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| ALLIES REJECT REDS’ PEACE TERMS a * SEND SUFFRAGE RATIFICATION IS OFFICIALLY CERTIFIE ULTIMATU ‘ To-Nights “yy WEE, We ther—FAIR. BE SURE TO READ “Sweethearts for Three” Story of New York Life IN THE EVENING WORLD “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ | = / VOL. LXI. NO. 21,518—DAILY. Copyright, 1920, by The: Press Pabilsbing f “Circulation Books Open to All.” } To-Morrow’s Weather—FAIR. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1920. Post Orth Entered as Second-Clase New York, N. Ws s Co. (The New York World). TENNESSEE UNTIES. T COURT KNOT THA ~ HALTED SUFFRAGE Gov. Roberts Officially Noti-| » fies Sec. Colby of Ratifi- cation of Amendment. + WORD SENT TO WILSON. Colby Expected to Issue Proc- lamation as Soon as the Notice Reaches Him. NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 24.— Frank M: Thompson, Attorney Gen- eral of Tennessee, announced to-day that Gov. A. H. Roberts at 10.20 o'clock this morning certified Ten- “nessee’s ratification of the Suffrage amendment, sending the certification to Secretary of State Colby, The announcement was made after Chief Justice Lansden of the State | Supreme Court, on petition of the | Attorney General, had granted a writ of certiorari and supersedeas, virtu- ally taking proceedings in the injunc-| ’ tion case brought to prevent certifica~ | tlon, out of the hands of Judge Lang* | j ford in the County Chancery Court. | Justice Landsen ordered all record) }in the case before the Supreme Court for review. The certification: was sent to Sec- retary Colby by registered letter.| Similar certifications were sent to President Wilson, Vice President} Marshall an dthe Speaker of the Lower House of Congress Miss Chari Williams, leader of the| Tennessee women who have been {working in behalf of Suffrage, at once ‘gent a telegram to Secretary of State Colby notifying him that the certi- fication had been put in the mails, It ts expected that as soon as the notice reaches Secretary Colby at the State Department he will proclaim the Suffrage Amendment law of the land . , Attorney General Thompson sald the action of Justice Lansden vacated the ‘injunction granted by the lower fourt and it was on his express vpin- jon that the Governor certified ratifi- pation to Washington. Argument by the Attorney General on his motion that the Supreme Court take jurisdiction was made pefore Justice Lansden last night at tho Jus. tloe’s hom WOMEN MAY VOTE IN NEW JERSEY, OFFICIAL RULING TRENTON, N. J, Aug. 24 OMEN may vote In New Jersey at the coming Pres- "dential election without any amendment to the State Con- stitution, according to an opinion rendered to-day by Attorney Gon- .@” ~—s eral Thomas P. MoCra, 'The opinion’ was !n reply to an Inquiry and was handed to the Secretary of State, Thomas F if] com, Martin, The Attorney General cites the operation of the Tif teenth Amendment to the Fed eral Constitution, which became effective in March, 1870, and its effect on the New Jersey State “> Constitution. ‘Classified Advertisers Important! jasrified advertising copy for ie Sunday World should be in The World offi On or Before Friday Preceding Publication Barly copy receives the preforence When Sunday advertising bax to be omitted, Late advertising ty now omitted for lack of time to set it |PONZI NOW ADMITS HARDING FUND $944,353.22, THE TREASURER SAYS Announcement Made to Meet Charge@ of Cox About $15,000,000 Fund. ‘The total of Republican national funds, raised since the nomina- tion of Senator Harding, is $944,- 353.82, according to a statement jesucd this afternoon by Freder- ick W. Upham, National Treas- urer of the party, This announcement was made to meet the charges of Gov. Cox of a $15,000,000-fund HE OWES $3,000,000 Appears Before Receivers Appointed by Court and Gives Esti- mate of Liabilities. BOSTON, Aug. 24.