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New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
3,2O7 Arrive
On 3 Liners
From Europe
Many Business Men Back
After Hurried Trip 8
to Fill Contracts for
Manufactured Products
Mauretania Docks First
Vauclain Brings Glowing
Story of Polish Thrift;
l ,446 Here From Holland

Three transatlantic liners, laden to
capacity with saloon, second cabin and
steerage passengers, arrived here yes
terday from British and continental
ports. There were 3,2o7 travellers on
the three vessels.
The majority Of the saloon passen-
gers were business men returning hur-
riedly to speed the manufacture OF
various commodities to fill contracts
obtained abroad.
The first vessel Of the three to dock
was the Cunarder Mauretania, from
Southampton and Cherbourg, which
carried 1881 passengers.
Among her saloon passengers wa.
Samuel A. Vauclain, chairman of the
directorate of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, who has made frequent short
trips to Europe since the signing OF
the armistice. The trip just ended
took him on tour of two months
through Poland, Czecho- -Slovakia, Ser
bla and Rumania, where he transacted
much business.
Finds Thrift in Poland
In Poland, the enterprise and thrift,
of which he said impressed him great
ly, he placed many large orders fo,
locomotives. The little nation, he said
was forging ahead so fast that it was
only a question of few years wher
she would have paid off her entire debt
to the outside world.
He praised the patriotism of tht
Poles and told of the huge grain field
he had seen thriving under full cult.
vation. The only thing Poland needed
he declared, was equipment to NOV,
its crops. He said he would see that
she was supplied with locomotives.
In Austria, he said, there was a,
abundance of food for the peasants il
the rural districts, but that there wa
a shortage of foodstuffs in Vienna
which impressed him as "city for sal
cheap"
Mr. Vauclain declared he obtained
his best meals in Bucharest and Bel
grade, where dollar went long wa,
liberal supply of fine vine thrown in
W. Averell Hartman, who is finan
cially interested in railroad, steamship
and aircraft corporations, returned OF
the Mauretania after a study Of tn
European steamship situation.
He said ofiicefs and men of tn,
American merchant marine should Civ,
their best efforts and cooperation t,
the American ship owners, as they ar,
paid higher wages and have better lv
ing conditions than the officers ant
seamen on foreign ships.
He declared America should continu
to encourage tonnage construction AM
called attention to the fact that man,
of the worlds trades are being ham
pered by the lack of proper shipping.
Ira Nelson Morris, American Minis
ter to Sweden, returned from Stock
holm on leave to spend the summer il
the United States.
Business in Sweden is improving,
he said. "The scarcity of newsprn
paper has caused the mills of Swede
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Business Planks
Prepared for Two
Big Conventions
National Association of
Manufacturers to Decide
Tonight w h e h er 1t
Will Present Its Platform

Business interests Of the country
representing $500 manufacturers, mem,
bers of the National Association of
Manufacturers, will determine at q
conference at the Waldorf-Astorla to-
morrow night whether they will adopt
a business platform which it is pro-
posed to present to the Republican and
Democratic parties for consideration at
their national conventions.
George S. Boudinot, secretary of the
manufacturers assoc ciation, said last
night that the business platform, oppos-
ing the open shop and dealing with
other subjects important to industry
has been prepared. The planks include
suggestions for solving problems con-
nected with immigration. collective
bargaining, taxation, tariff production
transportation, war bonuses. banking
currency and industrial disputes.
"The association never before has at
tempted to suggest planks for the plat
forms of political parties," said Mr.
Boudnot. mot long ago some of the
officials OF our organization thought it
might be a good plan t. draw up busi
ness platform. Delegates were ap-
pointed by the manufacturers Of about
twenty states.
"The result was a conference here,
the drawing up of a platform of about
1000 words in length and a decision
to submit it to our twenty-tifth annual
convention. The proposed platform
comes from outside the organization,
in that it will not be identified with
the association unless we adopt it.
The platform is not to be made
public until Tuesday night, but may
say that it opposes the open shop and
collective bargaining"
A. L: Humphrey, of the Westing
house Air Brake Company, Pittsburgh
is chairman of the committee in charge
Of the platform.
The ASSOCIATIONS convention will be-
gin at the Waldorf this morning and
Il continue until Wednesday night
About 1000 members are expected tc
attend.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17

