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New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Friend Tells of Woman.

Mrs. Bradford Ellsworth, one of the
lew close friends of Mrs Fenton,
told Thomas J. Huckin, Prosecutor for
Bergen County, that the couple took
two-room apartment at % East Forty
eighth Street, which the bride fur
nished luxuriously. Her income seemed
70 be substantial.
Mrs. Ellsworth, whose home is at 344
West Eighty Street, said that
at no time during their acquaintance
mad Mrs. Fenton mentioned the name
OF her husband or permitted any of
aer friends TO see him.
These friends knew little of the
courtshlp on the Palisades, but she
made 1t evident TO them that she was
determined to fit herself for some ser
vice that would take her to France with
the Red Cross organization, or some
other branch OF the service.
In the hope of carrying out this
object, she joined the American Red
cross Motor Corps and took up the
study Of emergency relief. 1t was the
knowledge thus gained that she used
Nth such efficiency in taking her
own life
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Allied Leaders Propose
America Administer Some
Captured Enemy Colonies
German Colonies Fate Discussed

oAs JAN 2Srhe Paris Morning Post
Il writes:
At the meeting held in Minister Phons to-day ques-
o OF the German colonies taken The
were General oha and Premier Australia As far as
can be gathered the subjects discussed Islands and
German Southwest Afrca
There discussion Japan and America took part
1t was IN reply to the these powers that Hughes
ana bo1 spoke No conclusion reached at the
proceedings adjourned
mere is further American campaign in favor
h OF these territories though there
that the purposed by the official American @
M that can be said at present that proposal yet has
been entertained by the conference solution
question.
representatives OF China during of
the Pacific Islands question: The British
considered these particular issues this afternoon
tomorrow for the purpose.'
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Britain TO 'Draft" Million Soldiers
For Allied Police Duty at Civilian Pay
Continued on page three

LONDON, jar. % By The Associated
Fress).-A special meeting of the Cab
met was attended to-day by Winston
Spencer Churchill, Sir Eric Geddes, Sir
Robert Stevenson Horne the new La
Dor minister, and Generals Sir Henry
Wilson and Sir William Robertson.
Urgent questions regarding demobliza-
tion we're discussed.
1t is understood that the conferrees
reached the conclusion that there was
no prospect for months to come of
the voluntary enlistment of sufficient
men for the army Of occupation and
the salvage OF property in the war the
atrcs. for properly earrisoning India,
Gibraltar and the crown colonies, to
insure the safety of the United King
dom and safeguard the results of the
victory in Palestine, Mesopotamia and
Turkey, and that hence it would be
necessary TO adopt some system of Sc
lection and place the men retained as
nearly as possible in the same position
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
4 ~ ear Ban on
Agreed g Upon
Cuba, Mexico, Canada and
Newfoundland EXEMPTED
by the House Committee
NoW lorL- Tribune

Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28-A four
year ban on immigration into the
United States has been agreed upon by
the House Committee on IMMIGRATION
which tonight made public the text of
measure to be reported to the House
OF Representatives Tomorrow
AS forecast in The Tribune last week.
exception is made in favor Of aliens
lawfully resident in the United States
and persons of the following status or
occupations: Government officials. their
families, attendants, servants, LAWYERS
and employees; ministers or religious
teachers, missionaries, teachers, stu
dents, authors, chemists and engineers.
professional artists, physicians and
travellers for pleasure, business or
curiosity, or to their legal wives or
their children under 16 years of age.
Exception is also made in behalf of
persons seeking refuge from religious
persecution; parents or grandparents
of any alien admissible under the bill
or heretofore or hereafter legally ad-
mltted, or his unmarried or widowed
daughter, or son not over eighteen
years Of age, and aliens who were
drafted or who volunteered for SER
vice with the military forces of the
United States or our allies.
Four Countries Exempted
tndcr an amendment by Representa-
tive Lufkin, Of Masachusctts. tempo
rary admission to the country for a
period nos exceeding six months is
provided for residents of Canada, New
foundland or Mexico. IN failing to in
clude Cuba n this amendment. the
committee apparently committed an
oversight, as, further down in the bill.
reference is made to thcse temporary
admissions, with Cuba included in the
list. This viii be Strengthened out. il!
all probability, after the bill has been
printed.
As an additional preca1tion, the com
mlttee late to-day added to the bill a
number of sections taken down to the
Capitol by the Assistan. Commissioner
of immigration, to prevent aliens from
gaining unlawful admission to thc
country in the gnse of seamen on
board vessels touching American ports.
Heavy penalties arc provided for the
cwncr, agent, consignec or master of
any vessel aiding an alien to obtain
entry in this manner
The four-year period of prohibition
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Girls
Seen i'm ataI
Leap Off Ship
Red Cross Major Withholds
Many Details of the Trag-
edy; Back OH Lorraine

