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[Bwt?eatens r NATIONAL BANKS .?^^InstitutionsSend f Money Must Charge I Reasonable Interest. I ? ? yiNKERS ARE WARNED! ?5t to hoard funds1 -fagittry" Refuses Money for j?neing Crops Asked by Cot ton Belt Financiers. fa-ajaitfton. Sept. 28. Secretary Mc y- to-night adopted stringent mess? et? nrge national harks to ?xtend TLn%i.t credit and charge normal in JLt rat? on loan?. He telegraphed Z\n n-tional banks in the fo??r re- ? 1?titles in the i"ou*.h that their re Z^t 1er additional crop moving funds j Eflit federsl government ?v?-uld not J^artcd at this time, and made it !L? thi? h>? action was taken in con- j See with reports of exc?s.ive in ?titrates ?r.d restriction of credit?, i h? .-teteim-nt made public with the! laarJamm Mr. McAdoo declared that. tkert *a? an eitraordinary h< arding ; 7?cn*y hv banks throughout the ?ot-T *"<! r '"? t* un of ?'o.?'oi'\?s with? ??T,xe?sion. He -aid report? to the ' Srtroller of the Currenc> ?howed that .?jay taoardinp ha- been carried on by karnkj to sn extreme degree, end ;i-i fjjttrcH trat I ? expected to focus at eattioB uDon the g , It?, bai ks b? is^u KjtidiiK list ? those with excessive ip-ei. * ? federal govern Mit ha? no po*ei cer 'ate banks or tnilt cimpa;- <-?, the Secretary e\ sjgisei that ''ate bh-'.V. ?superintendents fXild be asked to furnish avsilable in ?jr-Mtioii on mone> hoarding in such , ???titutions. He characterised money ! Ja-J-dinf. by hanks as the agency most ' ?4*1? to imp?? r confidence and injure , *??***. Mr. McAdoo's Statement. !>? itatement in full follows: ,"! hive decided nut to deposit the aja-eBd instalment of crop moving fonds fttk your bank a; this time. You can, tapfre?, if you ie-ire. withdraw one yfsf the securities deposited by you ad aie them a* security for the issue ?iadditional curreiicy it you make ap ?itttie-ii therefor. 1 am informed that but hanks in your ?.t?te are refusing sasiesny loans for crop moving pur met, snd that in msny cases good gut are rejected or unreasonable rite* of interest are asked. I am nlso | ?rfiraed that ma::, banks which have , t-JHB eat additional currency are re teiaf to use it. in spite of great de ?sdi for raone?. I trust you are not 4-Of this. I shall withdraw all gov ffiasnt depos ;* from banks charging trauire rates of interest, or which ' ?tftiM reasonable accommodations, and I shall refuse to issue so-called emcr -oc" currency to banks which are not s?:nr uie of it on reasonable terms fir the benefit of the business com anity. It is essential, in the present . kUition, that everybody pull together *t U unselfish spirit for the good of tit ?urtry. I, of courve, expert the kaki to make a reasonable charge for ??-t-wmodation's. My point is that the tart* must be reasonable, as the co ?s-fition snd help of the Treasury will KW extended on any other basis. Banks Hoarding Funds. |t *Tke report.? of national banks now ?tal received b\ the Controller of. IfcCurrtncy in response to his call for i Ut?teiTient of their condition as of e?**t**"ber 1" indicate an extraordi- | *?T Hoarding of money by many na tanl banks in ?arious sections of the] "?try. 1 am astonished that so many : ?fthe national banks are pursuing a? sent so contrary to the public inier- ' et and so indefensible from any point ?rfTie?. There is neither occasion nor **u;ty for it. Tsli reporta have not yet been re- j ??"ad by the Controller, but they are ???}"*: in daily. I intend to "begin ?WSJ daily ? list of the banks which ] etWrding money by maintaining ex ettirt reserves, ir order that the ??try may know how they are ?>er *ta\i% their public ?Julias. The re PWU of natio-;i! banks are public ?ytatv. anyway, and ??hile they have a*? published in their respective com ?Wiiti-f the s-gnii-cancc of their state -??ti is not generally understood. The wie does not know ho??- to analyze :?t". My --?arp?se is to focus attention tat the e>.cessi\e reserve? carried by ***** bank?, for the reserves indicate ?wth-r or not the bank-, are using ??ir full resource, for the relief and ?"??Wroodation of business ?n th?."r t ?