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1 w PRICE TWO CENTS. IN GRAFT PLOT CLEM TQ BE COURT FOR BRIBERY Other Cases Developing, Says Daniels, Who Has Started Rigid Inquiry Here. DISCHARGES HELD UP. Jack Pickford, Movie Star, and Joseph Whitehead, Rich Youth, Exposed Plot. The court martial of two officers of tho United 'States Navy attached to the. Third, New York Naval District itjl3 ordered y by Secretary of tho Navy Daniels following the run. llcatlon of stories of jrrnft in connec- tion with the easy assignments Riven out during the war to the tons of wealthy parents. One ollleer, cjtiKht after ho accepted JSoa ,n marked bill, is already In prison. Other cases, Scctttary Panlels s.ttd, are developing. Sulllctcnt evidence .foa submitted y In tho prelim- inary report of Investigators In New Vork to warrant two trials Immedi- ately. One of the c.isc. the Seciclary oald, involved the acceptance of ll.twu by a medical oftlccr for pawlm; un sppllcant not physically qualified. There woa no rvldcnee, Mr. Daniels aid, of bltnilar conditions at other stations. Following the discovery that well-to-d- o youns men stldcstcpped hlKh explosives and the mud of Kl.inden by palne from VoOO up to prartini; offlccra and nttaches of the enroll Inj; Headquarters of the Third Naval D.s-tnr.- t, at No. iliO liroadw.iy. the Secretary has oiderod Uiai no man rmall hereafter be discharged from service in the. Third District un- til hla application has :ecevcd the. of tho .Secretary's sptc.nl mvcstljrator. DANIELS ORDERS ADMIRAL TO MAKE SWEEPING INQUIRY. Secretary Daniels, at Washington, y ordered Admiral Clark, Judge Advocate, to \go to tho bottom of the case.\ The Secretary believes, he tays, that unntllclal reports have been \jrrcaUy exaggerated.\ Judge Advo- cate Clark is eonvlnud that ho haa sufficient evidence to warrant the Vnurt martial f thren or four \ten. Among tho.\o under arrest. It Is said, am an officer of hlfrli rank, declared to bo tbn \man hlchor un\ and credited with bank deposits of $:;,)) slnco tho United .States entered tho war: Dr. Hcnjunitn Davis oi I Vitus) Ivanln. a Third Dlstuel medle.il cNamlnei', with tho rank oi I.li tilenant. Scitioi Oradc: Ensign Paul IVck oi th; Pay- master's C'orpH. foiji other ulllcer.- - and ) comcn. Major John l\. Mllir of the Naval lntolllgoilfo Servl.'o is linv from Washington with a bii'jre shil'f uf tnvcstlpators. One of the best Known attorneys In t.m country, alinclied blnco the lnsnmlng1 of the war to the office of tho .Indue Advix..iti (irncral at m alsn un tho ground. Tho aricsl ,!r, .t.ipiiMDiiitieMt , t Medical onim ti n Immc who lin fntcred upn u time-jiM- r I rm in i naval prison, iv cicditid t., . , 'i Whitehead, son of a wealthy woman o&Uautd pa Tcatb Pci \Circulation Books Open to AIL\ , I'oprrlsht. mill, by Co. ( I hr ,cir MARTIALED BOW TO GOV. SM H ON PLAN Senators Agree to Subway Building Commissioner and Reconstruction Fund. ALDAN V. l eb. 19. The majo.liy leaders In the Legislature have de- cided to put at rest tho stories that thrv are recking to block Gov.. Smith' legislative! programme and obstruct his plans for reconstruction. Thuy agreed at a conference in winch Senator James A. Poky, tho Democratic leader, was present by Invitation, to give the Governor a minimum wage law, a health Insur- ance law. to appropriate tho $60,000 that ihu Governor has asked to pay the expenses of his leconstniction commission, and to amend the Publ- ic. Service Law so ns to have ono of tho commissioners on the New York Cit) I'ommlaslon doslgnatcd to look after 5ubway construction wotk. Thivio who participated In the con- ference were Majority Leader Henry Walters, Henry M. Sage, Chairman ot the Senate Finance Committee, and lleorgc P. Thompson, Chairman of the Public Service 0'ommlttc.c. The tentative agreement reached In the ciiifi rente ui immediately aub-nutt- to Sp'.iker Thadilcua C. Sucet ;,nd Simon Adler. majority leader of the Assombly. It Is pro-pose- d to arrlMi lit a settlement of all matters requested by tho Gover- nor and then to give dcilntte atten- tion to tho question of agreeing upon some form of liquor, beer and light wino bill. Tho Governor snad y he was In favor f single head responsibility in the New Vork City Public Hcrvico (.'ummlsHion. He added ho would sign a bill that provided no deputies. The Ways and Means Committee of the Assembly voted y to it the bill appropriating 11,000,000 toward the construction ot a vehicu- lar tunnel between New York and New .leiscy. Combined with tho amount contributed by the I'ederal Goveinnunt and Hie appropriation to bo made by New Jersey, this will make provision for a total of $3,000,. 