Confirmation of the suicide of the
Misses Gladys and Dorothea Cromwell,
of New York City, in the Gironde
River, in France, was brought to this
city yesterday on the French liner La
Lorraine, from which the young wom-
en- plunged on January 19.
The only witness to the tragedy was
an American soldier who was on guard
duty at the time the twin sisters
leaped from the port rail His identity
was concealed by Major James c. Sher-
man, a Red Cross worker from Chi
cago, who withheld details Of the
tragedy when the Lorraine came into
port.
Sherman took possession of the
young women's effects as we'll as the
four letters they left on their bed.
He said he would take the letters and
the belongings to the home of the
girls brother, Seymour l.. CROMWELL
at 169 East 74th Street.
Many Versions of Tragedy
Various versions of the tragedy by
passengers yesterday crystallzed into
the following story:
The two sisters, who had been doing
canteen work for the American Red
Cross at Chalons sur Marine since
February, 1918, went abroad the Lor-
ralne at Bordeaux at dusk on January
IS. NJ. LIE Dantec, the ships purser,
assigned them to Room 703 of the sec
ond cabin with two other Red Cross
workers, one being Miss c. Kellen. The
other woman cancelled her passage at
the last minute and did not sail.
The sisters had desired a first cabin
accommodation, but accepted the room
assigned to them and went there at
Cnce. They went on deck several times
to stroll the last time being about
p. m., when nearly all of the passengers
were at dinner. They went to the
promenade deck Of the first cabin,
where no one was stirring except the
soldier on guard duty. He was one of
400 men from the American EXpedi-
tlonary Force returning to this ccun-
try.
'Y" Men See Girls Drown
According to his report he observed
two young women walking toward him
from the stern. He gave them no heed
as he passed by but as he turned to
retrace his patrol he saw one of the
girls climb the smaller steel rails and
stand on the broad teak rail where
passengers lean when looking over the
ships side. He thought she was seek
ing view of something and was sur
prised to see her spread her arms and
leap into the river, using one foot to
push herself clear Of the liner. Before
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Allies Repulse
Reds Attack
At the Dvina
and British Hold
Their Positions at Tulgas
Despite the Artillery Fire

ARCHAN GEL, Jan. 27 (By The As
sociated Prcss). - Bolshevik forces
failed in an attempt last midnight to
drive American and British troops
from their positions at Tulgas. on the
Dvina River, southeast of Archangel.
Previously the enemy had bombardcd
the positions with artillery.
On the right bank of the river the
American troops met small enemy
patrol and drove it back. On the lef.
bank the Allies encountered $50 Boil
shevik in a wood early this morning
and dispersed them. taking fourteen
prisoners. The Allies suffered no
casualties.
The prisoners said that general at
tack had been planned, but majority
of the Bolshevik lost themselves in
the woods Allied scouts found CON
siderable number of the enemy on the
Upper Tulgas River, from which the
Allied outposts withdrew. The artil-
lery then shelled the evacuated posi-
ton. The artillery duel continues.
On the line of the River Vaga, in
the Shenkursk region, the Bolsheviki
have followed the retiring Americans
to point five miles south of Shcgo-
varsk, where American patrols are now
IN touch with them.
According to refugees who are fee
ing along the snow covered roads from
Shenkursk to safety in the American
lines, the Bolsheviki have burned
Shenkursk and massacred many of the
inhabitants. The American intelli-
gence officers are trying to confirm
these reports, but, it is announced
they must be taken with reservation
until the facts are assured.
The Bolsheviki were shelling Tares-
vo, forty miles east of Shenkursk, to-
day and apparently were preparing for
another infantry attack in this region.
Artillery activity continues along the
Vologda Railway.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Nearly 100000
Idle I'm Strikes
In British Isles
Movement Is Spreading in
Belfast, Where 100000
Workers Have Quit Jobs

