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visitor passes the front door an attendant
steps forward and arranges a mask on her
face, observing:
Madame will kindly wear this mask.
Perhaps she would not like to be recog.
nized in this place"
Why should American men and women
of responsibility at home 90 to such places
One important influence, the insidious
ether cocktail and the bouquet sprayed
with cocaine, will be explained later on.
But in leading visitors to depart from
their home standards Of refined behavior
the disreputable noblemen already. men
toned exert great influence. The assur.
ance by men Of such apparently high rank
that It is the proper thing to do this or
that produces an overpowering effect on
Americans, both women and men.
The ultimate object Of every entertain.
ment 10 to exact an exorbitant charge from
the spectator-usually in the form OF an
innocent looking bill for supper. Perhaps
The American visitor Will utter roar OF
protest The manager then suavely
remarks:
Our clients never complain. II is PEI
fectly proper bill. Is monsieur prepared
to be sued. after he has enjoyed such an
entertainment"
This disguised threat usually. brings
prompt payment. The escorting nobleman
often takes hand in bringing about o set
Element. Perhaps he may consider II, wise
TO reach out lordly hand for the bill and
remark:
Don't let's make a fuss. will pay the
bill"
proud American will rarely allow a
noble guest to pay for his entertainment.
II the nobleman does suffer any loss the
house reimburses him. II the bill is paid
by the American the titled guide collects
half the next day.
One OF the newest and most fashionable
night resorts OF Paris is conducted by IN
American-Hsrry Piicer. and is called
"L'0ssis." The same criticisms cannot be
made against this place ss against the
others mentioned here.
GREAT britain RIGHTS Reaerved
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LOasis is an openair dancing place IN
a beautiful garden laid out by Paul Poiret,
the eccentric dressmaker. In fact, It is in
the rear of Poiret's establishment ON the
Avenue .6'Antin. Harry Pileer used to
dance at the Apollo and his chief claim to
fame is that the late Gaby Deslys was fond
Of him. Gaby left him a small fortune,
with which he has started a syndicate. Of
dance establishments, with jazz bands
from New York's East Side and profess
sional dancers from Broadway. He is try
ing earnestly to Americanize the night lite
OF Paris. Poiret's models parade there in
his latest creations, and hence Il offers
very legitimate attraction to every Amer.
lean woman. .
From the Place Pigalle to the Place do
Clichy stretches the Boulevard De Clichy,
and nearly every building along this big
boulevard offers some queer entertain
ment. Hero stood the notorious old Moulin
Rouge, which was pulled down some years
ago and replaced by a magnificent build
ing called ''the Moulin Rouge Palace"
Every Saturday night the palace used
to hold rattle, at which some very val,t
able object was given as prize, such as
a thoroughbred horse or o diamond neck
a little white pig, which was beautifully
manicured and perfuned.
A lively party carried the little pig into
a cafe in the nearby Place Blanche and
made him intoxicated with champagne. He
provided so much amusement that little
drunken pig has been the feature Of the
Saturday evening entertainment At this
place ever since.
II would be hard to catalogue all the odd
hat Intact h> Ard a CIiohv
and adjoining streets. For instance, there
is an establishment called lie Ciel"
tHeaven), which has been decorated by
an artist OF norid Imagination 10 repre-.
sent the abode OF the blessed as he i'm
AGNES t. The attractive girl attendants
are dressed as ANGELS In bright. airy
costumes, and do their utmost to make the
visitors enjoy themselves In Heaven"
Whensa man is tired OF Heaven" he
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Grand Dukes and wealthy South Ameri.
cans and cubans.
As one steps out Of either Of these estaD-
lishments on the Place Pigalle there are
within Q few minutes drive hundreds Of
places where every kind Of entertainment
is offered that perverse imagination can
invent to stir the senses.
On the Rue St. Lazare, just opposite the
great st. Lszare railway station, there is
a nameless establishment which has al
ways been remarkable for its strange en-
tertainments. The house furnishes ex-
quisite dinners and suppers to parties who
always order and engage a room in ad
vance. Some OF the rooms are large
enough to allow space for Q vaudeville
'show.
The proprietor Of this place prides him
self that he can always furnish new thrill
for the most dissipAted patrons. At . recent
supper party the proceedings opened by
the walters carrying In an immense basket
OF flowers which they placed on the table.
Immediately It opened up and pretty
young girl, almost entirely undraped,
stepped out. began TO run around the table
supper was served. Several OF the men
guests tried to bite her little toes.
This entertainment proved SO popular
that II has been many times repeated, but
other bizarre performances have been
given. Latteriy the house has been dis.
tinguished by the whipping dances"
which have been given there. Since the
great uphesvai in Russia Paris has been
overrun by Russian dancers, often women
OF great talent and beauty. who. on account
OF their distress, are willing to give any
exhibition that may be asked Of them.
At this place the Russian dancers give
q supper performance In which they 20
through the maddest gyrstions and end by
flashing one another with whips until their
backs and necks are marked with great
welts and they sink 10 the floor exhausted.
Many OF the Partisan resorts, under.
standing that their spectacles will cause
embarrassment to American women. insist
that they shall be masked. As the woman
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PARIS, Oct. II.


