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TRAIN FULL OF REDS, UNDER ARMED GUARD, ARRIVES FROM WEST jTystery Attends Transfer of 01 Social Outlaws to Ellis Island. ALL TO BE DEPORTED Gathered on Pacific Coast and in Large Cities on Way East From Frisco. JTAHTENS CASE UP TO-DAY litsk Committee to Ask for runisliment of Envoy of I Trotzky's Regime. 9 Under a heavily armed guard of Federal aprents sixty-one swarthy and unkempt men and woman disembarked from a special train at the Lackawanna station In Jersey City yesterday and walked sullenly and silently In single file aboard a waiting Government craft which bore them out Into the river and down stream. Several hundred persons watching this strange performance from behind the pollco lines wondered and mado Inquiries of the officers and station employees.

But throughout the day the 'cause of tho procession and tho Identity of the characters who participated It remained a mystery. A few after Its occurrence not an cm-'ployce on the station would admit that he had seen or heard anything of the peculiar proceeding. Jersey City police professed to know nothing about It. These sixty-one men and women were all lodged last night In ths Immigration Building on Ellis Island, there to await importation to Soviet ltussla and other Kurnpean countries from whenco tncy had come to conspire and plot tho overthrow of this Government. Their num ber included Balshevikl, In dustrial Workers of the World.

Com munlsts and members of tho Union of Russia Workers, and they had been gathered by agents of tho Department of Justice In upward of half a dozen cities. Including several on tho Pacltlc coast, The whole procedure against these people had been carried on with secrecy. For this reason. It was stated by officials, tho band may be shipped overseas T.ithont any more formality and a great number undoubtedly will accompany Emma Goldman and Alexander Berk-man when that pair of anarchists set till for Bolshovlk Russia. lied Are Ilnrrled Enntvrard.

Tho "Bolshevik special" came all the 32 1. W. W. GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY CITY INVESTING BUILDING SOLD TO A RUSSIAN G. Benenson Acquires Skyscraper in $10,000,000 Deal.

Kansas City Court Sentences HUGE 20 to From 8 1-2 to 9 1-2 Years. SUM IN CASH CONVICTED ON 4, COUNTS Petrograd Capitalist's Purchase Includes Two Adjoining Buildings. Defendants Smile When Vcr diet Is Announced To Leavenworth To-dayl Special Vttpatch. to Tub 8 ok. Kansas Cur, Dec.

18. Tho thirty- two members of tho I. W. on in the Federal Court hero on charges of conspiracy against tho Government and violation of the espionage act wcro found guilty to-day on all four counts of the indictment and twenty-six of them were sentenced to terms ranging from threo and a half to nine and a half years In Leavenworth penitentiary. Two hours after the convictions Judge John C.

started calling the men before the bar for sentence. Taking each defendant singly, Judge Pollock gave all an opportunity to make statements. The men and their sentences follow: YEAR'S RECORD SALE Buyer a. Victim of Bolsheviki and Hero Only Five Weeks'. Sir John Alcock Hurt When Airplane Falls.

LONDON, Dec. 18. Capt Sir John Alcock, who made tho first non-stop airplane flight ncross the Atlantic Ocean, has been injured seriously, according to a despatch from Rouen, France. His plane crashed near Cot-tevrard, in tho Department of Seine-Infereieuro, Normandy. LOVE 0' MIKE'S FATE SETTLED Grand Central Baby Passes From German Claimant to His Italian Mother.

NELLIE BLY A GOOD FAIRY way from San Francisco, where It re- reived the first instalment or its cargo. The "reds" which were put aboard In that city were agitators who had been stirring up discontent In Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and several have been regarded as among the most dangerous plotters on tho coast. When the train laden with theso persons and with agents of tho Department of Justice and Deputy United States Marshals drew Into St. Louis another band of manacled Bolsheviki was awaiting It, Including "reds" who had been seized In several Western cities and concentrated at that point by the Federal agents. Other additions were made to the party at Chicago and Pittsburg.

In each case the group was already at the station and the prisoners were hurrl'id aboard the train with despatch, the officials casting a veil of mystery over the whole affair. With the addition of theso new ar- the "red" rolony on Kills Island Aumbered 145 heads last night, Includ-' lag Berkman and Goldman. Despite persistent rumors that there Is to be a big exodus of these creatures within the next day or two and that a boat is now coaling to tike a large number to the land of Lenlne, Byron H. Uhl, acting Commissioner of Immigration for this port, said last night that ho had re celved no official notlca to such effect. The "First Anarchist Commune So viet of America," Into which the Ellis Island "reds" organized themselves several weeks ago, was busily engaged last night electing sixty-one new members to Its secret councils.

