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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14

Special Gable TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright. 1920. by TIE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Berlin. Dec. -.
Breakfast of only black bread, mar
malade and coffee sweetened with sac
charine will be served by virtually
every Berlin hotel save the Adlon and
by all first class restaurants. beginning
Wednesday. This is being done as
strike protest against the enforcement
by the authorities of the laws regu
lating the foods that may be served in
such places. All the hotel proprietors,
save the Adlon, and all the first class
restaurants voted yesterday TO take
these steps. Therefore, foreigners In
the German capital will be driven into
the small restaurants and pensions by
the action of the hotel and restaurant
men and 10000 walters will be forced
out of employment. How long meals
may be purchased at the small res
taurants also is a question many per-
sons here are asking.
The hotel men have announced that
they will file daily reports with the
States attorney giving the name OF
every restaurant which serves food to
guests in violation of the food laws.
This will be the first general hotel
and restaurant strike Berlin has known
This winter many hotels closed their
kitchens for two days as protest
against the proposed food laws under
which these same hotels are now being
ralded By the authorities. At the time
they closed their kitchens they were
assured that they might conduct their
business without hazard. and they were
left in peace until this month, when
special food police began sensational
campaign to ferret Illicit purchases OF
rationed supplies. Now hotel and res
taurant keepers are demanding guaran-
tees that either the present laws will be
revoked or police regulations formulated
limiting the enforcement of the laws
The strict food laws passed early this
year were in Difference to the Socialists,
who insisted that something must be
done TO put an end 10 the luxurious
parades of hotel and tearoom life, and
to alleviate the privation in the homes
which was in great contrast to the high
living displayed in the hotels and ex-
pcnsive restaurants. AT that time there
were Socialists in the Ministry. and
while they managed to get the laws en-
acted. the legislation was not obeyed.
Now with non-Socialist Government
the laws suddenly are being enforced.
The approaching Prussian and other
elections are believed by many persons
to explain this new Government policy.
The authorities were said to be trying
to gain the favor Of labor by prosecuting
unpopular hotels and restaurants
Meanwhile hotel and restaurant pro-
prietors are confident they will win their
fight in short order. but believe that In
the meantime foreigners will steer clear
of Berlin
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TRUSTED SERVANT
FSCHWABTHELD
Former Employee Accused of
Selling Stolen $4,000
Casket in Berlin.
VAST CONSPIRACY Barred
Millions in Loot From L. S.
Said to Find Market in
German Capital.

Einar Dietrichson, one time trusted
servant in the household of Charles NJ.
Schwab, was locked up at Police Head
quarters last night on a charge of
stealing a gold casket worth $4,000
from the Schwab mansion at Riverside
Drive and Seventy third street The
arrest came about through the dis
covery of the casket in Berlin, where
it is alleged to have been taken for
sale. A second prhoner, George Will
Jams, seaman on the steamship Mon
golia, was locked up also, the police
claiming he took the box across the
Atlantic 10 dispose of 1t.
The capture of the men followed re-
ports from Germany that the proceeds
of many big burglaries in the United
States were being sold abroad, par
| ticularly in Germany. IL was reported
| that the Schwab casket, the gift of
the city of Baltimore, had been pur-
chased from an American seaman by
a resident of Berlin. Millions of dol
lars worth Of loot had found the same
market, it was understood.
Dispatches from Berlin said that the
particular gold oasket sold in Berlin bore
the initials &C. NJ. s." Immediately the
police notified Mr.. Schwab. A search
of his home revealed the loss of the box
Detectives Brierton and Regan were as
signed to solve the mystery of its dis
appearance.
Brierton said last night that informa
tion received at headquarters fastened
suspicion on Dietrichson. His move
ments were traced from the middle of
last December the time he quit the em-
ploy of Mr.. Schwab. II was found 1e
spent the summer as steward on the
yacht of Joseph L. Widener. He had
been employed at various times by the
Bliss family of Brooklyn and by William
X. Vanderbilt. il was said. When the
Mongolia aboard which they knew Will
Jams was employed. arrived Friday
Brierton decided to push the case to n
finish.
Last night Dietrichson was arrested
at 81 Third place. Brooklyn. where ne
and williams had rented room. The
seaman was taken soon afterward.
According 10 ueteCuNeS DieuiShSoh
was second man in the Schwab house
hold and as part of his duties saw that
the plate and other valuables were
locked up each night in a big safe One
night early last December. they said. he
removed the casket from the safe, hid 1t
for few days and then left the house
for good. taking it with him. They said
the casket was sold i'm Berlin for 15.OoO
marks but that the rate of exchange cut
down the profits. and that Dietrichson.
who took all the risk got only $40.
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HOLLAND AT OUTS
WITH JUCO-SLAVIA
Diplomatic Relations off and
Enjoys Recalled.

