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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
Frankfort Riots Recall PLIGHT
vi Americans Trapped by War
thousands of Tourists, Forced to Remain in Ctv
"hen Hostllities Started, Found 1t Difficult to
OBTAIN Lodgings, But Germans Were Courteous

The occupation Of Frankfort bv
French troops and the scenes Of riot
and bloodshed in that city, as reported,
VIII be read with more than ordinary
interest by many citizens of this coun-
try who were in Frankfort in the early
days of the great war, when the rail
roads were taken over by the German
imperial government at short notice.
Thousands of Americans were in the
various summer resorts and cure
places near Frankfort at that time,
and they crowded the last trains
leaving those places. Schwalbach.
Wiesbaden, Baden Baden, the various
resorts IN the Black Forest and
the ''Luftbad" places along the
Rhine all had their usual quota of
Americans. Many guests fastened to
settle their bills and scrambled for
places on the trains going toward
frankfort. But the greater number
came from the more distant resorts of
bohemia. Carlsbad, Marienbad and
Franzensbad had their usual American
population. Some Of these elected to
escape tc Paris, but the great majority
asked for transportation to Nuremberg
or Frankfort. "The fight will be be-
tween Serbia and Austria" many
Americans said, "and we will be safe
in Germany" And so it happened that
when the mobilization notices were
posted in Frankfort on August /, 1914,
thousand OF Americans were there,
nearly all with letters of credit on
England, and few with ready cash.
Consulate Swamped
The Office of Heaton w. Harris
United States Consul General. one
flight up over store in Schiller Street
was sought by men and women, most
Of whom wanted passports and many
others official assistance in their search
for relatives and friends who had not
yet arrived. All letters must be writ
ten in German and mailed unsealed ;
'slegrams must be In German and CEN
sored; no language except German may
be used on the telephone: every Ameri-
can must register at police headquar-
ters; no person may leave the city
without permit-were some of the
rules laid down ty TIE commander OF
the 18th Army Corps, who was at that
time the supreme authority.
The consul general, with no assist
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
Signs of Revolt
Are Difficult to
Find i'm Ireland
Survey of Conditions Re-
veals Far Less Talk of Re
bellion in Emerald Isle
Than There Is i'm England
Self-Determintion Sought
When Hot-Heads Grow In
ruly Sim Fem Leaders
Warn Police, Stage Raids
By Frank Getty

From The Tribuns's European Bureau
DUBLIN, April 1-How are things
over in Ireland! Pretty bad, sup
pose?"
1t is the inevitable and reasonable
question.
Yet the personal observations Of q
casual visitor whose mind was not
filled with the difficulties of the "Irish
problem" and who did not read the
English newspapers would incline him
to answer In the negative.
1t is ono Of the phenomena # etvili-
cation that life in a country such As
Ireland continues from day to day IN
state scarcely distinguishable fram
normal, though the mind Of the people
be torn with bitter hatred. In prehis-
toric days, perhaps, the citizens Of Erin
would be banging one another over the
head with stout clubs; to-day the veneer
Of civilization is spread over every
day life In Ireland just as 1t is in every
other country Of the world. The men Of
Ulster sit down to their salt or stand
up to their liquor with the men of Cork.
and even the much abused English en-
ter into social and business relations
in way that no sensational newspaper
headline would ever permit.
A correspondent recently returned
from Soviet Russia recorded his
amazement that people came and went
much as IN the old days; that theaters
We're open and horses were raced and
children laughed, much as though moth
ing were amiss. The same thing is
true in Ireland, where. perhaps even
more than in Russia there is disaffec
ton and smoldering hatred and Sit
uatlon closely aakin to martial law.
Drive an Englishman? No.
1t ls because the Irish are what thew
are-warm-hearted, generous to fault.
happy go-lucky, sympathetic, as lovable
a people as ever graced a lovely green
lsland-that it is so difficult for any
one inside Ireland to appreciate the Sc
rlousness Of the situation, cannot be-
ileve that my neighbors, who, as | sit
here writing, are drinking and LAUGHING
and talking about racehorses in that
meliifiuous but impossible Gaelic
tongue are cutthroats and brigands
who would murder men In the park. Yet
they are four prominent Sim Feiners.
cannot believe that the jarvey who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11