Seek to Pgnliii Marten. Members of the Lusk Legislative Committee on Bolshevism who will move tcday In the Supremo Court to punish Ludwlg C. A. K. Martens, Santerl Kuorteva and Dr.

Michael Mlsllg for contempt for their refusal to answer questions and turn over secret papers sre on the trail of certain documents which It Is believed would establish a connection between Marten's Bolshevik bureau at 110 West Fortieth street and certain persons In official Washington. The conviction that such papers exist it based partly upon tho "revelations" wade last spring by Max Eastman and the publishers of The Nation regarding secret nvwsagea exchanged between Secretary Lanslne- and attaches nf tho Stntn I Department These and other incidents hare convinced the officials that certain persons In the Government employ or vrlth high connections have been guilty oi Detraying confidences to radicals of this city. Including the bureau conducted lj Jiartsns. It was reported yesterday that both Martens and Nuorteva had hurried to "aahlngton on a secret mission and Inquirers at their office were told that they were "out of town." State Senator Clayton It. Lusk, chairman of tho Legislative Committee on Bolshevism, returned from Europe jt-terday and ho will confer this burning with Samuel A.

Berger, Deputy relative to the prosecution of Martens. The appeal taken by the Bolshevik from the decision of Justice Qrecnbaum, who ruled that he must answer questions of the committee, will not ftet as a stay, It wis said. W. Anderson, nine years In prison and "until the costs of this prosecution are paid." Phlneas Eastman, seven and a half years in prison. Albert Barr, five years A.

M. Blumberg, four years. Harry Drew, four years. E. M.

Boyd, five years. Samuel Forbes, live years. Wenzll Franclk, seven and a half years. F. J.

Gallagher, eight years. Oscar E. Gordon, seven and a half yean. Fred Grau. three yea, Morris Herht.

five years. Grcsboch, three and a half years. S. B. Hlcock, four and a half years.

Ernest Henning. threo years. Peter J. Hlggins, three and a half years. E.

J. Hubert, three and a half years. Paul M. Alhak, three years. Harry McCarl.

thro and half years. Frank Patterson, threo and a half years. Ilobert Toe. three and a half years. Michael Sapper', seven and a half ears.

Carl Schnell, threo years. Leo S.r.rk, four and a half years. John Wullberg, three and a half years. Georgj 'Wenger, three ears. Judge Pollock granted the defendants ninety days In which to appeal.

He did not sentence V. W. Lyons, the defendant who yesterday changed his plea to guilty. Court officials said Lyons would be sentenced later. All of the defendants will be taken to the Federal prison at Leavenworth to morrow, It was announced after sen' tence hnd been passed.

The Jury had been out slnco o'clock last night C. W. Anderson, recognized by the Government as one of the I. W. W.

lead crs, was the first defendant to be called before tho bar. The Judge asked If he had any statement to make. "If your Honor please," Anderson said. would like Mr. Moore to mako any statements that are to be made in my behalf." Moore gave a brief history of Anderson me ana saia we man had been In prison two years awaiting trial.

The attorney asked for leniency, saying that Anderson's health had been Im paired. Most of the defendants requested that statements in their behalf be made by Mr. Moore. The four counts of conspiracy under which tho defendants were tried are; 1. Conspiracy to bring about a revolutionary overthrow of the United States and to interfere with the various laws enacted as a part of the war programme.

Maximum penalty under this count Is six years in prison and a 15,000 fine. 2. Conspiracy to violate the draft act by urging men to refuse to register. Maximum penalty Is two years In prison and $10,000 fine. 3.

Conspiracy under the espionage act to hinder recruiting of soldiers by the discouragement of enlistment Maximum penalty is twenty years In prison and fine. i. Conspiring under the food and fuel control act to curtail the production of food and fuel. Maximum penalty, two years In prison and fine of 110,000. New York's greatest and most Im portant sale of Improved real estate was recorded yesterday when Grlgorl Tliisslan banker, paid a staggering sum in cash for the City Investing Building at 165 Broadway.