LONDON, Jan. 2S.- 1t is estimated
that nearly 100000 men and women are
idle in the United Kingdom and Ire
land because of strikes in various
trades, creating one of the most seri-
GUS industrial situations in many
years. Half of the strikers are in
Belfast, where the movement is spread
ing.
The city of Belfast by night is now
IN virtually total darkness, the hos
pltais being tho Only places where
lights can be shown without danger of
attacks by strikers. Everywhere else
the display of a light has caused
either the stoning or the stormiag of
the premises. Many people were forced
by threats to screen their lights Even
IN the private houses it is not consid-
cred safe to use more than one candle,
and the supply Of candles is rapidly
diminishing.
Men in Small Plants Quit
Last night was snowy and wet by
turns. Otherwise, it is considered,
there might have been more trouble
This morning men in smaller industrial
plants who had remained AT work came
out for safetys sake the picketing
having become more extensive One
of the morning newspapers was forced
to suspend publication. The shipyard
workers are opposed TO the strike, and
are cndeavoring to arrange a meeting
for Wednesday.
"The strike is the most serious ever
experienced in this city OF strikes" :"
Whites "Thc Daily Mails" correspond
ent. belfast is like dead city It's
entire social life is paralyzed, theatres
and saloons are closed. tramcars are not
running, bakeries and laundries are
closing, and there were no afternoon
papers on Monday Only two small edi-
tions of morning papers appeared yes
terday.
Wire Service Handicapped
Photographic and telephone com
with outside districts Is
seriously Handicapped. After sunset
Belfast becomes a city of candles
Restaurants are closed and evening
services cannot be held by the
churches. Railway stations are light
ed with naphtha lamps. but in their
homes the people depend upon can
dies. Should the candle supply fail
there will be plague of darkness.
THE main cause of the trouble lies
in the fact that the workers in electric
and gas plants have joined the shipyard
workers in demanding forty hour
week. Things are in such state of
chaos that a change must come soon.
C0nti7N.,d on ra0ne three
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Administration Measure to
Carry Out S2.26 Cuaran-
tee to Farmers Is Drawn
Redrafting Is Demanded
s ,25O, 100000 Appropria-
alton Proposed; Opposi-
ton Develops at Once
Ne1o York Tribune
WoshinQton .BnrcG.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-Thc long
awaited bill to carry out the Presi-
dents guarantee Of s226 a bushel for
the 1918 wheat crop was taken to tho
Capitol to-day by W. A. Glasgow, of the
Federal food administration.
Its terms are so general and sweep
ing that Chairman Lever of the House
Agricultural Committee probably will
withhold the measure from introduc-
ton IN the House until his committee
rcdrafts it.
Summed up, the Administration bill
provides:
|. An appropriation of $3.50, ,0oO,-
o00 to be available at once.
,. President Wilson is author
lzcd to carry out the guarantees for
1918 and 1919 wheat with such agents
or agencies as he may desire to ere
ate, or utilize any department or
agency of the government
3. The President is not only au-
thorizcd to buy and sell wheat and
wheat products. but floods and food
stutfs," and is given power to assume
absolute control over dealers, millcrs,
elevators, exchanges and all others
having anything to do with the dis
tribution, by means of a license sys-
tenn
4. The President is given complete
control of all exports and imports of
wheat, wheat products and other
foodstuAfs and feeds" and to dispose
of the American surplus Of wheat he
is empowered to enter foreign mar
kets.
Bill Called Sweeping
"Thc original food control law was
mild in the powers it delegated to the
President, compared with this meas
ure," Northwestern member of the
House said after reading Glasgow's
bill. az places in one mans hand vist-
ual control of all food in this country
for the next year and half. The fooC
control law authorizes the President to
deal in wheat. -four, meal, beans anC
potatoes as war emergency. This
bill extends his authority much fur.
ther.'
There is no disposition in Congress
to dodge making good the wheat guar
antec to the farmers. But there is gen.
eral opposition to appropriating a bill
ion or so dollars and telling the Presi.
dent to use it as he sees fit to carry
out the obligation. Members of the
House Agriculture Committee had ex-
pcctcd the food administration and the
Department of Agriculture to submit a
definite plan, including the govern
mental machinery required to do the
necessary buying and selling
Redrafting Is Advised
Mr.. Glasgow was in conference to-
day with Chairman Lever, Representa-
tivcs Sydney Anderson, of Minnesota
and Rubey. of Missouri, and Senators
Continued on page sir
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Erzberger Is Called
One Leader Of Revolt