w between midnight of that septem-
I" Der Saturday night and o'clock
Sunday morning, when Olive Thomas. the
young American actress and wife Of Jack
Picktord, arrived home at her apartments
In Paris, swallowed the fatal poison. and
sank to the aoor sobbing:
This is what Paris has done for met"
II may never be known exactly what
Oivs Thomas saw and did or exactly what
ntgAt-life resorts she visited, but the tragic
death of this young actress has served to
focus worldwide attention on what the
Rev. DR.. Beekman calls ''the lure Of Paris"
and = movement is now under way to force
the police authorities OF the French cap.
itsl to clean out the notorious amusement
slaoes which are disgrace to the city.
II the supplemented Americans who
help maintain by their money the vicious
dens Of Paris knew the real facts which
surround 'the lure" OF these tawdry places
sad the people in them they would not be
% easily vfctimised.
In leading Americans to patronize these
s~sorts . very dangerous and important
role - played by . host Of disreputable
sebassAea. some OF French birth and others
rscritsd hon the nobility of every coun.
tsy IN Europe. They have lost their posi-.
ttoa IN their own circles through some mis-.
deed and now make living by steering
WEALTHY American and other tourists 10
The disrsputsble haunts OF Paris, And the
renegade noblemen are paid . large com
mission on all money spent in these
PLACES BY the proprietors.
In their own country Americans would
not allow such men in their homes, but
abroad they ere easily misied by social
pretense. These noblemen are usually OF
authentic title, but actually they have be.
como hirsd employees OF dive-keepers They
have fallen to the lowest state of dsgra.
aAtion and are trafficking In vice and crime
by means OF their titles and pretended
rank. In reality, their social status is
lower than that OF the walters and cab
men. who honestly take their fees, whereas
the Others are only masquersding as gen.
tlemen." They are the distinguished
looking noblemen. with gioved hands and
waxed mustaches--the Princes and Counts
who insidiously guide the unsuspecting
American into the most. dangerous and
costly dens Of Paris. They are permitted
to enjoy social intimacy with the wives
end daughters Of respectable Americans,
who too often feel deeply honored by their
attentions.
The cabio dispatches have emphasized
the fact that Olive Thomas spent part OF
the fatal Light at supper In the Cafe du
Rat Mort, at Montmartre. After that a
veil seems to have been drawn over the
places she visited and scenes she wit
messed. The variety OF advertisements Of
fered in all-night Paris is endless. and
some Of them are mentioned on this page
to-dsy--did Olive Thomas visit some Of
these places which moved her TO feel utter
disgust with life and mankindf
The Cafe du Rat Mort-the Cafe OF the
Dead Ratl The name is somewhat. sug.
gestive OF putrsfying pleasures, but this
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How the Tragic Death of the American
Actress in Paris Has Given Impetus to
Movement to Wipe Out What the
Rev. DR.. Beekman Calls the palaces
of Shame, Masqueradng as
Restaurants and Bathrooms"

