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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30
Club Raid Here
Discloses New
Red Conspiracy
Three Held After Police
Seize Papers Showing
Plan for Nation Wide
Propaganda Organization
Communists Back Scheme
Bleecker Street Quarters
Operated Under Cuise
of Writer'S Association

Three men were arrested last night
by detectives attached to the bomb
squad and special agents headed by
Charles J. Scully, of the Department of
Justice, in a raid on "The Writer'S
Club" two rooms in the rear of the
second floor of 17O Bleecker Street. AS
result of this raid new organiza-
tion which was being formed to carry
on nation wide campaign of Com
munist propaganda was uncovered.
Abram Jakarra, thirty-two years old,
native of Russia; Israel Amter, alias
Julius Fakiar, of 3o5 Brook Avenue, the
Bronx, and John Edward Siebert, of
2756 East Twenty seventh Street,
Sheepshead Bay, were arrested. Five
trunks of radical literature and two
loaded revolvers were seized.
Siebert was trailed from the rooms
of the so-called "Writers' Club" by
agents of the Department of Justice
and arrested in Brooklyn as he was
about to enter a moving picture the
ater in company with his wife.
According to the detectives, Siebert,
who arrived from Pittsburgh yester-
day, brought with him a great many
of the records aid lists Of organizations
seized by the agents. According to
Scully, Siebert was known as the ma
tional organizer of Communist propa-
ganda. After a careful perusal of lit
erature found in two bags which. it
is charged, Siebert left at the Penn
sylvania Station, agents of the De-
,o,.{r, ,o,,k of y,,c
pose of Siebert's visit to New York was
to start a nationwide campaign for
Communism.
Underground Body Planned
A special organization, to be known
as the Underground Organization of
the United Communist Party, was to
| be formed, the agents said, with the
purpose Of doing away with the Sc
cretive nature of all propaganda here
tofore spread on behalf of the party.
In set of resolutions regarding the
formation of this new organization a
tax Of SO cents was to be levied on
every member of the Communist party
to finance the Underground Organiza-
ton. According to the resolutions, this
money was to be used to "defray ex-
penses of the Underground Organiza-
tion in placing propaganda on broader
scale than was heretofore possible with
an exclusively secret organization"
The Council of the Underground Or
ganization, the resolutions declare,
shall be supreme, except in "declara-
tions regarding armed insurrection."
Jakarra and Amter. the detectives
charge, were making plans for a secret
meeting of radical leaders from vari-
Gus Communist organizations through
ont thp c0untrv to he held in New
York in the near future. The two mon
had been trailed by detectives from
the bomb squad for more than five
weeks, it was said.
The most important document found
in the five trunks of literature and
manuscripts, according to the detec-
tives, was one which listed by states
all the Communist and affiliated organ
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30

not only little or no food, but not even
any homemade wine.
In Stratford the town authorities are
caring for the most serious cases and
public-spirited citizens are endeayor-
ing to relieve those in less dire straits
One woman sends a daily supply of
bread and peanut butter to the school
to be distributed to hungry children
by the teachers.
Last night a committee of citizens
met in the Town Hall and voted an ap-
preparation of 81 900 to meet the emer-
gency. At the same meeting plans
were made for a campaign to raise
100000 for the same purpose by public
subscription, the fund raising to start
May 8.
Yesterday mob, composed of ex-
service men who are out of work,
stormed the Offices of the Chamber Of
Commerce here demanding that steps
be taken to relieve the situation by
dissolving an injunction which has tied
up the funds of the Department of
Charity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30
Special Disratch to The Trihun.

