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| SITUATIO Weather—Fa my Tae 7 4 WORS The he City ag: Copyright, 1920, by Co, (The ‘New York World), ‘Tbe * Circulation Books Open to All.’ The Prese Publishing NEW YORK AC A LL LE TE CT tered as Second=Clw: Post Office, rid. “Circulation Books Open to All.” | : , MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1920. Matter New York, N. ¥. To- Morrow's Weather—Fair and Warmer. ————— 22 PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ° — Congress Can Now Tackle the U. Ss NAVY TO EQUAL Biggest Job in History. All Its Real Action to Begin To- ~ Day, but It May Prove Half- Hearted Bluff. By Martin Green. Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, March the peace treaty of the way Congress starts in to-day on the big- gest job out ~ PEACE TREATY OUT OF WAY, ONLY POLITICS BARS ROAD 10. “PEACE BASIS” FOR NATION > —With states, 47; France, 26; Japan, 15, and| {more ship® he added, that ever confronted any| power, Congress in the history of this Re-| publie—the return of the Nation to a|°%8 opposed construction, saying, Jng- veduction of taxes and elimination of ental expenditures. or a variety of reasons, bout the job in a half-hearted man- The outlook is not encouraging. peace basis, waste in And Congress, ner. govern- (get back to normal conditions and wait is going! Politics is the biq reason why | | Congress is embarking on a long deferred, necessary after-the-war task with a lack of enthusiasm that is almost criminal. Another reason is that Congress is enter- ing upon the enactment of legi lation of vital to the country after the manner of a mechanic tackling a difficult pie of work without tools. Let us first take up the obstacle of politics. It can be dispgsed of in short order. The Republican leaders have de- termined that the peace treaty shall be the outstanding issue of the forth coming campaign. The state of the country’s finances, which, unless in- telligent, drastic and quick remedial action is taken, threatens another bond issue or increased taxes in 1921, is to be blamed on the Democratic Administration. IM POLITICAL GAME DEMOCRATS HOLD THE TRUMPS. The Repnblican majority in Con- grees is bankrupt in leadership on financial legislation. Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania, the brains of the majority party, who outlined the programme of his party a year ago, has been il] for months and reports indicate. that he will be unable to come to Washington and take part n the proceediags of Congress before (he proposed adjournment in May. He is said to be unabie to confer with his lieutenants in the Nations , Legislature. Genator James EB. diana has assuiied the majority in 60 far us itr interest Watson of In- ates t a programme of constructive legisla. (Continued on Fifth Page.) ee ALD RESTAURANT CLASSIFIED | ADVERTISERS IMPORTANT Aavertising copy for The Sun- day World should be World office ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY | in tavor of Mrs. Mary 1 PRECEDINC PUBLICATION. Early copy receives the prefer- ence when Sunday advertising| tenant in tho | has to be omitted. Late tising time to set it. THE WORLD leadership Of) the sorting department and bound him. in The! adver-| his wife is now omitted for lack of | | Col. 8. A. Day and author and lecturer, | BRITAIN’S BY 1924) Representative Kitchen Asks That America Stop Building and Get Back to Normal Condition. if WASHINGTON, March 22.—Anerrt- ca's Navy will about equal that of Great) Britain in fighting power by 1924, Chairman Butler of the Naval Commit- tee told the House to-day in defending | the provision in the Naval Appropriation | Bill for continuing work on the eighteen | capital ships now under construction, In 1924, he continued, Great Britain will have sixty battleships, the United | While Wngland will have! those of the United States will be about equal n! Italy, 13, ‘Representative Kitchin of North Qar- land, Russia abd Frame were mot building “sea monsters.” “Sholdn’'t we to see what the other powers will do before we go ahead with our big ships” he asked. “The League of Nations may stop further big armament” bibetek at SR WOMAN ON FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE BOARD President Appoints Mrs. Helen Hamilton Gardener to Succeed Man ‘He Ousted. WASHINGTON, March 22.