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The New York herald., 1920-12-02
AMEND HOME RULE,
SEE EARLY TRUCE
Continued from First Page.

dealing with the Sim Fein organization
in London continued to-day active search
ing of residences and business houses In
various parts of the city. The searches
We're carried on mostly in the residential
districts for the middle class.
Two men were detained as q result of
the searches. One of them later was
released no charge having been pre-
ferred against him. The police are
maintaining the greatest secrecy with
regard to their operations.
The police searches are going on In
various cities. A despatch from Liver
pool says numerous private houses were
raided and several persons residing In
them were taken into custody. The
police also raided the Sim Fein head
quarters in Scotland road, but made no
arrests.
A despatch from Cork says that de-
tails of the tragic story of Sunday even
ing's massacre near Kilmichael. in which
fifteen auxiliary police recruits were shot
to death, may never come to light The
only available source of information Is
the only known surviving member Of the
party, who was severely wounded and is
believed to be dying in the military hos
pital there.
In meagre story of the affair he has
declared that the party of recruits met
an armed band marching in the road, the
men wearing khaki suits and "tin hats"
The recruits mistook them In the fading
light for soldiers, and thus fell into an
ambush.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
Liberty Bond Thefts in Wall Street
Pass $3,OOO,OOO in Two Year Period


BONDS valued
March either holdups
sengers figured The chief of these follow:
March IL NJ. Prince & Co.. street. 100000;
messenger hodup
inside hft
August 12-Simmons Slade Nassau street s45OOo
theIt.
tv'' laRchard Whitney Co., Wall street s173,
000 theft Messenger
Conn,
September 17-Levinson Co., SO Broadway, S141 0OO
messenger theft.
December 3o-McClure, Jones Reed Broadway
S135,000; messenger theft
March 2s-Harriman Co., III Broadway $11S O00
theft.
April 16-Henry L. Doherty Co., $2OO000 inside theft
July S-acob De Jong 500 Broadway 100000; burglary.
August 15-Paine Weber & Co., 25 Broad street, $780,
600; mail disappearance.
November 15-Owners unknown, $61,000 Liberty bonds
and 100000 francs French bonds; thefts.
November 3O-Igoe Bros. Brooklyn, $466000 messenger
hodup.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
BACKER EVIDENCE
RETAINED BY JUDGE
Rosalsky Refuses to Strike Out
Levy Testimony Even at
States Request.

The trial Of George s. Backer, builder,
on a charge of perjury in connection
with his testimony before the Lockwood
committee developed the unusual fea-
ture yesterday of the prosecutor being
willing to strike out testimony to which
the defence objected. but the Judge
ruling that such testimony must re.
main.
Edmund L. Mooney, counsel for
Backer, objected at the trials outset
to the admission of testimony of
Ephriam B. Levy before the Lockwood
committee as part of the evidence In
this trial on the ground that its admis-
sion would be prejudicial to his client.
Emory r. Buckner. Deputy Attorney
General, who is conducting the prose-
cution, offered then to withdraw the
exhibit but Judge Rosalsky of General
Sessions ruled that such testimony. once
In the record, must remain. He called
the two lawyers before him and it was
agreed that Mr.. Buckner could read
certain portions of the Levy testimony
The greater rart of the morning ses-
sion was devoted to reading the testi-
rnony Of Mr.. Baclker and Mr.. Levy be-
fore the Lockwood committee in City
Hall last month. Mr.. Mooney objected
to admitting to the record of this trial
one of the questions asked Mr.. Backer
by Samuel Untermyer, counsel to the
Lockwood committee. and Judge Rosal-
sky sustained him.
No afternoon session was held. out or
respect to Judge Malone. The Jurors
who had snent Tuesday night at the
Murray Hill Hotel, were allowed to so
TO their homes.
UTp to the time Il took n recess be-
cause OF Judge Maloue's death the spe-
cial extraordinary Grand Jury investi-
eating the housing situation heard the
testimony of six employees OF John T..
Hettrick. counsel for Brlndel1. but the
same silence as on the preceding day
was maintained about their testimony
The witnesses were subp9n@d Tues
day In their homes. They were Thomas
Lillis, John D. Langdon, Anna d.
Schwaner. John Alsenbrey, Edward
Dean and Charles Hutchlson. Samuel
A. Berger, Special Attorney General.
did the questioning before the jury.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
.OBREG0N INSTALLED
AS HEAD OF MEXICO
Inaugural Ceremony Is Per-
formed in Presence of For
eign Representatives.
CITY HOLDS FESTIVITIES
G. L. Summerlin, U. s. Charge,
Attends Function i'm Pri-
vate Capacity.
CITY HOLDS FESTIVITIES
By the Associated Press.

