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—_ ¥ ry ; EVER _eeS TN Se PERSHING ANI D FOCH — PRICE TWO CENTS. Coprright, 10919) by Co.’ (The ‘New York World). The Press YEW yo RK, THURSDAY, MA » § PLANES NC-4 Rushing On To Trepassey Bay PERSHING SAYS: AMERICANS WALL ACT TF GERMANS BALK; THE RHINE FRONT FOCH IS A American Commander An- nounces That His Troops Will Play Their Part. TO REIMPOSE BLOCKADE Council of Four Again Rebuff Plea of the German Delegates. COBLENZ, May 16 (United Press). Gen. Pershing, when asked what America would do in the event the Germans refused to sign the Peace | Treaty, replied that she “would play her part, whatever that might be.” It the Germans sign, it 'was learned to-day, the American Army of Occu- pation would be limited to the Ist, 24 and 3d Divisions. All other units would be repatriated as rapidly as Dessible. PARIS, May 15 (Associated Press). immediate measures tending to the further subjugation of Germany if its delegrates refuse to sign the Peace ‘Treaty were indicated to-day by the announcement that Marshal Foch bad been sent to the Rhine by the Council of Four to take such action @s may become necessary in the event the treaty is not signed, The Council also considered yes- terday the immediate reimposing of the blockade against Germany io case that country declines to sign the Peace Treaty. The subject was un- der discussion at two separate Coun- cil meetings. On the other hand, it is anticipated that the blockade will be entirely lifted immediately if the German delegates aMx thi vigna- tures to the treaty. Marshal Foch i# due to arrive at Coblenz to-day, He is making a trip which is taking him to the different headquarters of the occupied areas, ‘The Marshal will come here from Mainz and will then proceed to Cologne under escort of British gun- Doats, ——— EBERT TELLS GERMANS THEY MUST BE READY FOR HARDEST RESOLVE Will Not Speak Last Word as Long as There Is Hope. BERLIN, May 15 (Via London).— Friederich Bbert, the German Pres!- dent, in a statement made in the newspaper Vorwaerts, has reiterated his opposition to the peace terms sub- mitted by the Entente, declaring them unreconcilable with conscience and reason and insisting that they must be drastically and fundamental- ly corrected. Above all, practical ne-| gotiations were necessary, he de- clared, and these would quickly re- sult in the attainment of a worthy peace, if a retin were made fourteen points. WApsiong as one remnant of liope remains that reas fh aplueanh continued President Ebert, “we will not speak our last word, but should it prove that this malied-fist peace AUSTRIAN TERMS TD BE PRESENTED NEXT WEDNESDAY Much Like Those forthe Ger- mans—Skoda and. Other Plants to be Dismantled. ‘ PARIS, May The Austrian Peace terms probably will be pre- jeented to the Austrian delegation Wednesday. It is understood they require the dismantling of the Skoda works, among other armament plants. (The Skoda Armament Works ‘were to the former dual monarchy what the Krupp plant was to Germany. Factories are locited at Vienna and’ Prague. The Skoda factory was noted for its Production of large calibre ho- witzers and thege guns were said to have been among the most ef- fecttve used by the Central Em- Pires in the war.) The Council of Four this morning discussed with its military advisers the military terms of the Austrian treaty, These are similar to those im the German treaty, including the prohibition of conscription, The failure of the Hungarian Gov- ernment to respond to the invitation to send delegates to France to re- ceive peace terms and the general wWocertainty of Hungarian conditions will, probably delay the Austrian peace negotiations. The problems re- lating to Austria and Hungiry over- ap 90 greatly that the Allies feel that many phases of them must be con- sidered jointly. Prof, Philip C, Brown, an attache of the American Embassy in Vienna, who has been in Budapest recently, arrived to-day from Hungary bring- ing unsatisfactory reports of the gen- eral situation. Perplexity is admitted in confer- ence circles a8 to the actual condi- tions in Hungary and ignorance as to whether the Belu Kun Government is growing weaker or if its position is being strengthened. M. Trumbitch, the head of the Jugo-Slav mission in Paris, had a conference to-day with Col. BE. M.| House of the American Peace Mls- sion, and Thomas Nelson Page, the American Ambassador to Italy. It ts understood that the conferees dis- cussed the formula of @ proposed compromise regarding Fiume, ST. GARMAIN-EN-LAYE, May 1% (Associated Press).