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_NEW YORK, MONDAY, J JULY 14, “Circulation Books Open 4, 1919. 16 PAGES. PRION TWO ORNTS. _ to All, | PLAN REGULAR gai | TRIPS TO EUROPE ij SEATTLE MYSTERY WOMAN SOUGHT IN CLUE TO MURDER OF DOWSEY, senepstiiinssies Said to Have Been Employed to Get Information From Ship Secret Agent. TO SPRING TRAP SOON. Slain Man’s Knowledge Would Have Involved Prominent Northwest Builders.. (Special to The Drening Work.) GEATTLE, July 14.—Search began to-day for the mysterious woman aid to have beon employed to get in- | ‘Yorination.trem-Fred A. Dowsey of Shipping Board secret agent, who it bite f alleged was murdered here May According to secret service mon in Seattle investigating the case, he was about to spring a trap that would have sent some of the most prominent shipbuilders in the North- lwest to prison, for frauds reaching imto millions of dollars, With serious changes being insinu- ated in the shipbuilding cities of the Northwest, big Seattlee shipbuilders are waking demands that the case be sifted to the bottom to find if gigan- tle fraud were practiced. Dowsey was killed by being struck over the right temple while he was in the washroom in the building where the Emergency Fleet officers are housed. A chunk of iron has been found and is believed to have ‘been the weapon used, The woman in the cage is declared to have won Dowsey’s coniidence, apparently, but Govern- ment agents say Dowsey was pot fooled, but rather obtained much valuable information frorh her. Discovery of this and the fact that. Dewsey had in his possession papers which he intended to use in closing hig cage are thought to have led the men implieated to send thugs to kill Dowsey, ‘wo former convicts from Grays Harbor, a wooden shipbuilding centré, were seen around the Securi- ties Building, where the shipping of- flees are located the day of the mur- der. Coroner ‘Tiffin, who says he was instructed by Government secret, agents, to say Dowsey died of apo- plexy, "has called an inquest for tot morrow, He said a sensation will be sprung when men high in shipbuilding clreles are subpoenaed as witnesses. ‘This fact is kept secrét in Seattle in fear the men whos atements under oath are wanted will leave the city + Coroner Tiffin declared he complied | ;, with the Government request because he was told it would aid in solving the mystery. He said three sety of Government officials have been on the case. G. H. Douglas, clerk in the Ship- ping Board office, who found Dow- sey’s body, said he saw two strangers Jeave the roo mas he entered, No trace of these men can be found. Douglas refuses to talk, ~ Major M. 8. Game, Government of opera- th agent in charge of a force tives engaged in investigating case, intmates he has found evide as the result of ar a\ Olympia yesterday, The bungalow is said to be connected in some way | with the Sloan Shipyards operation, out operatives refuse to give any in- (Continued on ‘Second Pp je.) on a bungalow | GRAFT HUNTER PROFESSOR KILLS BURGLAR ROBBING FRATERNITY HOUSE B. F. Shappeile of University of Pennsylvania Shoots Intruder, | PATLADEUPHTA, Juty masked burglar was shot and killed by Prof. Benjamin Franklin Shappe'ic, head of the department of romantic | languages of the sufhmer school of the University of Pennsylvania, in the, Al- pha Chi Rho Fraternity House hbre)| to-day. ‘ The burglar was shot after he threatened death to Prof. Shappele and ;Sthers living in the fraternity build- ing. After being wounded he Icaned from a second floor window to the! yard reeled across the street and died as two policemen reached his sids. The burglar, about twenty-eight jand as yet unidentified, had ransacked @ room on the second floor occupied by Oscar Kennedy, business manager jof the Daily Pennsylvanian, He awakened Hugh R. Robbins, in the next room, and Robbins, after notify- ing Prof, Shappelle, slipped into a tel- ephone booth at the end of the hall, Prof. Shappelle, a crack shot who has hunted in Brazil and other South American counties, took a pistol from his dresser and peered into the hallway. He saw the burglar out- lined in the light of the room he was leaving. The man wore a mask, “He leaned forward,” Prof. Shap- pelle said, “and I saw a movement of his arms. There was only one thing to do and I shot.” The burglar collapsed in front of No. 2021 South 36th Street. He was clean shaven, with close cropped black hair in a natural pompadour. i FORD SAYS HE SUGGESTED ARTIGLES AGAINST WAR Testifies in Libel Suit That His Peace Secretary ‘Wrote Them, MOUNT CLEMONS, Mich., July 14 Henry Ford took the stand to-day in * million-dollar liber sult. against the | Chicago Tribune. Ford followed his |son, Edsel, whose explanation of Ford |Government contracts occupied _ the mérning. Asked whether he wrote articles and advertisements disapproving war, he |said he had suggested their content, but that the actual writing had been by hig peace secretary, William Dela- vigne. "Is it not true that you and the Tribune split on preparedness?” Attor- hey Stevenson asked Ford. ‘The wit- hess assented, but qualified by saying he did not read the paper pholting''s ‘Word Sttlelg -ttereneee exhibiting a Ford article, “that pre- |paredness is the toot of all evil?” Yqs, sir,” was Ford's answer, <p —ecmron THE WORLD TRAVEL BUREAO, Arcade, Pulitzer (World) Building. 