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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-16
LEAGUE Of NATIONS FORMED;
ABSENCE Of UNITED STATES
REGRETTED BY ALL DELEGATES
Leon Bourgeois, Elected Chair
man, Says it Will Create
a New World.
PROTEST FROM IRISH.
Object TO the Exclusion of the
Delegate Chosen to Repre-
sent Them.

PARIS, Jan. 16.-Representatives OF
France, Great Britain, Italy, Greece,
Belgium, Spain, Japan and Brazil,
members of the Council OF the
League Of Nations, met in the "clock
room" OF the French Foreign ONCE
ct 10 o'clock this morning for the
nrst meeting in the history Of the
league. The United States was not
represented.
Besides n. Bourgeois the members
were Earl Curzon. for Great Britain;
Premier Venizelos, for Greece; Carlo
Ferrars, for italy; Paul II. Mans, for
Belgium; Baron Matsui, for Japan: /:
Or. Gastoa De Cunha, for Brazil; !;
Count Quinones DE Leon, for Spain.
The Council organized at 1890
o'clock by electlng Leon Bourgeois,
President OF the French Senate, as
chairman and confirming the choice
of Sir Eric DrIlmmond Of Great Brit
ain as General Secretary.
The first official act of the League
Council was tho appointment Of a
commission to trace upon the spot
the frontiers Of the territory Of the
Sarre Basin.
The first formal protest to
make its appearance came from
'the envoys of the elected Gov
ernment Of the Irish Republic"
against 'the unreal, English
simulaere of an international
league Of peace"
No mention of the protest was made
made during the meeting of the Coun-
Gil, but copies were handed to the
newspaper correspondents after they
left the Foreign Office. The docu-
ment was signed "Qualllaigh Duffy"
The protest insisted that the League
was illusory and incomplete, lacking
authority and sanction, and declared
that the United states stands out in
indignation and reputation" of it.
The task of presiding at this meet
ing" said Mr.. Bourgeois In his open
ing address, "and inaugurating this
great international institution should
have fallen 20 President Wilson We
respect the reasons which still delay
final decision by our friends in Wash
ington, but express the hope that
their difficulties will soon be over
come and that a representative OF the
rreat American Republic will occupy
+he place awaiting him among US.
The work of the council will then as
sumo definite character and will have
mat particular force which should be
associated with our work"
In closing his address Mr.. Bour-
,oois said solemnIy: with eyes fixed
on the distant future but with our
feet on the solid ground Of political
and social relations we will create a
Uorld in which this league can de-
Velop a spirit of justice and a desire
for peace"
ON behalf OF the British Empire"
Continued on Eighth Page)
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-16
FIRST SUIT FILED
IN POKER TOURNEY
Hyman Karp Wants to Recover
$4,000 From Louis
KrOhnberg.

Hyman Karp. an auctionecr, whose
office until month ago was Al I1th
Street and Broadway. has commenced
a suit in the Supreme Court to recover
poker losses from Louis Krohnberg Of
the Bljou Waist Company. Of No. 3O2
Fifth Avenue
of Knrps attorneys. said that Tho
amount involved would bo in excess u,
S25. 900. This Mr. Lesser explained
represented losses in the past thrC,
months only the law. he said not per
mittiEE the collection Of ganhinl. debit
after the lapse NJ three months
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-16
$1OO, 900 VERDICT
FOR FALSE ARREST
Broker, Identified as Christmas
Keogh, Wins Big Damage
Suit.

A jury in the Supreme Court to-day
returned a verdict OF 100000 In favor
Of A T.. MacCaulcy, mining broker
OF Toronto, who sued Theodore l.,
starr, I'ifth Avenue diamond merchant.
Tor S5OO.OOO for alleged malicious prose
cutiOn.
MacCaulcy alleged that he has been
are stcd aud eIurniliIru' as thIs
mas" Keogh, who was charged will
having passed forged ChDCl S on thr
din mOnd firm The bruk,r declared h,
had spent $4,000 in proving the mis-
-n knm idnmlIty
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-16
MANY DEMOCRATS ANGRY OVER
THE BARNES SPEECH.