MEXICO, Dec I-Gen. Alvaro Obregon
was inaugurated President of Mexico al
midnight last night The simple cere-
mony Of taking the oath of office
marked the fourth time in the republics
history of ninety-nine years that the
Executive power has been transferred
peacefully. George II. Summerlin
Charge d'Affaires for the United States
was among those present at the cere-
mony.
1t is understood Mr.. Summerlin at
tended the ceremony in his personal ca
pacity and without any of the members
of the embassy staff, having received in
structions from Washington to appear
as a courtesy to the incoming President.
Provisional President de la Huerta.
who sat at Gen. Obregons right as lie
was sworn in In the Chamber of Depu-
ties, was the first 10 embrace the new
President.
The Argentine Ambassador and the
ministers of Chile. Italy, Germany,
S ain and Belgium were present. Japan.
China, Sweden, Uruguay. Cuba, Peru,
Great Britain and France were repre-
Guatemala. Salvador. Honduras and Nj
caragua sent special delegations.
Prior to the inaugural ceremonies the
Aldermen of Mexico city rendered Gen.
Obregon a banquet in the municipal
building. at which the new Minister of
Industry and Commerce, Rafael Zu-
baran Capmany, welcomed on be-
half of the Government the American
and other visitors. his address being
replied to by Gov. Larrazolo of New
Mexico, who spoke on behalf of the Wis
iting American Governors.
Shortly before midnight those at the
banquet started for the Chamber o.
Deputies, making their way through q
dense crowd that filed the streets and
threatened to overflow past the lone
lines of soldiers. Gen. Obregon entered
the Chamber with Provisional President
de la Huerta.
Immediately Gen. Obregon had taken
his seat on the rostrum the oath was
administered, and after brief fclicita-
tions he retired in company with Senior
de la Huerta, who Is to be PRESIDENT
Obregon's Secretary of the Treasury
with it's new President safely ir-
stalled in office. Mexico city made earn
val for the remainder OF the night. The
cafes. which normally close at midnight.
offered special musical programmes ana
dancing beginning at that hour. In the
streets holiday crowds threw conletti
and bands played everywhere.
President Obregon's induction into Of
fice will make small change In his do
mestic affairs. He has announced that
ne will not live in Chapultepec Castle,
the magnificent Presidential home pro-
vided by the Government. because ne
does not want his boys to tear 1t up.
He has taken a house,, we foot OF the
huge cliff upon which me Yastle stands,
and will use the Executive Mansion only
on state occasions.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
G73 VICTIMS OF TIE
SINN FEM TO NOV. ~
List Does Not Include 81
Others Killed in Ireland.
RI, the Associated Press.