63-63 Park Row, N. ¥, City, ‘Telephone Beekman 4000, Check room for baggage and parcels open day and Bight, Money orders and travellers’ checks tor 14.—A! HYLAN POCKETED IN TRAFFIC JAM AS HIS GUARD FIGHTS His Honor’s Machine Delayed 20 Minutes in Lafayette Street Mix-Up. TRUCK MAN ARRESTED. Drivers Rush to Civilian’s Aid When O'Hara, Not in Uni- form, Seizes Him. The city’s business was delayed twenty minutes this morning, the main artery for automobiles to down- town points was blocked for the same length of time and Hizsoner the Mayor was kept in a “pocket” for one-third of an hour on Lafayette below Canal Street, fust because— well, there are various becauses, Anyhow, ty-five, the chauffeur for a truck owned by Everybody's Express, was. | accused of the blovkade and was dragged to the Elizabeth Street police Station without many clothes on, al- though he was fully dressed when Detective Sergt. (First Grade) Irving O'Hara, the Mayor's bodyguard, jumped up on his truck and manded to know what he meant by blocking the traffic, O'Hara was in citizen's attire and Weinberg’s reply was not elegant but extremely forcible, The Mayor, as is his custom, came over the Williamsburg Bridge with Lieut, O'Hara and Miss O'Hara, the Mayor's sister-in-law, and the latter left the entourage at Police Head- quarters, after which the automobile Proceeded into Lafayette Street and found itself into a vortex of vehicles. It appears from some of the stories that Weinberg was aigzagging to get & front place in the line and that accounts for the first introduction of O'Hara to the truck driver, On the other hand rumor has it that the Mayor's chauffeur was making a similar bid for first place because the business of the city was waiting op the arrival of the Mayor at the City Hall. Well, it seems that Wetnbers was discourteous to O'Hara fof the reason that he didn't recognize bim in citizen's attire. And a lot of other truck drivers didn’t recognize him, either, , Sf when O'Hara placed Weinberg under arrest for “disorderly conduct, vile and indecent language,” there was a misunderstanding, the husky truckmen rushing to the aid of Wein- berg and Weinberg himself, who is built on ‘the order of Willard, making wonderful demonstration with — his feet and hands. ‘Then Traffic Cop Miller, who was in uniform, got into the melee and the crowd made allow- ance for the uniform and didn’t scrap so much. But by this time they had nearly torn the clothes off Weinberg in their efforts to rescue him. Traffic was tied up north, south, east and west and Hizzoner was farther away trom the City Hall than wherf he started. Cars were stopped and there was greater confusion on Lafayette Street than at any time since the armistice was signed, At the Elizabeth Street Station Traffic Cop Miller appeared and put an additional charge against Wein- berg for not having bis license pin, so when he gets through with the| O'Hara charges he will be obliged to stand trial i the Traffic Court, When arraigned later before Magis- ‘gar V inghain — in ‘ombs Court, Weinberg was fined $2 |} on the charges made by Detective "Hara. He was then summoned by man Miller to appear in Traffic ‘Wwomorrew morniug. Benjamin Weinberg, twén- | de- | VOTE ON “DRY” REPEAL REFUSED IN HOUSE Wet Amendments to Enforcement Bill Ruled Out of Order on Volstead’s Wemand. WASHINGTON, July 14,—An Attempt to force a vote on repeal of wartime Prohibition failed to-day in the House. On’ a point of order raised by Chairman Volstead of the Judiciary Committee an amendment to the pend Prohibiton Inforcement Bill, gproposed ‘by Repre sentative Igoe, Democrat, Missouri, was ruled out of order. Other amendments to the bill giving the President authority to repeal war- time Prohibition whenever in his opin- ion the necessity for its continuation had ceased were offered by Gard, Democrat, out of order. NEW $4,000,000 BUILDING. American Sugar Represent of Ohio, but were ruled ive finery Plans Ex- in Brooklyn. | | A hearing will be given by Borough |President Riegelmann at 11 o'elbck Wednesday in Borough Hall, Brooklyn, to the American Sugar Refining Com- pany on its ation to close