Many other Democrats were peeved
by the utterance. They Indignantly
demanded to know If Mr.. Hoover col
laborated with Mr.. Barnes in prepar-
ing that speech and were somewhat
reassured to find out that he did not
and that his first knowledge came
when the newspaper men told him of
the delivery of the address in New
York.
There happened to be Wednesday
night n conference OF ten leading
Democrats, all of them powerful IN
the Democratic party, They were
talking seriously about Hoover for
the Democratic nomination when
along came the Barnes speech To cast
a wet blanket on their talk. They
construed the speech as oontemptuous
disdain for the Democratic party and
sort OF expedient interest IN that
fundamentally only II the Republi.
cans failed to see the merits OF Hoo
yer as candidate.
What Mr.. Barnes said about Mr..
Hoover being a Progressive RGpub-
lican in 1912, however, did not dismay
the Democrats 80 very much as the
manner in which he said II. As a
matter OF fact, the Republicans whom
l have encountered here are squclch-
ing tho Hoover talk with tho off
hand remark that any man who sup
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-16
CONTINUED on Twelfth Page)
Canada Paper shipments to I. 5,
stopped.

OTTAWA, Jan. lG.-Shipmcnts OF
paper from the Fort Francis Pulp and
Paper Company TO American publishers
arc being stopped at thr border, Sir
henry psay. on, Minister OF Finance, an
uouuecd to-day TN" embargo against
the company was put In force hy Robert
\. PfiugIo, Paper Controller, rs a result
T.. its ull,lv! fauuN, 10 supply papers in
western tUulda.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-16
TRAIN is HELD UP
AND BOOZE WORTH
10000 STOLEN
Chicago Bandits Tie Crew, Cut
Phone Wires and Get Away
With Is Barrels.
CHICAGO. Ian. 16.

- TX bandits tied up the yard
y master and seven members
OF n freight train crew in
tho Pennsylvania Railroad yards
to-day broke into two cars and e5-
capped with sevcnty-fiyc barrels Of
liquor valued at 800, 900. Tho
bandits cut the telephone wires
leading from tho building.
The robbers tied the engineer,
fireman, three b5akcmcn and two
swccpers OF the train crew AMI
loaded the whiskcy into four auto
mobiles
A watchman for tho Coca Cola
Company was held up and four
barrels NJ alcohol, valued at
$4,000 were taken.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-16
RIOTERS IN BERLIN
ARE UNDER CONTROL
Ten Thousand Attend a Meeting
To-Day, hut There Is Only
One Clash.

BIRLTN, Jan. l6-Notwithstand -
uE the Governments order prohibit.
nr such gatherings, memorial
mcctius for those killed in the rcvo-
lutionlry outhr,al, last year was hcl,
m thu Communist Hall to-day.
The lsscmbllgc numbered 10000
persons, but there was only one minD.
clash. The security police hayinr
taken efficient measures to prescrv,
order.
TAKE BELL-ANS AFTER MEALS and sc,
~ kns GOOD plGEATION ma. ~ Lei -Aa..
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-16
MANHATTAN BANK HELD Up;
GUNMAN CAUGHT IN BATTLE
AFTER 70 SHOTS ARE FIRE[
Volleys of Shots From Clerks and
Bankers Follow Command to Hold
Hands Up in Busy Broadway
Bui1ding-No Loot Taken.

David Sands secretary and assistant paying teller of the Manhattan
Savings Bank at Broadway and Beker Street the site of the
Manhattan National Bank robbery 1873 looked from counting
cash to-day il5 o'clock wizcned neryosly
wng standing front the brass barred Of the ees
cage.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-16
MUST PAY FIANCE
FOR ENGAGEMENT
RING AFTER JILTING

A JIITTD hance is entitled
~ under the law to the re-
turn OF the engagement
ring ne placed 50 lovingly on the
slender hngor Of his bctrothcd, u
jury in The Paterson, y. j, Dis
trlct Court decided to-day The
verdict was that OF married men,
who had heard the testimony be-
fore a married Judge. The J.!ted
sweetheart, Walter pook, a sales
man OF Little Falls, is $3.50 richer
by their decision.
Peek ana Miss Julia Muller,
also OF Little Falls, Were be-
trothcd a year ago. In ihc sum
mcr The young woman decided to
break the oug,scu,ut ana 4 short
time later was married lO Fred
Anderson, increasing P"'k's ptQuo
Dy selling the u.nE. A. the ring
can not be- returned sa. VAS
ordered ,o repay peck his original
outlay 'or the diamond
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-16