—Charies Ponzi's Mabiiittes are about $3,000,000, he sald today in reply to a question put to him by Robert G. Dodge for the receivers when his bankruptcy proceedings were resumed, ’ Ponzi aid his assets would run “to pretty near four millions.” His lonnacieipaiyiduals, he testi- fied, oanted to between $200,000 and $800,000, but most of his assets ‘were on deposit with the Hanov ‘Trust Receiver E. A. Thurston and At- torney Dodge asked how Ponzi came to know about possible criminal pro- ceedings and his payment of $50,000 as counsel fees. ‘ Mr. Coakley, one of the Ponzi counsel, jumped to his feet and ex- claime “Let's find out if you fellows working for widows and orphans. give up my $25,000 and work for nothing. Will you do the same, re- celvers and counsel? You are work- ing for votes, not for widows and or- phans.” Mr. Coakley vigorously denied the imputation that he had received anything beyond $25,000, shouting: “You're a ilar if you intimate that and you know it.” ASKS FOR CUSTODY OF HIS STEPCHILD Brooklyn Lawyer, Sued by Wife, are rn Is Seeking Divorce in Porto Rico. Papers filed to-day with Supreme Court Justice Burr by Mrs. May Gam- mans of No, 169 West 84th Street, in her suit for separation from Nel- son Gammans, a Brooklyn lawyer, disclose that the husband has begun suit for divorce in Porto Rico and is asking the custody of Afrs, Gam- mans's seventeen-year-old daughter by @ previous marriage. Mr. Gam- mans adopted the girl when he mar- ried Mr 8, Gammans alleges her hus- hand went to Porto Rico to get a divorce after telling her he would not live with her longer. years ago, says the wife, and went to live with his mother at the Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, calling infrequently on his wife and stepdaughter, Mrs, Gammans says when she called at the hotel her mother-in-law barred her from her husband —— BLACK EYE AIDS LANDLORD. Gains Month on Tenant and Lat- ter's Son In Held. Justice r,,altting in Seventh Dis- trict Municipal Court to-day, had just granted a lease extension until Oct. 1 to Mra, Mary Quigley of No. 2134*Am- Avenue and all parties cou- hod retired to hallway, enn reation arose in which Quig landlord, Abrahan Jo ‘chim, received a’ black eye, sald to ® been y a blow d 1 the V's son, Patrick er 1 the Htlgants andr rm of tenancy one month. Then ail hands repaired to Washing ton Helghts Court, stopping en route at the West 125th’ Street station, and Magistrate Gilberman held Quigley In #300 Dall for Special Sessions on an aseaukt charge. He left her two]. \ COX SETS ADAE FOR ING POOF OF 6. 0.:S FUNDS Says He Will Present It in His Speech at Pittsburgh Thursday Night. ARRANGES A NEW TRIP. Starts To-Night on Journey That Will Bring Him to New York. DAYTON, O., Aug. 24.—Gov. Cox gave out a statement toeday declar- ing that he would “prove” his charges regarding the Republican campaign funds, which he estimates at $15,000,- 000, He stated that he would pre- sent his information in his address next Thursday night at Pittsburgh, “Senator Harding denies my tharges about the campaign fund which the Senatorial oligarchy ie | raising,” said Gov. Cox. “I am prepared to believe that he knows nothing about a lot of things that @re going on around him, This the dangerous symptom which I have been dis- In my Pittsburgh speech this week | will advise the coun- try as to matters of which the Senator claims to be ignorant and | will prove my charg ‘Phe Governor will speak to-morrow afternoon at Princeton, Ind., and in the evening at Evansville, Ind., but he ts not expected to present evi- dence to substantiate his charges un- til later during the trip. He will speak Thursday night at Pitsburgh, Friday at New Haven and Saturday at New York. The question of con- tributions is expected to figure large- ly in his two addresses to-morrow, as well as in Jater speeches, It is known that as long as six months ago Cox had in his possession evidence concerning the activity of tl Republicans in Ohio, Sorte of the charges were made at that time, bringing in the name of William Cooper Procter, who later figured as the “angel” for Gen. Wood. It 1s un- derstood that two matters with which Cox {s ready to deal fully are the rals- ing of the Ohio fund and the details of his charge that $700,000 were raised at one place in a single day, —-—___— BRIDEGROOM HELD AS ABDUCTOR FREE | | | reveals very cussing. Grand Jury Fails to Return Indict- ment—Young Bride Likely to Get Liberty. against Harold Van Nattan, twenty- No, 624 11th Avenue, by Mrs. tha Foote, No, 953 Plenmore Ave- d Jury this afternoon. 4. The complaint of abduction made| . Brooklyn, was dismissed by the| POLAND Moscow Told Scheme For Proletarian Army Must Be Abandoned. | VIRTUAL ULTIMATUM. Premiers Will Refuse Recog- nition of Soviet Govern- ment—France Agrees. LONDON, Aug. 4.