In addition to tho thirty-two story skyscraper the deal includes tho own ershlp of tho five story building at 99 Liberty street, northeast corner of Church, and the leasehold of the five story Wessells Building at the southwest corner of Broadway and Cort-Undt street, adjoining the City Investing Building's narrow frontage on Broadway. It Is difficult to speculate on the value of all the property Involved, but there are wise men In the real estate business who aro willing to hazard the guoss that it must have been somewhere between $9,000,000 and Tho City Investing BuUdlng alone Is assessed at $7,000,000 and allowance must be made for the customary margin between that and the asking price, especially at a time like this, when renting space 1ms almost reached the point of invisibility. Tho buyer paid all cash for tho property above a mortgage of $5,750,000 which Is held by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The seller was tho City Investing Company, of which Robert L. Dowllng is president.

Aside from the tremendous significance of the deal In the eyes of the real estate man there IS an added element of Interest surrounding th personality of the buyer, who Is tho head of the banking firm of O. Benenson Co. of Petro-grad and London, and also chairman of the Russian English Bank. He arrived In New York Just five weeks prior to the closing of the transaction. At ono time Benenson was a heavy owner of real estate in Pctrograd, but he is said to have lost considerable of his landed fortune In the Bolshevik overthrow of the Kerensky Government.

The Soviet regime, It Is said, deprived him of square feet on the Nevsky Prospekt. Benenson Is said to be heavily Interested in one of the big firms that tenant the City Investing Building. His Now York agent, Arnold C. Hansen, has offices at 165 Broadway. He was represented in the transaction by Walter T.

Stern of the law firm of Coleman, Stern Ellenvrood. The City Investing Building was completed In 1906, and Is one of the finest office buildings In the world. Its present gross rental income Is, $1,150,000, and It occupies the site Just to the north of the forty-two story Singer Building. Some idoa of the structural difficulties overcome In the erection of the building Is evident In the fact that It had to be built around the Wessells Building nt the southwest corner of Broadway and Cortlandt street. This left a narrow frontage of hut 3 tect for the Broadway entrance.

With' tho ex ception of the Wessells Building, the structure covers the entire northern half of the block bounded by Broadway. uortianat, (jnurcn and Liberty streets. Its frontage on the Cortland street side Is 309 feet and on the Church street 105.6 feet. The building at 99 Liberty street ana the wessells Building lease noia were secureu in oraer to insure a supply of light to the monster structure, Unless this transaction Is eclipsed by a bigger one before January 1 and there is little prospect that It will be lt will stand as the climax in the most remarkable year New York real estate has ever known. Justice Levy Solves a Pnzzlc, bnt Kidnapping Onco Moro Becomes a Mystery.

Love o' Mike, Grand Central baby of disputed Identity, was exposed yesterday as a Greenwich Villager. At the end of a curious, Interesting hear' lng In the Children's Court, where silken flowers on people's exhibit No, 5, a child's coat, proved to bo conclusive evidence, Justice Samuel D. Levy adjudged the boy to be Enrico, tho son of Mrs. Una Lisa of 18 Bradford street, and awarded him to her. Mrs.

August Wcntz, who had claimed Love o' Mlko as her own boy, Philip Arthur, stolen from a perambulator In The Bronx In July, acknowledged her mistake In court. Mrs. Lisa wanted the boy. There remained then a controversy as to proper guardianship bo-tween Mrs. Grace Humiston, attorney for tho Wentzes, and Nellie Bly, a newspaper woman, who agreed to see that Mrs.

Lisa, If restoration was made, would be enabled to rear the baby properly. Nellie Bly won. It developed that Mrs. Lisa, left, after the death of her husband, a brick mason, with a boy of three years and another of two months to tako care of on earn ings of $12 week as a maker of arti ficial flowers, found herself urb! to do so. She resolved to give the baby to Nellie Bly, who, shn had heard, was a good fairy to homeless boys nnd girls.

A man who had been a friend of her nusband agreed to take Enrico to Nellie Bly, whose teal name Is Mrs. Elizabeth Seaman, at tho Hotel McAlptn. On De f.omber 8, the baby then being ten it.onths old, the mother dressed Enrico In his forlorn best and handed him to this man. She supposed he had kept his promise and that Mrs. Seaman had the boy.

Messenger l'rorea TrnHnr. PUBLICCONTROL OF MEAT PRICES FIXED IN DECREE Dissolution of "Big Five" Strikes Great Blow at High Cost of Living. TO SELL STOCK YARDS RAILROAD BILL AND TREATY BARRIER TO SENA TE RECESS; WILSON MIND A "MYSTERY" Packers Always to Be Un dcr Federal Court Supervision. LAW VIOLATION DENIED They Assert Surrender Is Pa trlotic JIovo to Help Economic Reconstruction. First Negro Liner Greeted.