"One man who was particularly ac-
tive IN organizing the conspiracy was
Erzberger, the leader of the German
armisticc commission. The essence of
the plan was to obtain and concentrate
large numbers of fresh troops, and or
ganize them in lss~.asforn,at,ons under
the coalrol and strict discipline OF
Prussian junker officers
"'rhc whole tremendous recruiting
campaign which has been going on in
Berlin and throughout the country,
which may be correctly described as
another general mobilization. was Sc
cretly directed by Hindenburg himself,
on the double prctext Of fighting Boil
shcvism at home and defending the
eastern frontier against both the Rus
sian Bolshcviki and the Poles.
"The German monarchist clique
plotted to create new and huge army
without arousing the suspicion of the
Entente, with the real object not of
Eastern defence but Western defence.
The troops were to remain in and
around Berlin. pending the secret reor-
ganization of the whole army.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Peasant ReuoH S1veeps All Run,aniu

VIENNA Jan 28 (Ey The Associated
ton has broken the Ruana ac
oorung 10 dispatches from Budapest simultaneous occurred
IN all the villages fixed hour Saturday, wearncd home
coming soldiers heading their av into tho
various towns resulting sanginary the regular
troops.
IN BUCHAREST the dispatches all dav
sunday the regulars employing machine
or wounded Social joined movement
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Junkers Said to Have III
spired Uprising 10 Raise
Great Army for Defence
Prince Eitcl Behind 1t
ErzbergerR Reported BLOCKING
Peace Plans Till DemobiI-
ization Wcakens Allies
Ne,o York Tribune
Special Cable Sej-r5cc

NpcciCt CGbtc Scfl1cc
Copyright. 1919. New York Tribune IncD
ROTTERDAM, Jan. q. The follow
ing amazing story comes not from
an extremist, but from a we'll in
formed person in responsible posi-
ton, who, while lnveterately hostile
to the old regime before now. has Civ.
en- the Tribune corresp spondent proofs
Of the soundnoss and sanity of his
judgment. Much of this story tales
completely y with the spondent's OWN
observations and Impressions This in
formant said
1--WE possess proofs that, the Sparta
eide rebellion was tho work of the
military caste working behind the
scenes. We know that officers of high
and low rank, in various DISCUSSES,
melted the Spartac cides to acts of vio-
lence in order to engineer coup oe
main.
"Thc headquarters of the whole plot
were at Potsdam, in the villa
of Prince Etel Friedrich. Off
GERS of high rank had an important
share in concocting and directing the
Spartacidc operations including the
seizure Of newspaper Offices The whole
thing, of course, was done without the
knowledge of the Spartacide leaders
themselves, who Simply were the dupes
of the monarchist military caste in
the latter's plan to egg on the gov
ernment to the organization and en-
ployment Of an armed force on a huge
scale.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Seen by Many Persons

H. rs known, however, that the mem
ories Of her courtship on the Palisades
were kept ever fresh in her mind by
almost daily jaunts into the Jersey
woods alone. Chaufeurs and other
persons whose business took them to
ana from the often deserted districts
she frequented recall having seen her
oay after day as she set out or re-
turned from her pilgrimagcs.
IL IL probable the woman would have
succeeded in accomplishing her in
tended harmless deception Of the Red
efoSs officials but for the sudden death
oi hef husband. When that news
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29

LONDON, Jan. 28.-Further success
es for the Bolshevki in the north.
south and east are reported in a Rus
sian government wireless message re
ceived here to-day Referring tc oper-
ations on the northern front up to
January "a, the message reports the
capture of a number of villages and
few prisoners and says that before the
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Continued on page nine

a 800
"'' oengias Virgins Charming New
Lore Story.
s..i,.,,t ~ fail ~ read It In the FEBRUARY
5 sskfkssEfs,H.--~AdYk,
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Germans Hope Allies
Will DemobiIize Quickly