South First, Second, Third and South. Fourth |Streets from Kent Avenue to the [Brooklyn waterfront for the purpose of Jerecting new buildings to cost between $3,000,000 and $1,000,000. plapt at’ present 4,000 t0°5,000 persons — employs from TAKE BE and seo how fin VOU feel—adves “ANS BEFORB MEALS Good Digvstion makes The Electrical Experimenter, which publishes the above picture, says: “In England they have already mooring towers used to take on and put off: Tow Ocean Airships Could Anchor To a Tower on Woolworth Building passengers and freight, it having been proved that it is easier for an air- ship-to ancuor to @ lofty height than to come down and dive into a ghed. ‘This iNustration shows how the Woolworth Building or any other building could be equipped with « revglving landing tower, to which the airship can make fast. Passengers pod freight dan then de readily landed A project of this kind is entifely feasible from an igifeoring etanapoint.” Share Cahitlnde® Bache Declares Bigger “Craft Will “Go Through Anything” at 70 Miles. PULHAM, | England, July 14.—The 75-hour voyage of ‘the R-84 from Mineola, which ended at the Royal Air Force aerodrome at 6.56 o'cl Greenwich mean yesterday morning, was described by Major H. |G. Scott, hércommander, to-day us | “without Incident." Her officers spoke | with enthusiasm of the trip, and de- time |clared that their fight to America and | return was not remarkable, that It Was only a step toward regular trans- altantic flights by aircraft, As soon as the big dirigible land;d the tired and unshaven but smiling men who composed her crew quickly climbed from the gondolas and were greeted warmly by the officers and soldiers gathered on the field, “The vovage home has been with- out incident,” said Major Scott,. “We want breakfast.” After breakfast, and while enjoying the belated luxury of his little black pipe, smoking not being permitted on the airship, Major Scott told the story of the return fight, . “We estimated that we could make \t in from 70 to 80 hours,” he said. “We made it in 75. When we left we had a strong wind behind us, and we covered the first 800 miles in about eight ‘hours. When we circled over New York we could plainly see the crowds on Broadway waving to us as we passed, but we could not hear them because of the noise of the en- gines. y “Softh of Newfoundland we. en- countered head winds, and our pre ress from then on was slower, We travelled at an average height of 3,006 to 6,000 feet, and found much low clouds and fog for twenty-four hours. “We struck Ireland at Clifden, and ade good progress trom there, al- though our seering engine broke down Saturday morning. We started with 4,900 gallons of gasoline, and had 1,000 gallons left, “We are naturally pleased with the trip, all of us, I expect important changes in the size and speed of fu- ture alrships—big ships that will trave! seventy to eighty miles an hour and powerful enough jo through anything.” Col, Willifm H, Hensley of the United States Air Service, the Amer- jean observer aboard, was equally en- thusiastic, and as he stepped out of the gondola, after shaking hands with the British officers, said “This has been a great trip, We were lost ohe whole day because the ‘(Continued om Second Page.) crawl FIRST STEP TOWARD REGULAR ~TRANSATLA C.AIR SERVI PICTURES CARRIED BY R-34 SHOW LONDON THE ARRIVAL | “OF WILSON LAST TUESDAY London Papers Also Get Photo-| graph of Willard-Dempsey Fight by Air Route, LONDON, July 44 HOTOGRAPHS brought to England by the dirigible R-34 and to London by Jair plane from Pulham are published by the morning newspapers, They includé President Wilson's arrival at New York last Tuesday, & vi of the R-34 taken from an Ameri- can airship as the British dirigi«, ble first approached Mineola and @ snapshot of the first knockdown in the Willard-Dempsey fight at Toledo on July 4 DAYLIGHT SAVING FOES ARE BEATEN IN FINAL FIGHT Lack 23 Votes in Override Wilson’s of Repeal: to House Veto WASHIN tempt to override the veto on the daylight saving repeal failed in the House to-day Opponents of daylight saving lacked twenty-three votes of the two-thirds hecessury to pass the measure over the President's veto. The final vote on the Agricultural BI), to which the repealer was a rider, was 247 for to 135 against, with one member voting present After the vote the bill was reterr to the Agricultural Committ It will probably be reported to the House late to-day, minus the ride Democratic Leaders Kitchin, as well as many erats, Voted against the President It was said that no effort would vt made to pass the repeal measure as 4 separate Dill, as undoubted would be vet by the President Under the now defeated ri ne law would have been repealed on Oct. 26 Reker ‘ Sailor's Body Found in River. The body of John Farley, twenty years old, a hallor attached to U. 8. wg Wando. was picke North River off West aticked up \n t Feet tonday idey. Farley was drowaed test Fri WASHINGTOR July 4 GROUND GAINED BY WILSON IN CONTEST OVER TREATY: OFFERS TO MEET SENATORS — King of Utah,WhoHas Been Counted Upon to Oppose President, Comes Out Against Changes or Reserva- tions—Swanson Opens Debate, ,Defe nding League ‘With both sides determined to figat to a finish, the real contest over the ratification of the Peace Treaty and ac ceptange of the League of Nations was opened to-day before the Senate Commitiee on Foreign Relations ana on the floor of the Senate itself. course they will pursue.