—The Austrian delegates to the Peace Congress, who arrived last evening, strolled freely through the streets and parks to-day, apparently enjoying complete freedom of movement. There are no barriers here like those which surround the German delegates at Versa ans have nv to volminunlcate with tue German del. eget oo TAKY BELL WNs BREE MEALS end ee wow sme aud u wales Fou foal SET FOR OCE ime z “Circulation Books Open to An |_ at os 15, 1919. ADY WEATHER—Showers to-night and Friday; cook: j EDITION 9 = ES PRICE TWO CENTS POU ATHLETE SAVES FEAT BY DARG STUNT Smith Leans From Third Floor Window and Catches Soldier | From Floor Above. | the The “Span of Life” and al! other melodramas anybody cares to mention were beaten to a frazzle at 3 o'clock this morning at a fire in a sailors’ boarding house at No. 6 James Slip, down near the East River. The witnesses wefe few—a hand- ful of firemen, one or two policemen, two or three strays. But thie is what they saw: A man dressed Im shirt and trous- | ers, gitting on the ledge of a fourth- story window, with everything back of bim a roaring, fiery furnace. A young policeman, jetting himself |ackward out of the third-story window directly underneath. Another policeman and a citizen, holding onto the first officer by the legs; the latter calling loudly to the above: “Turn around now, Jack, hold on to the ledge with your hands, let yourself down as far as you can and | drop.”” The cast of characters was small— only four—but every man a hero. |The man who sat waiting on the | window sill with a furnace back of [him was Michael White, thirty, a | Veteran of the British army in the | first Dattles about Ypres. The police- man who offerdi his stout young ‘ody as a springboard for White was | Patrolman Daniel L. Smith of the Oak Street Station, who, anybody in the Bronxdale A. C. will assure you, ia one of the best all round athletes in New York. The second policeman was Frank Gutherman, also of Oak street, The citizen was Francis Byrne. Dan Smith's performance was heroic; it would have been impossible but for Gutherman and Byrne, It wasn't much of a fire, as fires go. The firemen, when they arrived—in plenty of time to see and cheer the “span of life” performance—had tt out in @ jiffy, As @ spectacle, as an exhibit of what the New York police are like in a pinch, it was one fire in a bundred. The fire started in one of three rooms on the fourth floor of Theo- | dore Tsorncorado’s boarding house. On that floor slept five seamen. The two men in the room where the blaze started aroused the two men in the room next to them. Nobody thought | to call Mike White, Everybody hus- tled to the street, including the Tsorncoradoes and their three chil- dren. A passerby turned in a fire alarm and Dan Smith ran to the scene and entered the building. He had reached the bottom of the stairway to the fourth floor, looking for a chance heavy sleeper, when fire and | smoke drove him back, “There's a man sitting on the win- dow ledge up on the fourth,” Guther- man yelled to Smith as he climbed the stairway, “and we've got to get him out!” Byrne joined them, Somebody |called that the man in the window | was “threatening to jump.” | Smith, Gutherman and Byrne | Promptly arranged their human | tower, which would have been a little} ppier though not so sensational if White had followed instructions. Instead of turning about, taki hold of the ledge by his hands and| etting himself down as far as he | could before dropping, the Ypres ve eran Jumped outward and jforemost on Dan Smith's chest, | He caught the policeman by ‘ho neck and halr and for seconds that med like minutes to the watching ae men i fr ane up ee FUND FOR FIGHTING | nue, DRS ISGLOSED AT DOUGHBAG INQUIRY Thompson Produces Copy of! Letter Asking All Saloons in State to Contribute. Senator George F. Thompson, testifying this afternoon at the Ben- ate Judiciary Committee's $500,000 seven-cent fare Doughbag inquiry, produced a copy of a letter which he said he understood had been sent to every saloonkeeper in the State. it ts an appeal, alleged to: bear the!" signatures of the most ptominent hotel men in New York City for a contribution from each saloonkeeper, for two per cent of his gross receipts from the sale of intoxicants, A® reb into the record by Senator Thompson, the letter is as follows “Association Opposed to National Prohibition, 83 Fifth avenue, Room 302. James Woods, Chairman. Fob. 27, 19 “My Dear Sir: We have a well defined plan to contest Prohibi- tion in its various threatening phases, Every New’ York City Hotel Association member has agreed to contribute five per cent of the gross receipts in 1918 for alcoholic beverages only. “They have done this uncom- plainingly and in substantial sums. We appreciate that condi- tions with you are different in some measure, but is it not reasom able, in view of our liberal sub-" scrtptions, that you send us your check for 2 per cent, on the same > 4 AN FLIGH PLANES WARMING UP FOR START TREPASSEY, N. F., May 15.