BOSTON, April 2e.--Elite circles in
the Back Bay section have been in
vaied by prohibition officers in their
war upon moonshiners and, as result,
Louis Agassiz Shaw, scientist. Har-
ward professor and member Of a So
cially prominent family, appeared be-
fore United States Commissioner Hays
to-day and was held IN $500 bail.
One of the finest stills that the pro-
hibition era has brought to official light
was discovered in his home, 6 MARI
borough Street, Back Bay, according
to the officers who descended upon the
mansion with a search warrant.
The disclosure of the raid, through
the Federal Court proceedings, may
shock the city's exclusive realm in
which the alleged moonshiner moved,
but one of the calm and unperturbed
utterances attributed to him by the
raiding officers may prove even more of
a shock.
Moonshining, according to this
quoted statement, is quite a general
practice in Boston society. Gail the
fellows have STILLS" he told the officers,
according to their assertions.
The still, Of ten gallons capacity, was
set up on the top floor of the house,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30
Hughes Hopes
Still to Close
Indemnity Rift
Holds to Opinion, Despite
Opposition, That Some
Agreement Will Be Made
Before Move Into Ruhr
U. S. Offer Is Explained
Sole Idea in Forwarding
Berlin Note Was to Aid
the Allies, Not Germany
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON, April 2e.-Refusal to
abandon hope of getting the Allies and
Germans around conference table on
the amount Germany must pay charac-
terized the Administration to-day. In
the face of the persistent refusal of
the French and Belgians to consider
the latest German proposal of repara-
! tlon terms, in the face of positive de-
malls that the French would postpone
their military occupation of the Ruhr
coal fields. in the face of comment by
experts in this country that the Ger
man proposals are snare and a de-
Msion, hope still persists at the White
House and the State Department.
One of the surprising developments
Of the day was that the whole Admin
lstration is extremely sensitive over
the possibility that the recent note
writing, resulting in this German pro-
posal which is being so stoutly re-
jected by the Allies, might be regarded
in some quarters as being a new move
in Germany's behalf.
AttempL TO Serve Allies
Three men high in the Administra-
tlon to-day went out of their way in
talking to newspaper correspondents
though not for quotation-to state that
this country's part in the whole pro-
ceedlngs must be considered as an at
tempt to serve the Allies and not Ger
many. There were no questions in any
one of the three cases to bring forth
such statement. No questioner has
lntlmated that charge was being made
that the part being played by this
government would serve the purposes
Of the German Foreign Office.
lnasmuch as all three men were nres-
ent at the Cabinet meeting it was as
sumed tonight that there has been
some criticism, perhaps personally ad-
dressed to members of the Cabinet.
which has resulted in the Administra,
tlon being anxious to place its position
squarely before the country.
The most elaborate of the three
statements, though unfortunately the
author cannot be mentioned or ;nd;-
Gated save that he Is high in the ad-
minlstratlon, was approximately as
follows:
There are two lines of thought with
regard to dealing with Germany on
the question of reparations. One con-
templates a crushed Germany, which
will not be able to pay anything. The
other contemplates a functioning, work
ing Germany, which can pay, and there
fore can be made to pay, to the limit
of her ability to do so. If the first
CONTINUED on next paee)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30
HARVARD Pedagogue Is Held
As ''Moonsl,iner" after Raid
Finest Still They Have Seized, Say Dry Agents, Found
Near Ballroom in Mansion of Louis Agassiz
Shaw in Back Bay District of Boston

adjoining the ballroom. In the room
was also found, the officers allege, five
and one-half gallons of distilled liauo1
OF the kind termed "hootch" in less
fashionable circles and six gallons OF
mash.
The alleged society moonshiner, &C.
ccording to the officers, said he had used
the product Of the still as an ingre-
dent of punch served at dancing par
ties which he gave from time to time
TO society guests in the ballroom OF
the home
Shaw is a chemist and an assistan.
IN applied physiology at the Harvard
Medical School. Just now he is con.
Quoting special research work at the
school. The room of the alleged moon
shine installation was formerly used
by him as private laboratory. In the
Boston directory is the notation that
ne has research laboratory at his
home.
The Boston Blue Book also lists him
he is member Of one of the oldes. of
Boston families. He accorded the raid
ing officers every courtesy. His butler
like the well-mannered servant that
goes with such an establishment as the
Shaw household, co6perated in this ex-
tension of courtesy. The raiding Of
tlcers were greeted by the butler with
Continued on pags eisht)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30
Boy, Playing sCop,' Kills
Little Sister With Gun
8-Year-Old Uses His Fathers
Pistol to Make Game
Realistic