to be driven to their utmost. Were il
not for the high cost Of machinery and
the enormous wage demanded by
skilled labor, the wood pulp industry
would be extended.
"The manufacturers of wood pulp
are not sure that high prices will pre-
vail sufficiently long to repay them for
enlarging their plants"
Italian Banker Arrives
Angelo Pogliani, managing director
OF the Italian Bank of Discount, arrived
for business trip that will keep him
In this country for six weeks.
He said Italy was in thriving con-
dition and there were no more labor
troubles in the kingdom than elsewhere
in the world.
"In a general way" he said, "the
war has not brought the United States
and Italy sufficiently close together
Italy prefers trade relations with the
United States to those of any other
country and she invites American
trade"
Another traveller on the Mauretania
was G. E. Nicholson, designer of the
Upton challenger for the Americas
Cup.
Among others on the Mauretans
were: Samuel Goldwyn, motion picture
producer; Mrs. A. V. Drummond, for
merly Miss Pauline Chase, the Pinl
Pajama Girl, who was accompanied b,
her husband and their eleven-m onths
old daughter; Colonel Guy GofF, of The
Army Of Occupations; J. W. sherwood
Alvin W. Krech, president OF tn.
Equitable Trust Company, and DON
Andre Mocqereau.
The Holland-American liner Moor
dam, the first vessel of the company
fleet to arrive here within ten weeks
because of strikes, came to port yes
terday from Rotterdam with 1,446 pas
sengers.
Among the saloon passengers was B
Ruys, director general of the Hollan
Lloyd Line, who comes on a trip of 81
weeks to arrange for the establishment
Of branch of the company's freigh
service to Java by the Panama Cana
route, using New York as terminal.
he said the striking sailors and long
shoremen Of the ports of Holland wer
dissatisfied with the protraction of thei
strike of ter weeks and insisted on re
turning to work at their old rate O
Fay, despite the fact that the steam
ship owners offered them an advance.
Among others on the Noordam wer
Miss Margaret de Dalnoky Regecy, q
Austrian pianist; Miss Virginia Cowpe1
a nurse. and DR.. Archibald McAlliste
a physician Of the Red Gross.
The Royal George, of the Cunurd Lin
arrived from Liverpool yesterday b
way of Halifax with $50 passengers.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
League Formed
For Fight ON
Volstead Act
Offices of Constitutional
Liberty Organization, to
Seek Repeal of Dry Law,
Are Opened in Boston
Nation Wide Campaign
Former Assistant Secretary
of Treasury Coolidge Is
Among Projects Leaders

From The Trioune's Washtnoton Bureau
WASHINGTON, May ia nation
wide organization. with branches in
every state, with the object of con-
Quoting vigorous fight for the repeal
of the Volstead dry law, is being
formed, according to an announcement
here to-day. The organization is known
as the Constitutional Liberty League.
1t already has opened Offices in Boston,
where it is said to be backed by some
of the leading men Of Massachusetts.
Steps have been taken for the organi1
cation Of branch in Pennsylvania, and
1t is reported the formation of branches
in other states will follow at once.
One of the leaders in the organiza-
ton Is Louis A Coolidge, of Boston,
former Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury. With Mr.. Coolidge are asso-
ciated DR.. Myles Standish, William Ros-
coe Thayer, who wrote the "I.ife of
Roosevelt; Frederic Winthrop, Hugh
Bancroft, Robert S. Hale, Francis Pea
body, General Samuel D. Parker and
other men of we'll known New England
names.
The announced purposes of the Con-
stitutional Liberty League are "to con-
duct a campaign for the education of
the people in the evils and dangers of
national prohibition by constitutional
provisions and laws Of Congress, to
promote temperance in the use of alco-
holic beverages and to procure the
proper regulation Of the liquor traffic
by the state in the exercise of the local
police power"
The activities Of the league will be
carried on sin all proper and lawful
the end that the standards of personal
liberty Of thought and conduct, which
were established by the founders of the
government Of the United States of
America, shall be maintained and safe
guarded"
1t also is the purpose of the league
"to oppose any impairment of the
rights of American citizens as vested
in them by the first ten amendments of
the Constitution of the United States
or by the Constitution itself"
The officers of the Constitutional
Liberty League of Massachusetts are
Charles S. Rackemann, president;
Ralph Adams Cram, vice-president;
Dr.. Charles NJ. Green, vice-president;
Francis Reginald Bangs, secretary, and
Alexander Lincoln, treasurer.
Fred c. Spaulding, former director
of the League for the Preservation of
American independence, which success
fully fought the league of nations
covenant, has been chosen as executive
secretary and organizer of the new
body.
A meeting is to be held in Washing
ton soon, at which plans for the or
ganization Of other branches through
out the United States will be
! formulated.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Forest Fires Raging
In the Adirondacks
Residents of Northern Sections
of Herkin1er and Hamilton
Counties Fighting Flames


