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0L5 WEATHER FOREC Fair to-day and to-morrow; i moderate northwest and ' Highest temperature yesterday, Detailed weather reports will be round VOL. LXXXVII.?NO. HOOVER SHOWS HOW POLICIES OF HARDING nAium mn nnnnnnniTV ruini iuiwbiuu: National Debt Cut More Than Billion and Taxes *800.000,000. * MAIN DANGERS GONE / These Were 'Naval Rivalry With England and Rising Conflict With Japan.' A I,LIED CBEDIT BE VIE WED | Secretary Explains British Ob- j ligation Is 45 Per Cent. j of the Total. Bvtfial Dispatch to Tui Nrw Yoek Hbiai.d. 1 Grand Rapids, Oct. 17.?Secretary of Commerce Hoover in a speech here to-day on "Eighteen Months of Business in Government' reviewed the work and accomplishments of Ate Harding Administration. "When the Administration came into power in March, 1921," he said, "we were in the midst of the greatest commodity crisis in our history, wherein prices had fallen an average of 40 per cent, and the industrial productivity of the country was operating on less ! than a CO per cent, basis. We were j confronted with stagnation of com rrv rcp, business and industry. "We wore faced with 4,000,000 or s.000,000 unemployed. Our commerce was suffering from overwhelming taxes. The administration of the Government was wasteful and extravagant. Our expenditures on armament were enormous and threatened further Increases. We were still without peace with Germany and Austria. We were In the midst of gigantic naval races with Great Britain. We were steadily drifting Into war with Japan. Respect for America abroad was at its lowest ebb. Peace First Made Sore. "IT we were to have a recuperation' iti business the first necessity was to | secure a solid peace. Therefore peace j treaties w?re settled with the former! enemy l>y which American rights were ] protected and business and commercial I relations with them were restored. The' Washington arms conference was sum- | moiied and succeeded in not only re-. during navies of the entire world but | beyond this it settled the two outstanding dangers In our generation?naval rivalry with Englund and the rising conflict with Japan; reestablished respect for America throughout the world; enabled us to at once reduce the expenditure on armaments and saved us from a vast Increase of expenditure had we maintained this race of arms. "The second outstanding mark to be attacked was the reduction of governmental expenditure and taxes. Departments of the Government have been v igorously reorganized. Over 68,0001 civilian employees have been discharged.! The army has been reduced front] 2 '5.000 to 188,000 men. We have re-1 dtieed the navy from 134.000 men to '4.000 men. The budget system was ' uted and accounting and coordinu-1 tlon of governmental expenses was r iabltahed for the first time. "As a result of hammering for cconorny in every direction, the expenditures of the Federal Government have been n duced from $">.538,000,000 for the year ended June 30, 1921. to an expenditure not exceeding $3,770,000,000 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1923. for which appropriations have already been made and the budget sctUed. There has therefore been a- reduction in expenditure by $1,768,000,000. Retlnctlon In the Debt. "In the meantime, between March 3, 1921, and September 30. 1922, the national debt has been reduced front $24,0 45.000.000 to *22.812.000.1*00, a reduc; ion of $1,233,000,000. "The funding commission has been established to handle the foreign debt. 1'ruetically no Interest or payments on principal has been made by foreign Governments during tho previous administration. T.'nder this funding commission we are rapidly reaching a settlement with the British Government. which comprises 4.. per cent, or mis d?bt by which their payments are to begin at once. This will bring into our Treasury somewhere from $175,000,000 to $200,000,000 per annum. "The various bureaus having to do tv it It care of our veterans w ere consolidated and reorganised. When the administration came In there were 3000,000 cases of disabled men accumulated and not attended to. They have been cleared up and to-day over 187,000 disabled men aro receiving assistance from the Government In one form or another. Including vocational training. This is Indeed the only increase in expendlture ti$at wo have permitted for here we have used over $100.000,oon per annum from economies In other directions. "Liberty bonds have been regtorwJ to par with an Increase of 14 per cent. In value since March 4, 1921, or a saving J ..f over $.1.0no.000,000 to the U.OOO.nno holders of Government securities. Grad- | ually the great national debt Is being converted into new securities at lower rates of Interest, and with a steady saving to tarpayers. Vast Tax Itedaetlsn. "Taxes have been reduced by over $100.000,000 by repeal of the nuisance taxes and other war taxea. There remaina much to he done, but eighteen months Is too short a time to do everything. "Tnere are some who vUtualixe our i final expenditure only In the groae sum, and who from this assume that by some fairy wand several billion more can be cut off. Better understanding of the character of our expenditures would correct that much misinformation. Of this year's budget of some $.1,770,000,not) Continued .on Pace Two. TtienMenl h ?