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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
BENSON FORGETS
ORDERS TO SIMS
But Declares He Merely Wanted
Rear Admiral Not 10 Show
Any IndiScretion.

WASHINGTON. May 6.--AdmIral w.
s. Benson, Chief OF Naval Operations
during tho war, iBaid to-day he did
not think" he told Admiral SIMS that
I'VE would as soon fight the British as
the GermnA"
Sims has charged that Benson told
him this before he started for England
just before America declared war.
II do not think ] said II. but can't
deny II under oath. Benson testified.
Whatever was said, was to impress
upon Admiral Sims the deltoacy OF tho
situation when he was sent TO Lon
don" 4C- ~ p..t
Did you ever have any idea that we
could possibly nght on the side oi
Germany" Chairman Hale asked. NO.
sir" Benson replied II can't recall
my exact words but cautioned HIM to
bo very careful We had been directed
10 maintain strictly neutral relations
and I gave him very earnest instpic-
tions along chat line"
"nc "eu recsi warming Admiral
Sims not TO let the British pull the
wool over his eyes" Halo asked
II do nOt," the witneas replied. 1T
would be impossible to repeat the lan-
guaEe used. / probably used very
verY forcoful language to Impress upon
Admiral Sims that his feelings toward
the British must not bo allowed to Lead
him into any indiscretion."
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
WOODS PLURALITY
10000 IN INDIANA
State Convention Must Decide
Whether Delegation Is to
Vote for Him.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. May 6.--MajoT
General Leonard Wood with total OF
sI,514 votes. apparently Is assured OF
a plurality Of aimost 10000 over Sen
ator Hiram w. Johnson Of California,
who has 72.432. on the face of unoffi-
ciaI returns from 3.lS3 precincts out
of S.3S7 in Indiana in Tuesdays
primary election. The 204 missing
precincts are in fourteen scattered
counties Of the 90 in the State.
Gov. Frank o. Lowden OF Illinois.
with a total Of 36,6s2 votes. continues
In third place. while Senator Warren
G. Harding Of ohio is fourth with
1876.
Gen. Wood. on tho face of the re-
turns. has carried nine OF the thirteen
Congressional Districts In the State
and has plurality in Afty-three
counties. where unofficial reports are
complete. Senator johnson won four
Congressional Districts and twenty e
four counties.
Interest has begun to shift to the Re
publican State convention next WedncS-
day and Thursday. The question OF
whether Indhna's twenty-siN delegates
to the national convention at Chicago
shall go instructed for Gen. Wood be-
cause OF his plurality or uninstructed
transcends all other conversation now
at the political headquarters. The State
law provides that only a ma jority Of
the votes cast is binding on the dele
gates.
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MERCHANTS Join
HANDS TO FIGHT
STRIKE TIE-UPS
CONTINUED From First Page)

Team Owners Association, denied
to-day that the team owners had a
contract with the union drivers not
to send them to points at which
strikes are in progress.
"wo are willing to take merchan-
disc From the PIERS" he said but
we shouldn't be blamed II the union
drivers refuse to handle it. We be-
lieve that the difficulties now exist
ing could be amicably adjusted II the
railroads. steamship companies and
civic organizations would cease re-
sorting to theorists and secure men
with practical knowledge of long
shore, stevedore and trucking work.
Vt seems to US that the civic or
gnniEations Of this city should us5
their influence with the railroad COM
panies TO end the latter's petty squab-
bio with their employees Prevailing
opinion among men In the trans
portation lima in New York senms 10
be that the reason for not wording at
full operation iB to arouse sympathy
in the breasts OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission and Shipping
Board 80 that rates may be increased
TO permit the railroads to meet the
increased expenses they say they
can't earn"
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he senate as q dId the House.