SYRACUSE, N. Y, May 16.-Serious
forest fires are raging in the lower
Adirondacks, in the northern sections
Of Herkimer and Hamilton counties,
according to reports received here
from Thendra tonight. Every avail
able forest ranger and warden, as we'll
as all persons living near the affected
sections, have been called to help fight
the flames, which are said to be threat
ening destruction of large timber
areas.
Little rain has fallen in the Adiron-
dacks during the last two weeks and
the hot sun bearing through the bare
branches has made the leaves and duff
in the woods like tinder. Old woods
men said to-day conditions in the
woods were the worst of any time in
the last five years.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Glad Wilhelm Has Gone.
Say Bentinck Servants
Daughter of Count Engaged TO
Captain in Retinue Only Per-
son to Express Regret

AMERONGEN, May Is, (By The AS
sociated Press) ).-Bentick Castle. long
hemmed about by special guards be-
cause of the presence of former En-
peror William Of Germany. has again
been thrown open to visitors follow
ing the departure of the former En-
peror for his new home. The Castle
gates are wide open and the formality
OF requiring tickets Of visitors has
been done away with
One minute after the ex-Kaiser's au-
tomobile had started in the direction
Of Doofn, the guards were withdrawn
and after taking leave of friends in
Amerongen they mounted bicycles and
pedalled off in the direction taken by
Wilhelm's car.
The only person in the Bentinck
household who appeared to regret the
departure of the erstwhile royalty was
daughter of Count Bentinck who is
reported to have become engaged u o
marry Captain Won Ilsemann, Of the ex-
Emperors retinue.
There will be fewer tips for us
now," said the Bentinck gamekeeper
to a plump village girl, "but all the
same I am glad the fellows gone"
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Policeman Killed
I'm Scume With
Fellow Officer
Edward S. Burns Said to
Have Suffered Skull Frac-
ture in Encounter With
Friend; Suspend Corporal

An Investigation is being conducted
by the Police Department into the
death of Patrolman Edward S., Burns,
twenty-six years old, who died on the
operating table in St. Johns Hospital,
Long Island City, yesterday afternoon.
He had been removed to this institu-
ton in an unconscious condition from
his home, 38 Eighteenth Avenue, AS
toria
Burns was attached to the East
Thirty-fif Street police station. The
injury from which it is thought he died
was received while he and friend
also policeman. were scufling in the
dormitory Saturday night. 1t is said
that at that time Burns was struck
across or bumped his head, and his
skull was fractured. An autopsy will
be performed to-day.
The investigation of the affair has
been placed in the hands of Captain
Arthur A. Carey, of the Homicide
Squad; Lieutenant Willimese, in charge
of detectives at the East Thirty-sixth
Street police station, and Captain
George McQueeney, in command of the
Third Inspection District.
Their report has resulted in the sus-
pension of Corporal William j. Muir
ray by order of First Deputy Police
Commissioner John A. Leach. 1t is
said Murray and Burns were scuf1ine
when the latter struck his head against
an iron bed.
Thereafter he went home, apparently
uninjured. Yesterday morning he did
not waken and his wife was unable t
rouse HIM. She called a physician anc
Burns was taken to St. Johns Hospital
where he died.
Friends of both men say .Burns's in
jury was entirely accidental, and that
he and Murray were good friends.
Burns was appointed to the force II
Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, ano
! later returned to the force.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Two Boys in Auto Arrested
Policeman Captures Stolen
Machine After Chase