ant except his deputy. Ernest l.. Ives,
who had taken over the work for Eng
lana, messenger and an aged factotum,
VINO mad seen many years of service in
the consulate, was swamped with work,
and number Of American men and
women volunteered for service there
and were promptly taken On the third
day after Germany had entered into
the war the banks refused to honor
letters OF credit on England, and people
who had not supplied themselves with
ready funds besieged the consulate
for advice On August Mr.. Harris
gone to his assistance the following
ADVISORY board: Ira Vaughn, Phila-
delphia; Valentine P. Snyder, New
York; Fred Nogel jr., Milwaukee,; Sgd
ney II. March, New York; Henry A
Holder, Lynn, Mass; T. W. Strong.
Cincinnati; |. Z. Emerson. Baltimore:
\. c. Schlemmer, Waco, Tex, and Isidor
Levi, New York.
Committee Under Suspicion
The police Of Frankfort and the
special army police, with the aid of
men and women in all walks of life,
watched the foreign population un-
ceasingly, and lurid stories of spies
and treachery were served with every
meal. The vigilant ones went SO far
as to report as meeting Of Russians"
the initial meeting Of the American
committee, with the result that when
the committee was in session two DAYS
later the secretary was called before a
group including the president of the
MOTEL company and detectives and was
lnterrogated relative to the meeting.
When, however, the information was
impaired that the American Consul
General had presided, and when the
manager of the hotel, Mr.. Gottlob. had
assured his visitors that the man whom
they were questioning was member of
the editorial staff of The New York
Tribune, the war on the committee
came to q sudden end.
The military measures were drastic.
but the people of Frankfort were uni
iormly courteous toward the Ameri-
cans, some Of them visiting the COM
mlttee and volunteering to advance
money on letters of credit, while others
placed schools and lofts and other
places at the disposal of the COMMITTEES
for the use of stranded Americans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11

the Germans were sufficiently punished.
personally have good reason TO haze
Germany, but ! hope never again n
my lifetime to see people VINO are
50 completely Inundated and broken
as those l saw OF ny travels III that
country. The Germans want wors.
They have no use Cor Bolshevism. bit
hunger breeds Bolshevissa and tine
Germans are certainly hungry.
Germany in good condition would be
powerful bulwark against Bolshev-
ism. England and America should serd
raw materials and food 70 that country
as rapidly as possible. just as tney
would send sanitary corps Il . pest
lence were sweeping westward Yoa
cannot argue with starving men"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11
OF rounds Of perfectly good ammunition
arc wasted in single evening.
Warn Police of Attack

Here is the story Of typical attack
IN the more southern and less ruly
districts Of Ireland. local Sim Fem or
gan,zers are often at loss as to how
to keep their men quiet, and at the same
time happy. They may take hockey
sticks and iron rations and go out two
or three nights a week and drill by
moonlight, but this begins to pail after
while, and many of the men, usually
get out of hand. So an attack upon the
local police barracks is arranged for a
certain night. The men are supplied
with arms and limited quantity of am
munltion, often with blank cartridges.
Everything is kept secret. only the po-
lice who are to be attacked being no
titled. In the outlying districts the bar
racks are usually manned by sergeant
and two or three men. They are in
formed as to what will be the DISPOSE
ton of the attacking force, so many
men behind a hastily constructed barrier
on the west road, so many in the corn
field. The attack starts after dark and
often lasts until daybreak Seldom does
fortune to stop a stray bullet.
This is not exaggeration. There have
been four such raids graphically re-
ported in the press recently; in each
instance "the police succeeded in beat
ing off the attackers. There were for
tunately no casualties among the
police" Does any one believe that two
or three hundred really desperate men
could not storm successfully a build
ing defended by only three? The OBJ
1ect has been obtained; there has been
plenty Of shooting, plenty of letting
off seam, and-no dead Sin Feiners.
Self-Determination Demanded
Another incident may serve to show
that all is not rebellion that rumbles
IN Ireland. l was talking with one of
the most ardent, and, at the same time,
most intelligent Chm Fem leaders Of
my acquaintance. 1t suddenly occurred
to me to ask him outright:
Does Ireland really want republic p"
ireland" he replied, wants the
right to determine for herself whether
or not she shall h>ve republic"
"But that is e the nature of q
bubble. Do you personally want Ire
land to become q republic?"
81 want to see this country given the
chance to A~y whether or not it wants
independence
And this WAS the nearest man whom
had always regarded as one of the
bitterest Of republicans would come to
committing himself on the subject.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-11