| H?M end Itestanrant. i ! ,t: 4 >Ul t'ui,u in l'sfct 5.?phis I 0 Y / / /A OCT 19'2? :ast- h hpt cooler to-day; v* west winds. J [ 73; lowest, 51. on eSltortal pogo. 49?DAILY. BELLEAU POST VET ELANS I GIVES UP 'Why Try to Bamboozle Pul zations Have Right tc Mass?" Its Mem The members of Belleau Woods Post [ No. 238, Veterans of Foreign Wars, composed of former marines who saw service with the Fifth and Sixth Murine regiments in France, voted last j night, at a meeting in the Hotel Penn- , sylvania, to surrender them charter to , the parent body on the ground that 1 fhn hie' vetornn nrpa ni*n t inn s nf this country were dipping too deeply into ' politics. ! , The action of the post' followed the , adoption of a resolution by Commander Merle McAllister, which declared that members of national veteran organizations have made marked efforts to capitalize their associations to gain political office, and that both of the big veteran organizations?presumably i the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the j American Legir 1?take it upon them-! selves to repr .ent the great mass of I service men who do npt belong to i either. Because of continued misrepresentation, the resolution says, the light of suspicion and self seeking has been thrown on the activities of these organization^. , Commander McAllister explained after the meeting that the membership of the post exceeded 400, and that they held more decorations for SMMAN DECISION OPENS CASE ANEW! Justice Tompkins Files Opin-i ion Challenging Jurisdiction of Special Term. TO APPELLATE DIVISION Denial Is 3Iade That Justice Morschauser Could Not Sustain Referee's Report. The divorce case of Jaraef A. Stillman and Mrs. Anne U. Still man wa-s reopened yesterday, when Justice Arthur S. Tompkins of the Supreme Court filed an opinion at White Plains challenging the Jurisdiction of the Special Term which confirmed the findings of Referee Daniel Olenson and asserting that the Special Term before him in Rockland county was the only one which had jurisdiction in the case. The derision, automatically reopening the case, sends It to the Appellate Division for a determination of the question of Jurisdiction. The general feeling among lawyers fnmiliar with the Stillman case last night was that Justice Tompkins's decision was couched in such terms as to give ground for the belief that if the higher court sustains him in his Jurisdictional contention he will not sustain the report of the referee, as did Justice Joseph S. Morschauecr. It was said that If he had been inclined to agree with Justice Morschauser he would not have tiled a separate decision on any feature of the <-rho and added to the Confusion in which the whole matter now seems to be entangled. Mr. Stlllman's uttornev aitrmpted all along to have the report come befo* Justice Tompkins for decision, and on Septenjber 29 obtained an ordev to show cause on October 7 why the report should not come before him at Nyack at once. Counsel for Ouy Htlllinan had obtained a similar order rett; u ible before Justice Morschauser, but Justice Tompkins contends that the order to show cause befor? him was obtained several hours before the other. Therefore, he continued, his court had Jurisdiction. GEORGE HAS BIG LEAD IN GEORGIA PRIMARY j Far Ahead of Hardwick for Senate Nomination. Atlanta. Oct 17 < Associated Press). ?With twenty-six counties to he heard from In to-day's special .Senatorial primary the nomination ot Judge Walter F. George of Vienna to succeed the late United States Senator Thomas E. Watson was virtually assured, according to Incomplete unofficial returns. Of the 116 counties tabulated he had earrled 104, rs compared with 24 for f?ov. Thomaa W. Hardwick. who was credited with 96 county unit votes, lie will succeed Mrs. W. H. Folton. appointed successor to Senator Watson by Gov. Hardwick. CLYDE UNER AGROUND WITH 247 PASSENGERS The Lenape Is Fast Off St Johns Bar, Florida. Jacksonville. Oct. 17.?The steamship Lenape. 