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New-York tribune., 1920-04-05

Uncle Harry reprimanded Jacob prompt
ly and sternly. Jacob, much crest
fallen. dissolved in tears in the arms
Ct his mother, Mrs. Max Siegel, who
looked unutterable reproaches at her
brother.
The things Mrs. Siegel, being lady,
conveyed merely with her eyes, her
husband up and said. very loud and
clear. Uncle Harry replied in the same
vein. Grandma joined in, Mrs. Siegel
rallied to her husbands support and
Jacob beloved dolorously
Who threw the first plate nobody
knows, but presently plates, platters,
vases, cutglass bowls, silverware and
the lighter furniture were filling the
air like hail. When a patrolman, called
by neighbors, got there only Jacob and
grandma were on their feet, and they
were not unscathed.
Mr.. Siegel was unconscious, and his
wife and brother-in-law were not in
zach better plight. After the injuries
OF Uncle Harry and grandma had been
dressed they were taken to the Coney
Island police station and locked up,
charged with assault and battery Mr.
Slegel, whose skull may be fractured
vas taken to Coney Island Hospital
Jacob, proudly bearing his fathers
walking stick, was taken home by his
WCther
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
British Stores Combining
Trade Reports Show Tendency
Toward Consolidation

WASHINGTON, March 31.@Ama lga =
nation of department stores in Eng
and is noted in official trade reports
received here as the latest develop
ment of tendency toward combination
IN each branch % t,ngland's national
Industries. Large stores. especially
those in the more important cities. are
combining through purchase or consoli-
dation, and already it has become ap-
parent TO some observers that the bust
ness soon VIII be concentrated in the
control OF few big interests.
The American Chamber Of Commerce
in London reports that one Of the large
department stores Of that city recent
ly absorbed three competitors and has
branched out in South America
through the opening of large estab
lishment in Buenos Ayres.
The value Of advertising as a SELL
ing force is becoming more realized in
England" the report said. "This move
ment toward amalgamation is not ex-
pected to destroy Competition, though
it may tend TO narrow its scope"
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
Rotterdam Herons Routed
Pushed Out of Old Territory bv
Growth of Port

The gray herons of Rotte rdam, IA
miliars of the city for centuries, have
gradually, according to a correspondent
of The Times OF London, been
pushed out Of their old territories to
make way for the growth of the port.
The waters had been gathered into ca
mails, the spaces began to dry, and little
by little new streets built on piles in
vaded the heron ground. Herons, un-
like storks, do not take to the dwell
ngs of men, but they cling desperately
to their nesting places, the elms and
the willows of the boulevards Finally
ousted, they preserved but one refuge
and that the Geological Gardens, which
in 1857 were established on one Of the
reclaimed areas. Some of the herons
were put in an aviary and some of the
wild ones, watching the proceeding
set up house in the elms close by And
SO it came about that the Rotterdam
Geological Gardens can proudly lay
claim to a natural heronry in their gar
dens But since 1857 Rotterdam has
grown, and the parent birds have now
four miles TO fly to reach the waters
for food for their nestlings. They
cover the distance by day and night
over the tramways. railways and the
noise and smoke of A city, the return
to the nest being marked by the usual
outburst Of welcoming cries from the
voracious young. - Christian Science
Monitor
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
Three Princesses Refugees
Red Cross Steamship Crowded
With Russian War Victims

ODESSA, April 3.-Three Russian
prlncesses and two barons and the
presidents Of three of the largest re-
lief orga nzations in Russia we're
among the hundreds of refugees who
accompanied the American Red Cross
commission to Southern Russia during
the change of base of the Red Cross
from Novorossisk to Theodosia, in the
Crlmea.
Piled from holds to the boat decks
with bales and boxes and with every
cabin filed with supplies, the Ameri-
can steamship Nangamen, one of the
latest cargo boats build by the Ameri-
can Shipping Board, left Novorossisk
with the American relief workers on
board. The vessel was SO crswded with
Red Cross workers and refugees that
everybody had to sleep on top Of bales
or boxes. Not foot of deck space nor
a single cabin was available for sleep
ing quarters.
When the vessel sailed there still
we're 5000 more refugees, sick or
wounded, waiting transportation from
NovoroSsisk to COnStantinoDle.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
Actors Equity Would
Absorb Fidelity Members
Players Who Resign From Lat.
ter Organization Will Be
Admitted to Former