Tue HAGUE, Dec 13.-Diplomatic re-
lations between Holland and Jugo-Slavla
have been broken Off II was stated
here to-day.
Holland has recalled her Minister
from Belgrade and has dismissed the
Serbian Charge d'Afraires at The Hague
The action was taken as the result OF
what the Dutch Foreign Office terms "a
long series of insults TO the Dutch Gov
ernment."
The beginning OF the difficulty was
the arrest in the early part Of the war,
without notification to Holland, Of the
Dutch Consul at Belgrade. who was an
Austrian subject. Since then, according
70 the Foreign Office, repeated efforts by
Holland to adjust the difficulties amic-
ably had met with insolent treatment
The break Is only a diplomatic incl
dent, and no other developments are cx-
pected. the Associated Press correspond
ent was told at the Foreign Office to-
day
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CAT IRA VELS OVERSEAS
8 DAY IN SEALED MAILBAG
Kellys Only Food Since Hiding in His Majestys Sack
In Manchester, England, Was Love Letter

A gentleman kitten meowing to the
name of Kelly popped out of mail
bag last Saturday when employees in
the General Post Office, at Thirty
third street and Eighth avenue, began
opening mail brought to the United
States from England by the steamship
Aquitania. The kitten was weak and
pale and emaciated and not inclined to
be sociable, but it managed to stagger
across the room to radiator, where it
stood shimmying and shivering and
chewing listlessly on a piece of paper
it had brought out of the bag with 1t.
After the employees had taken
vote and decided there was not enough
home brew on earth to produce a
spectacle like the kitten Kelly an in
vestigation was begun, which pro-
ceeded in accord with the best tradi-
tions of governmental inquiries. 1t
was founc- at rengtf- that the bag
from which the kitten had popped was
from Manchester, England. in which
city it had been sealed on December 3.
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and that 1t had not been opened until
it reached the New York Post Office.
Therefore. the kitten had been in the
mail bag without fod or water for
eight days, and was, presumably,
eight-ninths dead.
A bottle of milk was purchased and
given to the kitten, after which it be-
came sociable enough for the en-
ployees to discover that it's name was
Kelly. 1t is now at home in the fire.
room of the post office, and has
switched from fluid to solid nourish-
ment and is becoming fat. The post
office employees discovered that the
piece of paper 1t had been chewing
when taken from the bag was a frag-
ment of a letter, and from other frag-
ments found 1t seemed to be a love
letter. The scientists among the en-
ployees believe that the kittens luck
in picking out this sort of a missive
saved its life. as it is a we'll known
scientific fact that love letters contain
more calories than all the beefsteak
and milk in the world.
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GUATEMALAN MINISTER
IS ASKED TO EXPLAIN
State Department Suggests
Violation of Diplomatic Rule.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13--The State
Department formally requested OF Or.
Julio BIanchi. Guatemalan Minister TO
the United States to-day an explana-
tion Of his action last week In calling
OF Senator Moses OF New Hampshire to
discuss the latter's resolution requesting
information of the Department concern
Ing the alleged detention OF former
President Cabrera by the present Gov
eminent authorities in Guatemala
The incident was said to be without
precedent and In violation OF diplomatic
usages and International courtesy
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THE BEST IN ITS HISTORY.
Biggest Rife Will Fire
16 Inch Shell 22 Miles

WATERTOWN, Mass, Dec. 13.
"A sixteen inch disap-
pearing rife for coast defence,
said to be the largest piece of
ordnance built in this country,
was tested at the Government
Arsenal here to-day. The trials
included retraction, traversing
and tripping and were said to
have been entirely successful.
The gun ultimately will form
part Of the primary defences Of
Long Island Sound at Fort
Niche, off New London, Conn.
The rifle is sixty-nine feet
long and has an estimated range
of twenty-five miles. 1t has a
special operating mechanism by
which it can be fired once
minute. After each shot the re-
coil causes it to sink back on its
carriages out Of sight in position
for reloading.
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LAFAYETTE PROTECTS FLIES.
At Lenst Freshmen Must Keep siy
Alive for "a week.