*ti?'e commu "? na matter a?f extreme regret that y fflvcrnmen?. has not the >ao\?rr to exact similar statements from the state banks and trust companies throughout the country, because I am satisfied, from certain reports which have come to me, that many of the state banks and trust companies, like many of the national banks, are hoarding money and refusing to oxtend legitimate credits. I shall ask the superintendent of banks in the various states to co-operate with the government by supplying reports of the condition of the state banks en? trust companies. Suggeetlon to Bankers. "The banks that are hoarding money should discontinue it. Such action, more than any other agency, tends to impair confidence and injure business. If all the banks of the country will do their duty in the present circumstances, by extending legitimate credits at rea? sonable rates of interest, the most seri? ous of our difficulties will promptly dis? appear. The economic and financial condition of the country is sound throughout. The most essential thing now for our prosperity is the prompt conduct of business on a normal basis." The Secretary's statement was issued to-night after the Federal Reserve Board, of which he is an ex-officio mem? ber, had listened for several hours to pleas for assistance from the commit? tee of forty of the Farmers' Union, which came to Washington to urge di? rect federal loans to cotton producers. The committee was told that it was im? possible for the government to do more for them than it already had tried to do. ANTI-TRUST BILL IN FINAL FORM Conferrces Agree on Amended Measure To Be Presented To-day. I From ?The Tribune n_ri*?. | Washington, Sept. /.'3. The Clayton anti-trust bill, the second of the ad? ministration anti-trust measures, in the final form in which it will be pre? sented to both houses to-morrow, was agreed on by the conferrees to-day, Republicans voting against it. The measure differs greatly from the bill passed by the Senate. The Senate provision directed against ty? ing clauses covering the sale of ma? terials and supplie, for use vith patented articles is entirely rewritten and the penalty eliminated. The tying clause is forbidden only in case the agreement is such as to "substantially lessen competition." The Senate provision making court decrees in anti-trust suits brought by the United States prima facie evidence m private suits is made applicable only to decrees hereafter rendered. The House provision prohibiting in? terlocking directorates, among bank? ing institutions a restored with slight modifications. To enforce com? pliance with the prohibitions regarding interlocking directorates the Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Trade Commission and Federal Reserve Board are clothed with authority to bring the necessary proceedings. The labor and anti-injunction sec? tions of the bill are substantially the same as those approved by the Senate. The Senate provision for the re? ceivership and dissolution of corpora? tions adjudged to be monopolies is omitted from the final draft of the bill. It is probable that there will be a protest on the part of some Ocmo crate against this, as well as against the section relating to patent monopolies, but it is expected that th measure will be approved and signed as it now stands. PINCHOTS PROFIT BY ESTATE OF MOTHER Residuary Left in Equal Parts to Gifford, Amos and Lady Alan Johnstone. The * ill of Mrs. Mary E. Pinchot. mother of Gifford Pinchot, formerly United States Chief Forester and now a candidate for the Senate in Pennsylva? nia, and of Amos R. Kno I'inchot and Ladv Alan Johnstone. vas filed in the Surrogates' Court yesterday. Mrs. Pin? chot di?*d August '_.-> at Saugatuck, Conn., leaving an estate valued at $1,132.000 in real estate and "more than $10.000" personalty. Mrs. Pinchot made her will in 190", leaving a bequept of $100,000 to her husband. Jame* W. Pinchot. who pre? deceased her. The testatrix said: "Ex? cept for his request. 1 would give him a much I arg? - .?hare of my estate." The lapsed legacy becomes a part of the residuary, which il left in equal parts to the two sons and daughter. Besides this provision for Amos Pinchot and Gifford Pinchot. each receives $3-'5,000, with interest from July 1, 1900._ MINING OPERATORS DECLINE A TRUCE Want to Obey Colorado laws, but Won't Bind Themselves. PRESIDENT WILSON ALSO STANDS FIRM Intimates That Settlement Must Be Reached?May With draw Troops Soon. Denver. Sept. 23. Operators claim? ing to produce 70 per cent of the coe.l mined in Colorado to-day sent a letter to President Wilson on the strike situ- j ation. They expressed willingness to o.ey I j the mining statutes of Colorado and to ' i re-employ such striking coal miner? ai i they think desirable and for whom I tjiere is work at the mines, but the;* i refuse to entir into a three-year true* ! with the United Mine Workers of America, or to re-employ all strikers ' not convicted of crime, or to submit 10 ' a final arbitrament of all grievances by I a federal commission. The letter was a reply to the com i munication in which the President | urged the operators to udopt the pUn ; suggested by Hywell Pavifl ,-ind V?ill I iam E. Eairley, federal mediators, for ? ending the coal miner.