"This is what Paris has done Tor me" Olive
Thomas is reported to have cried as she ended
her night of revelry with dose Of poison in the
grey twilight of the breaking dawn.
"The death Of Olive Thomas Is tragedy
tracesble to the lure Of Paris. the modern Baby
lon" exclaimed Rev. Dr. Bsskman. rector of the
American Church In Paris. 49,.
What is the 9sadIy lure of Psris"i
What was 1t that Olive Thomas say and did
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restaurant is. In fact one Of the better
restaurants OF Montmartre. II 10 . very
luxurious and expensive establishment.
1t is only as q stepping stone to the in
Vulnerable haunts lying within . stones
throw that it belnogs within the circle
OF Generalization.
Here one can obtain exquisite wines
and liQueurs and delightfully."- cooked
dishes. No drugs or semi-poisons are
dropped into the drinks, a. at some
places. OF course, the diner may throw
dash OF ether into his own or his COM
panion's glass and thereby make a mix
ture Of maddening fntoxication. That
would be his own affair, not that Of the
establishment.
The Rat Mort has always maintained
q peculiarly excellent Tzigane or gypsy
orchestra. Some OF these men are
wonderful violinists, and deliberately
set themselves to fascinate q woman
visitor whom they perceive to be spe-
cially susceptible to music. Many an
American has been led into rash actions,
which she could never have committed
at home, BY these designing, If artistic,
scoundrels.
At all the fashionable Partisan restau-
rants young girl goes around to the
tables offering bouquets which the mon
diners are invited to buy for their com
nanions. Whenever she thinks It safe the
flower girl will sprinkle dash of cocoaine
from q tiny silver pepperpot, upon the
bouquet before handing II to the customer.
For such q bouquet the sxorbitant price OF
ten to twenty francs IL asked.
A girl who sniffs cocaine in the course
of an exciting and fatisuing evening Is
likely to conceive an irresistible attraction
for the drug Many an American woman
has started the deadly cocaine habit in
the restaurants OF Paris. IL.
The disreputsble young noblemeni al
ready described play great part in spread.
ing the drug habits among American
women. Most of them carry an. i'm.
posing outfit Of gold and silver recep-
tacles for drugs, attached to a key, chain
at the waist. Often they are drug addicts
themselves. Among their outfit Is usually
to be found box OF cocaine and an ato-
mizer, with which they can squirt q dash
Of liquid morphia into q friends drink.
The deadly work Of these fallen nobiemen
IN leading Americans astray will be re-
ferred to again. 80.
OF similar standing to the Rat Mort is
the establishment generally known to
Americans as the Abbey," but properly
called the Abbaye de Theleme. Il Is with
in half block OF the other restaurant on
the Place Pigalie. II is named after that
Abbaye DE- Theieme, imagined by shame.
less old Rabeiais, . place filled with men
and women intent not upon religion, but
upon enjoying themselves In every possible
sensual way that pleased them.
The Abbey" 10 . large and imposing
place. Il boasts . stage under a dome
where a vaudeville performance goes on
while the diners eat and the orchestra
plays. Such appropriate performances rs
the "danse du ventre" (the stomach dAnoe)
have been given during dinner. This es.
adjustment hes always been q tavori;e
night resort with spendthrift Russian
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New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Non-Residents Get Time
Extension for Taxes
State Gives Them Until Thirty
Days After Supreme Court
Passes on Income Law