Two thousand members of the Actors
Equity ASSOCIATION, at meeting at
the hotel Astor yesterday, voted to ad-
nit INTO their organization actors who
resigned from the Fidelity League.
The Fidelity and the Equity we're
rivals during the actors strike last
year After the Equity had called the
stslke the Fidelity came into existence
George NJ. Cohan resigned from the
Producing Managers Association to be-
come president of the Fidelity, which
aiso a was sponsored by Louis Mann and
Z. II. Sothern. This led to a charge
rom the Equity members that the
Fidelity was being run by the man.
ayers.
The real purpose of yesterdays ac-
ton, it was said was to absorb the
Fidelity members and gradually put
'he latter organization out of business
CUR action means that only such
members Of the Fidelity who resign
from that organization and are other
wise eligible may apply for member
snip IN our organizations" said Frank
Giiimore, executive secretary of the
Equity 1T does not mean that d truce
nas been called nor that the two organ
izatlons hereafter Will be as one"
Reports were presented TO the meet
ing that few Of the managers who
mad signed contracts on the terms
under which the strike was called off
had begun practice of violating their
agreements. The association agreed to
support any mem bers who withdrew
from managers charged with having
violated agreements with other mem
bers
The Equity voted to give gala per-
formance at the Metropolitan Opera
House Sunday night. May 9.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
Chicago Baptist Church
lntalls ''Lovers' Loft''
tozy Corners Are Open All Dav
and Every Night to Young
People of Community

lovers loft" has been added to
the lmmanuel Baptist Chuch in Chi
cago. The pastor Of the church. DR..
Johnston Myers, acted on a suggestion
recently made by the Rev. Ohm Thomp-
son that all churches should be
equipped with "cozy corners" for the
accomm odation of the young people of
the community
All the conventional comforts Of
home are guaranteed to the HOSTAGE 5
OF CUPID who cannot find refuge in
other quarters
A library. piano, floor lamps, sta
tonery. writing desks and other mon
essentials" in little Danny's lexicon of
success are there, together with such
absolute requisites as downy daven-
ports, myriad Of sofa pillows and ad-
Justments on the lights that permit of
graduated shading of illumination.
mere are no chaperons or traffic police
to prevent crowding. and the little
church mouse will never squeal
The lovers loft" is open TO the mat
rlmonially ambitious swains of the
community all day and every night Of
the week. In real desperate cases the
Janitor has been advised not to invoke
the closing law.
There is beaten path of soft car
pets leading from the social rooms"
to the pastors study, where, for nom
lnal fee, the Sunshine in your souls"
aid "joybells in your hearts" may be
perpetuated by few appropriate re-
marks from Dr. Myers.
81 always have heartily approved of
the idea Of making the church an at
tractlve rendezvous for young people,
said DR.. Myers.
In our congested urban life there
are many respectable young girls living
in hall bedrooms. and splendid young
men. similarly situated who have no
appropriate place where they can en-
tertain friends. The church should
provide just such haven.
I'VE have attempted to equip our
'cozy corners with all the most mod
ern adjuncts to getting acquainted I
dlsapprove Of chaperons. The very fact
that the rooms are located in the
church is sufficient to discountenance
any conduct unbecoming such an envi-
ronment.
Il am on the job all hours to offer
happiness, contentment and pros pcrity
for $3.50 0.'=Clevelan Plain Dealer.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
Feisal Abandons Demand
syrian King Reported Ready to
Treat With Allies

LONDON, April 4~The demand
made of the Allies that the independ-
ence of Syria be recognized has vir-
tually been dropped by Prince Feisal,
who some time ago was made King of
Syria, according to dispatch to THE
Daily, Mall from Damascus dated
March %
The dispatch says it is thought
Prince Feisal might now easily be in
duced to visit London and explain mat
ters. It adds that the Syrian govern
ment's position is none too secure.
The Bedouins OF the Hauran district
and the Druses strongly oppose the
governments call for them to enter
the army.
A political sensation. the dispatch
continues. has been caused by the pub
lication of an appeal by Feisal to Presi-
dent Wilson to help the Arabs attain
unity in Syria.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
Dams to Prevent Flood,
In Ohio Near Completion

