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New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
Project Called Visionary


Project Called Visionary
Prominent oil men in New York.
whose companies are active producers
IN the Mexican OF! fields, said yester-
day that the reported project of the
Shipping Board to insure its own in
dependent oil supply in Mexico was
visionary. They pointed out that Mex
ican owned wells on which the board
might depend for crude oil could not
possibly supply its needs and that
these wells, located mainly in the
Panuco field, near Tampico, were stead
ny falling eff in production, because of
the lncursion of salt water, a condi-
uon peculiar to that field
Any attempt on the part of the Mex-
lcan government and the Shipping
Board by agreement to depend upon
oil now produced by foreign comnanies
in Mexico, through decree or Other.
wise, would be in direct violation of
the spirit Of repeated protests made
by the State Department against con-
hscatory DEGREES already made bv the
Mexlcans, it was pointed out. These
decrees form the basis for the con
troversy between the foreign oil pro-
ducers in Mexico and the Mexican gov
efnment, and 1t was regarded as highlv
7inprobable that the American State
department would be willing to re-
verse Its position even though the Shin
ping Board should come to an arree-
ment with the De la Huerta govern
ment.
Representatives of the American oil
companies in New York were inclined
yesterday to believe that j. A. Phelan
the Shipping Boards representative in
Mexico, had given too much ENCOURAGE
meHt to the Mexican government on =
proposition which his Investigation viii
show to lack feasibility.
Mexican Paper Quotes Pbe,,n
One of the statements of Mr.. Phe1on
IN Mexico was that he was on > ..ron,
lnerclal mission" for the Shinnino
BOARD lie is quoted in FL Universal .
hor ,uiIe 1o. NeA'co Clty paper, on Septem
~ ~ am charged with an important
n;,Ia, ,,;,79i01 rom tne United States Ship
p'"g poard. 1t IS exclusively com
mefclal IN character and is in no, wav
connected with the White House o ~ay ay
IS IL rel lated to the international oues.
Ton. | conferred yesterday With
President dc la Huerta. was con!
Vlnced that he is anxious that the OH
que stlon should be satisfactoriIv
settled at as early date as possible
Wy personal opinion is that the MeX-
lean Ieam goVernment is fully justified in
IeVylhg. Whatever taxes it pleases on
domestic production. l. is likewise
justified in enacting any provisions if
may deem adequate for the fullest
deVelopment of the industry, as well
as Tor the protection of the national
lnterests.' ''''
One of the tentative projects dis.
cussed by Phclan was the build;nc 81 81
an American pipe line across the
lsthmus Of Tehuantepec, jungle neck
OF land between the Atlantic and
Pacific i'll Southern Mexico. Oil men
sald yesterday that this project hat
oeeh dlscusSed by every oil company
operating in Mexico and had beer
abandoned as less economical than the
Panama Canal route to the Pacific
both as to time and expense.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01


ing, Mass, is at the Hotel St. Regis.
where she gave luncheon yesterday.
Dave H. Coddington gave luncheon
yesterday at Delmonico's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter ]. Salmon also
entertained at luncheon yesterday at
Delmonico's.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Scott. who
went to Bar Harbor. Me, on their re-
turn from California, Will come back to
the city next week
Mrs H. Van Rensselaer, Kennedy has
returned to her country place at Hemp
stead, L. l.. for the fall
Mr.. and Mrs William H. Sage, who
were at the St. Regis for couple Of
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

Probably we may have to adopt w.
/. LIS suggestion. We want to say
something about W. L. Georges Caliban,
and there's new novel by Villa Sibert
Gather and Mitch Miller by Masters.
Still. old Frank O'Malley started quite
controversy by his "reminiscences. We
are beginning to believe Emerson's
mouse trap theory after all, for nothing
else printed here has ever attracted the
same number of replies as O'Malley's
letter. 1t is temptation to go on,
for If we could really get discussion
of why Chapin fired me" started it
would be necessary to do nothing but
paste up letters for months to come.
Until people began to write in about it
we had never heard OF the St. Louis cy-
clone, but 1t must have been a success,
since everybody seems to have been
there.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
Admiral Bryan New Head
OF Canal Zone Squadron

