The evening world. Newspaper, June 30, 1919, Page 1

— PRICE TWO CENTS. by The Co, (The New “Ctroulation Books Open to All.” | __ “Circulation Books Open to All.” 18 Terk We Worlds NEW ‘YORK, ‘MONDAY, JUNE _80 20 PAG EDITION e : TSS BE SAMUEL GOMPERS DISCUSSES WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL UNREST AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS Remarkably Frank and Courageous Series of Interviews for The Eve- ning World Dealing With Vital ProblemsofAmericaandthe World. Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor has given wo Frederick Lawrence of the Evening World Staff a series of wmarkably frank and couragevus interviews dealing with industrial unrest in America and in the world, He discusses: —The fight in againgt the lador ig the League of Nations covenant made dy foreign Gad American ib terests. The Rockefeller industriat democracy plan, He disapproves of it; calle it “not industrial democracy but industriat autocracy.” —Stock participation, profit-shering and other plang of remuner- ating labor as operative in steel and other industries. Com- mends them as encouraging thrift, but considers them as instru- ments to weaken unionism, —How League of Nations will benefit labor in alt parts of the world, including most backward countries, and tells why Amer- ican labor has little to gain materially, but a very great deat morally. —Telle what President Wilson and the Paris Labor Conference mean by “Industrial Democracy” and what American organized labor plans to advocate at the October conference at Washington. —A message to American employers, informing them tn detail of the changes that must be agreed to if future labor wars are to be avoided, and how radicalism may be checked. WHO LANDS IN PARK TO SAVE HS LIFE which has just closed its deliberations re “Disturbed Grass’ at Van at Atlantic City was remarkable in many respects, but in none more than Cortlandt When Engine Stalled on Flight to Albany. the triumphs it accorded to the pol- feles of the Federation's President, Samuel Gompers. Mr. Gompers has been called an autocrat, a boss, a dictator, a cnr, ‘The convention, by the solid backing it gave him, emphatically repudiated those terms as applied to him. Mr. Gompers was a great force in the convention, a respected and influen- tial leader. No man, not even & Gompers, could have imposed his in- Aividual will upon approximately 600 out of 657 delegates to such @ conven- tidn as that of the American Federa- tion of Labor. Samuel Gompers won every point he supported simply be- he judaed with unerring ight the d of the millions of organized working- men and women who compose the membership of the American Federation of Labor, It was be- eause he truly interpreted and faithfully articulated the thoughts and aspirations of the toiling millions of America that the pol- jeits advocated by him reecived the indorsement of the direct representatives of America. trades unionism. His only op- ponents in the convention wore a small but emphatically noisy If you aro travelling eighty miles an hour 1,500 feet in the air above Van Cortlandt Park and your engine dies on you, don't try to save your life by volplaning to the park unless you expect Patrolman John T. Shield to arrest you for disturbing the grass without a permit, Benjamin A. Bjarklund,'who holds aviator’s license No, 574 from the Joint Army and Navy Board, was ar- rested at 5.45 o'clock last night. He was arraigned before Magistrate Ten Eyck in the Morrisania Court this morning, charged with: That he did unlawfully disturd the grass in the grassplot in Van Cortlandt Park by landing thore with an alrplane without a permit . from the Department of Parks, xtreme radicals who ; ereur Ot. ost the reins of power | “iow high were you when you Se the federation in order to set | t2rted {9 land?” asked the Magts- lace a political-labor- | "'« ue in at cligarchy with the ulti. «| Fifteen hundred feet,” replied the on Durpose of destroying the || A¥li!tor-prisoner, form of rnmont of uldn't you read the ‘Keep oft the United States the Grass’ signs up there?” Under the leadership of President) sjjaydiy | was too hand t waa ‘ concerned more about saving my Jife DR. WILKINS'S CELL WAS NOT LOCKED BEFORE SUICIDE Keeper Testifies Aged Slayer Was Allowed to Wander Around in Tier. ROPE STILL A MYSTERY. GERMANY FEARS GEORGE J. GOULD OUSTED AS FATHER’S EXECUTOR CITY AND STATc AID ASKED EXTREMISTS OF GERMANY BY PALMER TO PREVENT ThE SALE OF DISTILLED LIQUOR HEADS OF NATIONS No Interference With Purchas- ing of Beer and Light Wines All Who Saw or Were Near Doctor in Prison Tell Stories at Investigation. (Special From a Staff Correspondent of The Evening’ World.) MINEOLA, L, I, June 30.