The evening world. Newspaper, May 22, 1919, Page 1

NC-4 Delayed at Pes sha PRICE ‘TWO CENTS. rl os as 19, ‘by The "Come Co.’ (The ‘New York World). 3 “Cirenlation Books Open to All yo NEW ‘YORK, THURSDAY, MAY "3a, 1919. 28 PAG aay | EDITION — GERMANS AT COBLENZ WARNED BY U.S. ae Ce TWO CENT 5. Wilson Counted On to Lift July | Ban on Beer READ'S START FOR LISBON: FROM AZORES 1S DEFERRED AGAIN BY ROUGH WEATHER Heavy Seas Reported Off Ponta Delgada in Message to Washington. TOWERS STEPS ASIDE. Relinquishes Command of NC Flight to Skipper of the “Four.” WASHINGTON, May %%.—High winds to-day again prevented the Naval Seaplane NC-4 from leaving Ponta Delgada for Lisbon, on the sec- ond leg of her transatlantic flight. The Navy Department this morning received the following message from Admiral Jackson at Ponta Delgada: “NC-4 will not Jeave to-day. Seas too rough for start.” ‘The weather forecast for the Azores district cabled to the Navy Depart- ment to-day held out promise that Conditions might be favorable to- morrow for continuation of the flight, as the blow from the southwest was | moving northeastward. The forecast follows: “Wind 30 miles south-southwest; cloudy; visibility good; sea rather rough; continuing strong southwest winds and cloudy sky Thursday; dis- turbance continues its eastward or northeastward course and may re- move its influence from this district to-night.” The department also received to- day a cable message via Lisbon that had taken three days in transmission, It said nothing had been head of the NC-3, This incident was promptly called to the attention of Rear Ad- miral Plunkett at Lisbon and he was urged to make every effort to get communication arrangements at that point on a satisfactory basis in order to insure prompt transmission of the oficial reports when the NC-4 ar- rives at Lisbon, The wrecked plane NC-3 has been brought in to the beach, where it is being dismantled, preparatory sbipment to the United States on the tender Melville, say advices re- ceived here from Ponta Delgada, Commander Towers estimated to- day that it would take 100 mechan- (Continued on Second Page.) to| COTTON JUMPS $6 A BALE IN AN EXCITED MARKET | Rise Follows Reports of Big Buy-| ing for Domestic Spinners and Good Foreign Demand. A sensationally rapid and excited ad- vance occurred in the cotton market to- day, with all deliveries making new high records on heavy buying. July sold at 30.32 early in the afternoon and October at 29.10, or approximately % to 48.65 per bale above the closing price of last night. Trade interests reported large buyers for domestic spinners, while a good for- eign demand was also reported for both futures and spot cotton in the South, The spot sales officially reported in Liverpool were the largest for any one day singe, the beginning of the. wi amounting to 15,000 bales. The advance also was promoted by reports that there had been too much rain and unfayor- able crop conditions in the South, (BOTH PARTIES TO UNITE ON LUXURY TAX REPEAL Resolution Withdrawing 10 Per Cent. Levy First Revenue Meas- ure to Come Up. WASHINGTON, May 22.—Republicans of the House Ways and Means Commit- tee virtually agreed to-day that a reso- tution for repeal of the 10 per cent. tax on luxuries would be the {rat revenue legiaiation brought forth at this session. It was said the Democrats would co-op- erate in its passage. Favorable action in the Senate also was forecast. Tariff legislation was discussed gener- | ally to-day by the committee, but with- out a final decision, Several members favored separate tariff bills dealing with special subjects, suoh as dyestuffs, with- out attempting general tariff revision. See le to Balld Three Big Artillery Depots, WASHINGTON, May 22,—Con- struction of immense artillery stor- age depots at Savanna, IIL; Port | Clinton, O., and Aberdeen, Md., have | doen authorized by the War Depart- ment, The Savanna and Port Clin- | Uncle ton contracts wil call for the ex- penditure of more than $1,000,000 | each and that at Aberdeen of $500,000. THE TRANSA FLI TLANTIC GHT In the light of the NC-4's successful flight from New- foundland to the Azores, under Commander Read, it is reasonably expected that he will reach Lisbon safely, If this be the case, Commander Read will continue his per- sonal narrative to The New York World. Commander Read's personal description foundland to the Azores was cabled to The World from Horta and published exclusively by The World on Monday morning last. On Tuesday and Wednesday morning T! printed exclusive stories from Commander lowers i the NC-3 and Lieut. Commander Bellinger of the | which they discussed in valuable detail the course of their flight from Rockaway to Ha’ Had it not been for the unfortunate accidents over- taking their two flying boats, The World would also have received their personal narratives of their flig’ of his great flight from New- World C-l, in lifax and on to Trepassey Bay WILSON MAY LIFT ‘WINE AND BEER BAN DESPITE CONGRESS Pome a