000 thai is expected soon to be avail- able for Hie work. The Miichold bill lo appropHulo f.ViOo.iioo for highway construction nnd maintenance was passed by the AsMmhl) EXPORTS SeThIGH RECORD. .1 ii ii ii i r Tiitnl Is mioiuiri'il n KII'J.'l,0,lil,lhlO. W SIMNi!T(. I Vb. 10 -- .lam. rv r. ipnru .i I ii new lii-'l- r I fm Anieii- - ein i 'iiii i c i. . '. Tlii- export fjijin for the munlli WJ.HW' ), Hie llietll nf Cillltlii l l i .ilinalineei 4ny. .Only li' Ivlri'i I n.. .Vinrr'e'in e. 'purl ie..e!i,.il tln U'l.K'iimi mil, The 'i un.ir llciiir wttv $r.7 nun min ligliei Id. I. I i ii min i ' . ,,,! JttuT IM ' Oufi h l M ..it .1 H l ' .'I ' l'i Pin inp tin iv in itf.e hi llw iHril yen J i.i \I ill ,pi,i\. ..i-,- l il 3,Vis I ' M .in, nh .n .i t ' ts O'Hl umi '. 'jfe linn llio eir 1 i Jui n l.uj n liu pi i iouk yen i . Imports In .liuiiiury were VJ13.00o,Pih), vhikh k $:',0VO,OOO la rear than Decern- - tfJ'A'rl- & !'.- - . .. i r FIRST CHAPTERS IN lfPmJirS WORLD.j WCATHEn Fair To N'iu!.ls Thu rHay Warmer. GEAU S REPUBLICANS LEGISLATIVE AND FOR FIGh Ilii - I'rrn rtiUUUlmr NEW Vork Worlil). AND AIR ARE HOI WITH WAR HONORS Canopic Brings Part of Sunset Division and Aviators New York Aten, Too. The north wind couldn't keep below deck the hundreds of ribbon-bedecke- d and medal-emblazon- he- roes who returned fron the war thli morning on the White Star liner Canopic. as she steamed up the bay nnd river to the welcoming strains from tho band on tho pollco boat Patrol, and the waving of cambrics and ftagi anil hand\ from the win dows of tho skyscrapers. Kvery man of the 1.443 on board, representing every branch of the Army, had seen actual service and the majority ot thrm had been wounded. The biggest crowd on board was tho 1st Battalion of the IC2d Infan- try Hcglment, Including tho Head- quarter.-, Machinn Oun Company, Medical Detachment Companies A, D. C. and part ot D-- II officers and l.'-'- men. They will go to Camp IXix for (demobilisation. Tho regi- ment was formerly the 3d Oregon National Guaid Infantry and ns part of tho 41st (Sunset Division), which went over in December, 1917. The troopij y camn back In command of Col. John L. May. The regiment never got into action but every man of it did while it was used as a replacement unit. They drilled 43,000 men and passed them on to tho 1st, 2d, Mth and 45d Divis- ions. Originally they had SI ofticers and 3,700 men. Two olllccrs were killed, 14 wounded and there wcro 600 casualties among tho men. As a compliment to the returning American troops who hall from Now York to Oregon, tho Whlto Star line put on board ns steward Prank Maudcsly of Edinburgh, Scotland. This Is his first trip as a steward, having been for tho last fourteen ycaj-- a soldier. Ho wears tho Vic- toria Crpss, tho Military Modal, Conduct Medal with two bars, the Russian Cross of St. George and has been recommended by Marshal Koch for tho Legion of Honor and the Jlons Medal. Ho was wounded six times and final-l- y disabled and mustered out of tho fcervlco. In which ho had fought wher- ever Dritlsh troops wcro sent India, Africa and China for fourteen years. Ho won the Vctoria ICrosj on Christ- mas night In 1914 at tho retreat of tho IJrltlsh from tho Mnrne. All the regimental olllccrs had been killed and he, as Sergeant Major, rallied a o cavalry and led a successful counter-attac- savins 60,000 troops from capture. On tbo same night ho rode Into the German lines in San qucnUn and re- captured two Urltlsh women nurses who had been sentenced to be shot as spies at sunrise. On Aug. 12 at llio Nord he wus recommended for tho Lo. j glon of Honor by Pot.li for \rallying live French regiments, manning a ma- chine gun und saving tho situation.