—-The two U. S. Navy seaplanes which are to undertake the first cross-ocean ‘“‘hop’’ to the Azores on their way to England, the NC-1 and NC-3, were all in readiness \this afternoon and were brought to the stern of the Aroostook, mother ship, to permit the heating} |of their lubricating mechanism from the navy vessel’s steam pipes, in preparation ‘for a ‘‘take off.”| Blimp at St. John’s , Ready toCross Se Commander and Pilot of C- Starting First “Hop’’ for Europe Dos ‘O'B -woensises i Wemmvee This photograph was taken at Montauk Point, L. 1, land on the first “hop” of the probable flight Commander HB. W. Coil and Lieut. J. B. Lawrence are seated in the gondola of the machine. > \Naval Flyers at Trepassey Prepared DRIGBLE MAKES 10 NN 25 HOURS 40 Mi THIRD SEAPEANE IN to Start For Azores at Once Despite Reports of Unfa Weather Conditions. ~ - we immediately before the start of the Unitéd States Navy Dirigible C-5 for Newfound- for Europe. Lieut. A. E. F. PISTOL CHAMPION AN 18-YEAR-OLD MARINE Orville B. York, Less Than Year in Service, Outshoats 800 Other Experts. basis? We are bearing the brunt and we are willing to, But we don't believe that, win or lose, you will want to ‘ride free.’ “Therefore, won't you send in your check or your subscription now? We need it now, Next week may be too late. If you prefer to divide your contribution into three monthly payments it ‘will be satisfactory, but tell us how much and send it in—your first check immediately Yours truly, John Mc E. Bowman, B. B, Mc- Alpin, F. A. Muschenheim, J. B. Regan, Fred Sterry. Paul Boden, for the committee. ASKED IF MONEY WAS USED FOR LOBBY PURPOSES. “Have you any reason to suspect that any of the money obtained through that letter was used for lobby purposes?” asked Senator Bur- lingame. “I have no reason I would like to five publicly,” replied Thompson, “However, I will give.it to the com- mittee. I don't think I have proof enough to make it public, but I think there should be a quiet investigation.” Thompson's letter was accepted into the record without further com- ment. “When you left former Gov, Whit- (Continued on Twenty-first Page.) Byrne held them fast, however, and slowly edged them to the window ledge, Others arrived in time to draw them in, Smith and Gutherman are young policemen with splendid records. Smith seen service among the detectives at headquarters and has been at Oak Street only a few montha, His home 4s at No. 1,943 Fowler Ave- Bronx, Gutherman’s tep years in the blue have becn spent at Oak Street. In his school days he was a celebrated foothall player. Mike White was to have to-day as cook of the steamship Pan- sailed | LE MANS, France, May 16 (United Preas).—Orville B. York, private in the 6th Marines, is the pistol champion of the A. E. F, ‘This boy of eighteen, who was going to high school in Franklin, O., a year ago, never fired a pistol until he Joined the Marines, after reading about the battle of Chateau-Thierry. He won the Utle against a field of 800. York outshot al! competitors, with the exception of Seret. James W. Dell of the 16th Field Artillery, scoring 1,022 out of a possible 1,200, Dell scored 1,031, but being @ distinguished pistol shot hie record did not count. York's victory gave the Sth Marines & clean weep of individual first honors with oth. small arms, since Corp!. Leland K. Peyton of South Pasadena, Cal, another youngster, won the rifle tit ‘The Sth Marines won the regi- mental championship with the rifle and were @ close second with the pistol, the 6th Engineers getting first piace, The prowess of the Marines gave the 24 the division title with both rifle and pistol, INCOME TAX CONVICTION Federal Court of Appeals Upsets Verdict Because of Errors in Trial. The conviction of Beymour Lk Rau, an insuran nd stock broker, In the Federal District Court of a criminal offense by failing to an income tax return for the years 1916 and 1917, waa reversed tc y by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals be- cause of errors in the trial, Rau sought to prove that although he never kept books and had no bank account, when he learned that he was In arrears in his income tax he turned over to the Interna! Revenue Collec tor @ certified check for $3 which file morah on his way home via La Havre, When he had: been fitted out with clothing and finances ‘at the police station the Ypri en vet u ee ee ees: - was the amount of the tax plus a penalty. ecunencrttaee Se ee SMITH VETOES PAY RAISE | BIL HYLAN HAD SIGNED ! ., |Governor Disapproves Measure Fixing All New York Borough | Presidents’ Salaries at $10,000. | ALBANY, M 14.—4dov, Smith te- day vetoed the Carroll bill proposing te fix the salaries of the five Borough Presidents of Greater Now York at $10,000 a year, The bill had been approved by Mayor Hylan, Other Wills vetoed by were: Donohue bill to appropriate $5,000 for preliminary surveys of a military road connecting West Potnt with New Eng- land. Whitley bill to apropriate $10,000 for ventilating the Senate Chamber. Billa providing for the estaolishment terminals at Carthage and the Governor of canal Geneva. Knight bill to provide for the appoint ment of @ market reporter in the De- partment of Farmers and Markets, <reeapneeliiainenteas WILSON WILL GABLE ONLY SHORT MESSAGE Notifies Companies They Can Easily Handle It onthe Day of Delivery. PARIS, May 15.