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New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Special Dispatch tosThc Tribune


SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 13.-Modern
science finds that, Notwithstanding he
denies parentage, Paul Vittori. q street
car conductor, is the father of two
months old Virginia, whose mother,
Mrs. Rose Vittori, is fighting for pay
ment of alimony in Superior Judge
Thomas F. Graham's Court.
Unusual tests made by DR.. Albert
Abrams in his physioclinical lsbora-
tory yesterday proved conclusively, in
the opinion of the physician, that the
baby is the offspring of Paul and Rosa
Vittori.
During his examination DR.. Abrams
used an electro radiometer, which un-
der the electron theory ca1 measure
the energy liberated by the human
body, and through which an "electrical
relationship" between bodies may be
determined.
DR.. Abrams tested the blocd of Wit
tori and the baby. He had obtained
from Vittori statement that he was
of Italian blood and from Mrs. Nittori
that she was of Spanish birth. Blood
tests of Vittori showed he was pure
Italian. Tests of Baby Virginia's blood
revealed that on the fathers side she
was Italian and on the mothers side
16-25ths of an ohm Spanish and 4-25ths
of an ohm French, measured electri-
cally.
The physician also said that the
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Entire Cabinet
l. Chosen, but
Posts Not Fixed
Harding Intimates His Chief
Problem Now Is to Gel
the Candidates TO Accept
the Places He Designates
Mellon Opposed by Drys
Plea to Name Chamberlain
ON Z. S. Shipping Board
Is Favorably Considered
Fron q staF Corresnondont

ST AUGUSTINE, Fla, Feb. 13.-
President-elect Harding let it be
known to-day that his Cabinet making
has progressed TO a point where it is
simply question Of fitting selected
individuals into the places he wants
them to take. His difficulty, he ex-
planned, lies in inducing them tc take
the places chosen for them.
1t has been known since November.
for example, that former Senator John
". Weeks, OF Massachusetts, desired
TO be Secretary OF the Trea-yry. Mr..
Harding, however, had decided long be-
fore the close of the campaign that
Mr.. Weeks, as q graduate os Annapolis.
would make an excellent Secretary of
the Navy. Then other Senators, learn
ing that Mr.. Weeks did not want to
be Secretary of the Navy and that the
President-elect felt that he could not
make him head of the Treasury, urged
his appointment as Secretary of War,
the post he probably will get.
Dries Oppose Mellon
There is possibility. though, that
Mr.. Weeks may yet be made Secretary
of the Treasury, since the prohibition
lists are working almost desperately
to prevent the appointment Of Andrew
W. Mellon, the Pittsburgh banker.
The President is not disturbed.
on the surface, at any rate, by any
drives against his Cabinet choices. He
said in this connection to-day:
Everything is going along as sweet
as can be. There is no bitter hostility
involved in any Of the appointments
under consideration. All my trouble
now is in fitting men into the places
| want them to go"
Mr.. Harding admitted that Repre-
sentative Bascom Slemp, of Virginia,
and T. II. Houston, of Chattanooga,
both still have many advocates who
would like to see them in the Cabinet
The President-elect gave no grounds
Tor, believing that either of them is
under consideration.
Diplomatic appointments are moi
going TO be made until the State De-
partment has been reorganized the
President-elect said to-day. He said
Continued on pace four,
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Fact That Two Nations
Acted i'm Concert i'm
Appeal to Wilson Is
Acknowledged in Paris
residents Reply
Not Discouragineg g,
Proposal of Chamberlain,
However, Made in Be.
half of England Alone
By Ralph Courtney
Special Gable to The Tribune