w., .A3AiD. April e.-An imposing ten
., asmon>tration will be held here
II. 'aodsy in protest against profiteer-
landlords. Posters calling for a
xa,,. mass meeting sare displayed or
altas soau1 the ci.y to-day, and
pal disorders are no: expected,
uaas sutnoritics have taken prscau-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-25

hearings upon which it is predicted were
inadequate with no opportunity for
presentation by citizens of the United
States Of evidence necessary to be con.
sidered If their interests are TO be safe
guarded. Further, the proposed treaty
does not take into consideration the
necessity of retaining through markets
control Of the sea fisheries, TO insure
that this valuable food supply SHALL be
produced BY American citizens operat
ing American vessels, secure in excu-
sive enjoyment of natural rights, here
tofore conserved TO such citizens by
law
1T should not be forgotten Senator
Jones continued. that the proposed
treaty would open ports Of the Great
Lakes and the gulf to foreign oper-
ations, and, as well, the ports of Cali
fornia. II these ports are opened by
treaty to subjects Of his British males
~, are they to be denied, if demanded,
to citizens of Japan ON the Pacific
coast? II was with the greatest diff
Guilty that the Japanese were elimi-
mated finally from the deep sea fisher
les of Alaska, and At the present time
there are protests against the japanese
operations from Californian ports, not
withstsnding operations may be justi-
fed by reason Of the order Of the sec
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-25
PROPOSED NEW
FISHERIES TREATY
Chairman Jones Of the Senate Mer
chant Marine Committee Sees
Grave Menace to American
Shipping in 1t.

Washington, d. c. June rs. Should
the proposed fisheries treaty between
the United States and Great Britain be
ratified 1T beyond peradventure that
within FIVE years thereafter neither up
on the north Atlantic, nor Pacific will
there be vessel in the sea fisheries un-
der the American flag" Chairman Jones
of the Senate merchant marine com
mittee declared in a letter 10 Secretary
Colby, made public to-day by the sen
ator.
The letter was in reply 10 one from
Mr. Colby regarding a proposed treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain which would grant the Cana
dian fishing vessels preferential priv
ileges in potts Of the United States
with freedom from port duties or
charges now exclusive prerogatiyes Of
vessels Of the United States.
'In exchange for these valuable priv
ileges which II is proposed to secure to
subjects Of his majesty for a period Of
al least IL years, said Senator Jones,
Fishing vessels Of the United States
are presumably To be granted like
privileges in the ports Of the Dominion
Of Canada, privileges which in part are
now available as a right under the
treaty. Of 1878. In addition. United
States ve~sels are TO be accorded the
very questionable benefit resultant
from being permitted to sell in Canadi-
an markets, free from the payment OF
duties, their fares so landed
we would seriously oppose such
treaty as a proposal for exchange Of
port privileges, deeming II inimical to
the interests Of the United States. The
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-25
EASING MENTAL STRAIN
Of Students By Removing Bogy of FL
nal Examinations.


Cambridge, Mass, June 25.-The fac.
ulties of Harvard university and Mas.
sachusetts institute of technology
have taken action to dispel or to allay
the undergraduate bogy OF final exami-
nations.
The tests which the students Of the
institute have undergone this month
may be the last of the kind at tech. .
A committee of faculty members, alum
nj and undergraduates have been APP
pointed to investigate methods Of test
ing the college mans knowledge and
proficiency in studies, other than by
the customary examination. This step
followed unsuccessful attempts to have
the students accept the honor system.
AT Harvard there has been no con-
sideration Of the proposal to do away
with examinations but there has been
action 20 ease the mental strain which
they put on the students. The soothing
charms attributed TO music, and its
powers to stimulate sluggish minds to
active thought, have been called upon
as first aid to undergraduates beset
with troublesome tests.
Under the direction of Professor A.
T. DAWSON, university choirmaster,
musical recitals of 10 minutes each
have been given daily in Appleton
chapel during the examination sea-
SON They have been held in the morn
ing. Just before the first Of the days
examinations was to begin. The pro-
grams consisted of light classical selec.
tions, and. proved popular alike among
men who had sat up all night with
their books and hollow eyed and nerv-
Gus, sought rest and calm; and among
Others who, after a night Of sleep,
sought from the music a mental slim
illus for the tests which lay ahead
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-25
AMERICAN O4RSMEN
OUT FOR PRACTICE
Union Boat Club of Boston Is Expected
to Be Tough Contender in Roy
al Henley Regatta.