Couw, Dec. 18. rhe Black Star liner Yarmouth, manned by a negro crew with the exception of the first officer and carrying six' negro passengers, arrived hre to-day from Kingston, Ja-Mea. The vessel, which Is owned by ths first steamship company composed entirtly of negroes, was enthusiastically welcomed by thousands of negroes here. FRENCH LIVING COST WILL GO HIGHER YET State Will Discontinue Sales of Sugar and Wheat.

Sptdal CabU Despatch to Tub Bus from the London Timet Service. Copyright, 1919. oil rtghte reserved. Pxars, Dec. 18.

The sensational rise In the valuo of the franc made tho I imr tihvslelan French wonder whether perhaps the i The child will probably hn itrt CARUSO FATHER OF AN 8 POUND GIRL Mother, Former Miss Benjamin, in -Excellent Health. A girl was born Inst night to Mr. and Mrs. Enrico Caruso In their apartment In the Knickerbocker Hotel. The Infant weighed eight pounds.

Mother and child were In excellent health, and Caruso he was so happy that ho was mute to the congratulations of several of his friends among the stars of tho Metropolitan Opera. Company who visited his apartment. Dr. Austin Flint was the attend- world waa not coming to an end, but the financial proposals which Minister of Finance Klott will lay bofore the Chamber of Deputies are not reassuring, for they will consist almost entirely of increasing the cost of living. Following the British example, various State subsidies and doles for the unemployed will be abolished nnd such tilings as sugar and wheat no longer will bo sold to tho public at much be low their real cost The proposals probably wilt bring up the price of bread gradually to eighty centimes or a franc (normauy zu cents a iciio, a little over two pounds.

Sugar probably will also bo Increased by ninety centimes a kilo. The railways being no longer able to meet their expenditure, there will be general rlso In express rates. Liberty Bond $50, 1100, tSOO, $1,000 uan dousoi ana ma instantly. John it air A Co fl Broadway. Ato, Gloria.

Mrs. Caruso was Miss Dorothy Park Benjimln. Caruso will sing In "L'Ellslr d'Amore" to-night. WLLSMT OUT IN THE COLD AIR. Anniversary of Wealdlnsr Pitas Without Any Celebration.

Washjnoton, Dec. 18. Intense cold and an overcast sky did not prevent Tresldent Wilson from spending his usual half hour to-day on the south portico of the White House. This was the fourth anniversary of the wedding of the President and Mrs. Wilson, but no celebration was arranged.

Mr. Wilson began work early and was understood to bo engaged on nn Important announcement. tfneharst, N. Winter's Sport Center. ffhiraoIOnahlD Golf and all nlh.i Torouxb.

Pullman.renn.,2:0 PJ1. Evidently afraid at the last moment of braving a big hotel on such an errand the man took his charge to the Grand Central Trmlnal and dl3arfleared after leavmg him for a minute In the arms of a stranger. This man found pinned to the dre.is a note reading: "For the love of Mike somebody take this kid. Give him to Nellie Bly." Before Mrs. Seaman heard of this the strange baby was in the hands of tho police, then of Bollevue Hospital and finally of Mr.

and Mrs. August Wentr of 409 East Eighty-second street. Mrs. Wenti was sure It was her kidnapped Philip Arthur. She took the baby home.

Its photograph appeared In a newspaper on Wednesday. Dowp nt 13 Bedford street the artificial flower maker was astonished to find It a picture of her eon. She didn't want strange people to have him. She went herself to Nellie Bly with tho whole story. Events were moving toward the great trial scene.

Tosterday morning Mrs. Lisa and her other son. William, with Nellie Bly, Sherman Moore, assistant superintendent of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and Detective Mcore, went visiting at the homo of the Wentzes in East Eighty-second street. Mrs. Wentz.

her husband nnd Love o' Mike were there. Young William Lisa ran at once to the baby and kissed him more than casually. All along Mr. Wentz, who Is a carpenter, had Insisted that this was not their lost boy, but hnd about given up protesting In order to soothe his wlfo. Doubt had been growing upon Mrs.

Wentz too the manner In which the boy William Lisa greeted hla brother did more than anything else to break down her belief that Love Mike was Philip Arthur Wentz. In order to take the case Into the Children's Court a formal complaint alleging improper guardianship was made. The hearing began before Justice Levy at 11:30 A. and continued, with little interruption, until 4 In tho afternoon. Everybody was there Assistant District Attorney Alexander Lehman for the people Mrs.