3,869 tons, queen of the Clyde j Line fleet, with 247 passengers bound ! from New Tork for this port, went : aground off the St Johns Rar to-day \ and was still hard and fast to-night. Two tugs were standing by while the Lenape maintained constant wireless communication with her sister ship, the Arapahoe, here. No danger was felt for the passengers, although the weather was becoming heavy. ARMY FLIER KILLED. Lien*. Kail Falls BOO Fret, tend* In Kan Antnnlo .afreet*. Pan Antonio, Oct. 17.?Lieut. Walter A. Ball, 27, stationed at Kelly Field, was crushed to death this morning when > Ills airplane fell r,00 feet. He was flying over the city and the | plane crashed at tho Intersection of two highways. Ball was married, his wife residing here. \ IE NE c NEW YORK, ATTACKS !( N POLITICS, v ITS CHARTER )lic Into Believing Organi) Be Spokesmen for bers Demand. <; heroism than any other single veteran group in the country. "In the last few months." ho said, 'we have seen a past national commander gain election as Sheriff of his home county iluo to his veteran ac- . livity, and now, over in Brooklyn, we see James P. Kiernan, State commander. running for the Assembly and asking the support of veterans. "Why-try to bamboor.le the public into believing that national veteran organizations composed of less than one-tenth of the men eligible for membership have the right to act as spokesmen for the mass of veterans or to declare their policies and fads as conforming to the ideas of the ' majority who have never been members of these associations? "It is mere sham for an organization officered by inferior, self-semiring I men to try to persuade the public that they exist to serve and repres?<H the mass of veterans. It is only history repeating itself that organizations should be formed merely to allow aggressive but very ordinary aid unidealistlc persons to gain importance that they never could attain as t private citizens. It is time to be dure . with supporting petty politicians seek- ' ing advantage through official connection with veteran associations." SIR PAUL DUKES WED! TO MRS.0GDEN MILLS; Representative's Ex-Wife Met j, British War Hero at Nyack ^ Spirit Club. s BOTH JOINED <OOM*S? CULT T ! f Details of Marriage Are Mys-11 terious?Couple Reputed t on Ocean Honeymoon. if The marriage of Sir Paul Dukes, . British writer and lecturer, to Mrs. j Margaret Butherfurd Mills, former wile of Ogden L. Mills and stepdaugh- 4 ter of William K. Vanderbilt, became known last night when a copy of n marriage license issued to them Was found luid away in the office of the 1 County Clerk at Xyack. t Priends of the couple, who insisted 1 that they were not even sure whether ! they had been married and who either { refused to tell anything about the ro- o tnance or were exceedingly evasive. 1 tttxiA t V,o, holint'oil rmmlo Hurl ^ sailed lust Saturday on the steamship Olympic. There was a report that they had sailed the previous Tuesday on the Bercngnria, but steamship officials said that two reservations taken out in their names were canceled later. That both Sir Paul and Mrs. Mills intended to keep their wedding and whereabouts secret is indicated from two notires that appeared yesterday in a newspaper in Nyack. One notice said that Sir Paul had started for Kurope. and that he would be gone for two weeks, ufter which he would return for a lecture tour. Relieved to Br on Orna. The other notice said simply that Mrs. Mills had Joined her sister, Mrs. Cyril Hatch of Greenwich. Conn., and that they were going West for a month's rest. But instead of their going in opposite directions, friends close to both of them admitted their belief that they wore somewhere on their way to a honeymoon In Europe. The only person who definitely confirmed the marriage was Montague Glass of 437 Elfth avenue, who managed Sir Paul's last lecture tour. He said they were married the early part of last week and had sailed for Kurope. n Some friends said the ceremony was I performed at Nyack. t Representative Ogden Mills was seen t at th< National Republican Club an<l * said he knew nothing of the activities i of his former wife, and that he had i heard nothing of the marriage, Kike- * wise. Dr. Bernard, whose %ili title Is t"Oom the Omnipotent and living Guru t of the Tantrlks." was uncommunicative, t Sir Paul and Mrs. Mills met first in J r Petrograd about five years ago. when j Sir i Paul was octln t ss the agent of [ j thcMlrltlsh Secret Her vice. It was dur- v Ing the first days of the Soviet regime, t with the attendant bloodshed and famine and the manv plots and counter " plots, that Sir Paul gulncd much of the material he has used In the last two or three years in his writings and lectures, lie Joined the Red army as a British spy. and. when the Bolslie- 1) vlkt learned of this and set a pile*- on t his head, he managed to escape. lie 1' and Mrs. Mills met again when he cami i to the United