\ AIRMEN BRING HOME HONORS WON IN BATTLE. A number of airmen nf tho 103d 'and MJlli Aero Sqiiadrorn wire 'at.iL j: tile 17X easuul olllccrs broui'lil by la I'linopli:. Lieut Italpli O'Neill, .laibd as the fourth Am Hcan Jle, saw it )iai'b M'Mici nvi.1 thcia and i. imt iitn-l- t Willi the D. S t' and two li.ni. I ho I'rencii Wur Cross and i\ o palms md .Ix ultlelal planes lo It. iiedlt. He won th, PrenUi War !Cits uftur his suoccsaful battle (CoaUautd oa'ClTaU rait.) h n ' , ., ,) YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10,' TWO L TIE UP INDUSTRIES ARM IT Impress Young Men for Ser- vice in Spartacan Army as General Strike Spreads. COPi:NHAGlCN, Feb. than 100 coal mines In the Ituhr dbi-trl- of Westphalia have been closed on account of tho general striko called by tho Spartacans. At Bochum nnd other towns. It Is reported, the Spartacans have seized quantities of munitions and compelled young men bolwecn seventeen and twenty-fiv- e years of age to enter the Spartacan Army. AT many places llnrs and laborers have carried out acts of babotage. BERLIN. Tuesday, Pel). IS iAmo-elate- d Press). Tho Communist strike movement continues to spread In tho industrial districts of West- ern Germany under the guulan.e of the Spartacans and Independent So- cialists. Thirty-liv- e coal mines in tho Ilamhurg Bochum - Dortmund district arc reported to bo idle. Spartacans and striking miners at an open air meeting In the Jluhr dis- trict arc said to have declared In favor of war to the utmost against the Ubort Government nnd to liavo demanded the Immediate socialiri-Uo- n of mines nnd smelters. The Communist in Duswlrtnrf iliave proclaimed a general strike. The newspapers are prevented .from ap- pearing and the Spartacans also nro prohibiting tbo tralo of newspapers from other nltle.s. In Dusseldorf tho Spartacans are reported to havo constructed trenches In various places as a means of de- fense against tho Government troops. Tho city offlclajs of Mitlheim have gone on striko as a protest ngnlnst Spartacan domination of the city which is cut off from postal and wlro communication. It Is reported that tho working classes havo been supplied with arms and summoned to roslvt an attempted advanco by the Government troops. Tho Spartacans havo occupied the ratlwny station at Wanne, near Bochum, to prevent the detraining of Government troops, the banks and city treasurer of Rochum having asked that troops be sent. The Spartacans also are showing activity in other parts of Germany. It is reported from Ortelshurg, Bast Prussia, that Spartacans llred on soldiers from houses. Tho soldiers returned tho fire and two men wcro killed and eight wounded. ZURICH. Pel). 19. Government troops, apparently anticipating a Spartacan attack, havo occupied tho railway station nnd post olllco at Weimar and havo potitoil artillery and mine throwers nt strategic ioints about the city, It was reported in de- spatches received hero WKLMAIl. Feb. PJ. The Govern- ment compromised with tho Soviet leaders the latter promising not to use lolence oi to seize the coal mines and factories. In let urn the Cabinet promised to Meed up t,t Industries. Tile Ministry, however, Is bald to b, uncertain wheinrt un S.iviet lead' is iu si i 'nnii''! powei tu lmld ' back llien nn ii ' TIIC It OKI. I) Ht.th. ItrUKAl', tlttAt. Hulltxrr iWurMl rU.UJ, a ! n.. s. . au, j 1Unw llMlCCMi iOfO. I Ckuk ram for bmt tnd ijnrk aiwn rtu u4 I tljM. U(r 4mt t4 trUm' lUcks lm If in Feb. 19. The official the of the nits In Ills In I lie tie I.CMilt it lien n mini llrril seteii slmls at Mm. The Premier mis struck lit the shoulder. Scleral bullets entered (lie of Hie ttto tlrhcrs but t In- - ticrt: not tiouiuleil. \Dr. after nit slated that the Premier nits nut 0 ;) 0 0 LLOYD GEORGE. FOR BAN 1 and for in \There nro two great causes for the labor unrest In this country.