Salvatore Giglio, eight years old, of
96 Warren Street, last night shot and
killed his five-year-old sister, Angelina,
in their home while playing "cops and
robbers Salvatore's parents were not
home at the time
According to the police. Salvatore
took his fathers pistol from a table
drawer to make the game more real
istlc. Angelina was the bandit, Saliva
tore said. He put the muzzle of the
weapon to his sisters temple Neigh
bors who heard the shot rushed to the
Giglio apartment. Salvatore was weep
ing, and it was some time before a
coherent story of the shooting could
be obtained from him.
The boy was taken to the rooms of
the Children's Society. He will be ar
raigned in the Children's Court TO-DAY
on a charge of juvenile delinquency.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30
Graft Board Is
Chosen; Will
Meet Friday
Sen. Meyer To Be Chairman
and E.. r. Brown Counsel;
Last Minute Changes Are
Made in the Membership
III of 10 Are Republicans
Harris, One of Livingstone
Men, Is Named; Most of
Appointees Fought Probe

The Joint Legislative Committee tc
investigate the Hearst Hylan-Tam
many administration were appointed
last night by Senator Clayton R. LusE
and Speaker H. Edmund Machold. The
committee will consist of:
Senators-Schuyler M. Meyer, Man.
haitian; Theodore Douglas Robinson
Herkimer; Maxwell S. Harris, Kings;
Frederick w. Kavanaugh. Saratoga;
Clayton r. Lusk, Cortland, Republi-
cans, and Senators Bernard M. Down
ing and James j. Walker, both of Man
haitian, Democrats.
semblymen-Simon l.. Adler, Mon
roe; Walter ". Westfall, Westchester;
John R. Yale, Putnam; II. Edmund
Machold, Jefferson; Sol B. Ullman
Manhattan; Theodore Stitt, Kings, Re
publicans, and Assemblymen Maurice
haitian, and Peter A. McArdle. Kings
Democrats.
The committee will meet at the
Murray Hill Hotel nexe Friday for or
ganization. Senator Meyer will be
chairman. Assemblyman Adler, the
majority leader of the House, will be
vice chairman; Elon f. Brown, OF
Watertown, it was announced, will be
counsel.
Steinberg Is Discarded
Last minute changes were made ir
the personnel of the committee. Assem-
blyman Joseph Steinberg, 6f Manhat
tan, who with Senator Robinson fought
for the investigation from the start
and who led the fight on the Assembly
floor for the adoption of the resolution
against the joint forces of Tammany
and the Livingston Republicans, was
discarded after conferences at the Muir.
ray Hill Hotel
In his stead, Assemblyman Ullman
who represents the district of Samue
S. Koenig, County President and whe
was originally opposed to an investi.
cation of the Hearst t-Hylan-Tammany
administration, was named. An anti
Livingston Republican in Brooklyn
Senator William T. Simpson, who alse
had been selected for place on the
committee, was thrown off to make
room for Senator Maxwell S. Harris
one of Mr.. Livingston's spokesmen ir
the Senate
The conferences which resulted. ir
the selection of the committee were
presided over by Senator Lusk ane
Speaker Machold. Attending the con
ferences were several whose name.
were not made known. Two Legislators
were at the conferences up to the las
minute--Maj jority Leader Adler ane
Minority Leader Charles D. Donohue
Two Republican leaders also attended
the conference.-the Livingston ane
Mr.. Koenig.
After the conference Speaker Mac
hold and Senator Lusk entertained al
dinner in the grill room of the Murra,
Hill. They had two different tables
At the table Of Senator Lusk as his
guest was Victor A. Watson, of W. R
Hearst's New York American. Mr.. Wat
son is also known as the politica
agent and counsellor of Mayor Hylan
After the dinner. in the grill Speake
Machold announced the makeup of th
committee.
Only Two Original Supporters
OF all the members of the commit.
tee only two were for the graft inves
tigation from the beginning-Senators
Meyer and Robinson. Most of the
CONTINUED on page thres)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30
Mexico Senes 2 Americans
Bars u. S. Consul From Seeing
Reyolutionist Susnects

LAREDO, Tex, April 29.-San An
tonic Jesue and Martin Trejo, Ameri-
can citizens, are under arrest in Nuevo
Laredo, opposite here, charged with be-
ing emissaries of Francisco Murguia.
They are held incommunicado.
General Cabanes, commander of the
Mexican garrison at Nuevo Laredo, re-
fused American Consul Robertson per-
mission to see the men, and also re-
fused him an audience.
Mr.. Robertson will take the matter
to Washington, he said, if he is not
granted an immediate interview with
the men and permitted to arrange for
their release.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30
France to Make Ruhr Seizure
Alone, if Allies Refuse to Aid:
Germany May Increase Offer
french Expect Ne,o Invasion to Yield
Up to Two Billion Gold Marks O. Year
From The Tribume's European Bureau