Patrolman Charles Carlson, Of the
East 126th Street police station, chased
the stolen automobile of Herbert
Rowat, Of 527 West 124th Street, UP
Third Avenue to 125th Street last night
and arrested its passengers, Lewis
Kopell, seventeen, of 431 West 121st
Street, and John Corbett, fourteen, OF
176 Amsterdam Avenue
Rowat's car was stolen yesterday
morning. Last evening Carlson saw it
on Third Avenue and called to KopelI
to halt. The youth put on speed, but
the policeman commandeered a machine
and overlook him. Kopell was locked
up charged with grand larceny and his
companion was sent to the Children 3
Society charged with Juvenile de-
linouency.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Decision on Volstead
Act Is Expected To-day
Believed Supreme Court Will
Hand Down Ruling on Valid
ity Of Prohibition Law

From The Trtbute's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 16.-A decision
on the validity of the Volstead prohi-
bition enforcement act, it is expected,
will be handed down by the Supreme
Court of the United States when that
tribunal meets tomorrow after a re-
cess of two weeks.
The cases were argued before the
Supreme Court last March. Only three
days remain in which decisions win
be handed down before the court takes
recess for the summer. They are to-
morrow, Tuesday, June /. and June Z
Seven cases questioning the consti-
tutionality Of the Volstead act are be-
fore the Supreme Court. Two of the
cases. brought by the states Of Rhode
Island and New Jersey, originated in
the Supreme Court. The other five were
appealed from decisions OF the lower
courts. They are the Kentucky Masssa-
chusetts, Christian Feigenspan, Wis,
consin and st. Louis cases.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Federal Writ
Is Served on
Nicky in Cell
around and expressed their wonder
ment in Yiddish.
CONTINUED srsm ps,s ens)


ment in Yiddish.
Fallon raped on the big iron doors,
but these were not opened until
turnkey had surveyed the trio through
a peep" panel. The actress, Mae
Weston, entered with the other two
and Fannie identified her as a cousin
OF Nicky's, but the warden said:
i've got my orders from the United
States Marshal. Only the prisoners
counsel and his wife are to see him"
So Miss Weston, in her high-heeled
satin pumps and short -skirted frock,
was compelled to take the air on the
sidewalk. Finally, though, she was
driven by the noisy comment on the
length of her silken ankles, uttered by
thick-waisted women pushing peram-
buators, to climb into the plum col
ored cushions Of the brougham.
Inside, Fannie learned that her hus-
band had slept like a top for almost
twelve hours, had breakfasted decentiy
on food sent in from a nearby restau-
rant that caters to distinguished guests
of Sheriff Knott, had dined on the
prison roast beef and knew the names
of several of the alimony slackers who
sat at the table with him.
Interview Bail Broker
"1ve been to college," said Nicky,
recalling his Sing Sing experience,
"and ! know this place could be a
whole lot worse"
other actress drove uptown to Fannie's
fat to keep an appointment with Har-
old Norris, who is acting as a bail
broker for Nicky. The National Surety
Company, of which Norris is a vice
president, has indicated it wasn't pre-
cisely pleased with Mr. Norris's meth
DDS in issuing a statement that he was
acting for Arnstein in q private ca
pacity.
Many of the messengers who aided il
| the thefts of securities and bonds tha
Nicky is charged with having directed
were bonded by the National Suret,
Company, hence their dispeasure a
seeing Arnstein go free on bail.
Mr.. Fallon declined to tell the name
of Nicky's newest bondsman.
It was learned yesterday that tn,
police will now direct the energy hith
erto expended in an effort to captur,
Nicky in chasing Nick Cohn, said t
be another master mind.
We've got to get Cohn," said one o1
the men handling the case agair1s Arm
stein. HE is a more important figure
than Arnstein. He disappeared from
the Hotel Theresa in l25th Street
where he had been living, on March II
On that day Margaret Meeker, young
art student whose home is in Eureka
Calf, disappeared. She is supposed to
have gone to Cleveland and that ais
was supposed to have been Cohn's des
| tination.
"All our efforts for the present will
be concentrated on catching Cohn. H
is the real sinister figure in this busi
ness. The others mentioned are pix
ers," said an official.
So Nick now wears Nicky's title, 9TH
Master Mind"
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Head Is Severed by Train
Passenger T Believed to Have
Dropped Hat