-,' ?trike. It waa signed by the Victor-American Kutl ?Company, the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company-?two of t lie so-called "big three" and by forty-one smaller con? cerns. The Colorado Fuel and Iro'i I Company gave its views to the Presi i dent in a separate letter made pubic ! last night. The operators expressed doubt as to I the impartiality of the federal media ? tors. "It is to he regretted," the letter I ran. "that the character of the investi 1 gation and the previous records of these reports selected by Secretary of Labor Wilson justify the belief that they are partisans of the men who have ' made necessary the presence of fed? eral troops in the strike district. One ; of the representatives, William Eair? ley. was a member of the national c\ ?cutive committee of the 1'nited Mine Workers of America for Alabama, and. according to their treasurer's report, wns or. their payroll during the year I ended November 30, 191.1. and was ac- , ti* ely engaged as an organizer and , agitator in the Colorado strike in j : 1903." Won't Agree to Truce. ' Referring to the proposed three-year | tru?*e, the operators said: "The Grvernor of this state some months since entered into an agree? ment or truce with the leaders of this ; organization, and in utter disregnr?l of | their obligations the striking miners. ! under the direction of these identical j leaders, continued with renewed vigor to destroy onr ? roperties and kill our workmen. It would be imprudent toi again place reliance upon the good faith of these mm." The letter stated further: "We arc and have been willing to employ as many of the strikers as pos- ; bible, without discrimination because | of the fact that thty laid down their j tools, and believe that we can gi\e, work to a very large majority of these j remaining in .he state. But it is quit? j impossible for us to agree to emplo> all striking miners who have not been [ found guilty of violence." This refusal was based in part upon ' the fact that the mines already are 1 manned and in part upon the fact that ' many strikers are under indictment on charges of murder, but have not yet been tried. The operators objected both to griev? ance committees and to the proposed federal grievance commission. Of the latter proposal the letter said: "The unlimited authority of this pro? posed commission of three persons to be appointed by the President of the 1'nited States practically put the entire control of the most important depart? ment of our business in its hands. Its power to control the conduct of our . business far exceeds any of the demands of the 1'nited Mine Workers of Amer? ica. A commission with such powers ha? inver before, to our knowledge, ex? isted or been sugRcsted. The Inter? state Cummeree Commission, with all ils exten.ive powers for the regulation of railroads and railroad busines.*--, has 1 no such variety or scope of authority 1 as this proposed commission, while the ' decisions of the Interstate Commerc? Commission are subject to review by the ?our!? under established nil's of law." Washington. Sept. ?3. - President SCHOOL CHILDREN of GREATER NEW YORK .--Will View? MOTION PICTURES _a-? I F=R=E=E SEE Next SUNDAY'S TRIBUNE for Full Information JV ilson to-day refused to change his at? titude toward the Colorado strike situ? ation, and Indicated that the mine oper? ators mutt aceept the basis of settle? ment already agreed to by the miners or stand responsible before the country tot the result. I. F. Welborn, president of the Colo? rado Fuel and Iron Company, known a? the 'Rockefeller property," discussed the (ituation with the President and told him that some of the principal point? of the basis of agreement did not meet with the approval of his con? cern. IK- proposed nnother plan of set? tlement, but Mr. Wilson refused to