WASHINGTON. Sept 30.-Rear Ad-
miral Benjamin c. Bryan was ordered
to day TO assume command on October
- of the special service squadron of
five light cruisers and four gunboats,
to be based on the Canal Zone for duty
in Latin American waters
Organization Of the quadron, tenta-
tive plans for which we're announced
by the department several months ago,
has been completed. The Dolphin,
heretofore official boat of the Secretary
of the Navy, will be Admiral Bryan's
flagship
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

with the Mexican government for
large part of the Mexican oil supply,
and these efforts have added to the
Shipping Boards desire to take some
steps to provide an adequate supply for
american needs without delay, it was
said at the board day.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

public, where he attracted considerable
attention with a series of humorous
articles about an imaginary heroine and
her beau who had the amusement park
habit; also with his remarkable ability
to make any sort of news story read
able by his inimitable faculty for inter-
jecting slang and American idioms into
his work without seeming to tincture il
with vulgarity or coarseness.
'The St. Louis cyclone didn't make
him. His descriptive account of that
visitation was masterpiece, to be sure,
but Martin Green was already made at
the time. He was ready to quit ST.
Louis for a wider field, and had COM
pleted his arrangements to do so, not
on the invitation Of Mr.. Chaplin, the
unfortunate genius who has fallen upon
evil days in his Old age, but upon the
invitation of his own city editor, Dent
Robert, of The Republic, who had ac-
cepted an executive position upon The
Morning Journal and who brought Mar
tin with him to New York, or sent for
him the month of his arrival, ! forget
which.
"He was beguiled to The World sew
eral years later by Mr. Chaplin, a city
editor of rare penetration, city editor
who in all his long career surrounded
himself with the best of talent and the
Martin Green before Martin had
proved himself; it was not the Chaplin
way; but l hardly see how this can be
charged against him. have known few
city editors in more than a generation
of active newspaper work who could
recognize genius by the color Of a mans
eyes or by the cast Of his features"
"Why not refrain from comment"
writes W. T. L., land end this painful
situation? At the time of the st. Louis
cyclone Charles Chaplin was the city
editor of Joseph Pulitzer's Post-Dis
patch. He lived in the northwest part
of town, and the cyclone confined itself
chiefly to the southern part; so it was
not really his fault that he first learned
OF it from reading Martin Green's ac-
count in The Republic the following
morning Like other city editors of his
kind, Chaplin undoubtedly knew an
earthquake and | would not have it
appear for moment that he did not
know a cyclone, too, even though it did
not hit him. My recollection is that he
not only recognized it from Martin
Green's description, but acted with what
you dramatic critics call fine restraint
in his handling of it the following after
noon. Still, this hardly entities him to
be called something of dscoverer'-
does it ~
Probably we may have to adopt W.
|. LIS suggestion. We want to say
something about W. l., Georges Caliban,
and there's new novel by Villa Sibert
Gather and Mitch Miller by Masters
Still, old Frank O'Malley started quite
a controversy by his "reminiscences. We
are beginning to believe Emersons
I mouse tran theory ftar E.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
in MEMORIAM

THORPE In sacred and loving memo
OF nay dear son.
Herbert Francis Thorpe
First Lieutenant. 3OIst supply Train.
A. +. f.
who died with honor sn.the service % ~
country. October J. 1875
Aged - years
Buried IN NeFers France
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
Mrs. Goodrich l. Dead:
Well known Sculplrcss

Mrs. Alice Dougherty Goodrich, SO
years old, we'll known sculptress. OF
66 Orange Street. Brooklyn. died yester-
day in the Methodist Episcopal Hos
pital. She had been i'll four days
Mrs. Goodrich. was the wife of Ar
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

Birth, Engagement Marriage Death and In MeaoraD1
may be elcphored 10 The Tribune tins mdng for
insertion the day. PAPER Tecohonc Bectqa7 5000
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs George Brown Hedges
.'ill give dinner this evening at the
Piping Rock Club for Frederic Potts
Moore
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

iIr. and Mrs Joseph NJ. Gilbert, of
~ West Seventy-frst Street. announce
ne engagement Of their daughter, Miss
Anna Belle Gilbert, TO James W. Ell
lott, Of New York.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
Military Opposition Expected

The whole plan, which has been ru
mored for several weeks, undoubtedly
Will be strongly opposed by the mill
tary leaders, if it ever is adopted by
the Shipping Board. Army heads are
criticizing it on the grounds that it
places a vulnerable spot in the hands
of people with whom the United
States government is not on very
friendly terms At the present time
A report from Mexico City has de-
clared that dummy" Mexican com
psny, with three stockholders, one Of
whom is an American, is acting Tor the
Shipping Board in bidding for the pro-
posed pipe line across the Isthmus of
Tchuantepec. but this was unequivo-
caily denied to-day by Admiral Benson.
He declared that the board is simply
investigating the cost of such a project.
During the last few wee.s. and even
during the last few days, other govern
ments have made efforts TO contract
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01

Miss Helen Clay Frick, who has re-
turned to the city from Pride's Cross
New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
Books u.yv.ss sS 1,,..