The headless body of William Wood
twenty, of ss1 President Street, Brook
,lyn, was discovered lying in the gutter
at Broadway and jefferson Avenue
brooklyn, yesterday, by Patrolman
James Brown.
On the elevated tracks above was
found the head and a paper bap CON
tanning straw hat 1t Is believed
brown dropped this from train. and
getting off at Halsey Street station
went back along the structure to re-
cover 1t, and was run down by another
train.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
American Legion to Present
Carpentier as Movie Star

Georges Carpenter IS to be INTRO
duced to the American motion picture
public as an actor by the American
Legion, it was announced yesterday.
The picture in which he will play i
called 1.-The Wonder Man" It's first
showing at the Hotel Astor, beginning
May 90. will be under the auspices OF
the American Legion of New York
County
New-York tribune., 1920-05-17

held as a material witness, departed
shortly afterward with her husband.
While there was no money on the
table at the time of the hold-up, it is
said the members of the card party
carried on their persons cash and Jew
elry to the value of more than 81 600
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-28

having been given out January first.
: The people have given up hope and
they do not wish to I've; they make
! or m jokes among themselves as to
how much longer they will hold out"
Prof. Zeidler's information about
conditions in Petrograd Is wholly at
var ance with the cheerful account
given to The Assoc ated p ess cores
pondent by Sergius Zorin, a member of
the Bolsheyik comm, ssion from Petro-
grad that came TO the front er to re.
ceive the Russians deported from the
United States. Zorln said that every
resident was obtaining one and one
quarter pounds OF bread daily VIII lie
Prof Re lde asserts that two ounces
Of flour is all that can be supplied
even to the favored classes, the non
Bolshevik. class receiy ng none at all.
zorin declared that there was no
scarcity now OF food, fuel and that
some coal had been received from the
south. On the other hand, Prof. Zeid.
Ter says: Wood is so difficult to get
that the people are not permitted to
burn 1t in stoves. Those living in
tenements huddle together TO-. warm
tn In rooms on the lower floors and
sleep there. They count themselves
lucky Il the temperature of room is
one degree above the freezing point. -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-28

pended for the permanent improve
ment Of its highways In accordance
with the provisions OF Chapter 172 of
the Public S atutes of Vermont, and
amendments thereto. Qs
8. To see II the town will vote to
build piece OF experimental high
way OF concrete on the main highway
between Bennington and North Ben
n.ngton for dis anca TO be deter
mined by the meeting, and to deter.
mine what. il any sum, shall be ap-
lpropriated therefor.
10. To see what. If any additional
sum the town will vote TO appropriate
for the permanent improvement of
highways within said town, and II
any appropriation is voted, to deter
mine where the same shall be ex-
pended.
IL To see what, II any sum- the
town Will vote TO appropriate from
its general fund for the purpose OF
main aiming the highways OF the
4 town for the purpose OF cooperating
with or securing the benefits OF the
state patro system for patrollins and
maintaining selected roads.
IL To see what sums are neces
sary 20 be raised for the following
purposes, viz: for the laying out,
maintaining and repairing the high
ways OF the town and for the payment
OF state highway tax: for maintain
Ing the schools and the school-houses,
and for the school purposes of he
town and for the payment Of state
school tax; for the payment OF any in
ldebtedness and in crest thereon;
| for the support OF the poor |;
for the maintenance OF bridges
and OF winter or snow roads T.;
for the prosecution and defense OF
the common rights and in erests OF
the inhabitants OF the town; for the
other necessary and incidental cur.
rent town expenses; and the payment
of the s ate tax assessed by the last
session of the General Assembly; and
to vote a tax upon the Grand List OF
the town for the payment thereof.
10. To see If the town will vote
have medical inspection OF the
schools OF the town.
IA. To see If the town will vote to
install a uniform system OF public
accounting as recommended by the
officials appointed by the Governor
under one hundred and nine Of the
acts of 1915.
is. To see what sum, IL any, the
town will appropriate for the plant
ng or protection Of shade trees, pur-
suant to the provisions of No. rs of
he Acts OF 1904, entitled, AN Act
Provide for the Protection or
Shade Trees"
16. To determine at what time the
tax bills shall be delivered to the
treasurer of the town for collection.
IT. To see II the Listers for 1920
shall be paid for their services Sep
TENDER 1st next, and what sum per