take it up. It was said at the White House to? night that the President will stand be? hind the original plan of settlement, which was drawn up by a mine oper? ator and a miner named by Secretary of I.abo;* Wilson. Mr. Welborn prom? ised to lay the President's views before tee other operators and then to amd a final answer. President Wilson has expressed his disinclination to allow federal tioops to remain in the Colorado mine district much longer. CLUB'S wiiNlXGO TO SETTLE DEBTS Sheriff Takes Comedy Out of Vaudeville Comedy Membership. All the wet Mines and it I ? ine dry brands and the liquors, tin chief re? maining asset of the Vaudeville Com? edy Club, at 149 West 43d st.. which ?*?s formerly the Motel Met ropole. were sold yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Moffit, tee :ale being conduct?*?! by IianicI Groenwald, SherirT's auctioneer. The Vaude\ille Comedy C?ub, as the name suggests is or was an organiza? tion of actors and other professional men. Whatever the reason for the financial depression that caused the club to run into debt, it might be stated that the bar certainly was not at fault, for it contained a variety of beverages that any late at night club could be proud of and which gave no excuse to any member to "go out for a drink." Included in its nssorlment were champagnes of ninny vintages, spirits and even mineral waters. Notwith? standing the threat of a champagne famine in this country or at least a very large increase in the price of wine, because of a uar now being 'ought in Kurope. the ninety quart! that remained of the club's stock of champagne sold at only $36 a dozen, which is about **;> less than the usual wholesale market price, even in the most peaceful limes. And th? brand sold was one of the popular champagnes in New York. Deputy Sheriff Moflll has held nu? merous executions on judgments against the Vaudeville Comed) Club, but the sale vesterda\ was on h indi: ir.cnt of $1,200 held by the RerghofT brewery, of Fort Wayne. Ind. The bid? ders for the most part were hotel and saloon owners, so it was unnecessary tor Mr. Greenwald to announce as one of the conditions of the sale that ro "amples could be furnished, the bid? ders not wanting the wines and liijuors for their own consumption. The auction yielded 1600, which will be credited to the club on the 11,200 judgment held -by the HerghofT concern. HOUSE TAKES WAR TAX BILL TO-DAY "Gag" Rule Provides for Only Seven Hours' Debate on the Measure. I F rim Th. Tribune Mufiu I Washington. Sept. I"'!. The Demo? cratic "war tax" bill will be called ?p in the House to-morrow under a 'gag" rul" providing for only seen hour?' debate and denying all opportunity of amendment. \t a special meeting of the Rules Committee late to-da> the Underwood resolution for a rule 'o force trhe bill through whs appro?, ed by ti e Democrat*?, a concession was finally made regarding the time limit of debate, the resolut,on being amend? ed to provide seven instead of the four hours originally propose?!. Democratic members, however, ?ere unyielding to Republican pleas for op? portunity to offer amendment". The Mouse ?ill pass 'he measure a? it cam" from the Ways ami Means Committee, ami the minority must content itself wit'i an ineffective motion to recom? ?a! . H? cause of the "gag" rule the ie bat ? promises to be of an acrimoni i I nature, with Republicans assailing 'lie Democratic tariff and the extravagance of Ihe party ill power and Democrats contending thai the European ?_r alone n?H<!e nece: sary an errlerger.cy revenue bill. The Rules < ommiltee also agreed lo report h rule making privileged the administration hill for a government ?ontrolUd line of iteamers io engage in the foreign trade during the Kuro pean troubles. Consideration <>! this bill will follow- the passage of the rev? enue measure. The committee .- *ll pro \i?le that the last of the conservation bills that to conseive the radium sup? ply shall be ?idoiracked temporarily, and that a former r.ile, making the Kiii ervation pro?;*amme it order, be rescinded, The House to-day passed the third of the administration's conservation bills. It provided tha. the Secretary of the Interior, unde.- veirulatiois to ou pre? scribed by Mm, may lease oi!. gas. coal, phosphate, sodium and potassium lands located within the public domain. _?