LONDON, Dec. Persons to the num-
Der of 673 were killed or wounded in Ire
land up to November 27 by anti-Govern-
ment clements according TO statement
issued to-day by the Home Office. The
deaths do not include twenty persons
killed in Lond onderry and sixty-two In
Belfast in the summer rioting. nor the
fifteen cadets killed in the Kilmichael
ambuscade Sunday night.
The statement says that 151 policemen
were killed and 230 wounded ~ soldiers
killed and 1O3 wounded. and Al civilians
killed and 101 wounded.
Sixty-seven court houses were de-
stroyed and 52S police barracks de-
stroyed and 161 damaged There were
$40 raids on mails and As raids on coast
guard stations and lighthouses. In ad-
dition. 2,961 raids were made for arms.
Another official statement says the ar
rests in Ireland averaged considerably
over 100 weekly. In the last three weeks
OF November 406 persons were taken into
custody for political offences, including
l69 in the last week OF the month.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
Another witness Cited.

The testimony developed that about
forty brick yards along the Hudson had
heen closed this year. Mr.. Untermyer
asked whether there was an effort 10
cut down production to keep up prices.
The witness knew of no such eftort'
The trouble now Is mostly labor ne
ssid He was cited for contempt sew
eral times.
sidney Treat. who was secretary OF
the Association of Dealersi IN Masons
Building Materials, testified that the
association had expunged from its py-
laws sections providing that member
dealers in mason supplies agree 10 Duy
their materials from member manufac-
turers Of brick. Rosendale cement. Port
land cement. lime. lath and plaster.
Under the provision the manufacturers
also agreed to sell only to the dealers
in the association. Members of the as
socintion who violated the bylaws were
liable 10 fines or expulsion.
when Treat was dismissed as wit
ness he attempted TO take the associa-
tion's hooks and records with him, but
Was prevented from doing so by Mr..
ITntermyer, who said the documents
were in evidence"
John Morton Halstead. former secr@-
tary of the Mason Supply Bureau OF
BROOKLYN. said Lnal OTBtHlHdLiVh hNN
discontinued its card system about a
yeer ago. He testified members also
would have discontinued their meetings
II they had not been afraid of being
accused of running away as the legis-
lative investigation was in progress.
Mr.. Halstead denied that he had any
knowledge" Of a uniform price for
cement. When asked about the where
abouts of the index cards the witness
said he believed they were In the
hands Of the secretary" and were not
destroyed.
As the bureau retained no paid en-
ployeos now. he said. he did not know
tho whereabouts of the young lady
who had kept the cards.
The last legal obstacle TO prevent the
committee investigating the building
trust" from making inquiry Into the
activities of the Builders supply Bu-
reau was cleared away when Supreme
Court Justice Hotchkiss decided the
committee could retain possession of the
books and records seized as evidence n;
Tuesdays hearing.
. Judge Hotchkiss also refused Martin
Conboy. counsel for the bureau a stay
to prevent the recall OF Joseph Penny,
chairman Of the organization, as a Wit
ness before the committee
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
SENTIMENT FOR TRUCE
SPREADS OVER IRELAND
Dublin Council May Moue to
End Hosfilities.

Special Gable to THE New York HERALD.
Copyright, 1920, by THE NEW York HERALD.
DUBLIN, Dec. 1.-While the labor dele
gation's actual task to-day was confined
to examining witnesses of outra ges and
reprisals and to a conference with labor
leaders, the whole day was shot through
with talk of the necessity of a settle
ment. The shutting down of railways
and the cutting off of motor traffic has
made active huge sentiment for Ire
land which hitherto has been silent on
account of fear of violence from one side
or the other
This situation is reflected in the pro-
posals to be- put before the Dublin Muni-
cipal Council on Monday. This body,
while violently Sim Fein. also is heavily
influenced by the business men of Dub
lin, who are facing ruin like their breth-
rem of Cork, where one can never get
away from the smell OF burning ruins.
The first resolution before the Council
is from Sir Andrew Beattie. and says:
''The Council calls upon all men Of
good will, not only in Dublin but all
over Ireland. to call truce for period
of one month, during which time all
rioting and murders shall cease, to pro-
mote peace and good will among all
lrishmen of every section. and that a
committee be appointed composed of men
of all parts In the country to inquire into
and report on the whole matter of re-
conciliation."
The second resolution. from Capt. Nc
Walter, the High Sheriff, urges:
"The corporation of Dublin heartily
approves the action of the Archbishop
of Tuam in endeavoring to bring about
a truce, and calls upon all parties to
cease outrages and to work for the peace
and betterment of the country"
There Is adm ttedly only one diff
Guilty in the way of Cancellation That
is the way the outrages on both sides
have been misrepresented by their re-
spective propagandists, until every
lriterer In Westminster Is considered a
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
AN Important Dublin castle oficial,