the Senate as Il did the House.
everybody admits that II viii be
TO Impossible to get a two- thirds Voe
to pass the resolution over the Presi-
dents veto. This Is so universally y.
conceded that Congress is getting
ready to take a summer recess IN a
few weeks while the conventions aud
campaign are on.
The Knox speech is campaign MAJ
terial President Wilson will ada
fuel TO the flames very soon by re-
turning the Treaty of Versailles as
his answer to the attempt to make
peace by resolution. But he Is gen
orally expected to turn over new
leaf and so phrase his statement aC-
comDanying the treaty as to leave
open the paths OF compromise on
reservations.
That Is the way he wants to have
the matter rest as the three factions
In the dispute argue the case before
the great American Jury-the Repub-
licans torn between irrcconcilablc
opposi ton to the whole treaty and
the Lodge reservations. and the Dem
ocrats solidly behind the Wilson
viewpoint.
That's where the rub comes, how
ever, as William Jennings Bryan and
others in the Democratic fold are
themselves irreconCilably opposed to
Article y and other things which the
| President thinks fundamental. Nj.
| Wilson may not be a cand, date. but
|, from now on he will fight to make
! that San Francisco convention in
| dorse his viewpoint on the treaty
and interprctative reservations.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
CARRANZA IS FAST
LOSING HIS HOLD,
DESPITE BOASTS
Airplanes Bomb Railway Sta
ton at Cuernevaca, Near
Mexico City.

AQUA PRIETA. Sonora, May e.
The fall OF Mazatlan, an important
west coast city, is expected by revo-
lutlonists here to-day. Flores. with
a rebel army. is less than nifty miles
from the city.
WASHINGTON, May s.-omcial
interest in the revolution in Mexico
has been stimulated by Government
reports which continue to indicate
rapid weakening OF Carranza's grip,
oficial advices agree that revolu-
tionary forces are appearing with
startling rapidity in all parts of the
country, and that steps toward their
coordination are we'll under way.
Army officers arn convinced Car
rama viii experience dificulty in
extricating himself.
MEXlCO CITY, May 6.-'Tt 1t my
duty 10 crush the rebels and will
not cease my efforts until have
achieved that purpose" President
Carranza said to-day in an official
pronunciamsnto.
THE situation will be known when
lighting begins" Carransa said. It
Is my obligation to deliver the power
OF the Nation to a President elected
in a peaceful manner"
The President expressed full con-
fldence in his ability to deal with the
situation.
Carranza said that although those
parts Of the army commanded by Gen.
Obregon and Gen. Gonzales had re-
voltedNthe remainder was loyal The
Government has enough troops under
Gems. Dlegucz, Murg,Iid, Aguilar and
other leaders to dominate the insur-
! rcctoes, the President said.
/ II Is impossible TO hold elections
while the rebels are in the field, he
added, appealing to the disahected
elements in the army to return to the
Government forces.
The Government has started using
airplanes to keep track of the move
! ment Of rebel groups near the capital
/ Two planes bombed the railway sta
/ ton at Cuernavaca, capital Of
Morelos, forty miles south OF Mexico
| City, causing considerable damage.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
WOMEN
IN PERIL FROM REDS
All Relief Workers in the Near
East Ordered to Go
10 Paris.