-? SHOT DOWN IM STREET Boy Chased After Man Is * Killed Held by Police. Ismlor Gottlieb, twenty-one years old. of 1067 Prospect a**., The Bronx, uhile standing with his brothers near Kast 107th St. last evening was shot in the i-hest by a boy who gave his name as Krank Ahearn, fourteen years old, of DM- Intervale av. Cottlicb died in Lebanon Hospital. Gottlieb's brothers and several thousand persons pursued the alleged assassin several blocks. The boy wsa questioned at length by the Coroner and the District Attorney, but insisted that he had nothing to do with the killing. Powder stains, the police say, were found on the boy's hand. No motive is known. ROCKEFELLER GIVES Y. M. C. A. $300,000 The board of directors of the Young Man's Christian Association of Brooklyn has announced a gift o! $.'?00.000 from John D. Rockefeller to h i-ed in furthering the enterprises >; the association in Brooklyn. One half the amount already has been paid. The balance is conditional on t ?* ability of the association to raise $*J,750,000 before January I, 1916, to co. etc all its proposed building o rations. . , Mr. Rockefeller's gift is the third large addition to the Brookljn T. II. C. A. fund in about a year. One-half Ihe amount he gave will go to-?ar?l a site for the new central branch that will be erected in Hanson Place, be? tween Fort Greene and South blliott Places. CONSUL DEFENDS CREDIT OF CHI! Agent Here Denies Ban rupt Conditions Pre? vail in Republic. _ FINANCIAL TALK AROUSES ANGE _ ; Sanchez Will Report Matter Government?Urges United States to Seek Trade. Amerting that he intended to take ? the matter with hu home govemme Ricardo Sanchez, Chilian Consul ?? eral here, hns written a letur to Wi I iam K, Grace A t'o., protesting a?*air j a speech made by Herman Gaffr? ! head of the export department, to ' meeting of business men and man ' faeturers in Brooki>n on Monda* nigl Mr. Gaffron in his speech pictured i gloomy outlo'ik for the mar.ufactui ? in search of increased trade on t I west coast of South Ameries. I urged ?hem not to send reprcscntativ I there because of the bad eonditlO ? that prevailed, lie said tl ;,? it? Ch the mines wer? closed Slid tie well, and that the countr?, in runt. Mr. (iaffron d'.scouraged man U fact I : ers from sending agents there. I ; taiil they should carry o?i their bin ne?. through the export eommtsaii i houses, r.ic consul general's lett I follows: "In tl e issue of The New York Tri j une of yesterday there appears the ? port of a meeting of the Manufacture , and Husmeas Men's Association Hronkl-.il. in which "in employe >fj*o ! 'irm Herman GalTron, bni allowed nil ?-elf to utter opinions against Chili e I tirely contrary to the truth. Tl I newspaper puts in the mouth of M Gaffron the following phrase: " 'i hili eras bi nkiupt.' "Chili suffers at this ?ime the cons quences and ih?- ineonveniences occ sioned by the European conflict, as a the neutral countries suffer, "In ?'.hili ih? y hnve adopted extrao dinar) means to aid irdustry and cor inerce. just ?is they have been ?d?>ot< in this country from measures i patriotism -and prudence, such as 'I closing nf the Stock Kxchange, in o 1 .??i t?? avoid n'genero! liquidation; in it ha? not occurred t?> any one to sa thai 'bis country is bankrupt. "It is not to ha? borne thai .111 a 11 1 ployc of i firm which a-.ist? to a ere: extent from th. rtusinesa it. obtaii ! from Chili Ul put forth false mini??! concerning that eountry. I ??.?sh i protest m my chara-te,- as eun?ul get aTal of Chili in the I'nited States I the he: ?I of the firm. "Hy the first mail will remit to tl" supreme government the report a luded to." Nitrate of soda .* the principal e: ? port of Chili, most of it going to Ge: many. It is true that tne war lias ci this market off, Mr. Sanche/ said, bi tin 'nines did not close. Instead, th : government came to the aid of th ! muer': by paying them a certain sui : for each ton mined. This was to I : tried until a market appeared. Mr. Sanchos ?aid he rxpecUd th ' Lulled States to take a large amout I of Chilian nil rat a- in the next fe months. Mr. Sanche! cited an example of ho little attention American pay to i> crea. e?l trade ??ill? Chili. The ?oven 'ment, he said, which owns the rai roadr, sent inquiries to r ft;- exportai ? her?