—It was unofficially reported late this after- noon that District Attorney Charles R. Weeks will immediately summons the Nassau County Grand Jury to ap investigation of the means by which the late Dr. Walter Keene Wilkins st- |eured possession of the rope with which he conimitted suicide last night tn a bathroom at the Min¢ola Jail. ‘Two other investigations were be- gun to-day 0% the suicide of Wilkins and general conditions at the jail, fhe first, instituted by Justice Dav;d 8, | Manning of the Supreme Court, sit- ting as a Coroner, to establish the death of Wilkins, was completed. The other began with the errival of State Prison Commissioners Solomon and Weinstock. ‘Tho inquiry of tho Prison Commis~ sioners was planned weeks before Wilkins came to the jail and was in- spired by reports of lax conditions there. ‘This inquiry, Mr, Weinstock said, will be thorough. Tho Coroner's inquiry by Justice Manning defore whom Wilkins wus tried and by whom the aged physician was to be sentenced to-morrow to ile in the electric chair, established three things: 1.—That Dr. Witkins's cell was not locked. 2,—That he went into the bath- room unattended. 3.—That nobody in the jail ap- parently knows how the suicide got possession of a brand new rope 6 feet long and half an inch thick, In the course of his investigation Justice Manning questioned William Hendrickson, John B. Mills and Rich- ard B, Combs, keepers, and Joe Van- lusky, a trusty. Justice Manning expressed aston- ishment when he heard that prisoners in Mineola Jail were allowed the free- dom of the corridors in the daytime. ‘The cells are locked only at night. Sheriff Seaman tried to explain that prisoners are actually locked in at all times because the corridors are al- ways locked, but Justice Manning re- fused to listen, “The outstanding fact is,” he com- mented, “that prisoners in the Nas- sau County Jail are not locked up and @ condemned murderer was allowed (Continued on Sixth Page.) miles an hour, I took the air from }Sheepsbead Bay and was on my way to Albany when I mot with the acci- dent, I really had but a few seconds to pick out a place to land or run the risk of a crash that meant death,” “Well, it was very wrong of you to land as you did. You should have | ment asking them for permission to land and to save your life, no one would have beep | Sunday to grant the permit, but I am sure it would bave been attended to |some time to-day, Sentence sus- | pended.” | “Do T huve to get a permit to sec- cure my machine?" (Gontinues.co on Tenth Page.) J ain {than looking for such signa, An ex- |haust rod snapped and the engive died, I was travelling poout elgnty as he left the court room. “It woud be safer if you want to rest again,” advised the written a letter to the Park Depart- | Of course | on duty | asked the aviator | Under Dry Law. BOOZE ‘WAKE’ TO-NIGHT City Preparing to Celebrate the Knockout Blow to Old John Barleycorn. Attorney General Palmer will issue late to-day, it was announced this NEW REVOLUTION PRAISE WILSON ON HIS PART IN PEACE President puns Messages | .,.., With Kings of England and G. GOULD DEPOSED AS EXECUTOR OF FATHER'S ESTATE Court Grants Petition . of} Brother Who Charged Mis- management of Millions. SISTER ALSO IN SUIT. Late: Railroad Magnate’s Son Said Property Was Not Properly Handled. Supreme Court Justice Whitaker this afternoon granted the petition of Frank Gould for the removal of George J. Gould as executor of the optate of the late Jay Gould, their afternoon at the Federal Building, «| Spain and Emperor of Japan. | tater. Proclamation calling upon State and municipal authorities to aswist the sale of distilled liquors. 2.75 per cent., it was said, will await in New York, While the law will be every particular, there will ‘be no 2.75 per cent. beer and light wines. Lawyers for allied liquor inter- 8, including all et of busi- ness men who deal in alcoholic beverages, conferred to-day and adv the dealers, hotel and rostaurant men to open for busi- ness to-morrow and sell only 2.75 beer and “non-intoxicating wine.” A great number, perhaps a ma- jority, of saloon keepers, restaurant and hotel men, and wholesale and re- tail bottled goods dealers had in- tended to open for business as usual in New York to-morrow morning to see “what would happen.” While some of tho dealers, taking their cue from President Wilson's re- cent appeal to Congress on behalf of light wines und beer, intended to con- fine their sales to such beverages, others, on advise of counsel, had dv- cided to sell “hard stuff" too, believing that the Federal authorities do not ine tend to enforce the war time measure after the signing of peace. Evening World reporters to-day made tours of inquiry through all boroughs of the city, Reports were Tecelved also from Jersey. Only a few liquor dealers were found who said they expected to close to-morrow, and those who did plan to close gen- erally gave reasons not connected di- rectly with the “war law’—gave such reasons as the leasing of their places to other interests, The bars of the Ansonia, Biltmore, Commodore, Manbattan and Murray Hilt Hotels—the Bowman