Hammond Times, Volume 10, Number 3, Hammond, Lake County, 19 February 1921 — Page 1

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Fight To Finish Prophesied Between Roads and Labor. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, Feb. 19. A "finish fight" T-etween the railroads n1 their employes over the issue of collectlv; ba.rg-air.in? seemed Inevitable today as railroads prepared to announce wage reductions for laborers and the heads of rnay labor unions marshalled their strength for a bitter fight to prei ' lit wage cuts. Railroad executives today had deMrltely rejected collective bargaining es a method e arriving- at wage Wile. The pie of B. M. Jewell, president of the railway department of the American Federation of Labor. .'or ronfsreacs to discuss rules and worklnS conditions was fatly rejected by fi8 American Association of Railway executives. More than 100 railway rieais from all parts of the country :tend the conference at which deel ?,-!!! van reachud to decline to. pari ipato in such a conference. Jewell. Frank P. Walsh, general 'Uiisel for tht I all way brotherhoods and other union leaders, have emV 'is i it-ally declared that, they will fight vntil the "fundamental principle" of dltetlve bargaining is accepted. Railroads throughout the country a--.- reported today to be preparing to post notices of wage reductions a.---'-!r.g certain classes of employes. .i-.ieSy unettiil-iJ laborers and track v orker?. Employes are expected to object and the dispute automatically w;:i come beior? the railway labor ard ae a, controversy between the individual road and Its employes. -Nationalization of the roads in the iml of co3o;:d&tel labor unions" M as the way tha executives character'rod the' conference proposed by Jewell In l is plea to railway labor board, en Wednesday. The executive declared they were not opposed to labor organisations "out asserted that the portion of the unions "raised the Issue of whether maintenance and increase t-t the power of the national labor un-:-ns shall oe- placed above public Interest In th efficient and economical operation of our transportation system." Of Us own volition the railway .-.ard granted Jewel), as representative of the employes, until March 10 to prepare his xebuttal. Evidence of t i.e broaherhood of maintenance of way employes, clerks, firemen, ollere. r.d signalmen concerning- alleged violation of the national agreements by r.tt railroads will be heard by the board on March 1. Deputy V. S. Marshal H. E. 6asse of "Hammond today received the. first "r.stch of warrants to serve on Indictments against Lake county men by the f'tieral grand jury. Twenty-two warrants nere turned ever to him this morning and he at fir.ee began planning his roundup of -fenders in Gary. Whiting and East ' hi;. ago. Practically ail of the men to be arrested are for violations of the liquor laws and live in the foreign quarters of the cities named. Bonds, which have been ret for the men run as hifrh as ?2.500. Where this can be arranged satisfactorily on the spot tha men will not be taken into custody, but will be allowed th!r liberty until arrangnment day, which will probably be the fcond week in March. Men, who cmnot furnish, bond will be taken to the Indianapolis Ja'.! by the marshal. The warrants call for none of the ' higher ups" of Gary, who have been worried since investigators spent considerable time in the city last fail. Many x these men have been resting easier since an unofficial report from Indianapoiis had it that the matters under investigation had been deferred for consideration by the April session of the grand Jury. NEW YORK CENTRAL SUED FOR DWWAOES Mrs. Elizabeth Sharkozy of East Chicago has brought suit in the Hammond superior court against the New York Central and Indiana Harbor Belt railroads for damages became of injuries which she suffered in an accident Dec. 5. Mrs1. Sharkozy was riding In an automobile with hor husband on Michigan avenue. East Chicago. When they reached the crossing over the New Work Central tracks, the machine, was. stopped to -.vnir for a freight trnin to pass. When the Inst car had crossed the street, the pla'n- , t'ff says that the watchman signalled for them to come. They did so and their car was hit by a .switch engine. Mrs. Sharkozy asks for $5,000. Her attorney is Fred Barnett.