- for nnn.non tons of <*oai a year f? three? year?. Only one exporter too enough interest to rail on the cnn-i general ar.l And out the beat way t 1 gatiing the or?l?'i. < hili has heretofoi gol its coal ! i"tn Wales. LOZIER MOTOR TROUBLE Detroit Automobile Concer Placed ir. Hands of Receiver. m Pel? ?rar* '" T''' l"i ?? Detroit, Sept. 20. The Loxier Moto Compaii? ?a- placed in the hands of receiver to-day by United State- Dit trii't Judge Tuttle and prohibite?! frot manufaeturiiig or --elling ears until th eompany ?'?m b?? reorganized The ac l?'Ui ua-? lake?n at the h??iir on th g a t ? ? ion of creditors t?? liavi h.- con com thrown into bankruptcy. The De Irnit Trust Company was appointed rf eeiver under bond of $25,000, and th bond of the creditors filing the peti tion ??a - fixed at 11,000. Il is the intention of the court to al lo\? the service department ?>f the I,o /ier motor company tu continue opera lion. In order that no hardship <>n own ors ?if new cars should result. The court did '?"? anpoint an attor ? ney for the receiver, desiring to keei I expense a? low as possible, hh?I ex prrs.e-l the wish that a reorgani/.at 101 be speedil* accomplished. Kred G Dewey represented the creditors In th? hearing and William B. ?ady appear??! for the company. KILLS SELF AND CHILD Mother in Grief for Husbant Dies at Home Altar. I'rable to endure the loss of hei husband, ??ho died two weeks age?, Mrs Anna Hursha. of 1 101 Bristow st., The Bronx, turned on the gas as she and her six-year-old daughter lay in bed When found yesterday one of Mr? Ilursha's hands clutched a crucitix, I while in the centre of the room stood an improvised altar. Milk outside the eloor that had ti.it ? been taken in in three days led to an ! investigation. By the bed were two letters, one addressed ft) the jani'or and the other to a relative, Mrs. U. Tantsi, of '371 Kast 158th lt., The Bronx. MAYOR FIGHTS FOR IMPROVED HARBOR Writes President Urging Money to Complete Dredging of East River. ? Outlining the importance of the proposed Kast River improvements in? cluded in the River and Harbor ap? propriation bill, whia-Ti Congrega voted to cut from $34.000.000 to S'JO.OOO.OOO, Mayor Mitchel wro:o to President Wil? son yesterday in <in effort to insure the completion of work originally planned for New York Harbor. The item in the River and Hsrbor b'.il as introduced in Congress, the Mayor wrote, inclu?ied a provision for t.ic deepening of the Kast River chan? nel from twenty-six feet to thirty-five feet. It ?*as imperative, he said, that Coenties Reef, now twenty-six feet below the surface, be dredged to a freater depth, as two of the United ruit Company's steameis went aground there in the past year. A tunnel of *he new subway system will : pa K beneath the reef, the Mayor told the President, and unless the dredging I is done first life and property may be ; endangered. "New York, with .'?0 per cent of the ! imports and exports of the country fiassing through its port, has received ess thsn 1 per cent of the ?M.IOH.ono, i 000 heretofore sppropnated by the 1 government for river and harbor de I vtlopment," Mayor Mitchel stated. SEES OUR FATE INVOLVE! Dean Bouton, of N. Y. U. Speaks on War to Students. Chancellor Klmer R. Brown at Uni versity Heights officially opened Ne*. York University yesterday with a pie for international peace. "I hopo and pray," he said, "that war fare mny come to an end with the ter 1 miration of this war. But it can onl; j ?orne to an end as the result of a grea i truggle against war." Dean A. L. Bouton, of the College o I Arts aid Pure Science, told the ne*. | students that our fnte was deeply in i volved in the terrible struggle ii Europe. "Upon the generation," he said ' "whose representatives sit in front o j me, will fall unparalleled problems o I inadaptation ami reconstruction, per i haps involving for a time the responsi I billtlea of economic leadership in th< I world's affairs. "When our thoughts are less op pressed by the present tragedy of de j struction we shall be well nigh over ! whelmed by the volume of these re ? eponsibilities and, let us add reverently j without exultation, opportunities." ?C0MST0C? AGAIN ! FAILS AS CENSOR | District Attorney's Office Approves of "The Beau? tiful Adventure." Anthony Comstock, who compiaine?! i to the District Attorney's office about I the alleged objectionable scenes in I "The Beautiful Adventure," has again j failed to qualify as a dramatic censor. Assistant District Attornev William : A. De ford and his secretary, l.loyd , Willis, attended the performance of tin pluy at