produced in New Jersey

A A.h Of the goldfish breed with
red body, white fms and sides and
blue streak on its back. has been pro-
,duced BY Frank w. Heddcn, Of II
Gautier Avenue, Jersey City, mem
Der Of the Hudson County Aquarium
Society.
Ar. Hedden taid he crossed Chinese
Moor black goldfish with FISH that
had red scaled japanese and brown,
transparent scaled japanese goldfish
FOR parents.
Mr. Hcdden has christencd his red,
white and blue FISH Miss Liberty"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
London Welcomes Its
Own War Heroes Home
City Has Special Victory Cele'
bration i'm Honor of Re-
turned Veterans

LONDON. July 5-London had her
own victory celebration to-day ute
distinct from the national celebrations
TO be held July 19-when the London
regiments which participated in the
war, after a review by the King at
Buckingham Palace. marched through
the streets TO Tower Hill
1t was the most spectacular mill
tary event in London since the armis-
tice. Twenty thousand men from va
rious regiments participated and Lon
don gave her own sons a welcome hard
to surpass.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
L. <. Arrests Villa Colonel

Ell PASO, Texas. July 5.-Jose De
La Paz. holding the rank Of colonel
under Francisco Villa, Mexican revolu-
ZIONIST, was arrested here to-day by
United States authorities and IS mil
tary prisoner. No charge against MN
has been made public.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Betting High af Berlin

BERLIN, June Sunday racing A.
Crunewald estAbiishod new record
with 1900 mark gate receipts. willie
tho betting sheds handled 5.50O,000
marks. the latter sum being Increased
70 1000. 900 through advanced down
town betting.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Turks Enter Adm After
Ii l. Evacuated by Greeks

PARIS. July 5.-Turkish troops have
entered Aidin. which the Greeks have
evacuated. taking with them the civil
ian population. according 10 Con
stantinopls dispatch 10 "The Temps"
Aidln. which IS on the Mendcri
River. fifty miles southeast G, smyrna
was entered by Greek troops late in
May. announcement ~ the occupation
o. The place being officially made AZ
Greek General Headquarters on June /.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06

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