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STATE f.r marshals are headed to wards HammonJ on an i ns;ud ton trip and j ou'd better clfan tip quick. SCOTT SMITH of the Retz companv is in Oregon an! California a huIness mission ior the, oompanv. ABOUT f3..0i was realised at th. delinquent county tax sale at Crown Point at a very mediocre sale. MAT lULUHiCll, who h3 the only' soft drink est jbHhmon in the lo p I in partnership with TVte Uavi?, do- j clares tiiat business is mere t han good. J JOHN" "W. DYER is at Martinst Slle. ' Ind., takiiiK the baths t'at-re to iv-j cuperate from his recent illness and is ; getting al'-.nt; nicely. , j GEOlUill V. LAU'REXCll, former Lake county sheriff, has bn in Lake county this week from t'rbam and j still the some old George. THE American Legion has been given permission to use Room 2 at the court houso and will hold its lirist meeting there next Tuesday evening. REPRESENTATIVES o: N'alparaito churches met and formod law enforce ment organisation. An executive com- i mittee will be named to keep iu touc'j I with c.ty and county ofticiala. JAMES PEYTON and O-crgo Woodward, two Iliminoiid negroes. have been taken to the Indiana prison at Jefferson ville to serve a sentence fur robbery. U CODS MARTIN, realty operators. hi e rec:iv-'d n-any cmplim'-n's on the truta of their advertisemer.' .calling attention to the re"d of ati t-u-laj-ged business district in Hammond. A1JOUT that tailoru,. sign in Feoria advertising "pants down, three dollars a leg. teats frca," it has had sufficient publicity, but we'll give :t antthcr sho e, AITER looking for a house to rtnt for over a yeax A. S. Cime-ron, supt., of tho Shrift Fertilizer plant has at last .'jund one at CarroU and istate Line sts. It is a brand r.ew bungalow. THE b:r pump ai th LaU'a Front r-a-tion has ben resting ever since it was shut down February S. The old pump has been carrying the load right along and r one could tell the difference. BILL) HASTINGS says that this cold spell was sent by the weather man just to make those folks who went to Florida think they were getting their money's worth, THE proprietor of the Hegewisch ga-rag-e has sked the Hammond police to watch for his Ford touring tar which v,-a? stolen last night. Its Illinois license number was 25333-. MISS ROSE SUXBEKG who stays at the Alice Club, ISO Indiana ave., reports the. theft of a broadcloth coat with a beaver collar. 'The coat was valued at J40. GEORGE SIFKOVITZ of Hammond wanted for wife desertion here is in Xxvtroit, Mich., find deputy sher.fi' Daugherty will g- after and get him today. ATT Y. FLOYD MURRAY had another auto collision in Valparaiso this week when the bumper of his car became locked in the wheels of a Valpo car. f-'o one was hurt but fT:e bumperMR. AND MRS. CARL BAUER, wh left for California ias Monday Lave arrived safely according to cards received today. They will visit relatives there. CONSIDERABLE discussion lias arisen as to which re-sly is tho eighth amendment since the "Hew Mu.:h Do You Know" department published the question the other cay. Or. any tell leisure? THE case of McLaughlin vs. Mor.on Ry. suit for $10,000 damages through fire, brought in tho Porter circu-'. court was settled when the defendant paid Mcl.-a. j.rnim $?.500 tjr his looses this v.- e e k . SEFwGEANT Boh Cramer, former Hammond recruiter, and Mrs. Cramer arrived in Hammond this we-ek for a thirty-day furlough. Cramer i now attar bed to the iiiisrtermtst'.r supply department, o.t C imp Running. Ga. JU&T to rpi.o Frank Martin :-tu;rr.: act like you hp going to punch l.im in the r;rs. Frank had a u pie of tr.ep, cracked pa ft night in a boxing inu?-li with IV-fl.-oc nonstock at the rrrsuv terian gym. EVERY day or so tho Green Line stages a. grand review of its rolling stock along about five o'clock. It's nothing to s -e four and five cars come trooping down Hohrn&n street, sll in a bunch. JOHN" J. FLOE5";, a traveling sales-nv:-of Grand Rapids. Mich., had his traveling hag. shaving kit. collar case tap: line, stationery and let,er files stolen while he was eating at the Hammond hotel yesterday.. JOHNNY lives in the south end of town and his mother was givng him a sound scolding about his unwaghel neckA "You know you haven't washed you neck," said his mother. "Gee whirl" said Johnny, a note of desperation creeping info his voice, 'tetri't I goin' to wear a c dlar?" IRVING CHAYKEX ha taken the job as n.anaqer of Ed. Liphteki. ll?.nv nmn'l's promising si japp.,r. The first thing Cha.yken did was to take aw.ay the "Isld" name a.hd hang "Battling" up in its place. Lipinskl will probably appeo.r in the ring at East Chicago m-nt week.