Special Dcspotch to THE NEW YonR Ilrsur.
EAsroN, Pa, Dec. 13.--Keeping six
flies alive for "A week IS ono OF the foats
which number Of fraternity pledged
freshmen of Lafayette College must ac-
complish. The Informal initiation Of
many Of the fraterntics began to-day,
and Will continue until tho formal initia-
ton the latter part OF the week.
Some OF tho other stunts arc patrolling
the fraternity house roof and calling the
hour wearing Buster Brown collars and
flowing green ties. entering all doorwsys
backward. praying when inside the on
trance and saluting sophomores and up
per ella assmen.
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Engagement Present of
$4,000 Given to Charity

I ,ONDON, Dec. 13. - Miss
Eleanor May Guggenheim,
daughter of Solomon r. Gug-
genheim, who is to be married
Thursday in st. Margaret's
Westminster, to Viscount Stuart,
son and heir of the sixth Earl
of Castlestewart, has divided the
$4,000 engagement present
given her by the Viscount
among various American chari-
ties, the King Edward Hospital
fund in London and the Tyrone
County Hospital.
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BRITAIN DRAFTS REPLY
TO u. S. ON OIL FIELDS
VIII Be Forwarded Probably
in FeW Days.

LONDON, Dec. 13.-The British Gov
ernmcnt is drafting a reply to the most
recent note Of the American Government
concerning the exploitation OF the Meso-
potamian oil fields. I'm which the United
states sets forth its right 20 be con-
suited. This reply. after submission TO
tho Cabinet. will be forwarded to the
American state Department probably
within a few days.
Pending the Cabinets approval. no
hint Is given concerning the nature OF the
reply
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WOMAN ELECTED IN MAINE.
wins Council seat M Democrat n
First suffrage Vote.

AUGUSTA, Nc, Dec. 13.--women. vot-
ing for the first time In municipal
election here, to-day assisted In electing
one Of their number. Inez Mason (Dcm.) g.
to the city Council.
Sanford l.. Fogg CRep) was elected
Mayor by a majority Of 492 votes over
DR. Lewis l.. Mann (Dem.).
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ADMITS KILLING SHERIFF.

HANNIBAL. Mo. Dec. 1J.--bee Ellison.
negro wanted In MadisonvIlle. KY.
for killing a Sheriff who attempted to
arrest him November Q. Ia under arrest
here and has admitted his crime, accord
ing to A. &c. Turner. the police officer
who captuted him.
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yesterday may be tabulated as follows

The volume yesterday was nearly
100000 shares and the market contin-
ued to decline right to the final moment
of trading.
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Observation-Disclosures Farm Sausage.

Be insistent when the dealer suggests some
thing else. No other sausage has that won
drous flavor. Decrfoot means highest quail
ity-Adr.
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Xmas Cards. .distinctive.in great variety. Cal
endars by the Worlds best painters. Corlies.
Macy Co. =. t5th st.-20 John St.-Adv.
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sinn rcin Attacks Numerous.

Sir Hamar also made known for the
first time that the Dnlons Cross attlck
was not the only one against the Crowns
forces IN Cork last Saturday night. Tie
asserted that there were several other
attacks in various other quarters ~ the
city fortunately without casualtics'
He gave further details Of the hrc and
said that when the fremcn were called
out they were sent TO the scene of the
fire under military escort" lie said
,hat the police and the military rendered
am possible assistance that while there
was certain amount Of looting the
police made q charge between . and 3
A. NJ. dispensing crowd Of about e.
hundred lootcrs and arrcstinE several OF
them.
Then followed two statements FOR
which Sir Hamar was severely criticised
IN tho lobhics OF tho House afterWard jim
fact. criticism OF him was so widespread
that Il lent color TO report that tho
Premier would remove him from tho
--
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SINN FEIN LEADER
REVIEWS FERVENT
PLEA FOR TRUCE
Father O'Flanagan Replies
to Lloyd George Asking
Him to Join Move.
HOPE Is NOT GIVEN UP
House Of Lords Holds Up
Home Rule Bill: Arson
Stirs Parliament.
MORE TROOPS MOBILIZED
Sir Hamar Greenwood ATOuScS
Anger by His Speech on
Burning of Cork.
Communication by Phone
With Dublin Is Cut Off