chain—will be open. But John Barleycorn is going to have a merry funeral to-night whether he dies or not, and his friends, while unaffectedly anxious about the lively old gentleman's health, intend to drink him a@ fare~ well toast with an optimistic mental reservation, Restaurant keepers were advised this afternoon that if it is 2% per cent. beer they can spi! {t to-morrow and the day after just gs if there never had been any War-tim prohi- jbition. The advice was issued from |the law offices of Wilam LL. Kirst, | No, 15 Wiliam reet, Mr. Hirst be- ing the attorn of the Society of Restaurateurs, ‘The statement wus s follows: | [+ is permissibte to sell beer con. taining alcobol not to exceed 2% per cent, upon the assumption that it is (Continued oa Second Page.) ON BOARD THE U. 8, 6, GRORGE WASHINGTON, June 29 (By Wireless Government in the prevention Of the 4, 1. Avsoctated Press).—Preaident | Wilson received to-day & series of The question of the right to sell notable despatches as he departed beer up to an alcoholic content of from France. ‘These messages come from King George, King Alfonso and the Emperor of Japan, and congratu- the outcome of test suits instituted jated the President on the large part |he took during the war and in the |Drothers in arms, will continue ever | WILSON SIGNS BILLS AT SEA | i upheld in| Peace Conference, The message ‘from King George peremptory arrests for the sale of makes a rather significant allusion to “the American and British people, in peace.” The reply of the President to the message of King George was as fol- lows: “It gives me deep pleasure to express to you my conviction of the truth of your generous mes- sage concerning the great ends which have been attained by the present peace and the new ties which have been created between your own great people and ours, ‘We are on the eve of realizing more than we could realize them at the time, the real objects of the great war. united to defeat the enemies of liberty and justice, have through their representatives wrought out a plan by which they may remain united in a free partnership of in- timate counsel te promote the Cause of justice and of freedom through the benoficent processes of peace and the accords of a lib- eral policy. “It is within the choice of (Continued on Fourth Page.) poly tullluae a alitaies LEAPS FROM 19TH STORY OF BILTMORE TO STREET Kitchen Helper Lands on Curb Near Thickest of Luncheon- Seeking Crowd, Joseph M employed o1 Hote! Biltmore, shortly after noon to-day chnick, a kitchen helper e eighteenth floor of the House De ve George Williams was sent for, Be fore he arrived the’man, who lived at No, 27 Bast 110th Street, ran to the nineteenth floor, went through an open window, crawied over to the edge of the coping and jumped to the atreet below At the time 48d Street and Madison Avenue botn were filled with fasionably Jreased women and others on their way to luncheon at itmore and to the Manhattan U the curb near ¢ and mov ody landed on Was re- 4 to the Mor Can't Holds WASHING bition forced wat tional nf Wartin vely on proh ST incr inital intestine Senet hr aay HI Seeiinpatenetip ecicattatataet naa House Judiciary Committee ¢ to-day in the report on the prohibi- tion enforcement bill, bewan to act queerly | Frank Gould appeared by, counsel, Walter Walker, ind “tits application for the removal of George Gould was supported by his sister, Anna, the Dichess ‘de Tallyrand and by Ag@- davits submitted by counsel for two jminor children of Frank Gould by his fret marriage. ‘The petition , alleged mismanage- | ment of the Gould railroad properties and the misappropriation of funds by George Gould ———— TAKEN FROM PASSING SHIP Measures Transferred From the Great Northern to the George Washington. ABOARD U. 8. 8. GEORGE WASH- INGTON, June 30,—President Wilson to-day received from the steamer Great Northern, as it passed the George Washington in midocean, the Ratlroad Deficiency -and Indian Appropriation bills, He read the bills and signed them. ‘The President had been previously ad- vised that the Great Northern was car- mail, including the bills, When iner was sighted he usked that the mail be transferred. ‘The destroyer ‘Tarbell ran alongside the Great Northern and transferred the maf to the George Washington ———— 120 KILLED BY "QUAKE; ITALIAN TOWNS WIPED OUT Vicchio, Centre of the Disaster, Has Big Death Toll—Many Injured, ROME, June #—One hundred and twenty persons are estimated to have been killed im and near Vicchio, the centre of the earth movement Sunday in the Florence district, according to the Tempo. ‘The town of Vicchio was reduced to ® heap of ruins and @ aun- ber. of villages were destroyed: The shock was perceptible as far away as Venice. It is reported that several hundred persons were injured at Borgo, San Lorengo, fifteen miles northeast of Florence, and at Dicomano, near the latter town. The region of |Regello (twenty miles