BATUM, caueasia, May 6 ASSOCIATED
Pross).--An American women workers
with the American Committee for Re-
liO' IN the Near East have been or
dered into TinIs BY Col, William N
Haskell In charge OF operations, as a
result OF the capture OF BalOu by the
Russian BolShevlkL A few women en-.
gagged In relief work north OF the Cau-
casuE Mountains have been sent here.
Georgia has refused to permit Ar
menian railroads to obtain oil. In con.
sequence railway trafilc has been vIr
tuRlly suspended and the shipment of
relief supplies has been Interrupted.
Labor unions here have announced they
will refuse to allow stores OF clothing,
food and supplies to be taken out OF
the city.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
PANS TO TRY CAMEL MEAT.
Ma Aristide IL sOId to Butcher,
whO wIm sell II by Pound.
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0unyfiTht, 1870 by Tle Irua Publishing 20.
fThS Nov Yolk EusnlnG WORLDLY 4
PARIS. May 6.--HumRn beings are
not alone in suffering from the high
cost OF living. Animals feel its pinoh
at times. but sometimes they are
doomed to cut down the high prices.
Thls was the fate OF Aristide. a big
camel once owned by tho French
geological Society.
Arlstide and his brother we're
parked outside OF the society'B Paris
garden by tholr purchaser. when there
came along another exhibitor with a
boa constructor which Aristlde'a
owner wanted TO buy. But the price
was deemed too high, Nntn II was
learned that Arlstide and his brother
ate 80 worth OF corn a day, while the
boa was satisfied with twelve rabbits
Thea, comprOgnlse was reached
The tw1Q camels and a few francs
bought the boa Then the new own1r
. % the caTaelH decided he needed only
one OF them. and sold Aristide TO i
French butcher. who, In turn. IL TO sell
the camefs meat 20 Parialans for food
30 having enjoyed the meat OF lions
recently, many viii now try camel'l
meat
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
WEsTcHEsTER NOTES.

Miss Dorothy sutton OF. summit Ave-
nue. Mount Vernon, has returned from
Winthrop, Me.
White Plains, Ia at Atlantic City.
Charles n. PAUL Of White Plains
leaves tonight for Detroit, Nilch
John Bunker q N at his home on
Park Avenue, White Plains.
Mrs. Claire r. Bloomfield has brought
an action for 100000 damages against
the Third Avenue Railway Company,
for the death OF her husband, Henry r.
Bloomfield. who, she alleges, was run
down by trolley car.
Miss Bdna Lowery OF North Terrace
Avenue. Mount Vernon, 10 In Orange
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Young,
formerly of the Bronx. are now feSi-
dents Of South Fifth Avenue, Mount
Vernon.
Mrs. Vincent Norton Of South Fifth
Avenue, Mount Vernon, has returned
from a visit IN Brooklyn,
| Miss Cora Southers OF South Tenth
Avenue, Mount Vernon. haB returned
home from Dayton, o.
Mira II. w, Gladwin OF Lawrence
Park, BronSvlle, has returned from
Atlantic city.
/ Mrs william Newman Of searsdals
has been entertaining Mr.. and Mrs.
! Richard Pinkham OF Manhattan.
Supreme Court Justice MoTschauseI
has granted permission to the Juvenlls
! Asylum at Dobhs Ferry TO change ~
/ name to the Children'H Village. THIS II
because II Is found that after children
left the asylum the stigma Of haV'nG
been 10 an institution OF that name
| clings to them. The institution main
taihB thirty cottages In the Clhldren'I
| Village.
Supreme Court Justice Young has do.
elined TO grant Mrs. Florence winmlll
| BassfOrd OF SrArsdaie 81 500 counsel
| fees to oppose an appeal taken TO the
! ppellate Division from the order CIV
ing her a separation from her husband
Abraham Bassford jr,, a crack tennis
piHNer Of the SclrRdRlc CLUB and one,
time national tennis star.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
WHEAT LICENSES REVOKED.

julius II. Barnes, United States
Wheat Director. announced yesterday
the licenses Of the following were re-
voked. effective at noon May 1. until
further notice. for failure to report
change in their address or giving false
information in their applications:
Poppick & Levine. No 81 Columbia
Street Manhattan; a. & Is: Zelichowef.
No 325 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn:
Lipschultz- -Rosenblum, Inc. No. l03
Union Avenue, Brooklyn; J. Wachsler.
No 500 East ll6th Street, Manhattan:
Spngnola & Cangemi. No. 225 East l0Gth
Street. Manhattan,
The license of Culogero Nicasia, OF
No 305 East 1l5th Street, Manhattan,
was revoked for failure to answer a
summons to hearing at the offices OF
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
TREATY DEADLOCK
IS DRAWN TIGHTER
BY KNOX SPEECH
tcohtInued From First Pase.)