Lisa, with Nellie Bly at her side; Mr. and Mrs. Wentz, with their attorneys; Mrs. Humiston and Joseph J. Lilly from the law firm of O'Gorman.

Battle Vnndlver: Detectives Wubben- horst nnd Dolan. who had been searching for the Wentz child since July agents of the Children's Society, social workers. and finally the cause celebre, concentrating on a milk bottle. Her Leatacy Ttto Children. Mrs.

Lisa told at length the story ot widowhood, poverty and ultimate resolution, already outlined here. She said that her husband died In May and left her two children and nothing else. Sho went out to work, but on $12 a week was unable to give the two boys proper care, sne lay awaite an one nignt, and then decided on relinquishing the baby to Nellie Bly. The friend of her husband to whom she' Intrusted him was a waiter. known to her as Addison.

The next day. December 9, he came back and said the baby was "all right." She thought that meant Enrico was witn Meiue Bly. The mother knew nothing of tho "Love o' Mike" note In the dress. When she learned that the baby had gono astray and that the Wentzes had It she flew to Nellie Bly, and now here they all were In court Did she Identify the baby? She certainly did. and she looked at the Judge as If to say "This baby Is Italian; look at him and tell ma how he could bear the name of Went Mr3.

Humiston appeared convinced that It was all a mistako as to the Wentzes. but was not so sure that Mrs. Lisa's Identlflcation was accurate. Sho wanted tho baby placed In the hands of the Children's Society and the hear- Sptdal Despatch to Tax 3c. Vashinoton, Dec.

18. Tho "Big Five" meat packers of the country, Armour, Swift, Cudahy, Morris Co, and Wilson have consented to the Issuance of a court decree In favor of the Government forever separating thorn from all Interests In and control of retail stores and the manufacture and marketing of foods other than the wholesalo distribution of their meat products and substitutes, such as butter, cheese and eggs. Tho court decree agreed to will be ono of tho most sweeping over Issued in the history of tho United States. It' forever places the "Big Five" packers under supervision of' the Government and the court and leaves the court de cree open for amendment as may be found necessary Tho decree was consented to without court action or trial. Tho packers yltildeo.

because, It was explained, of tho willingness to accept as a patriotic duty in reconstruction time the Judgment of others and those In the Government with respect to the Industry. Patriotic Phase Emphasised. Henry Veedcr, general counsel for Swift Issued a statement for that concern saying tho firm was retiring from the distribution of groceries and the stock yard business at tho suggestion of the Department of Justice, nut It must be understood tho action was a patriotic one and was pot dl rectly or lnfcrentlally an admission of violation of law. Tho Government has been investi gating the packing industry for years, Both the executive and legislative branches have conducted Investiga tions. The Federal Trade Commission on the basis of the Francis J.

Heney Investigation Issued voluminous reports accusing the packers of control of tho American breakfast tablo, with a grip on many essential commodities. Attorney-General Palmer Instituted another Investigation as soon as he entered office, using the Trade Com mission data as a basis. Some time ago Indictments were asked of a Chicago Grand Jury. The Jury's term expired without action and the case lulled un til tho present agreement for an anti trust decree. Senators Kendrlck (Wyo.) and Ken- yon (Iowa), authors of the Kenyon-Kendrlck bills for control of the packing industry, each issued a statement to-day saying that while the fundamentals of their bills were met, there was more to do and that tho measure would be pressed In Congress to complete the things not covered In the decree.

Hearings will be resumed In January. It Is expected. ALLIES WILL NOT WAITlLSiCTION Lloyd George Tolls Parliament Pcaco'Will Bo JIado With Turkey. ABANDONS IIOfE OF AID Also Says Entente Has Decided on Policy of Non-intervention in Russia. Continued on 8fxth Page.

Palmer's Annotincerurnt. 'In general," Attorney-General Palmer said In a public announcement, "this decree prevents the defendants from ex ercising any further control over the retailing of meat products. It eliminates them from the nelil of meat substitutes. witn tne exception or eggs, butter, nou try and cheese, which aro left for future consideration and appropriate action, and, therefore, tho price of meat Is within the control of the peoplo them selves. "It places the conduct of these great aggregations or capiwi immediately under tho eye of a Federal court with reference to their business practices.