ALBANY, Feb. 1.-The time limit
set for the filing of returns under the
New York State personal income tax
law has been extended in the case of
nonresidents and persons who have
retained taxes from wages paid to
non residents in their employ, Comp
troller Eugene NJ. Travis announced
tonight.
AS originally fixed, the time would
tion Of the constitutionality of the
state income tax law as it affects non
residents is pending in the United
States Supreme Court the Comptroller
ruled that the time be extended to a
date thirty days after adjournment of
the present legislative session, or
thirty days after the Supreme Court
had handed down its decision In no
case, however, would the time be be-
yond September IS.
Attention was called by the Comp
troller to the fact that non-resiGents.
or Withholding agents, who take ad-
vantage of this ruling will be required
to pay per cent interest from March
Is, if the constitut. \ nality of the law
is upheld. He also referred to the
right OF non-residents to pay the in
come tax, if they desired, before
preme Court decides the state has no
power to tax non-residents, the amount
paid in taxes will be refunded.
If the Supreme Court constructs the
New York law to be unconstitutional
because of discriminating features the
nonresident taxes will be refunded,
unless in the meantime the objection
able features shall be removed by
legiSlation
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Frisky Croundhog Will
Look for Shadow To-day
Should Sun Appear Little Ami.
NAL Will ''Dig In" for Six
More Weeks of Winter

Orthodox groundhogs all have their
alarm clocks set for noon to-day and
at the first subterranean tlnkle will
scamper out of their burrows and frisx
about for a few moments in the upper
world. IL one of the timid creatures
catches sight OF his shadow, however,
he will whisk into his burrow again
and snooze for the next six weeks.
Snoozing groundhogs mean freezing
weather and sneezing humans. If the
sun and the groundhogs are out simul-
there will be six weeks more
of winter. There may be up in the
Mad River country in Connecticut any
how, for it was twenty-five below zero
there yesterday morning, and the snow
was frozen to such depth that no
proundhog could get out of his home
unless he was of the provident sort
. no keep a pickax under the bed.
Rising temperature, with an east
wind that drove film of snow before
it, gave promise here last night that
eroundhogs might be about this noon
and see no fearsomc shadows.
Fires resulting from the cold snap
were numerous. By 8 o'clock last night
firemen in Manhattan and the Bronx
had responded to eighty alarms and
those in Brooklyn to thirty-five. Most
Of the fires were caused by attempts to
thaw frozen pipes or by overheated
hues. Seven automatic alarms came in
because the pipes in sprinkler systems
froze and burst.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
f. ID. Roosevelt Fought
Wilson ON Navy Plans
Preparedness Program Opposed
by President, He Declares
i'm RrooLlyn SneecE,

In telling an audience Of 1900 per-
sons some of the secrets of conditions
of the American Navy just before the
start of the war with Germany, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, at the Brooklyn Academy
Of Music last night admitted that he
had committed enough illegal acts to
put him in Jail for 999 years, and that
he would undoubtedly have been i'm
peached had he made wrong guesses.
This confession followed an explana-
tion of the condition of the navy be-
fore the war. He said there was no
program thought out, and that he pre-
pared one which called for aggressive
action.
81 was opposed by the President, who
said that he did not want to commit
any overt act of war, but who added
that he was following a definite course
in an effort to avert war.
"Two months after war was de-
clared," continued Mr.. Roosevelt, ~
saw that the navy was still unprepared,
and spent $40,000,000 for guns before
Congress gave me or any one permis-
sion to spend any money"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Allies May Ask
TO Try Holllueg
Von T;rpitz and Oscar,
Ex-Kaiser's Son, Among
Those To Be Named

PARIS, Feb. In addition to al
ready published lists of those who
will be demanded from Germany by
the Allies on charges of violations of
the laws of war, The Matin" says Bel
gium will ask for DR.. Theobald Won
Bethmann-H Hollweg, former Imperial
German Chancellor, while England will
demand Admiral Won Tirpitz, former
German secretary of Marine; Admiral
Rcinhardt Won Scheer, former chief of
the German Admiralty Staff and COM
mander of the German feet in the bat
tie of Jutland, and Prince Oscar of
Prussia, fifth son of former Emperor
William
BERLIN, Feb. 1.-Statemcnts cred
tied to q London paper to the effect
the German government had Informed
the new British Charge d'Afaires at
Berlin that Germany could not appre-
hend and surrender men on the list
soon to be submitted by the Allies
within a month are officially denied.
The issue has not been discussed with
the Charge d'Affaires because it is out
side his jurisdiction, and negotiations
have been entirely through government
representa- in Paris.
Berlin does not expect the Allies to
reply officially to the recent German
note making final appeal for revision
Of the extradition clause.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Martial Law Declared
In Havana Dock Strike
President Menocal Suspends
Guarantees When Workers
Reject Farley Plan