OopyrlGht, 1921 New York Tribune 1,o
FAhlS, Feb. 13.--In we'll inform, al
french quarters it is acknowledges
0hat both Great Britain and Franoo
pressed America ,,uring the peace ne
s0t'at'ons TO cancel the Allied indebtad-
ness 20 her France and England in
lSl6' before the United States enterod
the war, adopted the principle of fnon
cial solidarity among the Allies brt
went no further.
Ae the Paris conference thew nro.
posed that America abandon the noono,,
cue Her from European nations under
general scheme of writing off tho
debts. President Wilson. II 10 soid
never showed himself hostile to this
scheme. He left the impression amone
ms colleagues that when the treaty.
was ratified the European Allies could
make proposal along these lines for
which Wilson, without making any
promises, would do his best It was
believed that he intended to give the
scheme his personal support.
france, however, has never con-
sldered that she had any claim on the
United States because of the Presi,
dents attitude and has no intention of
bringing forward this side of the
question. France considers that her
moral claim on America, if any exists,
results from the general circumstances
of her case. Frances debt to the
uaited States and to Great Britain
represents, in French eyes, a part of
the general damage caused by the war
she would be grateful if the Allies.
out of spirit of solidarity, would
forgive her these debts. She alwavs
mad expected that Germany would pay
them until the tragic fact of Ger
many$ bankruptcy was brought home
to her. Her position was bad enough
at the end of the war, but it is worse
now. She now owes the United States
and Great Britain between two and
three times as much as she did when
the war ended because of the present
high exchange rates on those two
countries.
France intends sooner or later to dis
cuss the subject of her indebtedness
with America, but she is not yet GER
tain whether she will do so Jointly
win England or alone. 1t is under
stood that France was not associated
with the proposal referred to by J.
Austen Chamberlain, British Chancel-
lor of the EXchequer, in his address
two weeks ago at Birmingham. nor is
1t known here why Great Britain has
tened to make her request while Presi-
dent Wilson was still in office. As to
whether England didn't do &c in order
to call on the President on his promise
in Paris to do the best he could for
the remission of the Allied indebted
ness, no opinion is expressed here.
Despite all that may be said to the
contrary, French opinion notices the
fog in the North Atlantic" referred
to by The London Observer, as we'll as
tendency to point it out.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


ATLANTA, Feb. 13.-The world
would be much better off if million
mothers would follow the example set
by her and by her daughter, asserted
MRS. E. A. South. the mother of the
famous bogus baby family, to-day,
when she admitted that her daughter,
Mrs. Eva Mny Swain. also had pre-
sented her husband with adopted chill
dren, giving him five, including two
pairs of twins and keeping him in ig-
norance- of the fact that they were not
his own.
Mrs. Swain lives in Jacksonville and
Mrs. South says that she came to At
lanta to have the children "born" here.
They came. she asserts from the same
maternity hospital from which Mrs.
South obtained the eleven with which
She for fourteen years fooled her own
husband.
My daughter inherited her great
love for children from me and I'm aw-
fully glad of it," asserted Mrs. South.
Neither Of US is one bit sorry for
what we've done: we know we have
committed no wrong, and we are just
as positive that we have done quite a
bit toward making this the kind Of
world God would have it to be-"
Mrs. South declared with great en-
phasis that she would not undo one
thing that has been done if she could.
Mrs. Swain is the only daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. South and now is thirty
four years old, just fifteen years
younger than her mother.
In 1909 she was married to George
Pew, machinist, of Richmond, Va,
Mrs. South said. "Their marriage was
an utter failure and after four years
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Harvey P. Walker Kills
Himself Accidentally
Six Children Left Orphans
When Revolver Is Discharged
While HnndIing IL

ISLIP, L. l., Feb. 13.-Harvey P.
Walker, forty-six years old, former
assistant corporation counsel Of New
York City, accidentally shot and killed
himself in his bedroom this afternoon
with his own revolver.
Walker. had lent the weapon to a
friend, who returned it this afternoon.
After this friend left the house Walker
went to his own room. His six children
and the servants were on the lower
floor. 1t is generally believed that he
had intended to put the revolver away
FOR safekeeping, or that he was about
to clean it,
1t is thought Walker believed the
weapon was empty and was perhaps
careless in handling it. The bullet
entered his left breast, piercing lung,
He was dead when physician reached
the house.
Walker was prominent as lawyer
in New York and held membership in
several clubs there and on Long Island.
His wife died about two years ago.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Walsh Murder May Root
Out Biggest Rum Ring;
Find Stolen Auto Plants
Bootleggers Here
Use Stolen Autos