An important Dublin Castle official.
defending Mr.. Griffith's arrest. to-day
anconsclousiy affirmed this by saying
Tine boys who took part In the murders
in Dublin yesterday and Sunday were
mere country kids. forced to act under
iron discipline. The men then killed
had seen death In every horrible form
in four years of war. The murderers In
many cases probably had never seen It
before. Some Of them shook like leaves.
But they were under discipline--Sinn
Fein discipiine--and Griffith is head OF
the Sim Fein. That's why he deserved
rrest"
The New York herald., 1920-12-02

II did not"
Were they destroyed?"
II decline to answer"
when did you first know they were
destroyed?"
II decline to answer"
"Will you explain why the cards are
not produced?"
~ viii not"
II suppose YOU know 1T is a criminal
offence to destroy evidence?'
II did not know"
''If you ddut destroy the cards why
do you decline 70 answer"
IT refuse to answer; don't care to"
When Mr.. Untermyer asked the wit
ness II the bureau was stlll in opera
ton, Mr.. PhIlbrick remarked;
Yes. we would be glad to have you
come to a meeting"
You want me to be indicted, too"
smiled back Mr.. Untermyer.
IF you were not accessory after the
fact, why are you afraid TO answer?
Mr.. Untermyer asked regarding the
cards Still no answer.
you do not care to purge yourself
Of this contempt?"
IT do not
did you regard the cards that have
been destroyed as discriminating"
The witness would not answer. he
announced he would not disclose any
Information regarding the insurance
fund of the organization, or anything
else about 1t.
Wright d, Goss. president of the En-
pire Brick and Supply Company, took
fhe same attitude Mr.. Untermyer read
from Goss's testimony given last year
before the Mayors Housing Committee
to the effect that hard and fast COM
bination was maintained by the bureau.
But the witness even declined to state
whether that testimony was true. lie
said his interests in normal years
manufacture about 6o.Ooo,0oo brick put
this year It IS not more than D.Voo'ooo
The New York herald., 1920-12-02

possible plottei ana every man wearing
= Gaiform n Ireland is looked upon as
a possible burner and looter. 1t Is fur
ther complicated by a continuance OF
Dublin Castles raids and arrests
On the other hand. the sp rit of the
Irish Republican army has been raised
to a fighting pitch and may be hard to
restrain if truce is signed. The Sim
Feiners deny this. however. and say
that half the armys ferocity and bru-
tality Is due to sheer nerves and that
Arthur Griffith was absolutely right
when he said that If the Dali Eireann
were permitted to function violence
would ce1se ir twentv-four hours
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
u. S. DISAPPOINTED
IN OBREGON CABINET
Radicals in Accord With Con-
fiscatory DEGREES Named.

Special Despatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. C., Dec. I.
Announcement Of the new Cabinet
selected by President Alvaro Obregon of
Mexico has not met with enthusiastic
approval on the part of officials in Wash
ington. II had been hoped that Presi-
dent Obregon would appoint a Cabinet
which would represent a different and
more amiabie attitude on the part Of the
new Government.
In place Of this the Cabinet list in
cludes irreconcilables like y. Elias
Gales. Secretary of Gobernacion Adolfo
de la Huerta, Secretary of the Treasury.
and Antonio Villareal. Secretary Of Ag-
riculture. All of these men arc listed
as radicals" and in sympathy with the
Carranza oil decrces and Article % of
the Mexican constitution. which Is looked
upon MS confiscatory.
There is a suspicion here that the
Obregon Cabinet may be temporary and
that newer Cabinet may supplant the
one now named.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02