Two OF the series OF FIVE great re
tarding dams under construction 70
protect the Ohio Miami Valley from
foods viii be completed this year, ac-
cording to engineers employed by the
Miami Valley Conservancy District.
When these are completed the Miami
Valley will have taken the first step
toward the greatest food prevention
project ever attempted.
Since the disastrous flood Of 1913
engineers have worked incessantly to
perfect q system TO carry off high
waters in the nine counties in the
Miami Valley.
The retarding dam and channel i'm
provement system decided upon viii
cost approximately SOS, 100000 when
completed. Engineers say it will carry
of N safety 40 per cent more water
than that which flooded the valley in
1913. The system is declared to be
fool proof" and Will work automati-
cally forever.
The dams to be completed this year
are located at Germantown, Montgom-
cry County, and at Lockington, Shelby
County. Ohio The estimated cost is
81, 500 600
The Germantown dam will be 100
feet high and l.200 feet long, and engi-
neers say it will be capable Of holding
back 3,170 100000 cubic feet of flood
water During food equal to that OF
1918 water will be discharged from the
two open conduits until the retarded
water has subs sided to normal.
The Germantown dam is not the
largest Of the series. The one at
Englewood. on the Saltwater River,
which is about S per cent completed,
Will be slightly more than 120 feet
high and will be 4,700 feet wide, hav-
ing retarded water capacity nearly
three times as great as the one at Ger
mantown.
The Lockington dam is by far the
longest Of all, measuring 6,40O feet
from end to end, but is only SO feet
high=Toledo Blade.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
Lack of Coal Basic
Cause of Industrial
Tie-Upin in Austria
Failure of Prussia, Upper
Silesia and Bohemia to
Live Up to Agreements
Results in Idle Factories

VIENNA. March 11.-A wave of pes
simism has swept over the country
since Baron Koranyi, Minister of
Finance. and the Food Controller re
turned from Paris with empty hands
except for some small food credits
Newspapers express regret at the DELAY
OF the hoped-for American loan ard
p0blish warnings of approaching eN-
haustlon OF food supplies and Of an
other crisis
circles. Manufacturers declare thss
these driblets Of loans for food
purchase are futile and that oulv
credits sufficiently large to enable
business 10 get on its feet by the pur-
chase Of coai and raw materials VIII
postpone the complete breakdown of
Austria
One OF the basic causes of the coun-
RS paralysis Is lack OF coal. due to
failure Of the coal supplying -coun-
tries 10 live cp 10 their agreements
For this reason industries lie idle.
Austrias natural and logical coal
supply hes in Sohemia and Prussian
or Upper Si'esi Under present al
rangenls2ts .na' IS secured, what there
IS CT II. under agreements between
state governments and upon arrival
here is distributed by government of
hcla's Ihe supply Is so small that
virtually all Of II is needed for i'm
lted railway operation, the gas and
electro plants and limited private do
mestic use.
None remains for industries. and no
factories except those producing the ne
cessltles OF life are in constant oper-
atlon. For instance, the great FIoris-
dorr locomotive works, with capacity
OF 100 locomotives q year. have been
Idle Tor four weeks, while all Eurone
IS Crying for railway motive power.
The demand for fright cars is insist
ent. and yet the Graz car factory with
a potential capacity of 800 cars a month
produces less than fifty cars because
coal Is not to be had and consequently
they cannot secure wheels, aXles and
structural iron for bodies.
Vienna Is surrounded with a forest
OF factory stacks, but smoke issues
from CIV Of them. This has been true
ever since the revolution, fifteen months
ago Manufacturers say that if coal can
be assured IN sufficient quantities thew
VIII manage TO find raw materials
enough to start with and slowly build
up credits for more.
Commission after commission has
valnly tired to obtain delivery of the
coal for which contracts were made
with CzechO-Slovakia. The reason for
this failure is unknown here One ex-
pert says that unless Austria is al
lowed to get coal from the Upper Sile-
sian fields, whence has always come
the bulk of AHstria's supply, her pop
ulaJlon must be deported or the conn
Try viii perish under starvation and
anarchy. This solution, he saws. lies
IN the hands Of the powers.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
Note of Feeling g
In Wilson's Words
Stirred Clergymen
Able Felix Klein, Noted
Catholic Writer, Tells of
Visit of French and Eng.
ish Clergy to White House