Give me fivc thousand" said the
little man sharply Gimme It quick!
I mean It,"
Sands looked down at the shelf and
saw no check lie looked back at the
man who was pulling revolver from
the side pocket of his ovCrcout. In
a fash Sands remembered he had
seen the same man with two others
walk together to scttee opposite the
window and settle themselves there a
f"w minutes before. In the same
lash the paying teller dropped on his
knees to the floor, catching the re-
volv"r from tho shelf under .ha
counter. Ho fred shot as soon as
he gippcd tho revolver.
Got your guns. boy9!" ho shouted.
'Evcry gel busy! It's a huld-upL"
Bang! sounded tho Iituc mans re-
volver on the other side OF the parti-
ton.
CUSTOMERS FLEE WHEN PISTOL
RATTLE IS BEGUN.
TH"ro had hcen fifteen customers in
tho space along tho windows when
Sands gave the alarm. with the echo
~ the second shot most of them were
ont on Broadway. Two were caught
between the paying teller's window
and tho back Of tho hank and lay flat
and on their stomachs and wriggled
IN tho rear.
Tho n~St two shots, that OF tho teller
and the rOhb"r, hit the c"iling and
brought down dusty shower Of NOR
tar fragments. The robber fred again.
From tho window OF the boud clerk,
at tho end os the corrodor. Harry J.
Malloy hogan shooting. He fred four
shots AZ considerable intervals. waIt-
ing to learn the effect Of each one.
These shots went through tho plate
Elasss window OF the Broadway front
making li,tle holes in the thick glass
and sped across tho street to shatter
windows In the building on the other
side NJ Broadway.
Ralph c. Kicly, Kenneth Haywood
and samuel Schwartz jr., who were all
alert to so into action after many con-
fcrcnccs as 10 what should be done n
robbers were to raid the bank. had all
scizcd rcyolvcrs and were nring out
into tho corridor.
Malloy was the only one who could
eco the rorber He fired four shots
rmplying all his cartridges, and then
lammcd his revolver in trying to re-
load IT,. Seeing this, Constant NJ. Bird,
President OF the bank. slipped from
Muloy's enclosure into the corridor
md worked his way along the floo-
rhcltcred from the barrago OF the
Jerks by the waist-high maIIle
counter.
While the banking room was filled
with the fash OF the revolvers and
the roar OF shots in the confined
space Broadway and Bleecker Street
woro thrown into tumult.
GLASS FROM SHATTERED WIN.
DoWS SHoWEREO IN STREET.
Policeman Hanlcy in charge Of
traftlc on the cur track crossing.
made for the door of the bank as
soon as the popping Of the guns with
u and the flashes through the win
dows started, Before he reached the
entrance there were little spurts OF
powdered and splintered glass from
the outside Of the windows as bullets
came through and tinkles as tho glass
IN the windows OF buildings across
the street was shattered by the spent
missiles,
The policeman stopped short at the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-16
TALK OF HOOVER
AS THE NOMINEE
OF BOTH PARTIES
Endorsement by Democrats if
Republicans Name Him
Is Suggested.
By DGUid Laurence,
Special Correspondent of The Evening
World


WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 Copy
right 192O).-If the Republicans
should nominate Herbert Hoover it
is by no means outside of the range
Of possibility that the Democrats
would indorse him ard bring about
coalition Government for the first
time in American history.
There would be no electoral con-
test, and, being the successful noml-
nee OF both parties, Mr.. Hoover
would naturally be obliged to ignore
party lines and draw upon individ-
uals from both parties in selecting
Cabinet and managing the Govern
ment.
This very interesting suggestion
| came to me from a man in the Dem
ocratic Party who perhaps has as
much power to-day as anybody else
in it in influencing the next Demo-
cratic National Convention at San
| Francisco and was n direct conse-
quence of the speech made in New
York by Julius Barnes, intimate
friend Of the former Food Admins
traitor, saying that Mr.. Hoover was Il
Progressive Republican and that 1t
was his own wish that the Republi-
cans and not the Democrats do the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-16