Having Taken Prohibition Bull by Horns, He’s Not Ex- pected to Let Go. | (Special to The Brening World.) | WASHINGTON, May 22. —Presi- Prohibition measure bull by the horns, will not let go, in the opinion of men close to his Administration. It is principles, and, inasmuch as he has declared that he believes the meas- ure which- would make the country bone dry on July 1 should be re- pealed as to wine and beer, the Ad- ministration confidants are of the opinion that if the Congress does not heed his advice he will, soon a! ter his return to the United State: declare the army demobilized and thus postpone the enforcement of Nation-wide Prohibition mptil next January. It i» held by many parliamentar- jans that the President has the power to do this, irrespective of any action by the Congress. Here are the first paragraphs of the bill which was drawn and amended in the Sen- ate and passed hy the House on Sept. 22, 1918, and approved by the President on Nov. 21, 1918: “After May 1, 1919, until the conclu- sion of the present war and there- after until the termination of demobi' ization, the date of which shall be determined and proclaimed by the President of the United States, no grains, cereal, fruit or other food prod- uct shall be used in the manufacture or production of beer, wine or other intoxicating malt or vinous liquor for beverage purposes, “After June 30, 1919, until the con- clusion of the present war and there- after until the termination of demobi- lization, the date of which shall be de- termined and proclaimed by the Pres- ident of the United States, no beer, wine or other intoxicating malt or vinous liquor shall be sold for bever- age purposes, except for export.” The rest of the bill is devoted to terms of enforcement and prohibition of the importation of distilled, mait or vinous liquors into the United States after the approval of the act. REASONS WHY PRESIDENT CAN AND MAY ACT. Here is the argument of those who believe that the country will remain wet after July 1st, even though the Congress should refuse to carry out the President's recommendation that it repeal or amend the law so far it applies to, wines and beers: The act was a war measure and specificially said so, At the time it was passed the war was on, There exists little doubt now that the war is over, This state of affairs, in the judgment of the Administration in- siders, completely disposes of the pro- vision “until the conclusion of the present war.” ‘The war concluded, as far as it involved hostilities between I< | Germany, and the Allied and Asse- ated Powers at 11 o'clock A. M. on | Noy, 11, 1918, when the armistice went into effect. Germany's threats to refuse to sign the pe treaty are not taken seriously Administration circles. Therefore, the contenders forecasting administrative action point ssity for the meas- ied to condi- in probable out that the nec ure, in so far ¢ appl BELE-ANS BEFORE MEALS od eee Lacan a heh = dent Wilson, having taken the war | characteristic of him to stick to his | tions of actual warfare, no longer The ¢ excuse for its continuance t its terms provide it shali re- vain in force until the termination | vf demobilization, Now comes Pres- ( nued on Twelfth Puge,) js —— “s WORLD'S TWOB ~INRACE ACR (GGEST SHIPS SS ATLANTIC _FINSH TEN MINUTES APART tcieneapresoene Leviathan Barely Noses Out | Her Rival, the Imperator, in Voyage From Brest. | 33,633 MEN IN Inrush of Troops on Ten| | Transports Sets Record for Port of New York. TO-DAY. | More soldiers came into New York harbor to-day from France than on any day since the armis- tice, A total of 27,310 were aboard | ships which arrived up to 2 o'clock. Two others were due with 6,000 more. The numbers on the ships whieh arrived were: Charleston, 1,424) Imperator . 3,190 Manchuria, 4,784 | Leviathan .11,958 Seattle .... 1,566|/ Mexican ... 2,404 Ohloan .... 1,626) Yale ....+. . 208 The piers at Hoboken were so crowded thet the Yale was anchored in the Hudson off Wee- hawken to wait her turn. The transports Leviathan and Im- perator, the largest vessels afloat, which left Brest on May 15 with more than 15,000 soldiers between them, ar- rived off Sandy Hook this afternoon ten minutes apart, the Leviathan in the lead. They moved up to Quaran- tine slowly and carefully through the fog, taking advantage of the peak of the high tide which is needed to allow these gigantic vessels to enter the harbor. Naval officers never admit that ships race at sea, but the voyage of the Leviathan and the Imperator, formerly sister ships in the Imperial German mercantile service, was ac- tually a race, although the two trans- ports kept a considerable distance from each other most of the way across. When they steamed out of Brest Harbor the 15,000 odd soldiers and 3,500 members of the crews on ‘both ships immediately became par- tisans, and many bets were made as to which would be first past Sandy Hook. | It would appear that the advantage was with the Imperator, which was only recently taken