PARIS, Feb. 10.--Abbe Felix Klein,
one Of the well-known Catholic writer's
Of France, in his new book entitled an
America at the Close Of the War" de-
scribes his visit to Washington and
talk with President Wilson. The visit
was made in company with delegation
of French and English clery, including
the plshop of Arras. Describing the
meeting the author says:
We entered the White House with
out any formality. Two negro domes-
tics opened the door and a secretary
conducted US to the small reception
room The furnishings were very plain.
ne walls were hung only with the por-
traits Of Presidents Prominent in the
orna amentatlon was bust which occu-
pied the center of the marble mantle-
plece-the bust Of Lafayette.
We waited only few minutes. AS
lhe CLOCK struck 4 80 the President en-
tered, bowing and looking somewhat
stern, despite his smile As ,''e a'yal ~'la1
coined US IN Z few words the severity Of
ms expression gradually relaxed He
shook hands with each of US as we were
presented
Stirred by President
eoeH oeioi enOeO, the PreSl-
den addressed US informally for two
or three minutes. He spoke in a calm
tone, withou temphasis, without pes
ture, and yet there was note of feel
ing "hlch stirred each one of US. He
sal0 notnlng remarkable, but he spoke
with that precision of language which
is one of his gifts.
After expressing his thanks for the
ISL OF tnose representing the religious
sentiment in France and England The
fresldent said:
Moral force is the greatest Of
lorces. And what a support it gives
wnen on! one seeks, following the ideal of
Ine IN Allies, only the triumph of right.
we we are not making war for CONQUEST.
out for justice.' .
me president also spoke of the great
services rendered by Cardinal Glib
bons during the war, after which M
wilson saluted and retired.
Affinity Between Two Races
summing up the relation between
rance and America, Able Klein saws:
lhere is a natural affinity between
the two peoples which attracts them
10 each other by certain traits in com
mon and by certain contrasts which
complement and complete their own
characteristics. Both have vivacitv Of
conception. frankness of character and
enthusiasm for the ideal. On one
hand, there is the keen sense of the
PRACTICAL, quick initiative and habit
OF prompt decision. On the other hand
there is the refinement of taste. the
art OF making fine shades of distinc
ton, the logical order of ideas. The
french and Americans always will SYM
pathize IN the qualities they have in
common; they always Will admire the
mol - Il
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
BOlshevik Menace
Alarms Mongolia
And Manchuria
Chinese Authorities of Both
Provinces Ask Additional
ReinfOrcements to Protect
Them From Red Troops

LONDON. March s.-The Bolshevik
menace is causing much concern to the
Chinese authorities Of Manchuria and
Mongolia. The Times correspondent
writes from Harbin, Manchuria:
The Chinese provincial authorities
have asked for reinforcements to pro-
tect Manchuria and Mongolia from the
Bolshevists. According to the local
guarding the Chinese Eastern Railway,
the lst Kirin Brigade is at Nikolsk
Ussursk and the 1st Heilungkiang
Brigade is stationed north of Heikhe
Heilungkiang is the nortnernmost t
province of Manchtria ]. The Chinese
authorities have asked the Japanese
command to undertake to guard the
railway in place of the departing Amer
leans.
According to news from Khabarovsk,
an agreement was concluded on Febru-
ary is between the social revolution
aries and the Japanese whereby the for
mer undertook not to molest Russia or
foreign residents, and to abstain from
entering the town except with the au-
thority of the Zemstvo government of
Vladivostokl The agreement has been
faithfully observed, and as a result
Zemstvo rule has been established ed
peacefully.
"Nperiod' demands the surrender by
the Chinese of the Hetman Kalmykotf
who was captured by them on the Man
churia border. Otherwise, it saws.
China Will be regarded by the Rus
sans as an associate of Japan. This
is the first open attack on the Chinese
by the Bolshevist organ.
In connection with General Horvat's s
winding up Of the Russian institutions
IN the railway zone, the Japanese are
prepared TO move troops from Chan
chung Southern Manchuria) to quell
possible disturbances. The Chinese are
ready TO substitute natives for the
Russian railway servants in the event
of strike.
The Chinese dispose of 10000 troops
IN the railway zone. The pro- Bolshe-
vlsts, nevertheless, are beginning to
display aggressive tendencies. The ar
rival of Red" Regulars at Irkutsk and
the imminent downfall of Chica in
spires hopes of the Red" control of
the railway The situation is compl-
Gated by the difficulty of moving
Chinese regulars from Mukden over
the Japanese section of the railway.
British officers and refugees who have
arrived at Harbin state that the ex-
periences west of 1rkutsk excel all the
previous horrors they have witnessed.
Piles of naked, frozen and gnawed
corpses of men, women and children
were stacked at every station. The
Czechs are alleged to have forcibly
taken engines from hospital trains,
leaving the sick to perish of cold and
hunger. Human beings, say the ref
ugees, were converted into beasts
Semenoff has voluntarily demobilzed
his army and publicly begged forgive
ness for the abuses and crueties in
tiicted in his name. He is leaving Chita
after the last Czech echelon has passed.
The remnants of Kolchak's army, ap-
proXlmately 5000 men, have entered
Trans sbaikala.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
canned Fish Turns
81 Convicts Into
Human Magnets
Clinton Inmates Give OFF
Sparks ON Contact With
Steel and Phenomenon
is Puzzling Scientists
From a Staff Co-respond.nt