those reservations 10 that they
tend to make II safer for Amcri-
ca to enter the League by refusing
to be bound in many important
matters by its action. But It is
not enough that the League shall
be made safe for America; 1t must
be made safe for all who enter It
and safe for the world. As see
it, nothing could be fraught with
more danger than any nation hav-
ing a specially insured relation to
League where the other mem
bers are subject to the dangers
against which the immune nation
attempts to secure itself"
The foregoing is exactly what
President Wilson has contended in
his opposition to reservations and
will explain TO the historian of the
future why Senator Knox and the ir-
reconcllable Republicans voted with
the Administration Democrats
against the Lodge reservations, ano
thus prevented the treaty from get.
ting the necessary two-thirds. Il
makes II possible for the President e
insist that the Republican party II
dominated by the viewpoint of Sen
ators Knox and Hiram Johnson ant
not by Senator Lodge. 1t forCshH.
dows the division of voters into three
parties on the treaty issue at least.
Senator Knox marshahed preceden
after precedent to prove that peac
by joint resolution is as effectiv,
legally as a treaty of peace. Their
isn't a bit of doubt that If the Pres
dent happened 10 be on tho othe
side of the fence those same pre-
cedents would be marshallod by hin
No doubts exists nero that hoStil'
| ties have ended in the war at Ger
many and thHd for all practical pur
poses the war is at an end.
But unfortunately the constitution
7 OF the United States isn't very eXplici
and both sides can dcbate from nov
until doomsfay about the RESPECTIVE
powers of each branch Of the Govern
mCnt, And there Is no way to docid
4 the dispute unless Il case were brough
/ to the Supreme Court OF the Unite,
: States, sumethlng that would TAX
many months to bring about.
! So tho President is determined 4
veto the peace rcsoluuon II it pasSc
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on has 40 power to raise fares, would
seem 20 be suniclent to force a public
ollclal 70 comply with the law and
show some little regard for the rights
% the people.
~Poceed Immediately to stay the
order OF Commissioner Nixon. to
whom even the courts seem unable
20 point out his duty"
The Richmond Light and Railroad
company, acting on Nixon's order. in
creased the fare and put twenty-three
ears IN operation on its five lines this
morning. at the same time ending the
strike OF its employees by increasing
their wages 20 sixty cents an hour.
'sThe attitude OF the Richmond
Light and Railroad Company" said
Mr. La Guardia. I" Is Ike that OF a
man who tries 10 cheat aimself IN a
came OF solitaire. In every contract
between the company and the munich
paiitics the five-cent clause appears.
Let the company dare to ignore this
fact. which is down in black and
white"
Buses were running in competition
w1tA the trolley cars this morning,
end the chauffeura were Hike Coney
Island barkers in their efforts to get
the trade. They shouted 70 passen-
gers about to board trolley cars, urg-
ing them 70 save three cents by using
the buses.
Capt. John J. Kuhn, receiver for
the trolley company. said:
.''The people have always been will
ing TO pay an increase in fare. They
have recognized the fact that the
company could not possibly 1peratc
FOR five cents. Strip tickets will be
printed IN a few days and put on sale
~ ton rides for rs cents. I don't
know whether the city will try to en-
loin US from collecting eight cents or
mot, but a. Receiver I am ready 70
defend the increased fare.
II have not decided whether We
shall seek TO enJoin the city from
running buses parallel TO the car
lines. I em satisfied that the oper-
alton OF tho buses as Illegal Supreme
Court Justice Cropsey has 80 held,
NRAA SAo sABlFoAtsANl AglNNhioh 10 bA-
pected SoSn to hand down its deci-
sion on the appeal from tho CropSey
ruling"
Oflcials Of the Midland Company,
whose cars have been idle for months
said they believed Nixon would grant
them the same fare as he granted "a
the Richmond Light and Railroad
They said cars could be started In 4S
hours II the eight-cent fare were
granted.
Many who boarded trolley cars
this morning got off when they
learned Of the new fare rate and used
buses instead. The buses generally
did a better business than the cars.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
IRISH BILL FINDS
NO REAL FRIENDS
Natlonalists and Independent Lib
erals Join in Disavowing
Measure.