T ONDON, Dec. 14.-The Daily
Mail says prominently in its
second edition this morning that
telephone communication be-
tween England and Dublin
ceased early this morning. The
London officials said they were
unable to communicate beyond
Belfast. The Belfast post Office
reported that it was unable to
get in connection with Dublin
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Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1920, bv THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
London. Dec. 13.
The whole Irish situation has been
momentarily paralyzed BY the in
cendiarism in Cork. The House of
Lords alone manifested activity to-
day when Lord Birkenhead. Lord
Chancellor, representing the Govern
ment. consented to some of the amend
ments by the lords, which will neces-
sarily delay the Irish home rule bill.
probably beyond the Christmas recess.
on the other amendments the Govern
ment was again beaten.
The time between now and then is
sorely needed by the Government. for,
first. to clear it's own hands before en-
tering into negotiations with the Irish
leaders: and. second. to try to get
those negotiations going That all
hope from these negotiations has not
yet been abandoned was indicated
when the Rev. Michael OFlanagan,
acting president of the Sim Fein. sent
a second telegram to Premier Lloyd
George, in which he appeals to the
Premier to join him in seeking a truce
Immediately and then to facilitate con-
ferences between Father OFlanagan,
Eamonn de Valera and Arthur Griffith.
Father O'Flanagan sent this des-
patch TO Mr.. Lloyd George following
the receipt by the acting head of the
Sim Fein Of a letter from the Premier
in which the latter said he was willing
TO offer facilities for a thorough dis
cussion Of the whole situation.
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Five Others Arraigncd.

Five other persons named as de-
PENDANTS in indictments growing out
of evidence gathered by the Lockwood
committee were also arraigned in the
Criminal Term of the Supreme Court
and in General Sessions. They were
Edward ]. Kelly, president of William
]. Bradley & Son, Inc, who is named
as a co-defendant with Hettrck in the
charges of alleged violation Of the
antitrust laws, and Peter Stadtmuller,
Joseph Moran. William l.. Doran and
William II. Chapman. officers OF labor
unions and acquaintances Of Robert
p. Brindell. "czar" of the building
trades situation.
The indictments against the last four
mentioned contain charges of coercion
and extortion. Stadtmuller and Moran
are alleged in one indictment to have
approached Max Aflninson. a house.
wrecking contractor. and to have told
him they would interfere with his work
in demolshing buildings at 90. 9S and
100 Maiden lane unless he paid them
81 900. and took Walter Melton. another
contractor. into partnership. As both OF
these men had been indicted previously
and as Stadtmuler was already under a
bail bond OF 100000. and Moran under
"A bond OF $4,000. Judge Joseph +. Null
queen. before whom they appeared, re-
quired no further surety for them.
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.HETTRICK BACK;
INDICTED, THELD
IN 100000 BAIL
Lawyer and Five Others
Plead to Charges of Lock
wood PrObers.
FOUR UNION HEADS
Are Accused of EXtOrtiOn in
Connection With Build
ing Ring
NEW SECRET BILLS
Z. j. Kelly, Also in Court, Is
Held as COdefendant With
Hettrick.
NEW SECRET BILL

John T. Hettrick, who suddenly left
this State when the Lockwood legis-
lative committee began to delve into
the affairs of his cut stone contrac-
tors ring" returned to this city yes
terday to plead to an indictment
charging him with violation of the
State antitrust laws.
The indictment of Hettrick is re-
garded by counsel for the Lockwood
committee as the most important step
taken thus far in the criminal pro-
ceedings growing out of the public in
vestigation of the building trades stu
alton. and in affidavits submitted to
the court on his arraignment Samuel
Special Deputy AttorneyG General for
the State of New York, said they in
tend to present further evidence to
the extraordinary Grand Jury for the
purpose of causing additional indict-
ments to be filed against Hettrick
charging felony and misdemeanor.
Hettrick's bail was fixed by Supreme
Court Justice John V. McAvoy at
500, 900 after Samuel Untermyer, chief
counsel to the Lockwood committee,
had scored the defendant in court for
his action in leaving the State, and
charged that Harry A. York, formerly
Hettrick's office manager had left the
State at the same time, and has been
remaining in New Jersey. not far from
Hettrick's summer residence. York,
whom the Lockwood committee has
been unable to call as witness be-
cause of his absence from the State, is
said to be a son of Barney York. one
time Police Commissioner.
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Union Head Arrested.