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, A 'V .- ' .. ... it -! vsV .- i it it r I'- ) I! Erika Morini. Although she is a scant sixteen vars of age, Erika Morini has by rer violin playing set the New York musical world to using all kinds of pleasing adjectives uhMe jrrouehy newspaper critics have condescended to compare her favorably with Kreisler. Heifetz and "vlir.sn. Miss Morini is a Viennese and a pupil of Sevcik. She mad-j her debut at the age of ten. playing in the orchestra under the direction of Arthur Nikisch in Berlin. Whiting Doctor Has Accident Runs Down School Boy in South Chicago With HisAutomobile CHICAGO, I-b. 15. Albert Er od 1 o w, ki-led i.ohilo li tins-, d n nd Tl.e jc years old, 10712 Avcr.ue F. was. k: ! yesterday afternoon hy an av.on.c I driven by Dr. Roso Reeves of Wnit j Ind., while at West One Hundred i Fourth street ;ina Ewing avenue, j hoy was gf.ng hens from his tl ) Dr. Ret-ccs is the standard Oil .-ol. Co.. physician at its Wilting lie.plfal. -'cedent was unavoidable as the boy m front of the car. WATCH FOR THEM! In Monday's issue of The Times will appear an important, adve: t:.-e;r.en t. It will be the first of a .series of full p-ige d?ussivns of the present, business stagnation which might be summed up under the caption. "Hot Your Income May Re Assured." The lirst fcage take3 Up "How One Man Gets the Slonc-y He Lives on" and it brings out in a forcible manner tiie buying circle mad.; up of "j on," "the retailer," "the jobber" ar.d "the manufacturer." It starts at "you an i end- at "you" if it can really be ?aid to start and end at any set place. "When you buy. buying: activity nrnves around the circle and comes back to you. A hen you stop everything etops." is an important statement of fact which heads the argument. Then follows a logical d!acus;ior. of the theme. The; ser'es will prove power. ful eyeopeners to thou.-and-; of people of the i Ciiiumet rskr. who have curtained ' bu y i n g because cf hi;?h prices. Price. ' have been lower'-d. but they wai' for ; s'iil lower price, whir a won id ptohi ably- mean financial rum for many if I accoinpl i h.e,i in tins connection a ! lo '.er p;g of the series is timely- in I it discussion of "Win. t arc l-"a i r ' I u i -e?" W;teh for the first l ert .cmr.t of ! : h" ';? find follow llfw t 1 ! lie oil , Th- point the v. y f the return of -. ,pc r-.'?i s eori d i t ? -ns. TARIFF BILL TO CONFERENCE WASHINGTON. Feb. IS. The temporary tariff bill, passed by the senate last night, is expected to go to conference today and to reach tlie president late this week. The president has indicated to members of congress that he intends to veto the bill. The president is expected to make th" veto message the vehicle for an attack upon the republican tariff policy and for a statement of hi. own view on not only the question of tariff .but on the remedies which should be adopted by congress to meet the pre .-vn t situation caused by the drop in price in farm product.. i tt , Alexander McLeod has filed $250 dam- ' ags airiinst t'harhs A. Rejliy, because, ef an nu'.omobiio eolNion '.hich occurred a MnttiM.ii. IH.. September th Tlie , plaintiff siys ho 'opp.-d p. is c.-ir ;.s fur as he could to one side of the rocd and that R.-i'.'y came at n ieckics?i spc d and i collided with the Manding- machine;. ' R. Tinkham i aftorti. y f'-r the pintii. tiff.