LONDON. May s.-|rhe committee
stage OF the Irish Home Rule Bill,
which has been postponed until Mon
day. IL IN danger OF failing as fat as
the bill itself The Sim Feln mem
bers OF Parliament are absent. the
Nationalists have intimated their ln-
tention 10 withdraw, and the Inde-
pendent Liberals now suggest that
they contemplate t.--se unusual =
llamentary tactics to proclaim their
contempt for a partition bill that Is
-: wanted.
The opinion Is strongly held that.
once the bin is definitely committed
70 partition, no subsequent amend
lnent can make II acceptable to Ire
land. The expectation is. therefore,
that After q big aght on partition
the lhdepeadent Liberals will re-
frain from moving further amend
Ihcnts.
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Diamond in Safety-Scope Is Signal
II Machine Is Being :
Stolen.

Deputy Police Commissioner Faurot
and Lieut.. James ]. Skehan, iustruc-
tor in the New York Police Training
school. have invented a safety-scope
designed to prevent the theft of auto
mobiles. The tgnitionv Is cut OFF, and
a diamond at the top OF the device is
"A signal to everybody that II the car
is being operated it is being stolon.
A disk is looked into the device when
the owner is driving the car.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
WOOD LEADERS CONFER.
Candidate Declares He Knows OF
NO Friction Between Them.

Leaders OF the campaign for Gen.
Leonard Wood will hold conference
this afternoon to settle the question
of dual leadership which has caused
friction between william G. Proctor.
Chairman of the Campaign Com
mittee. and Frank H, Hitchcock. At
the conference Will be Gen. Wood,
Norman j. Gould, Eastern Manager,
senator George r. Moses of New
HSmpEhire and Thomas Miller, East
ern Manager.
At the Harvard Club this morning
Gen. Wood said he knew OF no friction
or dual leadership and declared such
reports mere enemy propaganda.
1t was announced this morning (
managers for Herbert Hoover would
Hotel in Michigan, which would be in
charge OF II, L. Stevenson, organizer
for Illinois.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
siH strikers Before Bari Accused OF
stOnlnE Train.

Six "vaoationists" headed BY +. r.
Meclsle, who quit their work on the
Erie Railroad at Port Jervis when
the railway walkout Of !"outlnw"
unions started four weeks ago, were
in court in Port Jervis yesterday ac-
cused OF stoning "A train.
Judge BeVnns granted the six wa.
cationists" an adjournment until to-
morrow after hearing witnesses mar
shalled by Railroad Detective Dayton
OF Spring Valley, The prosecution al
Legged the men stoned a passenger
train manned by Engineer James
Mackin and Fireman Thomas O'Day.
The two engine employees testified
they were struck and hurt.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
JOHN |. LEWIS GIVES UP.
He aHd OtheF Indiana Miners In
dicted Under Lever Act.

INDIANAPOLIS. May 6.--President
Lewis OF the United Mine Workers sur
rendered to a United states Marsh4l
hero last night on Federal indictment
charging conspiracy TO violate the
Lever Act and wns released on 900
bond. He viii be arralgned before
United States District Judge Anderson
here to-day along with a number
OF other miners otfelals and coal per-
ators. indicted by a Special Grand jury
which investigated tho coal strike.
One charge In the indictment Ii con-
hSlring TO limit production and to on
henee the price OF necessarles. WORD
ftDm 81. Louis Is to the effect that
the operators have brought suit thore
10 resist removal 10 the Jurisdiction oi
the Indiana District Federal Court.
Charles u. Hughes Is here and viii
appear for the indicted union men In
the courr to-day,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
HaFbOr Men to Present Wage De-
mands to hoard.