—Great Britain and Italy will refuse recognition to the Russian Soviet Government if it does not withdraw its demand, pre- sented as a part of the peace terms at Minsk, for a proletarian army in Poland. This has been decided upon by Premiers Lloyd George and Glo- ltt! of Great Britain and Italy, who {have been meetinf since Sunday at Lucerne, Switzerland. | A statement given to the press in |that city yesterday by the two Premiers declared they had resolved | to defer resumption of diplomatic re- | | lations with the Moscow Government until it withdrew what was described as “this sinister proposal.” | It ts understood here that a virtual) | ultimatum has been sent to Moscow| | by the two Premiers, whose decision | relative to recognition of the Bolshe- | vik Government is viewed as approval | of the stand made against that step | by Premier Millerand of France. | The Premlers indicated the Allies would secure to Poland the use of the corridor south of Danzig, and would, if necessary, use troops to carry out their plans in this region, In an interview at Lucerne, Prem-| ter Lloyd George said: “The Soviets’ demand that Polish workmen be armed is so intolerable that we (Lioyd George and Premier Glolitti of Italy) have sent a peremp- tory message, asking a reply ibefore the end of this week assuring us of the withdrawal of this end any sim- {ilar demand. | ‘Imagine the Soviets asking Eng- Jand to draw its army only from a specified category. This would be direct interference with our affairs, and we cannot permit a similar atti- tude toward Poland.” An official communique Issued, said: “The so-called ‘civi! army’ for Po- land, to be drawn from one class | only, referred to in tho fourth olause |of the Soviet Government's terms, {s | (Continued on Second Page.) iRED ARMY ASKS TERMS, IS REPORT | |Northern Force Said Opened Negotiations to Have} BRITAIN AND ITALY DECIDE BOLSHEVIK DEMANDS UPON RE IMPOSSIBLE PRINCE CAROL UP AT NOON 10 GREET Slips Out of 11-Room Suite SAXON COMMISSION, $1,000,000 STOLEN BONDS RECOVERED BY CONFESSIONS Surety Co. Counsel Says Rest Taken by Plotters Will Be Returned. ARNSTEIN GETS DELAY. Bankruptcy Hearing on Assets Is Adjourned Until Sept. 10. Wheg the case of Nicky Arnatein was called beforé @ referee in bank- ruptey to-day In an effort to force him to disclose what he may know about the hiding places of $2,600,000 to See Subway—His Bag- gage Overdue. Awakening to-day at 10,45, Prince Carol of Roumania, as a real “Prince of Romance," called for an expert wielér ofa good steel blade. Soon in the Prince's eleven-room sulte at the Waldorf-Astoria, steel met beard as the Prince, travelling incognito, Prepared for his second day of sight- seing in the metropolis, Princes, like ordinary live young men such as are featured in car-card advertise- ments, start the day with a good, clean shave. For the benefit of those | interested in the preferences of roy- alty, be it eald that Carol favors the twice-over, ‘The Prince's programme for to-day | was far from complete, the only fixed) items being an audience at noon to the Saxon Commission from Tran- sylvania and a theatre party to-night at the Hippodrome. Automobile rides to points of interest and Haroun Al} Raschid ramblings through modern Bagdad-on-the-Subway were relied upon to fill in the afternoon, To- morrow the Prince will motor down- town to tho financial district and observe the money power at work. The Prince was into his extra cold bath a few minutes before 11 o'clock, after which he sent for Joe Fiort, third chairman to the night in the Waldorf barber shop, Joe responded with alacity and not a bit of awe, for, he boasted, he Is ac- customed to shaving Princes, having been the regular attending barber of the Prince of Messina in Italy. Having n shaved and attired, (Continued on Fifth Page.) a POLICEMAN HELD FOR WATCH THEFT |Said to Have Confessed Taking Timepiece Belonging to Girl While Investigating Burglary. Prospect Park West, tached to the Coney Brooklyn, Island Police | Station, was arraigne to-day in Po- Van Nattan on Aug. 18 married For Surrender, lice Court on a charge of petty lar- compl Misa A Mrs, Foote's fifteen-year-old daugh-| LONDON, Aug. 24 (United Press).