the Lyceum on Monday night i to determine if Mr. Comstock's allega? tions were well grounded. As a result the play is praised for its delicacy and 1 spirit. The following section o'' a letter which was sent to Mr. Whitman by Mr. De Ford and Willis eras made public at the office of the District Attorney: "The plHy i ? a sprightly comedy of the French type, and con'ains no ob? jectionable matter, either in lines or ac? tion, unless it he a discussion of a -?ex and social problem, presented in the last part of the second act. The lines of the part of the second act referred 1 to portray a phase of romantic love of a nature so delicate and intimate as rermits either it< expression or por? trayal without, vulgarity. "The action of this part of the plav. as distinguished from the dialogue. Is marked by restraint, and delicacv, an.1 has in itself no objectionable feature?. The play is neither indecent, immoral ? r improper within the meaning of the provisions of our penal law as they have hitherto been interpreted and ap r lied." The District Attorney'- office will ? taVe no finther retion in the mutter. doct?rIeld in abduction case Warrant Out for Physician in Whose Home Girl Was Found. A warrant for the arrest of Dr. Henry F. Risch. of 2416 Clarendon Rqad! Flatbu.h. on a charge of aiding the abduction of Margaret Murtha, the I fourteen-year-old Brooklyn girl who i was fourni in his home Tuesday night, was issued yesterday by Magistrate (.cismar in the FUtbush Court. Dr. Right whs arrested last night. The Sir! ia in the custody of the Children ociety, and Samuel Jacobion, twent two veers old. a Jewelry salesman, < 87 Maiden Lane, Manhattan, living i 1556 Atlantic av., Brooklyn, is in a ce in the Snyder sv. police station on serious chsrge preferred by the girl mother, Mrs. Susan Murtha, of 145 Fuiton st. After a raid on the house, .lacobso and the girl told detectives thst the had been living together at the horn of Dr. Risch. The physician, ho*a evcr. declared that they had bee boarding there. The detectives sa that Dr. Risch previously denied an knowledge of the whereabouts of th Murtha girl, who hss been tnissin since July ''0. The police sre mystifie by the physicisn's connection with th case, as Dr. Risch has a good profei sional reputation in South Brooklyr He could not be found to-day when th police went to his home to serve th warrant. Although it waa known that Jacobsoi was intimate with the Murtha girl, de fictives ??ere unable to get any infor mation out of him and had given ui the case when they saw Jacobson las Sunday at Coney Islsnd. They trailei him to the home of Dr. Risch. Th? r>ext evening, at the front door, the; talked so loudly that the physiciai came out and threatened to rcpor them. Miss Adele Murtha, a sister o the missing girl, meanwhile ran int< the house and feiund Margaret in bed She appears to be about eighteen yean old ami was very pale and tearful whet she appeared yesterday in court. Shi said she had worked as a servant dur ing her stay with I)r. Risch and, al though she received no wages, wai well treated. CLEARYN0TYETIND1CTEC Report of Grand Jury Actioi Denied by Prosecutor. Haverstraw, N. Y.. Sept. 23. Friend? of Fred Newman, whose son Kugen? ???? shot ami killed by his father-in law. Town t'lerk William V i'lcary brought word to Newman to-day that ? 'leary had been indicted at Now City for murder in the first degree, anal the news sprea?! like wildlire, but Dis? trict Attorney Cagan denied absolutely to a Tribune reporter that anything of the kind had occurred. "The grand jury," he said, "has not reported, anil until it reports it will not be known what its finding is. Its deliberation? are secret." "Occasionally, however," said the re porte'r. "that secret leaks out." "Well, it ?vont in this case, I can tell you," Mr. Cagan replied. "And you can rest assured that the indict? ment ?tory is not true." KILLED BY HIS STEPSON Boy, 13 Years Old, Shoots Barber After a Quarrel. .lohn Mandoo, fifty-two -ear? obi. -, barber. of KM'.? Manhattan av., Wil1 ?ami-burg, w,?s shot in the chest last night iay Louis Salenti, fifteen -ear ??I?! hi1 ?tens?n. Mandoo ?lie?! whil ? being taken to a hospital. Salenti. who lives with relatives at 131 Dupont st., refused to give the no lice lap.