LONDON, April 29French financial experts here estimate that
he revenue which be exced by Allies
for swelling reparaion to between 900
and 2O0O0OOO0 gold marks representatives
somewhat less optimistic.
Lord dAbernon, Berlin
London tonight the bearer
PLANTATION of the terms Of its repraton Washington
Barring the faint hope that he
would lead to poponement of military Allies only
thing that for the Council give formal sanction to
the French plan for invading the Ruhr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30
dome of Peter and Paul
N Rome Believed Found
sscavations Under Church MAY
Lead to Discovery of Saints
Temporary Tomb
Spectcl Cable to The Tyibuna

rec'ct CuOte 10 1he Irt0uFo
SCvSyynnght. 1921. New York Tribune Inc
pnSs.E S0ME' April 29.-Excavations made
nss the church of San Sebastiano, on
H. H. appian Way, have brought to light
sss most ancient Christian monument
ns,s uus discovered. It consists of the re-
irsm iuS OF house in which, Judging
pst%a. p% inscriptions on the walls, Saint
ss1 we and Saint Paul lived when they
u. Aae excavators now hope to solve
g. sexed question of the locality of
soa temporary tomb in which the
q fss fa;s Of o. these two saints were hidden
.isns a The attempts of Oriental Chris
apas,,tto 70 steal the bodies when the
,sssSss;ssor sSssssor Marucchi, in charge of the
lhs s.sung expedition, believes that
!undss s0mo will be found soon if his
susss... mold out. Arch@ologists are
Ion I. that worldAide subscrip
VI tbs taken up to make completion
"e work possible.
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"nce you think Of writing,
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30
40 Irish Soldiers Seized

DUBLIN, April 2s.--Crown forces to-
night surrounded building in Black
hall Place and captured forty members
of the Dublin battalion of the Irish re-
publican army.
Bombs were thrown at detachment
OF auxiilaries in Brunswick Street to-
day. Fragments of the bombs wonndsd
two civilians. Later auxiliaries twice
occupied and searched the Offices of
The Freeman's Journal. "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30
Premiers' Approval Expected

PARIS, April 90 (By The Associated
Press).-A growing certainty that Ger
many will submit notifications to her
reparations proposals in an effort to
ward off occupation of the Ruhr region
by France prevails generally in French
official circles
There is feeling, however, that the
present German government will not go
far enough to make its offer accepta-
Bile, and diplomatic circles substantiate
the views expressed in the newspapers
that occupation of the Ruhr doubtless
will be approved by the London con
ference of premiers and that actual
military movements may be expected
some time next week.
Premier BRAND, it was declared in
official circles to-day, has gone to Lon
don ready to consider any serious new
proposals made by the Germans, but not
without first having in hand further
pledges as guaranty that the pro-
posals would be made good
The figure of 10000, 900 900 gold
marks fixed by the Preparations Com
mission as the total amount due from
Germany on account of war damages
has proved disappointing to a strong
element in French politics, especially
members of Parliament forming the
nucleus of the majority that supported
the Clemenceau Cabinet.
1t is understood that Andre Tardieu.
leader in that group. will fight hard
for immediate discussion of the inter-
pellations on the subject he has an
nounced, following Premier Brands
return from London
Further Concessions Impossible
The feeling aroused by the discrep-
ancy between the commissions figures
and the amount of damages France
claims to have sustained at Germanv's
hands is cited as proof that France
cannot be made TO stand the max ny
Of any further concessions to Ger
many.
Prime Minister Lloyd George wo3,d
consent to the occupation of the Rrhr
district Of Germany only after an ult,-
matum, granting a certain amount oe
oelay, had been sent to Germany. savs
the London correspondent of the Main.
1t is declared he takes this attitude
II order to "appease those inclined
against penalties"
NO previous Conference oF t,,a c.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30
Pays @,OOOfor Platinum,
But Gets 9 Lbs. of Tin
Norwich Man Meets ''Russian
Smuggler" and Gets Some
Ideas on Flim-Flam
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