Doran was visiting the Criminal
Courts Building in another matter when
Detective Edward Rayens OF the Dis
trict Attorneys staff placed him under
arrest He is president Of the Journey
men Plumbers Union. Local No. 40, with
which Chapman also is affiliated. His
home is at Sc Sedgwick avenue. Yon-
kers. Chapman did not appear In court.
but Martin w. Littleton. who appears as
attorney for him. said he would produce
him this morning. Chapman already
Is under $4,000 bail as result OF a
previous Indictment so no further surety
was required of him. Dorans bail was
set at $1,000.
In the course OF the afternoon. the
November Additional Grand Jury. which
Is giving its time exclusively TO the in
vestigation of matters relating to the
building trades situation. returned indict-
ments against four other persons whose
names were not divulged. but who viii
be arraigned to-day
Hereafter. the cases arising from the
building trades investigation. will DC
heard I'm the supreme Court for Mr.
Berger obtained an order from Justice
htsNNOA NtrAflhdN mat 'tfTNH ~ VIM
indictments have been filed in tho Court
Of General Sessions he shifted to the
other court This affects the cases OF
Robert =. Brindell who Is accused OF
extortion and attempted extortion. sew
eral Of his constituents. who arc charged
with similar offences George Backer
who Is charged with perjury and whose
recent trial In General Sessions resulted
in a disagreement Of the jury. and six
teen members OF the Employers Metallic
Furring and Lathing Association. who
have been indicted for alleged destruc-
tion OF records.
The appearance OF IIettrick before
Justice McAvoy caused considerable stir
in the Criminal Courts Building. owing
TO the prominence given to this mans
name during the early stages OF the
Lockwood committees Investigation. and
during the examination Of Mayor Hylan
as witnesses before the committee. lie
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FIORIDA--5 THROUGH TRAINS DAILY.
Atlantic Coast Line ". ". office. i2f6 Broad
way t32nd ST.. Tel. Longacre 5s05--Adv.
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would Mitigate All Anger.


would Mitigate All Anger.
In his second message to the Premier
Father O'Flanagan said:
'In the meantime I ask that you per-
sonally join with me in an appeal to all
parties concerned In this struggle to
allow at this opportune time OF the year
the spirit Of the founder Of our civiliza-
ton to mitigate their anger toward one
another. that the desire for peace may
have root and grow in the hearts of two
nations that ought TO live in
harmony and mutual helpfulness
II has been hinted here for a long time
that the Government would place no real
obstacles in the way OF the return TO
ireland Of Mr.. dc Valera. That hint
however. was connected with another
one to the effect that he had lost his
mower with the Sim Feln and that his
return to Ireland would only tend 10 split
the organization.
Sir Hamar Greenwood. Chief Secretary
for ireland. announced tonight that Gen.
strickland was finishing his Irish inquiry
to-day and that some Of the results Of
his investigation We're available.
While sir Hamar, speaking in tho
House Of Commons tonight, asserted that
.'thcre Is not yet the slightest evidence
that Cork was burned by the forces Of
the Crown" reports from that city are
70 the effect that there is no doubt in
the mind OF the people there that the
burning Of the finest business district IN
the metropolis OF both southern Ireland
and OF the Sim Fein was in the nature
Of reprisal for the anbushing Of
party Of cadets at billions Cross on Sat
urday night.
According 20 the Herald G.abor or
gam. two Members OF the British Labor
delegation now in ireland have telo-
uaphcd to the Parliamentary Labor
parity that they visited Cork and OBJ
tuurd abundant evidence that the forces
VI tine crown started the fires IN that
city
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Continued on Second Page.
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Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
COPYRIGHT, 1920, by THE NEW YORK HERALD.
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HOTELS IN BERLIN
GO ON FOOD STRIKE
Action Taken in Protest
Against Laws Regulating
Character Of Meals.
RESTAURANTS ALSO JOIN
Breakfast viii Consist Of
Black Bread, Marmalade
and Coffee.
BY RAYMOND SWING.

Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright. 1920. by TIE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Dac
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WEATHER FORECAST.

Rain to-day; TOMORROW partly cloudy and
colder; strong southeast to south winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, 4s; lowest, 3s.
Detailed weather reports viii page.