- explanation. It wa* sao) at Mandoo'* home that the boy had been ordered fr >m t le house, an?; returned ? ith a r?n ol> er. SELECT 2 AMBASSADORS P. J. Stimson for Argentina and H. P. Fletcher for Chili. Washington, Sept. 2o. President U i I son ami Secretary Bryan conferred I to-daj on diplomatic appointments. agreeing, it i? understood, to name Frederic Je up Stimson. lawyer, novel? ist and professor at Harvard Univers? ity, to be the tirst Amba'sador to Ar? gentina, and to promote Henry Prather Fletcher, now Minister to Chili, ??? be ambassador t<? that country, Both post recently ??ere nii^od from lega? tions to embassies. NEW TRADE PACT WITH CZAR LIKELY Diplomats Expect Treaty Giving American Jews Passport Rights. Washington, Sept. 23. - Russia's man? ifestation of friendship for the United Sutes expressed in her snnounced in? tention of signing e pesce commission tresty msy Icsd to negotistions for a new treaty of commerce and navigation between the two countries to replace the one abrogated during the Taft ad? ministration This ?as the view of many diplo? matists and officials when it became known that Secretary Bryan had re? ceived word of the intention of the Russian government to negotiate a treaty along the same lines as those with Great Britain. France. Spain and China, reported favorably by the Sen? ate to-day. These treaties would sub? mit all disputes that cannot be set? tled by diplomacy to "a permanent com? mission for investigation during a pe? riod of one year and are regarded by the Washington government ax a prar tical safeguard against the sudden out? break of war. Officials expressed the view that Rus? sia's reported modification of stringent regulations against ihe Jews because of their loyalty to the government in its struggle in ihe present European war might pave the way for an under? standing for a new treaty. The treaty was denounced by < ongres? and became moperalive January I. 19)3. because it was interpreted by Russia as permit ting the exclusion of American Jew? from her dominions. Afterward Russia r-m-iined inflexible and it came to be understood here the' any negotiations for a new pact must be initiated by the L'nited States. Ihe Russian government gave no indication that it would recede from its practice of excluding American Jews from Rus? sia, and it was intimated that should ? new treaty be entered into it would omit any references to free travel o' Americans in Rusiia. Secretary Bryan announced to-night that Sweden had agreed to sign a peace commission treaty along the lines o' those previously signed with other na? tions. Thi?, brings the number of peace treaties up to twenty-eight, including those negotiated and in process of con? summation. Neither Germany nor Japan has signified a willingness to ?ign similar pact* as yet. but the sub? ject 's und?-r consideration by them. WATER GAP SOUNDS CALL Glowing Beauties Await Fall Vacationists. \ i. 11 la H al? ? ',??? \ .'?"i i<> "?:..?. -aie: \ ?? eutuni '., ttoni ,i - i ?? is" -i * The charms of the Delaware Water (jap are held o-.it to those uho have waited to take their vacation till the cri.-pness of autumn is in !he. air and the mountain .-?des begin to glow with crimson and gold. F.ndless are the attractions which th.- resorts in the (iap region offer to those who seek the chi.nge from city sights and sounds to countryside delights golf. tenais, horseback riding, for those who are strenuously ? inclined, and quietei sports for the tired hustler. The Water Gap, whil strictly a mountainous region, differing from our immediate surroundings, is only two ??ml one-half hours distant. The Water Cap is a part of the Blue Ridge chain that runs parallel with the Atlantic Coast t'ar into the South. The White Mountains, in New Hampshire: the Creen Mountain-, in Vermont, and the ( atskills are part of 'he ?a??'- chain. KING An unusual opportunity to secure a new motor car at a "used car" price The advent of the 1915 Model "C" left a very limited number of 1914 Model "B" cars on our hands. These cars are absolutely new and, with the exception of a few chassis refinements and a change of body model, are equal to any car of this class on the market. In fact, it is this Model "B" which has won such a distin? guished reputation for the KING name in Europe and the tropics. The regular price of this car was $1195, Ward Leonard system included. For a quick sale we will let these cars go for $995 Completely Equipped. Model "B," 30-35 H.P. 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