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D MYSTERY ether a murder w a commuted !' 'ne!-v h,-,us :alumet prk at' 3 oeloek last night is t he obj.-ei of an1 nvestigati.,,; which i;, U.--g ,,,. this: afternoon b Chi-f Joseph NUz of tho' V -sl Hammond poih-e and chief Sp,-- J ChI g"nt I:.-,, Mi-uug of th.; I. jj j railroad police. ' j The :t,ves!.iSaii.:., resulted from astrange story toid Mr. strong thiln ' a lreight e..nd:jetnr ,vl,u! haneed be passing th., JloUaC nar Caiumot park !a.t night. Loud talking was l.rard as 1," approached. When he was in front of j tha buiidin? .seven or eisht shots werc ! fired in rapid suecesii; on. A woman screamed My jud, what ' did j-ou do that for?" j There was a brief silence. Then a man's voice replied: ! j Was go- j ing- to kill him and I did." j That was nil the conductor heard. 1 lie caught his tram and later tried to get hold of authorities to f--nd to ! he 1 lonely place, but did not s-n.-ernd. .s ' oon as he quit ork this mornimr he Msiied the ofiice of Chief Strong and ! 'old his .-tor;-. Railroad poli.-e. who wrr; n tb j, ' einity were ...rdered f.- vh-:t the hous". t They did so. but received no ansrr when they knocked at the d'.ors. As they d;d not dare force an entrance! the- reported back to Mr. srrontr, who then took the mat'er u; w ith Chief j Nitr of AVe.-t Hammond. Thy left at Z ! o'clock this afternoon for Calumet ' rrk, determined to break down the door if they also received no answrj io their s-umnior-.s for admission. ACCUSED OF SELLING FAKE CERTIFICATES CilfCAGO. Feb. 1?. Fev .":,;n; certificate. of ftock m a fake bank which ir said was located at Gr.niili f. C. Wills. 1133 Ainsli ."tree; .ago. is being held at Chicago Ind., a charge of ember.rlemcr.t. Laf December Wills :s i-a-id to have I'pproaehed A. L Salzman. president of !'ie F!?n:sn Engineering company with an offer to purchase stock from him provided Ss'.zman took stock in the Griffith Savings bank. salznian iio.ight $5.0f" worth of certificates and iatr learned that there was no such tank at Griffith. Yesterday he caused th arrest of Wills. Tt is said that Wills has ben connected with ether Fimi'ar deals with '.' hicigoan'.-i which involve thousand', 'f dollars. He protests that he thought the securities which he sold were good us gold. BANDITRY ON NORTHERN PACIFIC! i '!NTSRNTiONAI. KfA'S SERVICE" i MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 'S.Xe, arrests! had bee made up till 3 olovk this mornfng of the bandit v. ho boarded the cast . hound North Coast limited of the Northem I'acific Railway last night at, :t. Cioud, Minn., hohi up throe men in ' ehn.rge of the mail car, shot nnd probably fatally injured L. IZ. Strong, G2. -when he attempted to prevent the hold . up, took currency a.nd negotiable bond"; estimated at hundreds of thousands of ; dollars from registered mail s.es and caped as the train entered Mmucapo 1 i s . Strong was rushed to the Genera" ; r,jspiia.i v.neva it was suaia early tins morning that his condition was critical. The hold-up occurred near Baileys. Minn., a station on the Northern I'aeific railroad which i.s about thirty-five miles northwest of Minneapolis. POLICE ACT AS SAMARITANS The call cf Peter Aufrtgeu. hicf of Hammond police for aid for a destitute family on Calumet avenue, is nueting with a generous response. Yesterday con! ri 1 1 ion shee; started it the police ftation and practically eerybjdy who visited the p'.-''e d.'r'Pcil m ney. T'r " money. l.icli amounted t- "vn used in paying up the rn: for th" f.ini -y. Clotiiin? and food h.i.e be.-u donated and p i-onsignmert of gr to tlie he-rne toflay, groceries, will be taken LJJ" STOPPED Micit'V CUSSELL , 'O 7 IOUUOS JEBSEV CITV