Bootleggers in this city have
for many months been using
stolen automobiles in transport
ing whisky, according to state
ment made yesterday by one of
the assistants Of former Governor
Charles S. Whitman in the direc-
ton of the grand jury investiga-
tion of the Police Department.
"For obvious reasons" this as
sistant said, cit is safer to trans
port booze in q stolen car than
in one owned by the bootleggers.
Rum running and automobile
stealing have dovetailed in re-
markable way. There are certain
garages in small towns that are
used by rum runners as tempo
rary garages"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Politics Bars Congress
From Waiuing Var Debt
Members Reluctant to Take
Pro-British Position, Fear.
ing Renr:s0is From Voters

From The Trtbane's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. -- President
Wilson's assurance to the peace con-
ference that he would use his influence
to have the debts of the Allies to the
United States. amounting to about $1O,-
000,000,000, Cancelled failed to stir
Senators and members of the House to
the Indignation to-day which it might
have year ago. This is not because
there is not great deal of feeling
against canceling the foreign debts.
On the contrary, few members Of either
house would support such move 1t
is due more to the conviction that this
assurance alleged to have been given
by the President, news of which leaked
out for the first time yesterday, makes
no vital change in the present situa-
ton.
The whole question has been revived
in interest only because of the recent
CONTINUED page four
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Girl Quits Talking 1 Hr.,
First Time i'm 2l2 Hrs. =
Resumes Chatter After Sleep;
Physicians Give Up Hope Thai
She l. Getting Well
SnectaI Ulspatch b Thc TrLhnn..

CHICAGO, Feb. 13. Miriam Rubip.
light years old, Of Waukcrar. Who bas
taiked incessant!y since February s
lell asleep this afternon and for nnn
hour her voice was stilleG the drst
time in 2l2 hours. Last Monday nighr
she got TWO hours sleep, even though
aer Chatter continued, but except Tor
that period the sleep she got today
was the first since the talking sick
ness came upon her.
When she woke up again, however.
she resumed her talking, and attending
physicians abandoned their hopes that
she was getting well. Her parents said
her talking to-day had been less CO.
herent than before and that at times
she had been almost inarticulate.
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providence Boys, Locked
In Box Car, Land Here
'sar o. Lads, Trapped at Play,
beg Io BE Sent Back When
Money ys Come

raate5 Se5 Goy1lThS 10 ls S.a' announced that they
a~ asn.O o0ys IN bowling alley at Provi-
dov dve II, L.. from which city they said
sv.r w mad been accidentally carried
ray walked in on Lieutenant James
ion la. Highbridge police sta
t,ar,.o a ooJs. .@ho were from twelve to
barSeh bSSeeh years old, said they were
yarss IN boxcar in the freight
sbsn OF Providence last Friday night
fora fe" some one shut the door, and be-
stsr,aa saaey could open it the train had
yrds a, They arrived at the Harlem
AsrtS. % the New York. New Haven &
giig.V Railroad, at 1920 Street and
wanas ws avenue, Sunday morning. They
and asd'Terea sn around the Bronx all day
cents peht their combined capital of 50
N fr fn,sI ana concluded they would put
sights na.!, inspection of New York 8
Tn ssutll some later time
gjntb ooys are Fred Cropper, of 236
Fansnnf o. Avenue; Peter Malley, of $50
Stge|Tp.S street; Joseph Mcclure, of 577
Il Ss7 Avenue, and Hugh Donnelly,
'n.nss .Atweil's Avenue. The police
Child. me hoys over to the Bronx
ftoyitdeaaas Society and notified the
Nehce authorities
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
More Attacks on Soldiers

DUBLIN, Feb. 13-Au increase IN the
operations against the crown forces, as
forecast in a recent statement made
TO The Associated Press d by high
officer Of the Irish Republican army,
has been noted during the last week
Official reports to-day, covering the
weekend activities. deal with "out-
RACES" NOT only in Dublin and through
cut the south and west, but even in the
northern County of Monaghan and the
northwestern part of County Mayo, l.
region heretofore quiet.
From two districts in Mayo the po-
lice yesterday reported finding the
roads trenched, with stone barricades
erected across the highways, as if in
preparation for ambuscades. One Of
the reports emanated from Ballagha-
dereen, the home town Of John Dillon.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Irish Blamed
For 8 British
I actory Tres
Incendiaries Break Windows
to Enter, Use Oil-Soaked
Rags i'm Four Towns; Com
stable Charges Plotting
Four Are Slain i'm Erin
Stray Shot Kills Man in
Bed; Si1,n Fein Entrench
for Roadside Anlbuscades