ALBANY. April 4.-There are +hir+v-
TWO convlcts in Clinton prison. Danne-
mora, who have developed into human
electrodes, puzzling the scientific world
Two others have died from the effects
OF the botulinus bacilli which pro-
ouced the rare phenomenon. Canned
salmon eaten by the victims is blamed.
Eleccrlc sparks are struck when any
one OF the patients touches steel. If
one of them traces a finger over com
pass glass the needle swings errati-
caily from north to south or from east
to west. Sixteen of the thirty-two sur
vlvors have been discharged from the
hospital, but all of them are still sur
charged with electricity.
While botulinus poisoning is familiar
TO medical authorities, the manifesto
Ions Of it evidenced by the Clinton
prisoners are heretofore unrecorded in
sclentlhc annals. When incandescent
electric bulbs have been placed in the
hands of the victims the carbon fila
ment has vibrated, and they have mag
netized by touch sheets of paper, which
Tor hours afterward would adhere to
any body with which they were brought
in contact.
DR.. John Ransom. prison snrgeon.
notified State Superintendent of Prisons
Rattigan when the maadv first an
peared, and Mr.. Rattigan lost no time
IN sending corps of eminent special
Ists to the prison. Among them were
Drs, K. W. Lamson. of the Harvard
UNIVERSITY department Of preventive
medicine; j. N. Rosenau. professor in
the same departmen Mt. and Olaf Olsen.
TODD and drug inspector of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Ihey have agreed that the disease
nad its origin on February 20. when
fresh fish failed to reach the prison
ana an canned saImon was used instead
They admit themselves baffled how
ever, by the queer symptoms that have
appeared. which are likely to form an
interesting chapter in medical works
OF the future. The bacillus is akin to
that which has recently poisoned per
sons lndulging in ripe olives. 1t is
also related to ordinary Dtomaine po-
ing" P'4'''-
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
Peruvian Official Here on
Roundabout Brazil Trim
Member of Boundary Commits
sion Saves Time by Going Far
Out of His Wav

Lieutenant Ricca pdo Iona, of Lima.
a member of the Brazil-Peru boundary
commission, arrived here yesterday from
Peru via Cristobal on the United Fruit
steamship Zacapa on hrs way to Rio
de Janeiro.
Through lack of railroad facilities in
South America he was compelled TO
travel to Rio via New York When he
arrived at Cristobal from Lima he was
unable to find steamship that would
take him TO Barbados. where he had
hopes of boarding a steamship bound
from New York 50 the Brazilian capt
tai. Rather than be delayed. he took
passage on the Zacapa ana Will depart
on April "A by the Lamport & Holt
liner Vestris for his ultimate destina-
ton.
Also on the Zacapa came W P. Kenny.
a structural steel man Of this city, and
William Stroop, steel man OF Dayton.
Ohio, who had been on tour OF the
West Indies.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
Youngster, 3 Years Old,
Breaks Up Family Party

1t was nice sociable family party
yesterday at the home OF Mrs Anna
Toback. 1921 West Nineteenth Street,
Coney Island, until Jacob Siegel. three
years old. Mrs. Toback' s grandson. got
hold Of his fathers walking stick.
After that 1t was just sociable.
Little J acob, a dc ghtfully precocious
Soungster. whacked his uncle, Harry
Tcback, on the head with the cane,
growing gleefully at the sudden change
in the expression of uncle's face.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05

bkLssaLS, April 4--Thc street car
for1ers Of Brussels, Louvain. Liege
aad the whole province OF Brabant
strucE tais morning. As result motor
ecsses are tne only mean. of transport.
!; IS announced that the government
iateads 70 reguisition the street cars
tC-rrnr~nn,
New-York tribune., 1920-04-05
Americas Lead in Sponges

Sponge fishing in the Americas is
rather modern industry, but it pro-
duces more than two-thirds of the
worlds supply in weight, though the
fisheries Of the Mediterranean produce
about one-half of the worlds supply
in value.