—Helen Hamilton Gardener of this city, widow of was nominated to-day by President Wilson to be a member of the Civil Service Commission. Mrs. Day will succeed Charles M. Galloway of Columbia, 8. C., who was usted" from the commission last year after the President had determined to reorganize it. Mrs. Gardener, who is the first woman to be appointed to the commis- sion, was born in Winchester, Va, sixty-two years ago, and hes been prominent in suffrage work. AFRAID TO GO HOME, ROBBED IN FACTORY Burglars Get ‘Brenner's Roll When He Sleeps Out to Avoid Footpads. Isame Brenner, father of the members of the firm of Brenner Brothers, cloak and suit marvfacturers at No. 66 Divi- sion Street, slept at the factory last night because he was afraid to go to his hame in the Bronx with $100 lodge dues which be collected at a meeting. At 2 o'clock he was awakened by six masked men, who bound and gagged him and took the money. The men overpowered Jacob Saranoff who was working overtime in same |"They then went to work an the sufe, but wore frightened away when Charles Brenner (no relation to the members of the firm) and another wetchman| named Liberman discovered them and | fred their revolvens out of the win-| dow The rothers went to the roof, down a ladder they had with them. and escaped. linery store of Mme. B. Wallestein at No. 106 Clinton street, | was entered by thieves at about the same time. ‘They were frightencd| away by the return of the family irom the theatre $500 TO MAN; WIFE $5,000. Jury Gives Woman Most for sults From Hotel Employees. ‘Two women figured in another | Brooklyn holdup last night, in this | case spectators. They were cus | tomers and saw two gunmen walk into the Berte Drug Company at No.| 691 Fourth Avenue, back the propri tor, John Berte nto a corner and open the cush register, obtaining $155 | The rabbers took two rings and a pin| WOMEN PARTNERS IN STORE HOLD-UP TRACED BY AUTO One of Fur Clad Pair Who Screened Robbers May Have Been Man Disguised. HELP TAKE $600 Male Members of Quartet Also Get Cash and Escape in Limousine, RIN Brooklyn police to-day belteve they.) are on the trail of the quartette of well-dressed men and women, who, Shortly after 9 o'clock last night held up William T, Blair in bis drug store at Bedford Avenue and Park Place, Brooklyn, while the street was filled with the usual Sunday night throngs. Detectives have two clues upon which they are working. One is the number of the limousine in which the} robbers drove away after the holdup and the other is the description of one of the women. ‘This indicates, my the police, that ‘she’ was in reality 2 man disguised as a woman. Both of the feminipe occupants of the limousine wore expensive furs and were heavily veiled and both acted as! screen while their companions robbed Blair. The women alighted from the motor | car and, entering, asked the drug: gist to show them some perfumery. | While Blair was putting out the bot- tics two nattily dressed men came in, the women stepped aside, and when | the druggist turned he was looking | a into two revolvers and the :aen's faces were concealed by handker- chief masks. ‘ | said} | “It you move we'll kill you, one. “Throw up your hands.’ The bandits must have been over-| joyed as he elevated his hands, be-} cause they noticed for the first time | his $600 diamond ring. ‘The women are alleged to have helped their com- panions pulj the ring from his finger One of the men opened the cash register and took $30, “Not enough,” he said. “Turn your pockets inside out.” ‘They took his wallet contain- ing $50, his gold watch and chain and a $100 Masonic emblem, The women, who had manoeuvred during operations so as to cut off the view of persons passing outside, went | ont first, “We'll pin you if you yell,” one of the men told the victim as they joined the women in the waiting automobile. When he heard the car start the druggist ran to the street and shouted: “Police!” He said one of the men stood up in the car and fired two shots into the air. from Rerte, and backed out, keaping him covered with their revolvers until | they reached an automobile | In spite of the similarity of the! holdup to that of the } tore the police do not beliey