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Miss Verner Dorsett, a young Atlanta. Ga.. girl, was recently indicted by the Campbell Countv grand jury for having aided in the delivery of her father and four other prisoners at the Campbell County jail. She frankly admits having smuggled saws in Jie prison. Love for her father, an aged moonshiner, sentenced to serve two years, was the motive which led her to risk her own liberty in a successful attempt to liberate him. Xow, her fatN-r caved, she herself faces a prison term. J, K. Reppa To Run For Mayoralty E. Chicago City Controller; Will Oppose Mayor i McCormack J. K. Iteppa. resident of the Ka? Chicago Stato liiank and city co,. i.-o!ler of Last Ch)ego. las tossed hi-, bat in the ring and will be a lanli dale for the offic- of r.iay.-r of Easi Chicago, subject to the primaries in May. Mr. Reppa cams to Eaft Chicag.from Whiting in I!07 to a-e-pt &, p.-' sltion with "he First National Uink of j Cast Chicago u-t a bookkeeper. I'vas later promoted to assistant cas i- . ier of the Citizens Rani-: of Indiatii. Harbor and from there went to tie First CalumetTrjst and Savings Bank to aeeept H. position Cafill'T. Besides being intered-J in th- I hanking business. Mr. Reppa bis found ' a great deal of -. lute to devote to the interests of the cty ,.f Knst Cnicago. ' where he at present holds flown tlie .' office of city controller to which of-, ih.-e he wh app;.ntcd by th- preeCnt , Mayor Lo Mcc" o ma i h . i DEPUTY SHERIFF BILL APPROVED House Passes Measure Which Sidetracks State Constabulary INU1ANA STATE CAPITOL. Feb. 1?. The state constabulary bill suffered a relapse with, the passage- of the Runs bill Increasing the number of deputy sheriffs in the state. Charges that Senator Oscar Ratts ln'roduced jij as a direct blow at th'- Baxter state p... s lice biil were made in u!n on i the iloor j cf the sen&te arid tit Vdl! passed hv h vote of :? to 1 I The R.-.trs bill is ' sweeping in lis pro- isi,,!l;J that --.h. rifl's j may appoint many deputies as tliey ! sec fit in any . me-rg. ncj . p;-.y them -i J per ai'in. v ivuo ser.unt; and dinw the money f-- their s.iiaries- o-it of the gi-n-erai countv- fur.d. At present the VHy of .leputi-s toust eouo: from the s h- rtiY't; o vn s.ihiri.---. "RCTTOHNECKS ' AS DEPUTIES "1 ' -. .; . r m r-f v. e -,s f.. Col,l lribormiT nif.ii." "Sheriffs swc-i d - ojl wh. In itipht to b... hi j-i.I fir nii.ti . h ft !m.-r-I fere with any hind of l.-tKu- d!.-pute," . lie addd. j "I'id your La.ke county sheriff appoint 'rough necks on his posse? ' asked Senator Ratt?. i "ie did in some cases." replied Scnjator NedjI, "and I know of sheriffs in other counties that have done the same i thing." I Machine Hits Woman I But Does Not Stop j Mr. William Mafckens. who lives at j Granger. Ind . was radiy bruise, j at : Roh. rtsda'.e last n i gh t wl-.en an autojmohiie crashed into the rear end of ! the agon in which she and her husband were rid ing. I They were driving a horse and wagon east on Indianapoiis l..,uh'vard j at fill.-'1 o'ciock. .- lliith .street, an n u toi-nob1 lo npproa''betl from hx h i ril and the Ori'er c ident 'y 'I'd mil ; ti'.e lar.iern wiii-.-'n w a' ii;i o .i: n oe f: vi-.-rn. The ,-rxsh tlireu Mrs ' MatCA'nii i e. the pa venicr. t . .-he v.-as taken to tiie RoJ-o-tsdrt!o police sta- ; tloti. where she re,.e! ed tvi. dic.ii attention. S: e hud bed brui-e . n her shou'ders.- beck and hip. but wu able to proceed on h"r way later.