* CROKER'S SON WINS $217,200 VERDICT AGAINST FATHER Tammany Chief of Breach * of -Contract. } Richard Crokér, former Tammany Hall, bows of now estate owner of Ireland, who, at one time ruled New York with an iron hand, Richard jr. the son has secured judgments for $137,181.98 and $80.019 against his father, and they have been eritered in the County Clerk's office against Croker senior, is at odds with his son, As a re- sult According to the record, the sum- mons on Mr, Croker was served at No. 617 Fifth Avenue June 4 last and he failed to appear for a trial of the \s- sues. Asa result Supreme Court Jus- tice Edward J. Gaveginn held an in- the varder for the judgments as quest to-day, and afer hearing Croker’s papers alleged that wither appothted him his attor Prey at law and fact Oct, 1, 1907, with | full authority to represent him and transact real and personal business. He was given authority to buy and sell property and to make loans and advances ashe saw fit, As a result |of this his statement shows that his ather was indebted to him for $135, on Dec, 30, 1917. This, with and charges, brought the up to the major judgment nterest amount °]and it was allowed. ‘The second amount ts claimed for a violation of a contract entered with his father regarding the tribution of his mother's estate. says he made an agreement with his father which he was to pay his ther a share of his mother's estate into dis- He by bro! on condition that his father would pay his sister Ethel an amount equal to what he paid his brother. He says the parent has never paid the money this account, and this judgment te eee Accuses Former | | The resolutions reported woutd ‘There have been weeks of preparatfon for this struggle, but even now the Republican opponents of tne League have not fully decided thm The Democratic programme is te oppose any effort to change the wording or reconstruction of “a single article, Democrats declared to-day they will present a com- plete defense against every form of attack and will fully justify their refusal to allow the slightest alteration, or even the inclusion of reservations in the resolution of ratification. SENATOR KING AGAINST RESER- VATIONS OR AMENDMENTS. Senator King of Uthh, a Demoerat on whom the opponents of the league have, been depending to ald them in defeating the President's programme, announced after a conference as the White House to-day that he would “I whall vote for the treaty as it is,” said Senator King. “I would like to see some reservations, but I will not take 4 chance of jeopardixing wné treaty.” ‘The fight on the floor of the Senata Was opened by Senator Swanson of Virginia in a speech defending the League of Nations and declaring it was necessary for the preservation of the peace of the world, Before the Committee on Foreign Relations met Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, Senior Democratic mem+ ber, conferred with President Wilson by telephone. This conference was significant In view of the reports élr- culated, by Republicans that the President had bad a falling out with Hitchcock, WILSON AGAIN OFFERS TO MEET THE COMM EE. President Wilson asked Senator Hitchcock that he be given ample Notice if the Senate Foreign Rela+ ons Committee wishes to call him. At the same time the President re- iterated his willingness to meet the committee either at the Capitol or the White House and give the fullest information, The Senate Committee reported three minor resolutions bearing on the Versailles negotiations, but took no action on the question of asking President Wilson to take part in committee discussion of the treaty. call upon the President and the State De+ partment for information regarding an alleged secret treaty between Japan and Germany; regarding a protest said to have been made by Gen, Bliss, Secretary Lansing and Henry White against the Shagtung settlement; why Costa Rica “was not permitted” to sign the Peace Treaty, Members of the Foreign Relations Committee sald practically alt of the two hours’ meeting en iaken, a Mh oa Ps &