mitted by the same robbers 8 ¢om — | DUCHESS WINS. In Granted Restitation of Her Con- jngal Kights. A jury before Supreme Court Justice |Squiers in Brooklyn to-day returned | verdicts of $5,000 and $500, respective her husband, David F. Finner the Shelburne Hote! at Coney Island Finnerty, who was for eu ted Sta ny. ana wont to the hotel two years ago. They were insulled b yemployers of the hotel, who came to their room and sid that tho HY inertys were not married. Mr, and Mrs, Vinnerty now Hire Ue sink Oar, LONDON, M The applicatic of the Duchess ly Consuelo Va the restitution of granted by the oo tion of the Dy the usual preliminary to d nt country | The couple # n sau York 1 189) and ® dren, ‘They have been separated for several years wus NB Appa wea \nteaiaeasaieaen AS WORKERS LOS $10,000,008 STRKES N YEAR More Than 2,300,000 Involved in Industrial Tie-Ups. Men AGITATION CONTINUING Unions Declare They Will Keep Up Fight Until Living Cost Is Reduced. WASHINGTON, March 22.—Labor Department records show that in the fiscal year ended in June 1919, ap- proximately 3,300,000 workers were involved in strikes, lockouts and con- troversies referred to it for settle- ment. In 1919, total losses in wages are believed to have been more than $100,000,000. No reports are obtain- able on the losses of employers. In 1919, 68 per cent. of the caves re- ferred to the Ly Department for settlement were still in the contro- versy stage and had not developed into strikes or lockouts. ‘These were adjusted peacefully. But the cases referred to the Labor Department for adjustment represented only a small percentage of the actual number of strikes, officials explained, Thus the steel strike, which is claimed to have made {die 300,000 men, does not figure in the Labor Department records. Neither does the coal strike, although jecretary Wilson personally hand in it i In many cities building workers and machinists already have opened negotiations for took wage increases. Building mechanics in most cities now receive $1 an hour. In a few cities demands have been presented for increases ranging from $1.25 to $1.60 “But I believe there will be fewer strikes in the building trades this year than last," said Secretary Berres | of the Building ‘Trades Section, A. F. of L, The rank and file of organized workers are agitating for wage in- creases at union meetings, bringing pressure to bear on their offolais to put demands up to their employers. The concinuously increasing cost of living is given as a major cause in practically all cases Labor leaders at the A. F. of L. said to-day demands for increased wages will be put forward regularly until living costs begin to show a monthly drop. FRANCE IS WORRIED BY SILK STOCKINGS Deputies Consider Stopping Im- portation to Help Rate of Exchange. PARIS, March ber of Deputie: —The French Cham 3 taken up the ques. tion of silk stockings with a view to helping the rate of exchange by stop- ping their importation, It is also be- Neved that this would aid the French silk industry When the question came up for de- hate it was decided to postpone action till further information was obtained SUFFRAGE FIGHT ON. Antin Hope to Defeat Ratification by Delaware Deals, DOVER, Del, March 22.—The date for taking up the question of ratify ng the Federal Suffrage Amendment will be fixed at a Joint legislative cau The Legislature met in special se yn to-day t ton the suf question atte ure.” ppon SAN DIF Kelly” Phillips, widely of race horses, died to-day from a bullet wound believed accident ally self-inflicted. _— (Raaing Krtries on March 22—Herbort nown owner hero page &) 1s | the | MRS. WHITEHOUSE’S | _CRITICAL CONDITION SHOWS NO CHANGE ttre NORMAN De WHITEHOUSE | Recovery of New York Woman, Ill in Colorado Springs, Said to | Be Doubtful, | COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., March | 22.Mrs, Norman de R. Whitehouse of | New York is {ll here and her recovery to-day is said to be doubtful, There has been no change in the last in twenty-four hours condition, | which 1s critical, her FIGHT FORS-CENT FARE TO CONEY WON BY EVENING WORLD Cut in Transportation Effective | May 1, After Fourteen Years’ Battle. Five cents wih be the fare to Comey Island over all traction lines beginning May 1. The Hyvening