Getting out column is hard work.
The paste sticks TO our fingers.
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FRENCH SEAL COATS

rrEINOt1 DEAL SOAIS
Dyed Coney pelts, 80 inches long
model; natural squirrel collar and
cullS' ''....... .........Z45.OO
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Beaver Shawl Collars. $3.50 $500
Baum Marten Scarfs. ... $3.50 $500
Skin Hudson Bay Sable Scarfs $500
Natural Blue Fox Scarfs .l... 1850
Natural Fisher Scarfs 1850 $500
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PLOT TO SEIZE COAL
MINES REPORTED
Scheme Is TO Set Up Soviet
Control Near Glasgow
London Hears.

LONDON. eepA oo.--ExiRaordlnary
rumofs are IN circulation throughout
IanafEahire 20 ere effect that the lead.
ere q the soottish Communist move
mont have slammed q sensational coup
% - sprung a. Baintyre. eight miles
stutheaat q oiasgow, says q despatch
g the Westminster Gazette from Ham
utcn. Scotland.
1T O. asserted that the cashiers and
effhciaia have been biuntiy told that
aeiauro % shs coal pits 4 imminent and
ahat n u proposed 10 eatabiish a Soviet
Nratem o. mining controls." the despatch
adds. The authorities are not scopti-
cal 81 the rurnora. for they are not un-
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PENN RAILROAD SHARES OWNED
ny I2s.s8B STOCK HOLDERS
The statement Of Atoclholders Of
the penns Railroad Comrday
for last August compared with August
1919. shows the number Of shares out
standing 10 be 9.ss5,5i4: stockholders
i2G363. an increase Of 15,i46; average
holding OF shares 7779, a decrease
OF 1854 The number Of women
stockholders Is 61.SS9. an increase OF
s.iss. Percentage Of stock held by
women 1927. an Increase OF 30 per
cent The number OF foreign stock
holders decreased 2t7 20 1,isi, being
lis per cent. Of the total Stockholders
a decline Of 81 per cent.
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KILLING ENDS BRGWL.
Dvivss stasSsa n JuEuIar vsiar
AssailantI r. CaDtursd.

william Lynch. forty-hve. an Ice
wagon driver Of No. 90 MACK Place.
3rookiyn. was stabbed 70 death yester-
gay m what the police believe was q
drlunksn braWi IN which he was en-
gagsd with William Mccarron. fOrty-
tAree. . truck driver living az No. 235
Hi4h Street
patrolman Harry Mcmahon was rid
when he saw the two men struggling IN
front Of a saloon on the corner OF Gold
Street ms policeman saw Lynch fall
and McCarron rul. He pursued and
caught him. Lynoh'a jugular vein had
been cut win q jack knife.
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nritnia win Vet Rsisnt, says Sec
retary oresnwood.

BELFAST, Sept 2O.-Slr Hamar
Greenwood. chief Secretary for Ire
land. has informed the Magistrates
Of County Iouth, that ne can hold
out no hope that The British Govern
ment viii reverse rs decision IN the
case OF Lord Mayor MaoSwiney OF
Cork. who r. on hunger strike In
nrixton jan.
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eERDrs HAD A LOT OF IT.


Wtnea-Weii, Hes On Trial.
Louis Gerdts. who gives his address
a. No. S22 Fulton Street. Jamaica, was
arraigned this afternoon before FEDERAL
Commissioner MOCabe Of Brooklyn on a
charge OF possessing and maintainnklg
nuisance" Complaints had been re-
ceived BY Prohibition Enforcement
Agent Allel Of Brooklyn that the house
were getting liquor from Gerdts.
a raid on Saturday afternoon Of his
cellar resulted IN the seizure Of nftecn
cases OF vormOuth, two cases og Bn-
eardl rum and nve cases OF assorted
wines
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-09-20

Australian opossum Scarfs2 $500 $3.50
Hudson Seal Scarfs. $500 1850
lSidn Stone Marten Scarfs $500 $500
Lucille Fox Scarfs. ......55OO $500
Mole Shawl Collars. .45OO $500
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Lord g. taylor
3Sth AVENUE Street
Nal and Telephone Orders FudPhooe
FIFTH AVENUE
Great September Sale of Wilton