SYRACUSE, April 90. George
Rucktschler, of Norwich, N. Y, was
game when he bought nine pounds of
scrap tin for $4,000, thinking it was
platinum.
A stranger came to Norwich and told
George he had just smuggled in the
platinum from Russia and wanted to
make quick sale. Rucktschler had a
sample tested, found it was platinum,
communicated with Binghamton men
and sold it in advance for $4,000. Hunt
ing up the stranger he paid the $4,000.
took the metal to Binghamton, received
check for $4,000 and returned home.
Before he could cash the check the
Binghamton men discovered the trick
and stopped payment on the check.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30

Paris Government Holds
That Berlin Can Present
New Proposal After as
Well as Before Invasion
Only Await Council
Order to Advance
French Show Disappoint-
ment Over Sum Fixed
By Reparations Body

LONDON, April 20 (By The AS
sociated Press) In the event Of
failure by France to receive the sup
port Of her allies the French gov-
ernment will proceed alone to the
occupation of the Ruhr region, ar
guing that Germany can as easily
present new proposals after as be-
fore occupation.
This statement was made by
members Of the French delegation
as they crossed the Channel to-day
on their way to London to attend
the meeting of the Supreme Council
tomorrow.
In the delegation, which arrived in
London tonight, were Premier Bri-
and, Marshal Foch and NJ. Berthe.
lot, the latter Of the French Foreign
Office. The Italian delegates are ex--
pected to reach London at II o'clock
tomorrow morning.
BRAND Is Resolute
M. BRAND was resolute and con-
fident as he sat on a pile OF bag
gage on the Channel steamship to-
day, talking quite freely to a group
of acquaintance, friends and news
paper correspondents of the French
governments position, which he said
he already had made clear in his
recent speeches in the Senate and
the Chamber of Deputies.
During the trip the statement was
made unreservedly that the French
government counted on Allied support
in the occupation of the Ruhr, but If
the Allies could not see their way
clear to give such support France would
advance alone.
Berlin Offer Seen AS Subterfuge
1t was said that if Germany's recent
offer had not been designed merely TO
gain time it could have been made
month ago, instead of week before
the expiration of the reparations time
limit; that German public opinion could
have been brought to see the gravity of
the situation and the determination of
the Allies to secure payment by such
an act as the proposed occupation Of
the Ruhr.
The statement also was made that.
although military preparations were
complete, it would require some days to
arrange for adequate food supplies for
the population in the occupied district.
The French intended, it was said. to see
that the people were well fed. The &C.
cupation of the coal fields, it was as
serted, would really be in the interests
of other countries, because by placing
a tax on coal exports, German indus
tries would be placed on the same foot
ing with other manufacturing coun-
tries, which now were competing with
high coal costs against Germany with
her low fuel cost in deprecated marks.
Premier Lloyd George and NJ BRAND
will have a preliminary talk early to-
morrow, and the full conference of the
Supreme Council will meet in Downing
Street, at the official residence OF the
British Prime Minister, at o'clock in
the afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30

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"hes you think Of writing,
balAk e4 WHITING, --Advt.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-05
See Brighter Future
Ahead for the Big
Copper Properties

NEw YORK. Nov. There Is a
dIsiunctly moro favorable attitude to-
wurd the copper stocks as reflected
iu tho comments OF todoy's wall street
reviews Discussing the speculative
possibilities Of the coppors, r. leading
wall street house says today;
we very much dougt n more than
100000 600 pounds Of refined copper.
as DISTINGUISHED from blister, arc NOW
IN available form, outside OF the 800
J0O. 900 pounds In the hands of the
Export association. Blistea copper
win come through slowly, and 10 prob
ably viii not take care Of thc new
needs OF the market. The coppcrs
That have special attraction are Scne-
ca. which Is in "a few months 10 be
cor1c q large producer pt a cost prob
ably under eight cents a pound Ken
ur,oti. which is being in "a gussipy
way considered as Interested len the
future OF Chilr copper in alliance With
ita Bradon Investment: Utah the big
sust mine iu the tnitpd StatcB, Chino
and Miami. hig volume and low cost
PRODUCERS iu fair weather, and lnspi-
ration. which from tho mechanical
point ir probably ono Of the most cf-
lrl,nty operated Of tho modern
upruhyrisg'