World, which has been urging the five cent fare to the city’s great ocean 1906 | playground since June 9, has won Its objective, ‘The official announcement has been made by Public Service Commisioner Delaney. After stating that the con- struction work on the rapid transit | Island will be com- | pleted within three weeks except for some finishing touches, he said “Whether the work is complete or} not the 5 cent fare will become effe lines to Coney |tive May 1. ‘The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company has agreed to this date. | | “At the outset it may not be pos- sible to operate from 60th Stivet te Coney Island oVer all the lines, but free transfers will be available ut necessary points, It is estimated that | the running time from Times Square will be forty minutes over the Sea Zeuch line and forty minutes by the| Park [ow-Brighton line | | ‘The traffic of the Brookiyn Rapid | Transit Company to Coney Island is| |such that 5,150,000 persons were car. ried gney Island in August, 1918, | and 900 in 1919. 10,128,000. far to Coney Island were paid in July of| two years and 12,904,000 in June! Unde 1 3) London Admiral Sins said he did, not pay | particular attention to the statement at that time be use he believed Ben son was intensely anti- British. ERS LOST $100,000,000_ Q SIMS DECLARE BENSON WARNED AGAINST BRISH Asserts Chief of Operations Said We Would as Soon | Fight Them as Germans. | | | TALK WAS INFORMAL. Sims Wanted to Use Draft Men in Shipyards Instead of in France. =e | WASHINGTON, March 22.—Rear Admiral Williazn S. Bengon, then Chief of Naval Operations, was the official who warned Rear Admiral | William 8. Sims “not to let the Brit- teh pull the wool over your eyes: we| would as soon fight them as the Ger- mans,” Sims testified to-day before the Senate Committee investigating the navy's conduct of the war. Ben-| gon has retired from the navy and now is head of the United States Shipping Board. Scveral weeks ago Sims “told the committee euch a warning had been given to him during a conference at the Navy Department as he was about to sail for Europe a few weeks before America entered the war. Sims said to-day, however, that It was not given In the course of formal instructions, but during a conversa- tion in the office of Rear Admiral Palmer, Chief of the Bureau of Nav- igation. FORCE SIMS TO DIVULGE BEN’S SON'S NAME. Tt was with reluctance that Sims divulged Benson's name after Chair- man Hale had twice asked it “It was just after I came out of Secretary Daniels’s office or just be- fore I went in to receive my orders to go to Europe, I can't remember which, that I was in somebody else's office, that these instructions were given by @ certain official of the ‘Navy Department,” Sims sald. “I think the committee should have Chairman the name of the officer,” Hale stated, “Well, it was Admiral Benson,” Sims said, “I received no other instructions from him, It was preceded by nothing, followed by nothing and told me in all serious: ness. I left immediately Sims said Admiral Benson repeated his admonition during a conversation the following day and that he made the same remark six months later in JIBES AT SECRECY UF NAVY DCPARTMENT ‘Barly in April, 1917, [ was ordered from my post at Newport to Wash ngton,” Sims said, “When [ arrived L reported by telephone and was told not to come to the Navy Department but to get in Louch with the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Rear Ad (Continued on Thirteenth Page) WHAT! CAN THIS BE? | CHEAPER SHOES! Hope Held Out by President of Re 1 Association on Standard, but Not Faney Style Hu cheaper is sprit Art will 1 Food Ad | Grenberrice ary Iain season”—the Georg. cone IN EAR FIGHTING KEPT UP IN BERLIN PARTACAN REVOLT GROWS; MORE RUHR TOWNS SEED; Ebert’s Troops Reach the Rhine Sec- tion Adjoining the Zone of Occu- pation, and Are Lining Up for Battle With Reds—Dead in Civil War Total 8,000. BERLIN, March 22 (Associated Press).