|ceny. The complainant, Misa Anna | vd Anderson, Sixth Avenu a . ‘ nderson, Sixth Avenue, ter, Edna Harbison, whose father 18) one Russian northern army bas| SOO et by the Dane . The action of the Grand Jury ._ | stenograp oy e¢ sas that the younn counie may) opened negotiations for surrender, ac-|nemitier Coffee Company, No, 116 how #6 on their honeymoon, Har.| cording to @ report from Vienna to-| 29th Street, Brooklyn, charges that old, who has been under $1,000 bail,|day. Tho despatch, which was un-|9" ey oe Caste sat sacl tg ‘2 office o! at comp y to yes- had an opportunity to speak to his] captirmed, sald the Bosheviki had| the Offic’ tt INAS foe \bride to-day le she was leaving] sent shen aen tn Cin ALAC S| tigate a burgta [REiSe NtOrSAy, HUG Be) Was leRTIbS | sant e massnaneer to Gen. nidorek’, © hile in the office he atole a gold |the Court House in ustody of an/ arrange terms of capitulation, eitat watch vanied at bat dren. her agant of the Childrer & Goclety. Bhe Hight olenpvil ilyislone Daye bee dice. Sinn Abdarece: Gestaven, 4h Was expected to be freed from the cus-|oenibilated and eight othera reduced) cig’ that when he returned to the tody of the eociety by half, according to unofficial ad-| vation he told of taking the watch. . | NIDA ffm WA reAw lod Capt. James H, Gillen, it 19 allexed, Bait for Stewart Mewallin Refnyed. ra ton was made that AU) gptained a canfeasion trom O'Hara, et motion fo Felonae or pall Biewart Rod troops would be ejected from the! who returned the Watoh to Miss An- bye me mn ae Filla side ; vine of | COMMRIER areas: before the end oF t \derson's brother Paul he matter Harry Cart on March 11, was rs-| SCe* Bolshevik prigoners take wonld have been ‘ropped, it wan s fused to-day b Federal Judge Mayer, | Sate total more than 000, a ord= | by District Attorney Lewis insiste who granted leave to renew the appll-| {ng to unofficin! advices. |on Miss Anderson pressing the charge, cation for bail on Spt. 7 er which she did, it ts sald, against her hs Ne Liberty Bonds, will, O'Hara pleaded not guilty. to- Be rh t—-Bold- juots (Racing News on Page 16.) jenn Mult b'Go, OL Brondway.—agvt, ‘Gay and was held in $800 bail. jexpected, To reveal the names of the Patrolman John O'Hara of No, 244] at-| worth of bonds stolen from Wall Street banks and brokerage houses last winter, Saul Myers, counsel for the National Sufety Company, con- sented to an adjournment until 8 10, asked by William J. F for Arnstein, “One million dollars of the stolen | donds have beet recovered,” Myers announced, after the hearing had been postponed, We have ‘ound ‘allon, counsel compantes in Philadelphia and Waah- ington. Four hufdred thousand dol- lara have been regovered through the confeasiona of persons implicated in the thefts, “We are confident of recovering another million dollars’ worth of the securities by Election Day asta the remainder by Christmas,” Myers refused to say by whose confession the securities had been re- turned or fram whom th 1 revealing the remaining minor men with whom he was nego- tlating, he said, might put a stop to the arrangements and give some of those now hiding the bonds a chance to get rid of thom. Myers seemed convinced that his company would be successful in making good all the losses it austained in insuring the stolen securities. None of the bonds had actually been turned back to the owners, he sald, because they were being held as evidence by former Judge Gildersleeve, trustes In bank- ruptey, and the New York police, ASKS LAW TO BAR “JAY-WALKING” Auto Dealers’ Spokesman Tells Grand Jury Pedestrians Cause Many Accidents, “Jay-walking” {9 responsible great many automobile accklents, a representative of the automobile deal- era told the additional Grand Jury two day, He sald there would be fewer ac- jeidents If tt was made a misdemeanor for pedestrians to crosa streets at any place other than the corners, ‘The iden- tity of the witness was not divulged, A representative of upper west side residents also ifled at the investi for a ARRIVE AT NOME terday afternoon The actual flying time from New York was Mtyetive hours. Capt. st Clair Street, head of the expedition, announced, “the hop-off on the return trip to New York will be made in a few days, $600,000 of them in banks and trust! ¢¢aeseadnooeodosooesoores 099964460810004 MAYOR OF CORK IN CRITICAL STATE tion thirteen days ago, PRICE THREE CENTS tat NAME OF ECKERT'S SLAYER = KNOWN, SAYS PROSECUTOR; CONFESSION {8 REPORTED = +—_——_—_—__ Grand Jury Ready to Indict for Mur- der and Liquor Conspiracy — Widow Is Complainant Against Hotel Man and Death Car Owner —Eyewitness Found. : LIQUOR PLOTTER ® 3 5 k H "e i Has Carried Hunger Strike So Far gotion of violations of the State High- Cannot Be Removed way Law, He complained about chauf- Fr Jail fours cutting corners, keeping — thetr rom Jail. lmuffiers open at night and blowing ; : ‘ a sec thelr horna unnecessarily in Riverside LONDON, Aug, %4.