THE. WORLD rRANEL BUREAU,
ArOAlt, lrulErr 'NurN I4IIiuG. Giski Paw
ROS, y. i Citr Telephone R,.,yruan 1910
th-k rom fog ha.aylgc All Iarsli uprn day aud
night. Nionsy oTdeN And tNreleB' chocAs fo
SAla.-,AdVL
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-16

CALL FOR KAISER
GOES TOMORROW
TO THE DUTCH

Holland viii Be Urged to Joi
Prosecution Of EX-Ruler for
Violating Treaties.
(BV Associated PressJ
PARIS. Jan. 1G.
THE Supreme Council has
drafted n note to the Dutch
Government. asking for the
extradition Of the former German
Emperor. 1t will probably be sent
tomorrow.
The note refers TO Article 227
of the Treaty of Versailles and
Invites Holland to join the Allied
Powers in the accomplishment of
this act.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-10
SPECIAL Off CER JAKE
WILLIAMS ca rms HIS
SALARY IN One NJ Gil 7

Jake Williams special officer for
The Ardmore Merchants Association.
prevented possible flood Thursday
night which had il been permitted To
gain headway, would have caused
considerable damage.
While making his rounds, Mr.. Will
liams noted that some water wa.
dripping through the ceiling into the
rear Of the storerooms Of ]. F. Buch-
anan and Dr. r.. G. Harlow, on West
Main street He phoned DR.. Harlow,
who Immediately came to the etcye'
ana after investigation. found that
a faucet had been permitted to re-
main open on the floor above while
the pressure had been cut off the
city mains, and when the water had
been put under pressure, 1t began
TO flow freely, and soon overflowed.
The water was turned off before any
damage had len done,
The merchants who employ Mr..
Williams are well pleased with the
service which he is giving them, and
state that the amount Of money
saved by prevention of the flood last
night would pay the salary OF Mr.
Williams for several months
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-10
HARRELD AND THE SPEECH

1t would be impossible to review the
speech delivered in Ardmore by Congress
man Harreld Saturday night, in his search
for votes to send him to the United States
senate, further than to say that one of the
best features of the occasion was the music
which preceded the talk.
The music was good, notwithstanding the
fact that the band, inadvertently perhaps,
overlooked playing Marching Through Geor-
gia"
Yes, the music was good and the audience
was good and the Congressman was-of good
personal appearance
The notes in the musical selections were
we'll rendered and carefully brought out
overcoming the failure of the speaker to read
the notes of his speech carefully and to show
thereby, his many acts of craftsmanship com.
mitted" while he served in the lower house
of the American congress-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-10
1.-THE NEGRO AS AN ASSET"

Under the above caption, the Ardmore
Statesman prints a rather caustic editorial
ambasting the Democratic press of the state
and nation over the manner in which they
have alluded to Senator Hardings front
porch speech in which he, Judging from the
most conservative press reports, metaphoric-
ally extended the hand of good fellowship
and equal rights and social equality to the
negroes Of America.
As q Republican paper, the Statesman
could not have selected better or a more
appropriate head line for its editorial. Had
Colonel Gregory, the learned editor of the
Statesman, have searched the archives Of his
memory, had he have explored his creative
brain cells with the minutest care, he could
not have discovered more appropriate head.
| line for q Republican editorial.
"The Negro as an Asset" Truly the
negro and the negro VOTE the latter coming
with blind devotion to the Republicans, has
saved the party Of ebon political complexion
many times in the past.
The lily whites of the South might bolt
the ranks Of the G. o. p. The proyressives
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-10

might follow the master mind Of that states
man, the late iamented Colonel Roosevelt,
American, while disaster and disintegration
threatened the ranks of the stand-patters
and the reactionaries, but the Negro has al
ways been found an asset upon whose strong
and sinewy black shoulder Republicansm
could lean, to whose black and muscular arm
Republicanism could cling, upon whose non
analytical mind Republicanism could appeal
in its hour of need and distress.
Yea, truly may it be written that Colonel
Gregory wrought well when his pen welded
together the words which made the complete
chain-"The Negro as an Asset"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-10
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
THE. PEOPLE HAVE THE
RIGHT TO SPEAK