But, greater than all. It establishes the principle that no group of men, no matter how powerful, can ever attempt to control tho food table of the American people, or any one of the necessltlu or component parts of It. "The Department of Justice, having In mind the necessities and Interests of the whole American people In this critical reconstruction period, feels that by Insisting upon this surrender on the part of the packing Interests It has accomplished moro for the American people than could havo been hoped for as the result of a long drawn out legal battle." The statement for Swift Co. by Henry Veeder was as follows: "As announced by the Attorney-General, Swift Co. has agreed to retire from the distribution of groceries and to dispose of Its Interosts in public stock yards.

"The company takes this step at the suggestion of the Department of Jus- tlco and In splto of the fact that there Is no law requiring It. In so doing the company subordinates Its own convictions of the economic Justification for these activities to Its desire of avoiding any appearance of nn antagonism to the Government and to Its desire to remove the causes of friction which have disturbed its relations with certain factions of the live stock producers or the distributers of food products for the past two years. Spirit of Sacrifice. "Tho company feels that tin samo spirit which caused the business men of ths country to submit to personal sacrifices to win the war Is Just as essential during this period of reconstruction as London, Doc. 18.

Premier Lloyd George made a series of Important statements In tho House of Commons this evening relative to Great Britain's foreign policy. Ho said there was complete agreement among tho Allies on the question of non-intervention In Russia, but that discussions were proceeding between the United States and Japan concern ing future action should the Bolshevik advance reach to any considerable de gree eastward. The Premier said It wa3 Impossible to make peace with Russia because of the civil war existing there. If the Bolsheviki wanted to speak for Russia, he added, they must summon a National Assembly based on a broad franchise that would represent something with which the Allies could make peace. Speaking of the agreement to guar antee France against wanton aggression, Mr, Lloyd George said It was subject to ratification by the United States of that particular point.

If the United States should not ratify the guarantee to France, he stated, Great Britain would be free to reconsider her position. Burly Peace With TnrUey. Without any disrespect and without wishing to deprive America of the honor of sharing In the guardianship of Christian communities the Allies have decided to make peace with Turkey at the earliest possible 'moment, the rremlor said. Mr. Lloyd George contended that the Government had shown perfect sincerity and had rtirrhd out every obligation In favor of the League of Nations, which he declared was vital to the world's peace nnd mUHt go on and become a reality.

The Premier concluded by Insisting on the need for Great Britain to make her own position secure until the league was firmly established with the nations of tho world. Including the United States, working In It. The Premier referred to the assistance the Allies were rendering Austria In food, coal nnd other supplies, which he described as a mere soup kitchen policy to mitigate a situation requiring large methods. "But," the Premier continued, "England alone already Is Beverely bur dened nnd cannot undertake the task of restoring the shattered world, and I fail to see what can bo done unless America comes frankly with us to take up her fair ahare." Lodge Is Slated to Run National Convention. WASHINGTON, Dec.

18. Tentative plans have been made to have Senator Henry Cabot Lodgo of Massachusetts, as temporary and permanent chairman of the Republican national convention. There- has been some talk among the leaders of former Senator Elihu Root for temporary chairman, but it is understood that the plan of having ono man for both places, first used in 1908, will be continued in 1920. WAR 'PATRIOTS G0TJ80ADAY Senators Report How Millions Wcro Wasted by U. S.

Hons ing" Corporation. OOUBT ACTIONS FAVORED First Home Occupied 2 Months After Armistice Secret Profits Bared. Speciol Dtipateh to Tits So.i. Washington, Deo. 18.

Five Sen ators constituting the committee which nan Just completed an investigation of the affairs of the United States Housing Corporation united to-day in a scathing arraignment of that organ lzatlon, sparing tho feelings of no one and disclosing not a fragment of partisan bias. Tho Senators were Fernald Spencer (Mo.) and France Republicans, and Ashurst (Ariz.) and Trammel Demo- crats. The report says "The original act provided that houses erected by the Government should be only of a temporary character except where the interests of the Government would be best, served by buildings of a cermanent character. The Mousing Corporation odlclals consistently made the exception the rule and erectod prac tically all buildings of permanent character. "Speed was tho chief aim in emergency housing.

Time was of the essence in all contracts. The first slnglo residence wag occupied January 1, 191', at Nlles, Ohio, two months after the signing of the armistice, eight months after tho passage of the appropriation act, six months after the creation of the Housing Corporation, eleven months after the creation of the bureau of transportation and housing In the Department of Labor. Cnnnnt Wnlt on America. Continued on Fourth Pag. Lloyd George defended the delay in making peace with Turkey on the ground of the necessity of knowing what the United States intended to do.