—-Lord Mayor 1 Weat End’ Ay ye and West Terence MacSweney of Cork, who Birews ; wa, has refused food since he was ar- OUR ARMY PLANES {rested in Cork on a charge of wedl- was reported mae in extremely critical state this! - Sas . : morning in Brixton jail here al- Actual Flying Time From New : ip ene Start though conscious, York 55 Ur SSt8 His condition Is said to be such Homeward Soon, that he could not be removed even | NOME, Alaska, Aug. 24.—The four|if the authorities authorized his im- United States alrplanes fying from|mediate release, but he stated that |Mineola, N. ¥., to Nome arrived here written order of release were from Ruby, Alaska, at 6.80 o'clock yee would take food in prison until he was able to be removed, At the Home Office this morning it was said the decision of the Gey- ernment had not been altered and MacSweney would not be released, The authorities of Richmond County have found in eye witness lo the murder of Frederick P, Eckert, who was killed, they believe, because he was willing, rather than be the scapegoat of the bootleggers, automobile thieves, whiskey bandits and dishonest Federal agents of his acquaintance, to expose the conspiracy which ha: the workings of the Volstead Act. 7 " dicta datiaice | ——___________® MRS. F. P. ECKERT, WIDOW OF SLAIN Former Assistant Dinteict Attorney Fach, attorney for William Maloney and Frank Kane, Neld under “éhort amMdavits," sid ih the Magistrate's Court in Stapleton to-day: “We kno that the oye-witness to tha murder of Eckert whom the District Attorney has exonerates these two men,” District Attorney Maloy replied: “Counsel ix misinformed, In the fi Place, the complainant against Ma loney, the hotelkeeper, and Kane, the owner of the murder nutomobile, iy, Mra. Florence Eckert, the witow, and not the eye-witness, Mra, Eckert ix on her way to this court from @ pro- ceeding in the Supreme Court in Brooklyn for possession of her hus-’ band's body, and will be here in dime for the making out of a proper com plaint. In the second plice, the «ye witness now In custody of this office does not exonerate these defendants though he may not be a direct accuser of them.” 4 County Judge Tiernan, sitting as a Magistrate In place of Magistrate Mu lon, postponed the hearing until later in the afternoon, Just before the hearing Assistant Diatrict Attorney Norton had made a statement indicating that the “eye- witne: was a member of the band of three which went out with Eickert, on an apparently friendly automobile ride, to assassinate him, His state- ment aroused now interest in the Federal investigators of the Prohibi- tion enforcement and internal revenue tranches of the Government looking into the connection between the mur- cer plotters and the bandit boot- legging associates of Eckert and Gov- ernment employees. “We know the name of the man who fired the shots which killed Eckert,” Norton said, Norton's statement indicated that the District Attorney is in possession of at least one confession by a person who rode in the car In which Eckert Was assassinated, The information {u ao complete that Norton said he knew the shots were fired from « pistol held elose to Eckert's head when the car was on the Shore Boulevard, between Grasmere and Grant City and the three persons who were parties to the murder went to the Old Town road intending to get rid of the body by throwing it into the bushes. They became frightened after stopping the car and ran away. Detectives were in New: Jersey, Manhattan and Staten Island to-day searching for a man variously known jas Whalen or Dorsey, whe was ono jot Kekert's companions at Lake Ho- |patcong in July when both were un- der arrest for liquor stealing. ‘They, escaped by breaking out the side of |the jail. This man was seen about’ South Beach the Friday before the murder, All witnesses gathered by the de” tectivee and the District Attorney ee ee ee SS EO