c (BULLETIN) ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla.. Feb. 19. I Announcement of the appointment of Charles Lvans Hughes as secretary of state was made today by Presidentelect Harding after a conference with Mr. Hughes that lasted all forenoon. (BULLETIN) INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 19.-Unregulated private banking among foreigners in the Calumet region will be stopped if a bill introduced today by Senator Holmes passes. 1 lie bill makes it unlawful for individuals or associa- ! tions to carry on banking business, and I provides a penalty. Senator Holmes said that foreigners have the habit of intrusting their funds to others instead of placing their money in banks, and that very often they are swindled out of their savings. (BULLETIN) WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.- President elect Harding informed Representative Murphy of Ohio in a letter received ; today that he had tendered a cabinet i post to Harry M. Daugherty. (BULLETIN) CRAWFpRDSVILLE. Ind., Feb. 19. j Charles A. Shane, 35, vas shot and ; killed today by Patrolman Silas Rodgers when Shane and Byrl Stacy, a 14-year-old companion, resisted arrest for the alleged theft of a traveling bag. Shane fired upon the patrolman, ! one shot passing through his left arm. The patrolman returned the fire, emptying his revolver. (BULLETIN) MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 19. A lone, bandit today held up and robbed the cashier of the State Bank of Stock- j holm, Wis., of $4,000 in currency, making good his escape by crossing on , the ice from the Wisconsin side of the ; Mississippi river to the Minnesota side ' where he entered a waiting automobile i and was driven away by an accomplice, i (BULLETIN) ST. LOUIS. Mo., Feb. 19. Two' young bandits held up a woman in the.: heart of the South St. Louis industrial ! district, beat her with their fists, and escaped with $2,000. The woman, Mrs. Anna Gesich, was taking the money to' her husband, a saloon keeper. (BULLETIN) DETROIT Feb. 19. Twenty-five persons were injured in a panic that followed a fire which broke out in a street car at St. Aubin and Adams st. today. Eight persons are in receiving hospitals in a serious condition. TRIES BANDITRY His Attempt Lands Him in) Chicago Police Station j Last Night j I-.dvard Schuize, whoe home is on East State street. Hammond, made an unsuccessful attempt to rob the Commonwealth Watch a nd Jewelry compar.y, 325 West Madison street, Chicago, yesterday, but was captured by police after an excltinir chase in which hundreds of office workers joined. Two other men, who were with him. escaped :n an automobile. T'ney stopped their car m t--ont of the store and on entering ordered the proprietor. Louis M. Shapiro, to open the safe, lie professed t'ti the combination .ir.ed h.m and drrw tisht around his neck, tore a watchmaker, wl bad overlooked, bcnoi t ". hd'.-e f ergot -and tiie men a leather helt A: this juiv-!-m i he bandits to . a!: for help Polio" came and sVh n lo wed. 1 r,i ii'io:..', d pol-ce look 3 1 "ei fo;o 1 .iu burnt toilay. but find n . ' linn agHinst ! ' : hit e li e.j but that hi r ed si t-ady at i'. i 'ii. Hi wi n Hammond SB :noc s t. J . y wr.rl H.S not -"i.e said to make . 