away from Ger- many. She was thoroughly over- hauled as to her engine and boiler rooms, but she was not changed for transport purposes and therefore could carry only a few more than 3,000 troops in her staterooms and steerage. The Leviathan was jammed with 12,000 troops, ‘This was the biggest day in the number of troops arriving that New York harbor has experienced since the close of the war. Ten transports, carrying 33,633 soldiers, were sched- uled to dock. Extraordinary prepara- tions were made at Hoboken and the} receiving camp for handling this great inrush, which was composed of men from scores of organizations wh? will have to be sorted out and sent to all parts of the country. But the biggest event of the biggent day in troop arrivals was the nish between the Leviathan and the |{mperator, It quite apparent that the first of these to reach the en trante to Ambrose Ch 1 would be the first in, because there is not re in Ambrose Channel for these giants to travel side by close was side or (Continued on Second Page.) —o PELIOANS Wer ave Sine Guod dig TAKE ORF ME wake 704 HERO WHO SHOT 25 OF FOE QUAILS AT WELCOME ORDEAL pala? let Sergt. Alvin C. York Hides, | Blushes, but Can't Escape Tumultuoys Greeting, Sergt. Alvin C. York of the 328th Infantry, 824 Division, who by way of a day's work last fall shot twenty- five Germans, captured 182 more, ‘Ir cluding a major and other officers and stopped the fire of thirty-five machine guns preparing for a counter attack, was scared speechless to-day when he arrived at the Government pler at Hoboken on the transport Ohioan, From wireless messages to the transport Sergt. York knew something was going to happen when he landed, He knew the Tennessee Society was going to greet him. But it was not unti] a tug with fifty or more Tennes- seeans aboard began circling around the ship down the bay, yelling “York! York! We want York!" did his sim- ple, God-fearing mind grasp the na ture of the ordeal! waiting for him. Besides the men and women on the tug there were waiting outside the pier at Hoboken Dr. J. J. King, presi- dent of the Tennessee Society; B. A. Kellogg, chairman of the York Wel coming Committee; J. G, Lavender, M. Lewis Meacham and others. If the raw-boned giant could have seen the way the automobiles in which these men had come from Manhattan he would have been more scared still, Each of them was a waving grove of allied flags with the State flag of Tennessee mingled in, ‘The committee was tet onto the pier when the Ohioan pulled in, Joined by movie men, photographers and re- porters, they piled on board the trans- port, Sergt. York was not to ibe found. oldiers and officers volunteered to find him, but didn't, After twenty minutes it was dis- covered he had tocked himself in a stateroom. He wouldn't come cut until he was ordered by an officer of the regiment, He poked his bristly (Continued on Sixteenth Page.) ESTHONIANS TAKE TOWN 35 MILES FROM PETROGRAD Pressing Near Former Russian Capital in Their Advance Against Reds. STOCKHOLM, Wednesday, May 21.— Estha na, in their campaign | the Bolsheviki, are pushin to ‘etrograd, according to iclal stater his states at the J here to-day ovr (Gatsehina iy 35 tured with the railway tion 700 prisoners miles directly south of Petrograd.) peennnerAAneOADOAPOODORAOOOORLD, | ESULTS, Page 2 \ ENTRIES, Page 16 AMERICAN COMMANDER WHO I$ READY AT COBLENZ TO AGT IF GERMANS BALK a CALLSONWEALTAY TO BUILD HOUSES FOR CITY'S POOR Frank L. Dowling Wants Car- negies, Goulds, Vanderbilts and Astors to Help. Manhattan Borough Frank L, Dowling suggested to the Joint Legislative Committee on Rent- President Profiteering to-day that the wealthy families of his city be asked to invest their money in a big plan whereby antiquated tenements would be torn down and model structures erected in their stead, big financial He also suggested tuat companies be asked Said Mr, what they are willing to do, Dowling: “My idea would be to have the big money lenders—that is the trust companies, insurance companies, title companies and banks—come here and tell what they are prepared to do toward relieving housing shortage by advancing funds for building oper- ations on the present basis of prices | for material and labor, If ome plan could be worked out in conjunction with the city authorities to have the | Vanderbilts, the Rockefellers, the| Goulds, the Astors and the Carnegies buy up land occupled by old-fash- LIGGETT GETS ARMY READY. 900 Troops Headquarters, an advance, BIG FOUR REJECTS RANTZAU'S CALL FOR RELEASE OF PRISONERS Announces That All Who Are Con- victed of Crime Are to Be Punished. PARIS, May 22 (United Press).)