WASHINGTON, Dec. /. - Rumors of
anti-Obregon conspiracies In the north
ern part of Mexico and along the border
have reached the State Department
Cognizance has been taken OF the re-
ports from Havana that Pablo Gonzales,
man Barragan and other leaders OF the
Carranza regime were on their way to
Texas from Spain where they Sought
refuge after the overthrow OF Carranza.
hut Government officers said there was
no reason why they should be denied en-
trance TO the United States.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
TEXAS RAIDS REVEAL
NEW MEXICAN PLOT
Aimed Against the NeU
Oregon Government.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Dec. Whole
sale raids by the department of Justice
officials conducted simultaneously Mon
day at various border points including
El Paso. Eagle Pass. Brownsville and
this city, netted mass OF documentary
evidence of the formation on this side
Of the border of n new revolutionary
movement against the Obregon Gov
ernnent in Mexico. according to a
statement made here tonight by w. A.
Wiseman, special agent for the DEPART
ment of Justice.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
Explains Card system.

Thon the card system was inaugu-
rated. Each contractor used the cards
This was Just like the Hcttrick sys-
TEN. wasn't it?" Mr.. Untermyer asked.
II don't recall the Hettrick system I
don't know how many cards he used
Explaining how the system was op
Grated, Mr. Steele continued:
Miss ODea was secretary Mr. Kane
explained IL 70 one or two members
who explained II to others
The purpose was TO establish this
card system, wasn't it?'
1T was 10 establish some better work
ing condition for higher prices"
Higher prices. that was the purpose.
wasn't it?"
That was one Of the purposes"
isn't II the fact that the purpose OF
organizing this bureau was not only 10
get higher prices but to standa rdizc and
make uniform the prices In the trader"
They hoped 10 accomplish that. That
was one Of the reasons"
Under the card system, Mfr steele
testified. gu estimates were put through
we bureaus office. and when the bids
or the members reached the contractors
hey were "all Uniform The builder
was allowed 10 use his OWN Judgment In
deciding 10 which contractor he wished
70 make the award. The MNson suppIy
bureau OF Brooklyn is n "pfVtotype" OF
the Builders supply Bureau, Me witness
SAID. Weekly quotation pricee) were sent
ou~ which each member was expected
TO follow. Cement prices were uniform
throughout the country and the manu-.
facturers would seldom sell excepting to
members of associations
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN ITALY,

ROME. Dec. 1.-The Chamber OF Depu-
tics to-day adopted the electoral reform
bill providing for proportional represen-
tation and woman suffrage. The vote
was 1853 to 12S.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
Bureau Chairman sient.

Having boon judged in co,to,npt Of
the committee nearly dozen times
Yesterday. Mr. phiibrick was recalled
70 testify as to what he knew about
the card system outlined by steele but
the builder and chairman OF the bureau
had not changed his attitude. He still
refused 10 enswer and was repeatedly
cited for contempt
DO you decline TO produce the
cards7" asked Mr.. r'ntormyer.
~ haven't them" replied Mr. rhii-
I'd you destroy themT'
The New York herald., 1920-12-02

Id you destroy them7'
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-01-14
Zahranicni zastupci
opustili Irkutsk