southeast of | Florence) has been isolated, Jin The villages of Olm!, Sappinate, Ri- | valta, Carpeto, Casaglis, Alplano, Pa |dule and Casole were almost entirely | destroyed. | A church at Marradi collapsed, kill ing four person > View the City from (he » N MENTAUHA ~ Med" rea) ‘a Tad ie abate, neh is et tine, Wor! TRE WORLD TRAVET, BURRADU, aveade, Pulitser (World) Autiding 43-68 Part Row, NOY Chy Teer Beekman 4000. Check rrom for bagesgr and parcels open day and wight. Money orderr and {ravellery abe — hae checks for of the concern left this afternoon to | look after the bodi Mr, Bradley Judgment on the role he was sialy-five years old, starting the wer, iA AWAIT SIGNAL FOR REVCLT, SAY REPORTS FROM aN Vorwaer ts Asserts That is “Threaten to Annihilate Peace Which Was Dearly Bought”— Press BitterinCommenton Treaty ZURICH, June 30 (United Press).—-The German moderate press is~ greatly alarmed at the prospects of another revolution which, it declares, the extremists are about to begin. U.S. TROOPS ROT AT BREST; 2 DEAD AND 100 WOUNDED American Naval Officer Ac- cused 6f Starting Clash by Tramping on French Flag. “A new civil war menaces ws, ‘threatening to annihilate the peace ‘which was bought with the most ter- MPle-wnorifices,” says the Bertin Vor Waerts, “Appearing dally in the rev olutionary press are symptoms whieh do not lie.” “There is no longer any doubt that the extremists believe the moment has arrived for precipitating a revo- lution in Berlin,” according to, ‘the Frankfort Gazette. “They await only the signal.” BERLIN, June 29 (United Press). The German reactionary press was mostly silent to-day regarding sign- ing of the peace treaty. Several papers were outspoken in their bit- terness toward the terms. of “The signing is treason,” said the Berliner Neusto Nachrichten, “The next general election will show what the Germans think of the treaty.” “Tt is @ scrap of paper,” declared the Tagediatt. The Vorwaerts hoped war’ The Greets of Brest have sen ami cot: eb ieeeicwulenmie tage placed under military control. many to begin her work of rehabili- The casugities occurred ‘as a resutt | tation. of tho exchaore of shots between Paria Mae epee Zeltung, American military and naval police ae Ge ye on ry La pte and French saiiora, The trouble be- lerican creole stats.” gan, It ts sald, when am Amerioam| one rokal Anselger urged the Ger- naval officer, who ts said to have man people to receive the treaty with bven drinking, tore down @ French | sojcism, flag and treinped on it, Frenebmea)” a, ost violent art 4 attacked the vfficer, and, it is eaids ty,” ne ‘Destsabe’ Reltuige white de- kicked and beat him until he was f 3 unconscious, Ps ‘” r ‘Americans who wore not owere of{ A, Piece of vitenae eo. bees the cause of the fight went to the!) 000, nus been buried. Only incess ald of the naval officer. The Nebt| sane tori will enable us to regain our then became general, place amoug the nations of the world. A mob of French civilians and #0l- lemon wits come revenge for the did diers and eailors attempted to rush ” race 919." Th up- the Hotel Moderne, where American (Fr essed, by the Goverusuate : officers were quartered. ‘They burned)” yoaicstiong to-day wore that a sentry box and threw stones at on ow strike crisis had passed. With the Americans in uniform wherever they ; found th The ericans, It 19 ‘Government's promise to devote a bil. « . lion and « half marks in the next said, retaliated, three months toward lowerthg the A company of marines with fixed the, railsesé. teenie bayonets was hurried to the scene and the Americans soon restored or- | ‘med ‘© work: der, Admiral Henri Salaun, the Drench navel. commander. at Breet,| KAISER AS REPORTED ordered the marines to return to their READY 10 SURR FR i r a a S i BREST, June 80.—Two French civ- ilans were killed and five American soldiers and sailors were injured ee- verely and more than 100 wounded in riots here lust night. ‘Two of the American soldiers are expected to die, barracks. Ae the marines marched back to their quarters, it is declared, they were pursued by a mob throw- og stones and bricks, The city 1s quiet to-day, j Said to Expect They Will Only NEW YORKERS DIE IN FIRE. Consider Special Questions GUILFORD, Conn, Juno 20.—Wibur in His Case. 8 Bradley and bis wife, Jennie of! pes UB, > 30.—" New York City, were burned tu death THE HAGUE, June 30—The fognag \uelr summer home in Boston Street) Saiser's attitude toward the Allied carly loday, The fire started in the; demand that he be held responsibly en, ‘The house, of Colonial type,|for the war is dependent om the! was built ul 160, and had belonged | lengths to whieh the Allies intend M Uradle f y carry their examination, it wag pe pentane : ported to-day, nau wey) Mas “selstant)” fe wags said that Wilhelm would reasurer of the Gorhum Silver Col opiect to giving himselt up tolail of New York Cy. A repres ive - Allied trivunal if it merely ty