— Replying to the note of the German delegates regarding prisoners of war, the Council of Four to-day announced refusal of Foreign Minister Brock- dorff-Rantzau's request thet war as well as ctvilian prisoners convicted of crimes should be released. ‘The reply cited the case of German prisoners who murdered a French farmer and his wife, They were sen- eee to death, but sentence was sus- ded until peace is signed. “Jus- thee certainly will not be satisfied if the murderers are reprieved,” It was declared. The Germans asked for alleviation of the conditions of prisoners and in- terned civilians between the date of the signing of peace and their repa- triation, The Council of Four replied they were unaware what “alleviation” was possible, considering the fact that the Allies scrupulously endeavored to observe the laws of war and dictates foned buildings and erect modern tenements it seems to me that th would go @ long way toward reliev- ing the congestion and stopping uw rest. “Carnegie put a lot of money in libraries, That's all right—a good thing-—but people go in them now and ait all day reading and then come out and try to upset the Government. If we could have more modern tene- | ments with rents at reasonable rates and stop building libraries, at least for | the present, 1 think it would help con- | siderably “Record w that married cach year in the city, with from 85,000 to 40,000 of the The dea is 60,000 birth rate a year, Th bound to big need for hed bh 60,000 couples sour Manhattan, less than the 1 in result im be newly esta mes in norma the a when build we have was | w nor House ¢ ted that Mann estin proximately 2 five t there ave in the mughs and,tiat ally all vf them a known us old law tenements, AGontinued on Second Pemea in wh of humanity. — PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS IN BERLIN ATTENDED BY 100,000 PERSONS Carry Banners With the Inscription “We Want Only Peace, Bread and Work.” BPRLIN, May thousand (United Press).— One hundred Independent Soclalists made @ demonstration yes- terday in the Lustgarten in favor of immediate peace. They bore numerous red flags and banners with the in- ption, “We want only peace, bread act and work,” | After they had been addressed by several speakers, the Independent 8o- clalists ma wd =6to)|6Wilheimplatz, 00 Majority Socialists were hoiding a demonstration against the ADL née of the In- Chancellor Scheidemann, addressing the crowds, declared tha’ “protest is Germany's only romain- ing weapon, Ba e the adents, COBILENZ, May 22 (Associated Press).—Lieut. Liggett, commander of the Army ot Occupation, and Major Gen. John Hines, commander of the Third Corps, who were on their way to London, yesterday were recalled to Coblenz by orders from American General a ST TO ADVANGE BEYOND RHINE: MOTOR TRUCKS GROSS Holding Zone East of ‘the River Prepared for Quick Action —Threatening Attitude of Ger- man Civilians at Coblenz Brings Warning Against Violence. Gen, Hunter Nine hundred motor trucks began to move Tuesday night from west of the Rhine to the bridgehead area. tributed to various points of advantage among the troops holding the zone jeast of the Rhine should the occasion arise for the Americans to start The trucks, which have a capa- sity of from thirty to forty sol- diers, are fully equipped. They were taken to ncentration points of the two jons on the east bank of the Rhine. (36,000 men could be moved at once with these 900 trucks.) Because of increased indications n between German civil- and soldi throughout the American area of occupation. American officers to-day warned the Burgomasters and other G man officials that they would be held responsible for any violence or any attempt at destruction of American Army property, The American officers ordered the German officials to caution the civil- {ans, through the newspapers and otherwise, that resentment displayed by civilians toward the soldiers would not be tolerated and that eer ous results might follow in the event the Germans persist in the at- titude exhibited recently in various parts of the area of occupation, Reports to American Headquarters show many instances in the fast few days that numerous shop- keepers attempted to overcharge American soldiers, and that Germans in the streets were particularly ar- rogant and refused in many cases to give up half of the sidewalk, The Americans have informed the Ger- mans thet the soldiers are instructed to give half of the sidewalk when passing civilians, but in no event #0 step off the walk for German maleé. Reports of the attitude of oi ns began reaching h @ week ago and increas reports of delays at Versailles, the attitude of the German dele- gates there apparently generally encouraging many civil show a dislike of the soldiers. Auction sales for the benefit of civilians of abandoned German army material and great quantittes of non military property have been called off until the present situation clears by order of Lieut. en. Hunter Lig- gett, comma: Third Army, American say that if the the terms, the with- drawal of troops and other parte of | the American programme will be ear. ried out just where it was left of on ~ Tuesday, The recall of Gens, Hines is part of the new pi for the American Army in the the Germans, do not accept the treaty. The composite re pap fy The trucks are being dis- ” Liggett and 4