—President Wilson has advised the cable companies that his message to the forthcoming special sea- sion of Congress will not be more than @ few hundred words, enabling \t to be cabled probably on the day of delivery. | 25,076 CASUALTIES = IN SECON DIVISION Sustained Heaviest France—Lowest Was 88th, With 90 Casualties WASHINGTON, May divisions in F the W: It Losses in ‘asualties of | combat i | nounced to-day were an: Departm Heaviest losses were sustained by Seoond Regular Army Division with 35,- nt 06 killed and wounded and the Mehtest |meeting ie for the purpose of raising esa aden a MESS Iby the Sith National Army Division with |tunda ¥ Shc} * caval ee. Me. old 69th Regiment meets. Former nembers, those who have Juat returned | operated under a full moon, flying uf from France with the 265th Infantry, |am altitude of 1,000 feet. The big und thelr fricuds, will attend. craft lost its bearings when approach. Due to the tilness of Col, Charles | ing Little Miquelon Island, of the Healy, President of the Veteran Corps. | south coast of Newfoundland, and {Francis P. Garvan will preside, Mar- i tin Conboy will present to Secretary | #Bout 170 miles from Bt. John’s, ker a replica of the blue silk reat Lieutenant Commander Coil do. | mental colors of the 69th carried | scribed the trip as the roughest hey) through the Rainbow Division battles |had ever made. He gave credit in France. On the programaie will be Reports from Trepassey, Ni P.y-aye that the navy: NC-1 an NC-3 probably wili start across seas for the Azores to-day without waiting for the NC-4.”” M&sages to ‘Washiingtin hawever, said weather conditions were unfavorable early in tie day. The navy dirigible C-5, which left Montauk, Point yesterday at 8 A, M., arrived at St. John’s, N. F., at 9.40 A. M, toxlay (New York time), having made the flight in 25 hours and 40 minutes, Lieut. Commander Coil announced on his arrival that the C-S was ready for the flight across the Atlantic. } The NC-4 is on her way from Halifax to Trepassey. She was forced to alight once after starting, but was able to resume the flight later. ST. JOHN'S, N. F., May 15.—-The American Naval dirigible C5, 7 stheduled for a possible non-stop flignt from this port to thé British Isles, arrived here to-day after a day and a night cruise from Montauk Point, i. 1. The balloon had been in the air 2§-hours and 40 minutes. The C-5 was ready for a flight across the Atlantic, her commander, Lieut. Commander Coil, declared as he stepped out of the dirigible’s basket. Both the crew and the machine = __ (toed the trip well, he said. As yet, he added, no orders had :- been issued for future movements. " The C-5 reached the Quidi Vidi anchorage at 1.40 P. M. Greenwich (9.40 A. M, New York) time. ‘The start from Montauk Point was made _ at 8.00 A, M, yesterday, The big dirigible arrived less than an hour after she fad been sighted from Signal Hill here. Earlier in the day it had appeared the C-5 was lost in the fog over Newfoundlar.d, the cruiser Chicago having received messages asking in formation with which to reshape her course to this port. 7% The Citteago’s radio operator received both telegraph and telephone messages from the flyers. The teleph-ne was indistinct but the telegraph flash said tnat the “Blimp’s” navigator had made an error in reckoning his 9 bearings. A few minutes later word was received that the dirigible’s course had been corrected and that she was proceeding toward the anchorage ~ here, , BAKER TO GET REPLICA OF OLD 68TH’S COLORS, War Secretary Will Attend Gather- ing of Veteran Corps of Regi- ment To-Night. Secretory of War Baker wil! arrive in Now York to-night at 8.46 o'clock and will be met at the Pennsylvania Sta- tion by the 69th New York Guard and escorted to the Metropolitan Opera House, where the Veteran Corps of the % LOUDS OBSCURE MOON AND CAUSE FLYERS TROUBLE With Lieut. D, P. Campbell at the wheel the airsbip made a perf:ut landing within the narrow confines of the old cricket field used as an | anchorage. It had becn secking St. John's for several hours, its radio having been out of commission for @ time, Lieut,’\Commander Coll gatd, and the last fev miles of tho Journey — were made by following .be railroad track to this city, The blimp's troubles began shortly after midnight, the commander said, when the sky became overcast, Be~ fore that time the balloonista had completion of the voyage largely and Vather Duffy, chaplain of the regiment; Col, William (Wild Bill) Donovan, Col, William Hayward and others, The Lieut. Campbell ‘Lieut.

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