AN important item in the milltarist
calculations is popular movement in
the Entente countries demanding
quick rehabilitation.
I'VE are in possession of proofs that
German soldiers with knowledge Of
English and French were sent out, not
by the Spartacides but by the military
clique, to occupy territory in the West
to carry on Bolshevik propaganda
among the Entente troops.
"The present Socialist government is
the contemplate and helpless tool of
the miltarist Vaccinations. It cannot
cxtricate itself from the meshes which
it had itself prepared Besides even
the present government favors re-
sumption of Western defence if neces-
sary.
Gone of the biggest scoundrels is
Erzberger. He is intriguing with
Hintze, the former Foreign Secretary.
and deliberately procrastinating the
peace negotiations in order to gain
time for the organization of the new
army.
"Officers have taken over all demob-
ilized military material, which is to be
apportioned among various divisions.
For the sake of appearances many of
these divisions have been named after
non commits ssioned officers, but in real
ity they are commanded by officers
acting under the orders of generals
Old Prussian Officer.
Ready to Take Control
Three e-fourths of all the army Off
GERS have placed themselves at the dis
posal of the movement There are
also special officers and battalions. The
power of command has been placed in
the hands OF the military caste with
out consultation with the government
Herr Noske is beside himself with
impotent rage over the loss of his pow
er to command. The old Prussian mill
tary discipline in all it's forms is now
being enforced among the troops, who
are excellently armed and provided
with new clothing.
Gas a result of the fact that the
munition plants were kept going until
quite recently to avoid unemployment.
huge quantities of war material OF
every kind are available. The real
tbJect OF the vigorous disarming of the
citizens and the hunt for ammunition
stores is to procure more arms.
"1ncluding new enlistments there are
now about 100000 men concentrated
in and around Berlin. The men them
selves believe that they are wanted
only to fight in the East, but high
ranking officers in private conversation
ridicule the idea. saying You don't
suppose We are going to put up with
anything from the Entente powers'
A new and more arrogant tone tow
ard the Entente has been adopted sud
denly by the German Foreign Office
and the semi-official press, and fits in
with this story.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
.Azecle Packwood Fenton
Married i'm Secret to Ma
jor Who Died in France
Father Believes
Grief Inspired Act
Formerly Had Home at
25 East Forty-eighth
Street, Her Friends Say

ENGLEWOOD, N. j., Jan. 28.-The
mystery surrunding the latest tragedy
of the Palisades was practically solved
late last night, when dispatch was re-
ceived from Tampa. Fla. saying that
the young woman, who had been iden-
titled earlier in the day as Miss Azeele
Packwood, was the wife of a Major
Fenton, an officer in the American Ex-
pcditionary Force, who died in France
last November. The message was re-
ceived from the girls father, George
Horatio Packwood.
The marriage itself had been kept q
secret, even from the two families of
the young couple. 1t was the hope of
the girl that she might be able to go
to France as a Red Cross nurse. Army
regulations made it imperative, if she
was to have her wish, that she retain
her identity as an unmarried woman.
That Mrs. Fenton took her own life
in grief over the death of her husband
is the belief of her father. Mr.. Pack
wood is one of the pioneer citizens of
dlupd 6lQ lS q WSdICuE IcllIcU real
estate operator.
Mrs. Fenton, according to the Tampa
dispatch, came to New York ten years
ago. Before leaving her home, she was
prominent among the younger set in
society circles and was talented mu-
sically.
Before the message from Tampa
cleared up much that had remained
mystery throughout the day the police
had accomplished considerable in un-
folding the story of the lonely widow
who chose to end her life rather than
face the world alone. They had satisfied
themselves that behind the story of
the suicide would be disclosed an army
romance. Bit by bit they were un-
rayeling the tale when the Tampa
message arrived.
Hoped to Hide in Death.
when ] go, nobody will know that
ended my life and nobody will ever
see my body" was one of Mrs Pack
woods last remarks to friend in New
York.
Only the police, who worked for near
ly three days seeking a clew that might
reveal her identity, can tell how nearly
She succeeded in carrying out this wish.
But for the rarest chance her body
might have remained in the rock coffin
designed by nature at the top of the
Palisades until far into next summer,
when it probably would have been too
lste to Identify it.
Mrs. Fenton, who was said to have
been slightly more than thirty years
old, is believed to have married the
officer about two or three years ago.
They had been married long enough, at
any rate, TO ADMIT of three or four
visits by him from abroad 1t is
thought that they met while the then
Miss Packwood was climbing the bowl
ders of Interstate Park, along the Hud-
son River
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29

Continued on page si,r
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
"Y' Men See Girls Drown

Continued on page nine
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
Not Wishing anybody 4ny Hard Luck. but

Continued on page STA
New-York tribune., 1919-01-29
W z A T H E r

rair to-day and tomorrow. Not much
change in temperature. Fresh
west winds.
Full Report on Page 8
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