Henley, England, June 25.--Ameri-
can oarsmen entered in the royal Hen
ley regatta, which will be rowed June
30 and July |, were out to-day ia
miliarizing themselves with the course.
They have been doing good work since
their arrival, the Union Boat club Of
Boston, defenders of the grand chal-
lenge cup, showing marked improve
ment 1t rowed the full course last eve
ming in seven minutes and 81 seconds,
which was "a seconds faster than the
time on Tuesday. In the opinion of ex-
perts this crew will hardly reach the
standard of the Harvard 1914 crew,
but will nevertheless be a hard com.
petitor to beat.
The Stewards cup, fore cared crew, is
rowing Whitman, stroke; Pew, No. 2;
Under, No. 3, and Fisher, bow, in its
new boat which has just arrived from
Oxford.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-25
BOMBS HURLED
INTO HOUSE
Containing Five Workers
Who Had Refused
to Strike
ONE SIDE OF HOUSE
WAS BLOWN OUT
The Nine Occupants Had
Narrow Escapes from
Death

Waterbury, Conn, June 25.--Five
workers who had persistently refused
to join the local strike. and a woman
and three small children narrowly es.
capped death at $3.50 o'clock this morn
ing when a bomb was hurled through
the window OF one of the sleeping
rooms in the dwelling at 23H Railroad
Hill street, blowing out all the win.
dows in the house and demolishing one
side OF the structure
This was the third bomb explosion
during the labor troubles. and the eff
fects were more startling than those
which preceded it. No physical harm
was done to anyone
The missile was hurled through a
rear cellar window of the house in
which live Albino Bibas, his wife and
l3-month-old daughter and four fellow
Portuguese as boarders. All five men
have refused to stop work in the Bene.
diet and Burnham branch of the Ameri-
can Brass Co. and while, according to
Bibas, they knew they had the i'll win
of acquaintance who are strikers, they
had not been directly threatened
The bomb exploded with terrific force
and noise. 1t rocked houses in the
neighborhood. Its force tore out the
side of the two and half store wooden
structure, ripped up the floors, blew out
the window and demolished corner
of the roof
Over the cellar window was the
chamber of Bibas, and on the second
floor the four boarders were asleep.
Although everything in the room was
turned topsy-turvy and the sleepers
were almost thrown to the floor, not
one had bruise. All the men returned
to work at the usual hour.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-25
HOME RUNS
/. IN UNCUT GRASS
Were Plentiful in Montpel-
Ter and Barre K. OF
C. Contest
MONTPELIER WON
! BY 7 TO 4 SCORE
There We're Some Errors
Due to Lack Of Practice,
but Game Was Good

Timely hits, errors and unexpected
complications, due to the uncut grass,
gave the Montpelier Knights of Colum-
bus ball team IA win over their
Barre X. OF c. rivals yesterday after
noon on the Lincoln campus. The lack
of practice of the local team was de-
cisive factor in the contest, several
easy plays being bungled on this ac-
count. Weafer's catch of McAvoy's
liner was the predominating feature of
the game.
The first Ave innings were nip and
tuck with Barre slightly in the lead,
j. McCarty, first up in the first inning
took his base upon being hit, and stole
second. Dobbs chose to play Meagher's
grounder to Hsmel, to catch mccarthy,
but Hamel dropped the ball, and they
were safe all around. Meagher stole
second on the next ball pitched. To-
mast pushed a grounder to Dobbs, who
threw wild in an attempt to catch Me
Carly at the plate, and allowed Meagh-
err to score also, Tomasi going to sec
ond on the throw Weafer flied to left
field, Tomasi died stealing, and McMann
whitfield This ended the scoring on
Barre's part until the ninth, when To
mast singled and Weafer brought him
home by dumping the ball into the
long grass in short center field and
making home before it was found.
Montpelier counted for the first time
in the third, when c. McCarty made a
poor recovery of Hamel's grounder and
threw wide to first Hamel stole second
and scored on Tomasi's wild pitch,
They gained the lead in the sixth
without hit, when two wild throws,
an error and wild pitch presented
them two runs. They were in danger
after that Two singles, double, and
an inopportune error gave them two
more runs in the seventh; and in each
of the last two frames fly lost in the
grass went for a home run. Both pitch.
ers were in excellent form for the
most part and but for poor support in
critical moments would have made the |
affair real battle.
The box score:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-25