1 1 -' lii n " o.i.i j,.: :v h h d been d o i n . living. DID YOU GET YOURS? The Home service secth n of the Red Cross wants to know how many Hammond men hi'.e perv in.' in tie army subscribed for liberty bonds, pa d for thi-m out of their allotments and then did not receive them. The finance office of the w ar department Is holding 4.Sn0 liberty loan bonds of the second, third and fourth issues which were subscribed for in tills manner. T'eli very of the bonds'n nui't eases has hern impossible because proper shipping Instructions have never been received from tlie men who purchased them. The finance office alo has 6,A0 original discharge certioeatcs, which i have been sent in by ex-service men in support of claims for trae pay. ; no:v :s' and arrears i.f puy. The off!.-, i has no mailing add;-'- .-s- s for the ret .1 rn of til's. p;,pe '. 1 The h.l.tlic tf'l ct 1 tRed i''Of"i In ltat-i-io..nii v. V a n y men w i- . h a ' ' -i o : liberty bonds o;- i;ad 1 gladly assist 'r-'h-'Vi tioir - r dh-o-bar-e are valuahie paper. ri-tut ped. Rot and will wl! repay 1 he visit to the office in the ceurt h-use to make the claim.

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BU LLETIN.) riNTEPNATIO-Al NEWS SERV1CEI WVSHlWrOV. Feb. lP-The white house today refused to r drtiv the Btiitt-mrnt made by Mn.htns K.r.bcrer. that rrc.Me,-t Wilson hnd i.r.ml-d Orrmany American credit If ietniny -.l5nrd t.e treaty of crsaill'". "The M bite llouwe Ignores boIat- , the .lalrmentn of Dr. Krbrrr. sVorflarv Tumulty sold. "The White House hns no comment to make vrny or the other." Officials of Ihe Whit House were oppnrently mh aroused ofr tbstatements f m. KrberBer. despite tbelr nonouneemeiit that It would 1 Ignored nnd one hlBh ofTlclnl ebarrterired Dr. llr.lierjcer's tatements bs 'merely more i.ermnn propocanda." Some ofTUInls (old that it apprarethat Germany was attempting to dl credit President Wilson In the closln. day of his idminlstrntlon nnd o the nine time strWlna; to use eery eftort o curry fator with the Incoming administration. BY FRANK L JLViON (STAFF CCRRfSPONDENT I. N SERVICE M-opvnght, FJt, by I. N- Kervic-. BERLIN, V o- 1?. Dr. Mathia" Cnsberger, form, r minlstt-r of linan--'-former l-ader ot the centrist part, jnd author ..f 'he famous "peace res. -lutloii" in in: re.rh.-tag during C:' war. declared today that Presidaav Wilson promi--J tHtmar.y Anuritan credits if she would siffn tJ' pea i reaty. In the spring of l'19. aecordinj t T.r. Ershcrsev. FreiJent W'Uon n. Ellis Loring I.' ret- 1 irm Ta:; to Er-1-n as a f.cr t or s.- ni-or. Accrrdin--to the Germ.-, .oici.il. Mr. 1-reU instru'-i'd ' h.-li i...r.rid' nl'.aJ mctl o, . ;tii i Ir riv.u'i riiojii. i til" iilitif ti 1 1 d t . i o 1 1 1 out ( p- r oi ri n y - - i i 1 i a! : ; e- iv.i..-- ""- T ;s ii s : h . " i . .:.! .1. f'.-t i pea '! eo "id 1 i- ol -u a s s ,t i d 1 j I ' r the t i tmi ..f h promised tint if i bv Prusol-ot Wih tr i - t i : r 1 n . ! o --.i Mi . t 1 i 1 -Tina io:i h; t io-. as : o t ( se ;- io - - .-. V ' " D l o 0 .C -r- ..'.: ci.J Would its'. p. t-t- th a-:d in ' ' : it v conditions o the allic to German; in reconstruct'!. "Stcveial ' hj.1 :-U 10 ' pt. tic Wv bci-iipg Frii sllie e'.iJ be tore '..J handed the TwaiHes frras ;-d -a V there was a fc-lit.g of gictit nxii here concrninc their probabi" nituv Mr. 