France and Great Britain, he said, already had heavy burdens, while the United States waa under no great extraneous burdens and had her gigantic resources. It would have been precipitate and led to misunderstanding nnd suspicions, Lloyd George said, "had we not awaited America's decision. We arc now entitled to say that we have waited up to the very minute we promised America and there Is no prospect of America coming In." It was here that Lloyd George said the Allies had decided to make peace with Turkey at the earliest possible moment. The Premier began his speech by defending a certain retlconce In negotiation. Instancing the danger of dropping a word calculated to kindle Inflammable opinion In Italy regarding Flume, but contended that this waa not secret diplomacy and rolnted out that the publicity given to all decisions of the Paris conference was unprecedented.

With reference to the Anglo-American-French conventions he said tho British Government had given no undertaking on the subject, for the simple reason that It could not Imagine Uiat the United States would dishonor the signature Its great representative. He admitted that for Great Britain to undertake the charge alone would bo a serious obligation, which he would not enter upon without the consent of Parliament. Adding to his Russian statement, he snld It was a dismal prospect, but they only could keep vigilant watch until Russia Issued from Its present darKncss, with a stable government to carry on negotiations. MncLenn Plead for Patience. 81r Donald MacLean pleaded for pa tience with America with regard to tho League of Nations.

Lord Robert Cecil wanted assurances that the Government sincerely was desirous ot making the League of Na tions a success. He also asked for assurances about Turkey, remarking that tho world disastrous Turkish domination was permitted to remain over Constantinople. Ho emphasized the danger for Europe of another revolution In Germany. Mr. Lloyd George mado his outline of tho Government's policy after Sir Donald Maclean, tho Liberal leader, In a speech had demanded that the people be taken Into the Government's conference regarding Its foreign policy.

He requested Information especially relative to the arrangement for the defence of France and also regarding the position of the Allied and associated Powers concerning the Adriatic situation. Further, he de manded to know whether Russia was to be left absolutely alone. Doors Open by Electricity. "Emergency war housing was constructed to Include electric door openers, recreation narks, hot water heating sys tems in Virginia and the furnishing of tenants with kitchen ranges, wtcnen cabinets, patent slate wash tubs and patent clothes driers ready equipped with ropes. Garages were built at Government expense at Vallejo, and as an adjunct to the housing were planned at Erie, and Seven Pines, Va.

"The specifications of house and surroundings required a Joint agreement of the architect, the engineer and the town planner, the plan undoubtedly being responsible beyond other reasons for the failure to deliver completed housing. Conferences between membors of this triangular force resulted in frequent changes, alterations and delays. Tho street plan of one project was redrafted seven times to obtain the correct curve of street and 'orientation' of blocKs. "Single residences In Bridgeport, cost 97.263 each. The average for all houses was (5.673.8.

The direction of Concress to use tho office of the supervising architect of the Treasury Department was Ignored. This cost tho Government at least ymv.vvv. "Fifteen out of fifty-one architects employed by tho housing corporation were from New York city. New York architects were employed for work In Norfolk. and for work In Erie, Pa.

New Orleans architects were employed for work In Charleston, S. C. A town planner from Brookllne. was employed to design the project at Vallejo, Cal. 'The Government paid all travelling and Incidental expenses.

"The prohibition against cost plus percentage contracts was Ignored In architects' contracts. The architects were paid for actual drafting expenses plus 100 per cent for For each additional dollar spent In drafting expenses the architects received an additional dollar for Over $202,000 was paid to architects under this provision. Leaders in Both Parties Loath to Adjourn With out Passage. PEESIDENT IIINDKANCE His "Open Mind" Lends Uncertainty Whatever Action Is Taken. PEACE IS SEEN NEARER Underwood Victory as Minority leader 3Iay Bring Compromise Vote.

Special Dttpatch to Tns Sen. Washington, Deo. 18. With tho gloomy prospect that tho railway reorganization bill cannot pass this week, the Senate wan to-day on the verge of surrendering Us hope for a holiday recess to begin Saturday. Party leaders of both sides admit It will not do to take an extended holi day recess unless the Senate shall first havo passed tho pending railway legislation.