\ said President IMward Hannah of tho Cen- tral Federated Union this afternoon. \One is national and th other is the system of of tho returning soldiers. No pro- vision s made for tho euro of tho lat- ter between tho titan they are turned out of tho army and that of their Uiek to work. \The efforts of organized jor in Its fight against have re- ceived the support of unions twoiity-l- x trades which have taken olllclnl action on tho 'no beor, no work' They represent 00,-00- 0 workers and are sincere. Prohibiten Is more for 'he spread of than any other agency. labor Is getting togef.. r and petitions to be pre- sented to Presldont Wllso-- i and i'oii-gres- s asking for the res mdlnts o' the nder on the Alirlcultui ul 11,11 deali- ng t'l\' iiiiititry di) al-- r July 1 We iiidmse tlie statement uf te, r ta-- v Frank Moinsun of lln .. F. of I.- - that omuiiivrt labor is enrn'silv .ni,S' , I,, t'ii Boh Ii, il. uli'l ' ' I W V if ill. a ue roil tin inti ttMIt m wt. Wk lor ptrtitiiUr bf Fartlul Hi,mM HU. f I \Circulation Open 1919. 22 --- -- - fB M AlflinAIIIOTa SEVEN SHOTS FIRED AT PREMIER AS HE GOES TO Premier Reported No Danger PARIS, following statement resardini; attempted assassination \Premier nuloniolillo clothing Crnuiisi't, cMiniliiallon, seriously yioitntletl.'' Wounded French Statesman And Head of British Government ftti!iiiiW3ii)50iXSi(3 ti'vVSJiieJiviTtiijrsriiirtiTi;;! LABOR TO APPEAL LIQUOR LIFTING JULY Prohibition Demobilization System Blamed Un- rest Unions. prohibition demobilization prohibition repre- senting tnuu'uient. absolutely responsible \Orwanlzeil delegations Hooka PAGES V\ I Clciiienccnu llouletiinl Bolshevism Premier was issued to-da- y: GEORGES CLEMENCEAU. GERMANS PETITION j FOR TIME OF MOURNING M.un 1 ck'KniitiS Also Sent to tlie ( lOvenuiK'nt A.iin!-- t Signing hi Armistice WinMAR. Ib 13 (Ilnviis) Tele-gra- of irolet agaltisl the signing ot the new are pouring Into the Nntlmial Assembly, ami one (ruin llcillli ili'iiMinls lli.it it piTlml o( nation il liinunilnx lM ordered U. S. WILL NDTPERMIT INVASION OF NICARAGUA Warships in Southern Waters lie-li- eJ on If Costa Rica Attempts Move. WASHINGTON, l'eb. 1!) OllVlal has reiclieil the Stale De- partment of the threatening situation In Central America, brought about by tho concentration of a portion of the Army of Costa Hlrrt on the Nlrnnigiian frontier and tlm fears the Nicaragua!! entertain of an Invasion. It may b stated that th United States will not permit an Inroalon of Nlunmgua by Costa ltlc or any other Central American tiower. It Is not however, that It will be neees-siir- y to send troup.i from the United States to protect Nleniiiii A few warships in Southern nati-i- are relied iipiui to ileal with un tituutlon which might arid OPPOSE DAYLIGHT SAVING. Iiiui l'iiiiureineii I iitrmliier It lii llepeal l.iin, WArflllN'ill'ON. IJ to re-- tun U.ijI'k'.i Saving were In- - timlaiel In t'i. lliiilM t,i-.- hy Hep. renlatU t ,,, t'le 'in,! Kihk uf K.in- - l Hut 'l t\e 'id el , li.nr. .ta',u I'mnnie\ n 'omai:ttie sirlrl.eii mi ,\ I'lnl fiirm, lilt '. K,iinfiei aivt ' lifht ,i nu un ' ,i, j rer. vv liei nt ,i. toiB i:at tllh Street. was taken ul mi the I' platform at Park How this morning. I to wan taken to the Volunteer Hospital, wharu he died shortly tftcr uoon. to All.\ , .kiun I PRICE TWO CENTS. PEACE COUNCIL Assassin, Identified as Emile Cottin, Takes Full Responsibility for the Shooting Second Man Arrested, but Claims He Was a Spectator. LONDON, Feb. 19. A despatch to the Central News from I'nris says Georges Clcmcnccnu, Premier of France, who was shot to-da- y while on his way to attend a session of the Peace Council, was wounded by Emile Cottin, known as n dangerous Anarchist Cottin, the despatch says, took all responsibility for the shooting. Another man was arrested with Cottin, but he claims to have been merely a spectator. - \ Andrew Bonnr Law, spokesman for the Government, am. nounccd in the House of Commons tlmt I would be out in a day or so. Mr. I ,iw expressed sympathy, M. Cleiiieiice.in had refused to o .mending pnysicians. I PARIS, l'eb. PJ (Associated Premier of France, was shot at and w as entering his automobile. Seven shots were tired bv the ''that the Premier had been wounded in the head. It developed later tlu: I the wound was in ,. Clemenceau's shoulder. It was titlicially announced 'that the wound was not serious. HAL CHASE AT FIRST FOR GIANTS THIS YEAR Ratidcn and llolke Go to Cincitinati in IlxchatiRC For Veteran Star. Hal rthHM'. one of the niont phenom- enal llrrt basemen In baseball's history, will pl.'iy for tho (Hants this him mid. Manuiti'r M rl raw announced this after- noon that nftr several weeks of ncifo-tlatln- ho bad (onrluded a deal that Muds Walter Holke and Hill Itarldcn to thu Cincinnati club in cicli.ini.