. WASHINGTON, May 0.-over the
protest OF r. T. Whittier, Chairman CT
the Railroad Executives Conference
Committee, the Railroad Labor Board
yesterday permitted John H. Pruett -
the Masters. Mates and Pilots As
sociation to present the wage demands
OF striking tug and ferry men Ut New
York.
Pruett asked the board TO grant
deck officers in Atlantic coast hnrbcrs
an eight-hour day and wages ranging
from 1925 10 $l60 n month.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-05-06
BURNING OF SHIP
DESCRIBED IN BOND
PLOT CONFESSION
Threat of Murder Also Linked
With TbeftS in Wall
Street District.

The threat of murder and the burn
ing Of a ship to collect the insurance
money are among the latest develop
meuts in the wide manifestations Of
the plot 70 stead t5,OOo,OoO worth OF
bonds In the Wall Street district.
big Ed" Furey, who said he
operated a sight seeing rne Of buses
in the white light" district, and who
Is in the Tombs waiting for $4,000
bah in connection with the bond theft
plot. made a statement before As
sistant District Attorney John T.
Dooiing on April IA. which has been
counsel for the National Security
Company. This conflicts with those
made jpy James Kean. former man
ager Of the Montreal branch OF the
Burna Dctoctive Agency and David
Joseph Haines, formerly Montreal
policeman. at the sopTet hearing BE-
fore United states Commissioners
Alexander oilohrist ir.
ALI three claim That they entered
the plot 20 obtain information and
not to profit by the theft and sale OF
the bonds. Kcan came to this city
through the representations OF
Furey according TO has confession.
whae Haines was decoycd here and
placed under arrest. Both are in the
House OF Detention. Haines. in his
confession, is alleged 20 have told OF
the burning Of the steamer Oceanic
in the canal near Montreal in the
presence OF Keah.
They were promised $500 for the
: Job, he said. from u Capt. Beauvais,
who was to get 5000 from his prin-
cipals, tho latter being benGficiaries
from the vessels insurance. The
name OF John J. Morey was fire.
quently mentioned in the statements
OF Kean, Chuck, Haines and Eurey.
Ftirey told of going with "Joe"
dluck TO Montreal to see Kean.
Gluok, who is also in the Tombs in
connection with the tS,OOO.OOO bond
plot, had. previously. confessed that
70 and Furey had gone TO Kean to
make arrangements for Nhe disposal
Of the stolen securities and had told
lSean about his gang Of dlahonest
messenger boys.
Furey stuck 70 his story that no
had gone 70 Kean tO get his assist;
Ance IN finding out who wns stealing
the bonds In Wall street. He told
how he took Kean TO the Woolworth
Building TO see the boys who were
doing the stealing in Wan street.
Furey continued: II selected this
spot myself. the woolworth Building,
because It was centrally located and
all the boys could come up and get a
good look. The object was for Koan
TO know the boys and talk with them
ana after getting all information for
me Kean was 90 follow them down "a
whero they worked. The boys came
up one or two At time. InsidaIBf d
week five were interviewed. Glucll
was with me during these interviews"
Mr.. Myers was not In his office to-
day and It was sald he would be
away for two days but that no had
not gone out of town Eugene McGee,
OF the firm Of Fallon and MCGEE, who
took several detectives around the
country in efforts to locate "Nicaty'
Arnstein. the alleged master mind
OF the bond plot, has been away for
two days and viii return tomorrow
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Columbia crews on for AnnareI...

Cohinpbias three crews go to-day to
Annapolis to get In the final lioks OF
training for The races Saturday with
the Naval Academy. Coach Jim Rice
plans to work out the three crews this
afternoon and Tomorrow over the
course on the Severn River. where the
middiOs recently showed Hervard how
to row. =