Frank w. Agan was born in Plym.
outh, VT, Dec. 10th, 1860, the son OF
John and Amanda Henry Agan. lie left
Plymouth with his folks when he was
two years old and went to school in
Ludlow.
He graduated from Black River acad.
envy and went to work in the wooden
mills of Ludlow, in one of the plants
which he now owns, and learned the
business, being advanced to an over
seer's position and becoming a chem
istry and dyeing expert.
While in the dyeing department he
invented cleanser for wool that was
widely and successfully used. Later in
life, he secured basic patents on an
adding machine and combination vac
uum cleaner and sweeper, which he
later disposed of.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-25
DROWNED WHILE BATHING.
Cyril Dawson of Sheldon Was Prob
ably Taken with Cramps.

Sheldon, June 25-Cyril, the l6.year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. L. Daw-
son, was drowned Wednesday in the
Missisquoi river near the Riverside
camp ground. 1t is supposed he was
taken with cramps while in bathing
with several companions. They made
every attempt to save his life but the
swift current at that point in the riv-
er hampered his would-be rescuers. It
was not until after several hours
search that the body was recovered
some distance down the stream and
taken to the undertaking rooms of J. |.
Gibson. at Enosburg Falls, and later
to his home here. The young man was
attending a picnic given for the Sun
day school of the Methodist Episcopal
church of this place.
He is survived by his parents and
one brother. The funeral will be held
Saturday afternoon at 80 o'clock at
the Methodist Episcopal church Rev.
W. c. Arnold of Swanton will officiate
nterment will be in Sheldon Gene
terry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-25
WOMEN STARS ON COURTS
Showed Rare Form in National Clay
Court Tennis Tournament.

Detroit, June 25.-Semi- final matches
in the singles of the women's national
clay court tennis tournament, inter.
rupted by rain yesterday, were re-
sumed to-day.
Although doubles and mixed doubles
were also on the card, chief interest
eentering on the singles owing to the
rare form displayed by the contenders
for the finals. To-day's matches were
holly contested and players repeatedly
drew applause, by apparently impossi-
BILE recoveries When play was discon-
tinued, Miss Corrine Gould of St Louis,
the titleholder, and Miss Marion Kinder
stein of Boston, had one set to their
credit in their matches with Mrs. Bal
lin of New York and Miss Tenant of
Los Angeles, respectively.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-25
Frank w. Agan, His Politics.

He came into the present campaign
at the suggestion of his fellow. towns
men in Ludlow, 400 of whom organized
an Agan club, under the auspices OF
which his entire campaign is being
directed.
Mr.. Agan has no paid campaign man
ager, no publicity director, no paid
workers in any part of the state. His
campaign expenses are being handled
BY the local officers Of his club. and
the books are open for inspection at
any time.
His platform is the shortest on record
and his campaign slogan is expressed in
the following words
"For the present, intend to advo-
cate the return of their personal rights
to all the people Of Vermont. I believe
they are capable of elf-gOvernment"
Confronted by a demand for the es.
tablishment Of slush fund and a paid
organization of hired helpers, Mr. Agan
said recently;
mot one paid worker, solicitor or
canvssser will be employed by me in
any county of the state. ] was sur
prised TO learn that some of my com
petitors already have made such ar
which are clearly in viola
ton of the law of the state"
Frank W. Agan is conducting
clean-clft. open and above board cam
paign and we believe in his platform
and his methods.
THE AGAIN CLUB or LUDLOW.
Allen ID. Ball, Secretary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-25
IRISH RAILROAD
DEADLOCK SPREADING
Railway Men Refuse TO Operate Trains
Carrying Munitions, Troops
or Police.

London, June 25.-Reports to the
Irish Office yesterday say that the
Irish railway deadlock owing to the
refusal of railway men TO operate the
trains with munitions, troops or po-
lice, is spreading
No trains are leaving Limerick, ac-
cording to the reports.
A driver declined to operate his
train when police boarded it at Ath-
eney, leaving the train on the main
line. This block with the one at
Cloughiordan isolates large section
of southwest Ireland