MANCHESTER, Feb. 13.-Simulta-
neous outbreaks Of fire in several mills
and factories in Manchester, Fails
worth, Royton and Rochdale Saturday
night were accompanied by suspicious
circumstances, such as the employment
of infammable liquids and the fleeing
of men acting suspiciously, some of
whom were fired at.
Sir Robert Peacock, chief constable,
considers that he has obtained convinc-
ing evidence that the fires were due to
the work of 'Irish irreconcilables."
No serious damage resulted from the
fires, each of them having been quickly
discovered and quenched. In each of
the eight fires started, entrance to the
buildings was gained by breaking of
windows. Rags, soaked with petrol,
were employed to start the fires. Many
empty receptacles which previously had
contained petrol were found in the
vicinity Of the fires.
Watchman Flees Bullets
At the Holt oil works the watchman
was confronted by three men, who
pointed revolvers at him and threat
ened to shoot if he attempted to raise
an alarm. When this watchman en-
deavored to escape six shots were fired
at. him, but none of the bullets struck
him.
LONDON, Feb. 13 (By The Associ-
ated Press).-The Manchester police,
according to The Daily Sketch, ralded
dozen houses in search Of incendi-
aries. They arrested five men, of
whom three were released.
The Daily Mail says that there we're
ten incendiary outbreaks in the Man
chester district, closely resembling the
Sim F6in fires IN Liverpool in No
vember.
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: .wssra Of wsIear,

nsss of Welcome
s.aaployses - expressed by employers to
a. II son o,erough S q Tribune Help WAITED
Ssms.ske vorL J need the service Of wide
~ tns tn or seek employment, you
meeting plsee.--Advt.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
From The rrtoune's European Bareoa

LONDON, Feb. 1$.-Two civilians
were shot dead after the bombing OF
military lorry, three miles from Dublin,
last night. There were no military
casualties and both victims--James
Brophy, d night watchman, and j. j,
Healy, airyman--apparently were
hit by stray bullet while in bed in
his home and Healy was struck walk
ing sixty yards from the ambush.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
BELFAST, Feb. ia motor car with

BELF Aso 1 :, TED. 15.-~A IHOJOI CGI WIUI
a party of constabulary going from
Balbriggan to Swords, Dublin County,
stable was wounded and subsequently,
died and several other policemen were
wounded. A man was shot dead near
Buttevant, County Cork. and two mill
tary policemen were wounded by bombs
thrown into the billiard room of TIE
Town Hall in Macroom Saturday
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
200 Hurt, y Seriously,
When IL. Trains Crash
On Brooklyn Crossing
Mother of Bogus Babies Says
Daughter Also Borrowed Five

they separated. No children blessed
their home.
eva May promptly obtained di-
vorce, and one year later, in 1914, she
became the wife of Willis H. Swain, Of
Jacksonville. He was an electrician
for the Construction Engineering Com
pany and had a good job. Their mar
ried life was happy from the start and
their little home at 604 East Third
Street one of the most delightful spots
in the whole world, but two years
passed and no children came, and Eva
May was disappointed.
"She was the only living person ex-
cept Mrs. M. T. Mitchell at the Ma
ternity Home who knew how I obtained
my eleven babies, so she wrote me that
she wanted to have some babies the same
way"
1t was finally defided, Mrs. South
said, for her daughter to come to At
lanta to get the first child.
eva May stayed in our home for
nearly two months before the baby was
South. II went to Mrs. Mitchell, picked
the baby out and took it home in a
taxicab. 1t was q precious little girl,
and Eva May and Willis named it Josie
B."
Since then, Mrs. South says. her
daughter has obtained two pairs of
twins.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. 13.-
Mrs. Eva May Swain tonight refused
to discuss her reported adoption Of
children. She referred questioners to
officials of the Children's Home Society
of Florida, who admitted sending a
confidential report of the case to the
Georgia Department of Public Welfare.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
TIL E WEAT H e r

Generally fair to-day and tomorrow
somewhat warme- to-day; colder
tomorrow; moderate winds
Full Report on Last Page
New-York tribune., 1921-12-10
Friends Tell of Visiting
Women With Fleisch1nan
Florist Absent From Divorce
Trial, but Explains Bouquets
He Sent tn Girls