The passage of the bill by the Senate will not make it law; It meroly will promote tha measure to tho conference stage. Nevertheless, It Jfl Imperatively necessary to get If that far. In the present fog as to the President's Intentions, It Is feared that despite all advice ho will exercise his statutory powers and will return the roads to their owners January 1, or within a few days thereafter. Such an act would havo a much less disastrous effect. It Is believed, If the Sonato bill had been passed and tho final enact ment were plainly in prospect.

Doubt about whut tho President will do regarding either the railroads or the business of making peace, colors every eglslatlve situation. The feeling gained ground to-day that the President Is hdudotermlned to pursue his own course regardless of Congress. He has said he would return tho railroads January He has demanded ratification o. tho treaty without modification. The fear prevails that he will refuso to accommodate himself to any conditions whatever on these mattsrs; that he will return the roads whether or not and blame Congress If results aro disastrous or not passing legislation before that date and that ho will stand on his demand for ratification ot tha treaty without the crossing of a or the dot ing of an and not only refuse to assist in reaching a compromise but lecllne to accept and deposit any ratl- catlon with conditions.

Court Action Is Advised. "Civil suit should bo brought against the architects to recover these sums, less. of course, the actual overhead. The committee believes that more than 150.000 can be recovered for tho Gov ernment In this manner. One architect who had many Government contracts earned more than twice as much during his war service as his usual earning caDacltr and also earned many thou sands more than reported In his Income tax returns.

This fact was discovered by the committee's investigator and upon being communicated to the architect a corrected Income tax return was made on which the Government will receive on additional tax of J6.tSt.9S. "Bids were never publicly opened. No one whose bid had been rejected knew what the proposal of the successful bidder was. One of the general contractors ot tho housing corporation made a secret profit of $16,028.20 In subletting teaming nnd trucking on the women's dormitories In Washington. It was un-Justlfiablo and can be recovered by civil suit.

"The housing corporation mads a loan Wilson's Views a Mystery. This statement, however, reflects mls- matlon. "The President's attitude." aid Senator Hitchcock (Neb.) to-day In discussing the treaty situation, "Is a good deal of a mystery." The same observation would have been 'qually applicable In a discussion of the railway situation. Nobody pretends to known what Mr. Wilson really wants, but everybody fenrs that it he falls to get it he will decline to accept what Con-grora puts up to him.

Senator Cummins In chargo of the railway reorganization bill discussed the possibilities In case the President should return tho lines whlio tho legislation was still pending. 'If matters had proceeded to such a stago that there was substantial assur-ancn of Its early becoming law," said Senator Cummins, "the situation would not be particularly bad. The railroads arc now doing well; they can take caro of themselves for a short period. The pinch will come hcn they reach tho po'm of needing money, but If It be reasonably assured when they are returned that the ieclslatlon will Knon pass they will bo able to get through without much trouble." But Senator Cummins admitted that wnc not all the uncertainty. Tim nnssf- btllty still remained, he confessed, that the President might veto the legislation finally passed.

That would bo serious, and nobody can be sure that the President will not do It Thi report was current to-day that Senators LaFollette (Wis.) and Norris (Nob.) were getting ready for a long light against passage of the railroad bill at this time, and on tho strength of this It was considered that the out-bok for the recess was bad. "Of course wj cannot recess until' the legislation is passed," Senator Cummins insisted. It had been planned to adjourn from December 20 to Jnnuary 5, but to-day the dates were In doubt, with chances biittir that the recess would not begin bstorc Christmas Eve and that It would end on January 2. Political Atmosphere Cowry. Continued on Second Page.

With all these uncertainties regarding leglrlation tho atmosnhero wan enuallv befogged In the realm of party politics. The Democrats aro due to selsct r. new minority leader and on their choice much depends as to tho future course ot the iimuriiy ueannff wnn the peace treaty. If Underwood Is namivl It will bj cr.rstrued as a move toward emancipation of the party from White Home domination and In the direction of vigorous constructive efforts to ratify the treaty regardless of the President's de-matids. On the other hand.

If Senator Hitchcock wins It will signify a determination so far as possible to avoid tho breach with the White House and continue efforts for ratification on terms satisfactory to the President Thus with the leadership uncertain formulation of a party programme Is Impossible. The Hitchcock forces Insist that they will win in the leadership fight, but admit that It Is very close. As matters stand there will be forty-six votes In the party caucus, which was called to-day for Saturday at 10 o'clock. It Is quite within the possibilities that Senator Hitchcock will have twenty-three votes and his opnonents the same number. In that case choice would depend on some one changing or on the Induction Into odlco of Carter Glass, the new Senator i1.