You will be confronted tomorrow with a
recall petition designed for the purpose Of
recalling the mayor and part Of the board
of city commissioners
As The Ardmorete has stated before
there are to be no personalities injected into
the fight The mayor and the board have
failed to call an election when they have
been pettioned to do so according to the
provisions of law.
They have seen fit not to abide by the
laws of the city. They have thwarted the
will of the petitioners. Now the petitioners
have right to attempt the recall of these
men and to elect men who will call an elec-
ton to amend the charter.
The men whom the petitioners propose to
elect are to serve only for such time as
will be necessary for them to call an election
to amend the charter to provide for form
Of government that will meet the require.
ments of this city.
Just as we have outgrown our water sys'
TEN and are suffering for water, 80 have we
outgrown a charter that provides for hiring
men to run our business at SIS month.
Men are not going to give their valuable
time to this city for such a pittance, and
Ardmore has the money and is willing to
pay more to get men to attend to the affairs
OF the community
The people have a right to pass upon
questions that directly involve their interests
They have right to chastse those who deny
them that privilege.
II the mayor will call the election to
amend the charter, there is not a citizen who
would want to sign a recall petition.
II the charter amendments are defeated,
as some Of the attaches of the city claim,
then they will not be disturbed in their Off.
cial career.
The question at issue is plain enough for
every voter to understand. There is no per-
sonal fight, there should be no personal fight
The petitioners claim that Ardmore needs
different form of government to properly
protect its interests, and no man, in our
opinion is justified in hanging on to a situa'
ton that pays so poor a salary when the
people have complied with every provision OF
the law to give them an opportunity to pass
on the matter at the ballot box. Just as the
people have right to rule, they also have q
right to express their wishes at the ballo,
box.
King George denied the right of petition
and the mayor and his board have committed
the same crime against free government
When a people is denied the right to
speak peaceably and according to law, they
have sometimes chosen to speak otherwise
and the friend of peaceful government will
first obey the law himself.
The people have a right to speak
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-10
SAME LAWS FOR WHITE AND BLACK

Mr.. Harding, it seems when talking to
an Oklahoma audience, has been found will
ing to qualify the impression which his
speech conveyed to the Ohio negroes who
visited him at Marion, and listened to one
of his front porch orations.
To the Oklahomans the senator said that
the laws must be same for the black man
that they are for the white man, but that an
equality of the races would not be concurrent
with the enforcement of such laws.
This seems to be rather paradoxcal, in
that the same laws would remove all race
restrictions and automatically remove any of
the social differences
The repeal of the Jim Crow separate
coach law would permit the intermingling
of the races in railway coaches and street
cars, and this would be a step toward social
equality, as all know who have lived in
states wherein the races are herded into the
same conveyances.
The granting of permission, by law en-
actment to negroes to attend the same places
of amusement, mixing unfortunately with
the whites the enactment of laws which
would provide for co-education of the races
in every state in the union, the removal of
other race determinations, would automatic
ally lower the barriers and open the gates
to closer relationship between the whites
and the blacks and be other and longer steps
taken toward the ultimate elimination of all
color lines, with an ensuant race equality
Mr. Harding's stand, in his Oklahoma
City speech relative to the rights of the
black man, is slightly ambiguous, in that il
declares for equality in one sentence and
against it in the next, blowing hot one min.
ute and cold with the next breath
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-10
Hog Cholera Epidemic.

Quite an epidemic of hog cholera
is reported north Of the city between
Arimore and Springer, and the coun-
ty agent ia taking steps to check
the disease. Yesterday W. j. Hig-
night who resides in that locality was
in the city seeking assistance Of the
county agent, and the latter wired
Immediately for proper remedies 10
check the ravages of the disease,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-10
7 A c D AY 70 R
NURSERY POSTPONED

The Tag Day for the Ardnore
Day Nursery. which was announc.
ed for October 1G, has been post.
poned and will not be held until
sometime In November, definite date
Of which will be announced later.
Organizations having already sent
in contributions will receive credit
for same and will not be solicited on
tag day.
All contributions should be sent
TO Mrs. Fred Chapman, secretary.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-10

The federal grand jury that has
been in session for the past week
recessed Friday until Monday morn.
ing when they will resume operations.
It is reported that the grand jury
will probably submit its final report
to the court some day early in the
week