Washington, d. c., II. ledna. -
|Zpravy odboru sMtu re Sibife a
severniho Ruska sdeluji, re zahra-
|nicni zastupci opustili Irkutsk, re
'Japonci zmocnili Sc kontroly mad
|tuneIy bajkalske sibifske zelezni-
|ce a re bolseyici, JIM nebylo kla-
demo zadneho odporu v Tajga, ma
'lezaji sc ma postum. Depese dosle
take sdelily, re boje mezi bolsevi-
ky a Estonci ustalY a re Polaci
vpadaji do iizemi, jez drive kon-
.troloyano bylo Denikinovymi sbo-
r,y. Zpravy udayaji dale, re neni
zadnych informacf o tom, kde adj
miral KOlcak zfidil svdj hlavni
stan, ale re nepfijel do Irkutska,
kde zeleznicni stanice pfevzata by
la ceskoslovenskymi sbory. Il. Il.
Harris, americky generalni konsul
v lrkutsku, nalGza SC nyni We Yer.
udinsku, opustiv Irkutsk Sc
zastupci ostatnich cizich vlad, jiz
odst6hovali sc dale ma vychod.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-01-14
Lenin radi ital-
skym socialistdm
k velike o~patrnosti

Rim, IL. lcdna. Casopis Epo-
cha pravi, &c Nikolaj Lcnin po-
slal novy pfipis vykonmemu vybo-
ri socialisticke strany, v kterem
radf, ably nepodilcli Sc ma zadnfm
pfcdcasnem r~evolucnim hnuti, kite
re "a stavajicich okolnosti meme.
10 by nadejc ma nspech. Lenin
pfipojuje, re revolucc v Italii me.
la by "a nasledek noyou ~persekuci
ruIske sovetske republiky, ktera
cIysta sc vyjcdnavati s m6stacky-
mi vladanii 0 uznani pritomneho
stavn udalosti v Rusku a take v
zaJlnu nntnych liospodafskych do.
liod. Vsechno to setkalo by sc $
iczdarcm, kdyby nova rcyolucc IL
dala Sc V ItaIii, polGyadz obavy
pred rozsifcnim Sc bolsevismn 20
ceIt Europe vcdly BY staty, ktere
jsou dosud imm1nnfmi vGci boil
scvismu, k opatrnostnlm opatfe-
MIN proti jakekoliv podobne agi-
taei.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-01-14
Sopka Orizaba v
Mexiku vybuchla

MeAiko Mesto; Mex, II. lcdna
Velke vzruseni q zmatek panuje
mezi obyvatelstvem NEST Cordoba
a Orizaba, V Alpadni casti statu
Vera Cruz, nasledkem otevreni Sc
noyeho kratcru sopSce Orizaba,
Is mil ia sever. Novy kratcr W.
dava hustl dym, die informaee, n
skane Cd armadnich diistoinfka,
nalezajfcich Sc v distriktu V mimi
l.gch dnech p~ostizenem zemetfese-
MIN. UfednG Sc oznamuje, Re zad-
pa cinnost jinych sopek v Mexi-
kn neby1a uznamenana. Odborni-
eli prohlasuji, Ne otevfeni Sc no
veho krateru sopky Orizaba W.
sv6tlujc zemetfeseni, kterfm casti
Mexika ~postizeny byly V sobotu.
Move zprayy udavaji poect mrt-
vych Y Cordoba ia 200 a ma Sc "a
to, Re prvnf zpravy, ktere udavaly
mozng poeet obetf na 5000, byly
sine pfehnany. Ztraty ia majet-
XII jsot1 ysak znacne.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-01-14
Bolsevici zmocnili
Sc Krasnojarska

LondJn, II. ledna. Krasno-
Ijaixk We vychodni Sibifi, 300 mil
yyclodne Cd Tomska, byI dobyt
boIsevickym sbory, die sdeleni
'depetc d Moskvy. "lbytky PRIV
nj. druIie d treti nepfatcIske ar
|mady Sc yzdaly q 10000 zajatc1
tbyIo liz napocitano,' pravi depe-
Re. JinA moskcyska depese sd6-
|lnjc, Re vclka kofist byla ziskaua
armadami IA JIM fronte
n pfftomne offensive, zabr-
Imic v 10 400 del, 1000 stroio.
pusek. osmnact o~trneuych
y1aId, 800 lokonotiv, 10000 vozi
b velke mnozstvi potravin 4 stfe-
Iliva. Zajatca bylo zisL4no 5000.