Ferdinand Fleischman, whose family
owns several flower shops in which ne
is interested. did not appear in the
supreme Court yesterday when Justice
sord called the divorce suit brought by
RS. Esteie S. Fieischman against him.
The court reserved decision after list
ming to the witnesses for Mrs. Fleisch-
NAN, who told Of seeing the defendant
lin the apartment of young woman, re-
ferred to as Lillian" at il West 104th
Street.
While he did not appear TO defend
The action, Mr.. Fleischman filed an
answer denying the imputed wrongdo-
ing and explaining that it was his habit
to send to women of his acquaintance
bouquets that otherwise would have
wilted in the shop. Lillian it was
said, received some of these gifts.
Mrs. Fleischman was witness only
TO tell Of her marriage, which took
place il 19la, the Rev. DR.. Stephen s.
Wire performing the ceremony.
Two men, who said they were friends
Il Mr.. Fleischman, testified in behalf
o. the wife. One, Alfred Park, said
that on May last he, Mr.. Fleischman
and John Odink, also florist, visited
IN apartment at ii West lO4th Street,
where there were four young women,
Lillian" among the number. Mr..
ydlnk corrohoratcd the testimony of
Mr.. Park.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-10

ing in the matter of increasing her
navy which is in opposition to the
principles proposed by the Washing
ton conference, NJ. Viviani, head Of
she French delegation, said Tonight
rafliament a year ago, he added, made
provision for replacement and repair
work aften the war, but there was no
expansion provided for.
Certain American newspapers have
expressed some SURPRISE" he said, "at
the information wired from Paris re-
specting the vote for the French navy.
Public attention has been particularly
called to the fact that the personnel
Of the navy will be increased from 51,-
900 to $1,000 men.
This increase is even pointed out as
appearing to be in opposition to the
views generally etsforth at the Wash
'ngton conference by it's chairman, Mr..
Hughes, and 20 which nj. BRAND has
adhered substantially on behalf of
France. This has served as reason
FOR starting lew debate on the naval
claims of France. 1t seems useful not
to allow public opinion in America to
be led astray in this respect.
at may first be permissible to say
that no definite data have as yet been
communicated to the press about the
intentions of France regarding her
navy. No discussion of the kind can
be entered into until the measures con-
corning the French navy have come for
exam nat'o on before the conference.
This is because the proportions of the
French navy are not to be dealt with
before an agreement has been reached
tor the American, British and Japanese
Nayiesv
New-York tribune., 1921-12-10
Harding Sends Than.
To Republican Won.,
Commentator of H;s po
for Disarmament Called 3
pressive by PresisIss.' -

The Republican Corauni,faa -.
Hundred received yesterday frosM ea
ident Harding 8 letter OK tbnPts bsn Pts
the resolutions which the orsss 1 II
addressed to him recentlv Gu
his efforts for Disarmament Tss
iutions were presented in pe,s ~
President Harding on Tuesaay ssa " !
noon et the White House, afss, si's,
the Republican women were ,s.a ssia
by Mrs. Harding. 'sss''s
President Hardlng's letter
Mary Hatch Wizard was "a f,,,,s As
"My Dear Mrs. Willard: 'As:
~ want you to have a Yeeo~a.
Acknowledgement of the preanassss1 3
resolutions which were adonTsa ~
Republican Committee OF nv. " q
dred at meeting held in the r;.s sa
New York On December 5, isa,
sented u me { Is ..as. h4ys pr.
very impressive expression OF ~. q
pirations of your membership sa sas !,
ilftec burden vi aIn4-,Ae... y
limitations thereof and for that -, =
ly discussion and adjustment ..' ..ss
nations which will give assus.s ss'.l
against war and tne rnalnta,naa s''s:
Of peace which we all so deeply cher, -
1t was d very tine tning fDr vos1 ''s' 7
ganization to send to me this ~, er,,s !.
sion of your convictions ana s,s' ~
hopes, and trust that conferene. ~ y
in session, will work out a mn n,n.sa ss
which you and your associates ts,s' =
most gladly acclaim. VI
Very truly yours
WARREN G. HARDlvrs