-- o for Chase. Chasn l. now onn of thu oldest stars In tho major leacuos 11 made his' first appearance with the YunkPcs on the old Hilltop Grounds, jumped to a Western outlaw oreanizatlon, Isnded In tho late Federal laeuu and returned to tho National as one of the Cin- cinnati Kids. Chase recently was of the charse of havinrj cam-ble- d in basibaJI eamii. 60 PASSENGERS BOUND TO THEATRES IN DANGER Collision on Willis Avenue L\ Shuttle Makes Them Risk the Third Rail. ,SIty paasentfers, mostly nntinee-boun- d wmiioii. had to walk iiniomforta-hl- y closo to tho third rail of tho Willu Avenue elevatcl shultln thli aftemanii after a collision birtweon their train and an empty ear. It happvtiUu near the Willis Avenue end of the shute connect- ion the New Vork, Now Haven anJ llartfnnl with the Third Avtmun \U\ Tho to-a- r shuttle train. In charse of Mutornian John Mtl irr. ii BoInK west. John PUnorty Has brlniflng an enfjrty ear from the anli, erusnlni! tho iluitUe tracks on a H.'h The onipl) \nidrw ' and tu.il, ilanuscil. fjllle was tie I ii fur an hojr. Hut nu pura.m Mas Injured. Racmn Entries on Pane 12. vvoitl.li IIEiT.U'IIVST. t'altr Nw viteij-oiei- SduIiI for l.kfUl. Wnlnnulii. Vth. 19. 1110. lieu.) uj of V'ti t u JiMiniti ., to WVa Ka&-xi- Yu for the French Premier ami said that to bed until ordered to do so by the Press). Gourdes Cleniencciu. accJ slijrlitly wounded this morning as he assassin. anJ it wa at first reuorteJ 1 he ahnotlnt; took place, at .5i o'clock an the Premier woj leaving hln lioune in tho Hun Franklin. Po- liceman tlouritat, who was wounded In the rlulit eye, although not y, by one of the imnKKlu'H nholn, told a representative of tho Auo-elate- d Prens that Premier Clemen-cea- u mahed up to tho unsajoiln und with him. At the City Halt )t was ntatod that tho as.iallant wan Kmlle Cottin. tweitty-tlv- o years old. Ho .said lie was born at Crrll, but tils home Is In the Montrouao quarter of Paris. Tho jiollce do not believe tho papers he ponsoDses bnonc to lilm and aro Inclined to think him a Itusstan. Hit 1.1 fair. w,th Ion lUht hxir and Ull of stature. Ono of the witnesses of thu shoot-Inf- f, Henry Moulin, it barber's assist- ant, told tho Associated Press repre- sentative thai when he heard tho tlrst shot ho beUeved It was tho Americans (lrlnir In tho air, \an they aro In the, habit of dolnc.\ ho said. Moulin rushed out of his rihop when ho what was happenltiK. Hu closed with tho Premier's assailant and tho man threw awuy his revolvor and held up his bandr. Waiter from a nearby restau- rant joined in holding) the atgai-sin- , whom the police had soma difficulty in crUmp, from them, and before tho police lecured tha atiassm he was beaten by tha crowd. One of tho men In tho crowd teemed to with to help thr Premior's auailant and tho crowd beat hint badly. Aecordinc u Policeman Goursat. tho assassin emptied his weapon. All tha windows of th Premier's automobile; were smashed by tho flying tiullets. When the first shot was fired Prem-le- r Clemonceau tried to open tho door of his car. It was whllo ho was to do this thnt ho was struck:. He was able to so on foot Into his own house, Oitfl of the lullets penetrated tho Inlet lor of the car and struck tho Premlor in tho rlcht shoulder. Tha Premier 'mil tried to open tha door of thu car when tho first shot was tired, although thu automobile wu.1 under considerable headway at the time, and it was while he was thus cntajed tbst the bullet hit h!ra,4- ail. 1 Ml M 1 '1 Lat.14 4