'Drcsei. acc iinpanied hy ati-vth' Ameriean whoje name at this m iiici I do not recall visited me and Cm on BrockdorfT-Rantzau," said l.Erzberger. "Mr. Dresei said he a: jnstructcii by President Wilson to come t" Fe-lin and that he wished o explain in L-f-ha'.f of Mr. Wilson how hard the pro.? ident had lab -.red to secure a jc peace for German:'. "Then Mr. Freel outlined the o: g inal French claims and told in defa ' how President Wilson had rucee'dtf. in having t't.m ameliorated. Mr. Drtse! oxplainej how former Frsmic Clemcneeau (of Fran.-ei fire: :mis'.'o upon the cutrur.it annexsttton of ti.t left bank of th - Rhin by Ft ar.ee . "Mr. Dresil pic 'rayed how Preside:!-W-.lsor. had f.cjjht Mr Clemeneeai making him iir.-i agree to givtf up - annexation plans for the district at -. Cologne. Then ."or a long time thFri ncii insisted upon the annexation of Mayence (M-!n8' the headquarte-s of the French ci.i.y occupation, and also Pfalz. "Mr. Dresel t. Id how President W.! s-.n succeeded in causing the Frer.ii to relinquish their annexation arch, tions for all the r;e.-irian territory e.x ccpt the Sa.'ir ht t'ii which ihe Ftetrefused to surrender, saying that th-y were in need r f the coal to reolael the mines in northern France destrey ed by German occupation. The American official fp!r:ined how Presidi'ii' Wilson was ri-ap-ns:blc for the Frenct' compromise to pirn-.it a plebiscite r Upper Siiesla. 'he French, for a lor.it time, obstinately I 'Id one for the -u!-right annexatio-i of Cppcr Silesia hPolapd, accordiis to the intormat.or given to us. "Furthermore Mr. l.-rsel told r. how much President Wi'sn baa accomplished. up'-..i till subject ..f reps, rations. f..reln,g through his principle that Oorni.itiy wot. M ,e i-i! iated on.-, for the destruction of private and per sonal pr-'p-riv. Mr. WiU-.n. as t'lniout h pu re tor hi.:- auies. propone i this as a :s.i fcr the armisttce in his messHire on Nov. ' 101 "Mr. Pros'd m ish.ed to cvp'i a'l be bad d..e.e riany w eojld no aid hat -is u .. the hope that a : ' i or t'.e rniii r;-, tl-.a! t"e -thro v.- hi in dowr e. - leave him inihe lurch by re'using f sign tht pea-. treaty. It ds tiald tht the AmericajfS i eaiized that the I'ni". ed states in-jt help in rebui'ding Germany and that if Germany signed the peace term. President Wilson would use his Influence at Washington for the purpose of securing credit for Germany. "Mr. Prcsel went to ether minister with this same meesage. One of the officials ho visited was Count ven Brockdorff-Ra n'r.au who for a time was head f the German peace del g-atlon in Pan.-. As I remember it Mr. Preset reccjwd u short and cool reception from Count von BrockdorfTRantzuu. "When the terms came and I how difficult they were from the reparations clause ootiined by Mr, Dreie. I had my rcpr -entativc et Franltfor; "nd through a message to Paris ir. viCng Mr. Pre -el to come back to TE ...-. liti again to -ih-ciiss the terms. 'B' V.'ilsor, did m. ... fit to send baeh- St this' ti.V.e. llowr ve.-, r..!.." ! later Mr. V ilson n! Rresei b to Berlin as the American d. plorr.; :r r-;tresent tive." Mr. Presel is the present Amrir commissioner in Berlin. H it a, n. five of Boston.