HAVANA, Feb. IA presidential
decree suspending the constitutional
guarantees for period of sixty days
was published in an extra edition of
the Official Gazette" this afternoon.
This action followed refusal of the
striking dock workers to accept the
plan of arbitration demanded by Presi-
dent Menocal and agreed to by the en-
ployers.
Reports we're current this evening
that the police already were making
numerous arrests of so-called labor
aritators. A slimly attended meeting
of the strikers this afternoon was
unanimous against accepting arbitra-
ton of the strike.
Accompanying the decree suspend
ing the constitutional guarantees was
proclamation by President Menocal,
saying that "the hour for deliberation
has passed for the government and
adding that the honest laborer had
nothing to fear, but that the enemies
of order shall feel the full weight Of
the law" ...~.4aA..a.aas
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Viscount Crey's Treaty
Stand Spurs Republicans
To New Move for Action
Hoover's Republican Boom
Suddenly Lost ITS Force
AT First the National Committee of the Party Re-
ceived a Flood of Letters Favoring His Nomina-
ton, and Then They Heard From the Farmers

quarters received a veritable deluge Of
Hoover letters. By the middle of the
week they had begun to dwindle, and
on Friday and Saturday the anti
Hooverites began to be heard in suf-
ficient numbers to make the managers
seel that the Hoover boom was a squall
instead of hurricane. Then the
granger states reported emphatic op-
position to Hoover
The Republican managers now feel
that the crest of the Hoover boom has
passed by SO far as the Republican
party is concerned. They consider that
the principal factor in exploding it in
the Republican camp was the publica-
ton of the fact that he was willing to
accept nomination from either the
Republicans or the Democrats. Had
Hoover come out week ago with a
declaration that he would accept onlv
the Republican nomination his boom
would still be booming, the politically
weatherwise say
New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Ne,U Feat for
Wireless Phone
Sender Talks to Chicago
BY Means of Amateurs
Low Wave Length

ROBERT r. Gowen, engineer in charge
of the De Forest Radio Company sta
tlon at Osslning, announced yesterday
that he had carried on wireless tele-
phone conversations with Chicago, US
ing only small aerial. low-wave
length and third of a kilowatt power
he has been able to send his voice as
tar as Chicago as we'll as to towns in
Indiana, Ohio and South Carolina, by
employing new type of modulating
circuit and new type CT De Forest
wireless tube or audion.
1T is interesting to note" Mr.. Gowen
said, that all my experiments have
been carried on with comparatively low
wave length-that is to say, the spe-
clal amateur wave lengths permitted
by the government regulations. In ad-
dition, the experiments show that the
distance between Ossining and Chicago
is covered with only one third of the
energy Of which the De Forest oscil-
hon is capable of developing.
The experiments in question have
been conducted night after night since
January 1. and through the most severe
static interference Yet. in spite of all
this, when picked up the telephone
transmitting apparatus at Ossining and
spoke into it. just as any one might
speak into the ordinary telephone, |
discovered that my voice was being dis
family heard, first of all in the little
town Of ST. Mary's, Ohio.
I'm the same way on other evenings,
following this initial performance, my
wireless telephone voice, it appeared,
thrown into the bottle at Ossining,
was immediately picked up at Columbia
City, Ind, and afterward by other anna
teur stations at Salem, Ohio, Gaffnet, S.
e., Wakefield, Mass. and Chicago In
each case the local operator, as one of
them has written me, nearly tumblod
out of his chair when in his ordinary
local radio work, he suddenly heard a
voice from the wilderness Of New
York"