—Conditions in Germany were described by the Ministry of Defense as extremely serious, (ou cannot paint the situation throughout Germany too black,” an official at the ministry declared to the correspondent after a survey of the reports that ‘nad come in-during the night. . Conditions in the Ruhr district are becoming worse. The towns of Oelde, Ahlen and Drensteinfurt, in Westphalia southeast of Muenster, had been taken by the Communists, it was stated, and the moventent was spreading north and east. ——___» DEAD IN GERMANY SINCE KAPP REVOLT NOW NUMBER 8,000. In Leipsic Alone the Dead are Es- timated at 3,000, But City Is Now Quiet. PARIS, March 22 (Havas).—Eight thousand persons have been killed since the German revolt broke out on March 13, according to advices re- ceived here. Of this number 850 were killed in Berlin alone. (Last night's despatches to the Associated Press eaid 3,000 had been killed in Letpsic aione.] BERLIN, March 22.—An official re- Port from Leipsic says that no fur- ther excenses occurred on Saturday in that city and that several points evacuated by the workmen were oc- cupied by troops, In the suburbs the workmen refused to abandon their positions, Further Communist rein- forcements have the reports added, Railway traffic in the Letpsic region was fully resumed on Sunday, Peel Ae FOUR SCHOOL FIRES IN ELEVEN DAYS Blaze at Noon in Public School No. 27 of Brooklym—-2,000 Pupils File Out Quietly. for the fourth time within eleven days fire broke out in a Brooklyn public choot shortly before noon to-day "The blaze was discovered by the jant- School No. 27 at Nelson arrived, tor of Public ind Hicks Streets just as the bell rang for the noon luncheon recess and the 2,000 children began filing out of the doors. ‘The janitor culled Patrolm: rh Hurrold of the Hamilton Avenue st tion, who turned in an alarm and hi ened back to make sure all the children excitement among the the sound of fire ap Ps 1s and clouds of brought mothers and in swarms. Re to hold to the cellar in Brooklyn On that da another blaze was reported same 01. E Marshal WHO OWNS ISLAND OF YAP? Sen: dapted a res equesting the r the island » Japan, and hay n taken to ried States, » told the Senate For ymittee last Augast nd would be given uy A ried to have, add repor' 0 have Te teem or the 1 twill them in Pitched battles have (been tought and two crack regiments of Govern- ment troops have been forced to fall back on the fortress of Wesel, on the right bank of the Rhine tweh- ty-two miles northwest of Essen, after heavy loswes had been sus- tained on both sides. Ten officers im one of the regiments were killed. SPARTACANS OVERPOWER COM- PANY AND KILL OFFICERS. The situation in in. itself was characterized as "In one case a company of volunteers had been overpowered by Spar- tacan fore its officers killed and their bo This occurred near the Johannestal Aviation Ground. The Governmegt forces recaptured Adlershof ai Johannestal, from which they had been driven, killing twenty of the Red troops and capturing twen- ty-four others, who were prompts, . ly executed. ‘The southern and easter parts of Germany are reposted quiet, although unrest was siid to be spreading among the agricultural population in Pomerania and Mecklenburg. ‘The Communists were still in charge to- duy at Stettin. At Kiel, whieb the troaps ‘had left, conditions were re- ported quiet There has been Little change im the strike situation here since yesterday, except whut the city railway this morning began a fainly regular sere vice ‘The inner qity and the adjacent streets still present the aspect of am armed camp. The mortars, machine guns and wire entanglements were by viewed thousands of Sunday promen. s, but many of (he street were barred to tratfic. The rector of the Technical College at Breslau hus been arrested for bigh treason, He is charged with organ izing a volunteer college detactment and placing it at the disposal of Dr. Kapp. |EBERT’'S TROOPS IN RUHR DISTRICT TO FIGHT THE REDS Spartacan Force Partly Made Up | that of Old Shock Troops—Strong in Artillery, STUTTGART, Press), 6 of- ficially reported to have arrived in the Rubr district and fighting with the Spartacan Army there is expected to It is officially stated here the estimates placing the #ize af the Red forces in the Ruhr Region at 70,000 are exaggerated, PARIS, March ert Govern- ment authorities are concentrating troops and planning to surround the Ruhr Valley and force the Sgnrta- cists to capitulate. These man are younger and less trained than {he March Troops from Sil (Aevociuted inorrow, 4 ‘