The New York herald., 1922-04-07
SEMENOFF Is HELD
IN SIBERIAN THEFT
Continued from First Page.

bond the order of arrest calls for, the
General must 60 to Jail"
In the meantime the General and
Nine Semenofr stood their ground.
boldly facing The camera men, who were
banging away with fashlight powder.
Mr.. Aivazoff had had no chance TO in
terpret. The General knew intuitively.
however. that there was something
wrong. He bowed a couple OF times
stifhy and lifted his hat, showing the
most remarkable male coiffure that this
city Of queer things has seen In some
decades. He brushed his hair forward.
all OF 1t. to point directly above the
bridge of the nose.
well, tell me why you arrest the
General?" demanded Mr.. Aivazoff.
Read these replied Murphy. thrust
ing forward the order for arrest and the
affldavits.
A copy of the order was handed to the
General. who bowed his acceptance. He
looked at 1t curiously. and bowling again.
thrust 1t into wallet He was photo
graphed handing the order to his wife.
who handed 1t back. and into the wallet
1t went once more.
1t was explained as briefly as possible.
and then Mr.. Aivazoft, who is member
Of the firm Of Aivazoff & Penklo. Ltd.
Of Vancouver, retailed II to the General
and Mime. Semenoff. Everybody awaited
the explosion. The General listened at
tentively, became apoplectic red for a
moment and then bowed again.
HE says" quoted Mr.. Aivazoff. that
he will be at the Waldorf-Astoria when
you want him. He will look about and
see whether he can get ball."
Nine. Semenoff was near to tears. He
took of her necklace. She spoke to Mr..
Aivazon.
wife Offers Her Jewels.
"She says" he repeated, that she
will pledge her $4,000 necklace by way
OF bond. II that is not good she desires
to go to jail with the General"
Let me take him TO the Waldorf
Astoria" suggested Mr.. Aivazoff 10
Sheriff Nagle. land we shall produce
the $4,000 at once. am the repre-
sentative Of twelve large concerns here
In New York. / shall call UP the presi-
dent Of the Yale & Towne Manufacture
ing Company and likewise appeal to the
Remington Typewriter Company"
Very WE'LL" agreed the Sheriff.
In the Sheriffs automobile the General
and Nine. Semenoff were taken to the
hotel. where they were assigned to rooms
1866 and 1167. Here the madame again
offered her jewels. only to be told that
they were not acceptable. The General.
having regained some OF his high spirits,
addressed the newspaper reporters
through Mr. Aivazoff.
Gen. Graves. the American soldier.
and Mr.. Smith Of the Railroad Com
mittee. are alleged to have said in these
aefidavits that am brigand. a ruffian
ard that I was recognized by none of
the Powers" said the General. There
L. some slight mistake. Did not Japan,
Great Britain and France give me
money - much money - and supplies
three months in 1917 and all through
1918? To be sure they did.
Gen. Graves says that / killed two
American soldiers on post guarding the
Iranssiberian Railway. / mourn that
my men did so by ghastly error. For
this tragedy. however, my men suffered.
I court -martialed and shot Lieut.. Col.
Pcpoff for that. because he was In COM
nland of the men who fired upon the
Lox car sheltering your splendid SOL
dIers. Likewise I court-martialed and
kicked out of my splendid army Gen.
Dogomomez because he was partly re-
sponsible.
"As Mr.. Aivazoff has told you. !
recall no looting such as / am now
charged with. There Is possibility
that my men took these goods. How
am I to tell? There was but chaoe-
nothing else. We took and the boil
shevtki took. Who can tell? In Harbin
innumerable suits of this sort have been
filed. All is chaos.
.'Why am I come TO America? All,