Although Wilton Rugs need no intr
mention that there arc
japanese, Chinese and Persi
and many interesting color effects suita
style.
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FUR COATS, WRAPS, SCARFS
At Prices Much Lover Than in the Regular S

TRIMMED MARMOT COATS
Jaunty sports model, trimmed with
contrasting fur. .........I45. 90
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3Sth Street

MONT miss this opportunity, when you know the quality
Il Of Wiltons, and compare these reduced prices!
This is the kind of sale that gets a hearty response
because it's right the beginning of the Hundreds will
appreciate these values SO be the first make your see
finnc
New-York tribune., 1920-06-26
Ecremont Is Arraigned
In Deportation Suit

Arthur Ecremont, who was brought
to this city from Chicago as wit
ness in the Nicky Arnstein quest, was
deportation proceedings. He is alleged
to have evaded inspection by the immi-
grafton authorities in crossing the
border from Canada. A decision in his
case is expected from Washington to-
day.
He was arrested a week ago on a
deportation warrant and has been at
liberty on $4,000 bail.
Ecremont is a former member of
the Canadian Parliament, and if he is
deported to Canada must stand trial
there on charge of swindling He is
alleged to have obtained $4,000 from
Michael Conley in Montreal in wire
tapping game.
Mr.. Conley lost his money in Buf-
falo in 1918. Ecremont was arrested
here at the instance of the Montreal
authorities and sent back to that city
His contention that if any crime was
committed it took place in Buffalo and
outside the jurisdiction of the Canadian
courts was upheld until May of this
year, when the Superior Court OF
Canada reversed the decisions rem
dered in the lower courts, declaring
that Ecremont could be tried in
Montreal.
When this decision was handed
down, it is alleged, Ecremont went to
Chicago without stopping to see i'm
migration authorities at the border.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-26
Democrats Delay Permits
Under Water Power Bill
Absence of Secretaries Meredith
and Payne Holds Up Grant
ing of Many Licenses

From The Tributc's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, June 25. - Licenses
to private interests to use water power
rights of the country will not be issued
until late in July because of the
absence from Washington Of Secretary
Of Agriculture Meredith and Secretary
of the Interior Payne, it was indicated
to day by Secretary Of War Baker,
when he announced that he had been
designated by President Wilson as
chairman Of the Water Power Commits
sion, which grants these permits.
Secretary, Meredith is now in San
Francisco, where he heads the delega-
tion from Iowa, his home state, to the
Democratic National Convention. Sec
retary Payne expects to leave early in
July for the Coast, where he will join
Secretary Daniels and visit Alaska to
investigate the coal resources there
He will not return to Washington until
late in July.
Secretary Baker said that seven ap-
plications for licenses had been re-
ceved by him. 1t is understood that
interests representing upward of $5,-
000000,000 are involved.
Officials of the Department of the
Interior said one of the first results
of the water power bill would be the
electrication of several stretches of
railroads in mountainous territory of
the West. The Santa Fe. the Southern
Pacific and the Denver & Rio Grande,
it is understood, have made prepara-
tions to take advantage of the law.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-26
Smith Urged
To Lead Forces
Of the W cts
Continued from page one)

Il. Boeschenstein, all of Illinois The
latter is national committeema An
other called was Arthur F. Mullen, of
Nebraska, the anti-Bryan leader Of his
state, covered with the marks of Col
onel Bryan's hob-nailed shoes as re-
suit of the primary fight in Nebraska,
when Mullen and Senator Hitchcock
tried to prevent the old Boy Orator OF
the Platte from getting anywhere.
Still another caller was Edmond H.
Moore, of Youngstown, Governor Cox's
campaign manager, who is counting on
Murphy's ninety votes to bring about
the nomination of the Ohio Governor.
With Mr.. Moore was Wilbur Marsh,
national committeeman from Ohio.
Leaders from other states dropped in.
1t is understood that progress was
made in plan to vote the delegations
from New York, Ohio, Indiana, illinois,
kentucky, Michigan and California in
a defensive block against McAdoo for
President and against William J. Bryan
in his attempt to jam through dry
plank.
Vets Propose Coalition
The leaders from these states figure
that il they can organize pact of
shls kind against McAdoo for President
md against Bryan as the exponent of
ulS AmeIica Iney can wear out bOth
The talk about the hotels to-day is
that it is the same as settled that
w. Bourkc Cochran, who bolted his
party ticket in 1896, will nominate
Governor Smith for President in what
he says will be the speech of my life u
The Tammany men are specializing
about this being the speech of nv
ife,' as they have listened to that
brand every year for the last twenty
! years, and they expect there are plenty
more superlative efforts to come.
Friends of Governor Smith say that
he Will have New York's ninety votes
on the first ballot with enough other
states whose leaders wish to curry
favor with Smith and Murphy, to run
MS string up to 15o, which, they as
sert, is about as many votes as anv of
the candidates will receive on the first
ballot
The thing that causes astonishment
among the Tammany men, however, is
the fact that Governor Smith is both
weighed down and buoyed up bv the
obsession that he has good chance
to be nominated for President.
lnasmuch as all Of the boosters for
the leading candidates are angling for
the New York votes, it is likely that
there will be more and more talk
about Governor Smith for President
The optimistic utterances in support
OF the Butlerfor president theory at
Chicago ran the same course until the
second ballot.
Senator James D. Phelan, of Call.
fornia, to-day invited Governor Smith
Murphy and other prominent Tam
manyites to be guests at his ranch. a
hundred miles away. The job of max
ing Presidential candidates kept the
Tammany boss and the Governor peg
ging away at their tasks, but the in
yltation was accepted by Mrs. Charles
F. Murphy Mrs Alfred f. Smith. Mrs
James A. Foley, Mrs. f. S. Luther and
others
New-York tribune., 1920-06-26
N. Y. Delegates
Confer With Boss
Lunn's Threat to Bolt
Unit Rule Discussed at
Meeting With Murphy
From staff Corresponde,t

SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.-The
Iammany delegation to the Democratic
National Convention arrived in San
Francisco shortly before T o'clock to-
night, and its leaders immediately
went into conference with Charles f.
Murphy and Governor Smith.
The. Tammanyites had been with
out much information regarding the
situation during the nine days Zip
across the country, and Representative
Thomas F. Smith, secretary of Tam
many Hall and leader of the delegation
on the special train, arranged in ad
vance of their arrival day to con-
ter with the New York Democratic
leaders within an hour or two after
tue special arrived.
PIanS preventing Mayor Georre r.
Lnnn of Schenectady from breaking
the unit rule and splitting the dele
cation on virtually all questions taat
Will come before the national CEN
ventlon were discussed at the con
ference.
Tammany was met at the SoutherN
Pacific Station by committee of local
Democrats and they marched into the
city to the tune of "Tammany," playcd
by a band that the local committee
mad provided to give the New Workers
an enthusiastic welcome.
The special train left Los Angeles
last night and was due to reach Del
Monte in time for breakfast to-day.
A stalled train ahead of the special
held up the Tammany party and most
OF them went without breakfast. Some
members of the party were able to
fight their way into small lunch
counters at King City, but the ma
lority had to wait until they reached
Del Monte after / o'clock. When they
arrived there the hotel refused to
oren the doors of the dining room
until II o'clock. and the entire party
was forced to wait. They registered
good humor after seventeen-mile
drive along Monterey Bay and were
ready for business when they reached
the convention city.
Tammany leaders will make an ef-
fort to keep the delegates bound to the
action of the recent meeting in New
York, where the unit rule was adopted
Mayor Lunn, however, has threatened
to make fight to break the rule in the
caucus of the delegation, and failing in
that, to carry his fight before the com
nittee on permanent organization Of
the convention and if necessary before
the convention itself.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-26

who want the enforcement act changed
SO that they may not violate It.
when l say that there is good
deal Of strength in the Illinois dele
cation for McAdoo l wish to be under
stood as saying that there is feeling
among the country people in Illinois
that McAdoo is strong with all classes
and particularly strong with organized
labor. | understand the nti-Saloon
League people would not oppose Nc
Adoo, and that fact puts him in a good
hight with many country Democrats
who do not want to see the party at
tack the prohibition amendment or the
Volstead act, which they regard as
closed incidents and as the law of the
land.
Bryan will be the strong man in
the convention. but | doubt whether he
will be able to prevent the vets from
putting in platform plank calling
for amendments to the Volstead act. If
Bryan we're less radical on the prohibi-
ton issue the convention probably
would make him the standard bearer
for the fourth time.
II look to see the League of Nations
loom. up as an issue. The friends Of
Ireland will, of course, not stand for
any platform that deprives Ireland Of
the hope Of national ependence."
Mr.. Dunno is of the opinion that
Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Massa..
chusetts and California will vote al.
most solidly for a wet, plank He and
Frank P. Walsh were two of the threc
American representatives of the Amer
leans of Irish extraction who went to
Paris during the Versailles conference.
Their presence there and their visit
to Ireland aroused the resentment Of
the British government.