States to lecture. Soon after Mrs. Mills obtained a dl- d vorce In Paris In May. 1H20, both she and Sir Paul became Interested in Dr a Pierre A. Bernard, who Is the leader | of a spiritualist cult at Nyack. l>r. , 0 Bernard lives at the Brae Burn Club with his followers about him. and the? | refer to him as the "Omnipotent Oom." ! hired at Spirit (lob. | It was learned las; night that Sir Pau' i and Mrs. Mills had be. n at the Bra. | Bum Club for several months. But when they disappeared and when th. ceremony was performed and what theh i a plans were?all theso were points which ; their friends either could not or would r not divulge. c Benjnmln Haas. Justice of the Peace c at Vvark .admitted that he knew of I the marriage, but he said it would be p "Impossible to May anything morn." There r was a report that Justice tlaas performed the marriage ceremony. v When Sir Paul and Mrs. Mills ap- I pen red to get the marriage license she n gave her age as 30 and he as 33. She )i said that her full name was Margaret t : i t t ontlnaed on Page Plot en. a y ;wyo COPTr.lCliT, 1922. BT THE S WEDNESDAY, OCTOBE JOHALAN TELLS HOW j MURPHY SPLIT THAT COST SUPPORT CAME Surrogate Says That Boss Objected to Reappraisal of Pulitzer Estate. CAN'T CONTROL ME': lurist Asserts He Declared. Tm Not One of Your Bartenders.* RA WEST PEA 1/?.1E ROME Lawyer Compares Nominee's Rejection to Time Croker T>efie<l People. Surrogate John T\ Cohalan told fori he first time last night in Town Hall he story of his break with Charles ?\ Murphy, Tammany leader. Quoting the words of their last inerview, the Surrogate declared the ;pllt came because he insisted upon n eappraisal of the estate of Joseph Pulitzer, which added >2,000,000 to its alue and which resulted in the New ifork World "getting on Murphy's leek." It was for that he was reused a. nomination, he said. Again turning loose on Murphy, Sam Coenig and the "highbrows'' who always are shouting for a free judiciary md now refuse to stand up and he ounted, William Trovers Jerome deicribed the rejection of Cohalan as 'the rawest deal since the day Croker iemanded what the people were going o do about it." He denounced in leromesque fashion the "grafters who ay their foul hands on the Judiciary" or reasons of personal spite and famly preference. The Town Hall was not filled, but here was much enthusiasm. John W. ?off, formerly Supreme Court Justice, iresided and said that when party leaders dictate nominations as in this case he freedom of the bench was destroyed, do criticized the party leaders for tuning down Cohalan, and urged the audlince tc work to arouse the public to the ; longer Involved. HUtorj of ? ??r. "T took office atr-Surrogate on January , 1300. Mr. Cohalan said. "For four 'ears I was practically unmolested by I he Boss. In 191S Murphy asked me to iclp lilm get the World off his neck, as te put it. "The World case to which Murphy reerred was the matter of inheritance tax in the estate of Joseph Pulitzer. Shortly >eforc this talk with Murphy I rejected ho report of the appraiser as an under raiuanon or trie estate ami sent it u&ck a the appraiser for further testimony, ["he reappraisal which I ordered added learly $2,000,000 o ttic value of the is tat*. "About ten days prior to this ocoalion I called on Murphy at the suggeslon of James J. Prawley, then a mem?or of the Senate, to inform Murphy hat he had a misconception regarding; he provisions of a bill which bad passed :he 1911 Legislature and which passed he Senate the following year. "The bill in question provided that ho transfer fax appraisers should be -ompefent persons appointed by the Sur ogates and not by the State Comptrol- j er. The purpose was to prevent large >statos from dodging tr.o inheritance tax hrough incompetents or worse and thus leprlvtng the State of its Just share )f the estates. "I saw Murphy and after we discussed the merits of the bill he said :hat his advisers had told him that it tave everything to the lawyers. I jointed out to him that such was not he case, thnt the bill provided in this egard that competent persons, regardess of their railing, should be appointed :o appraise estates. no Easy With Them. "Murphy then asked me to write him i letter, addressed to his home, in which was to explain the provisions of the 1 (ill. as he and his advisers intended to j ako tip the question the next day. This j vas on Friday, late in January, or early n February of 1913. "About ten days afterward T again aw Murphy in Tammany Hall. He iegan the conversation by telling me hat he admired courage, but was sorry o see me antagonising a powerful lewspaper. Then said Murphy; " 'Don't think I'm trying to Influence our decision. T want you to help m-? fith the H'orld matter. Go easy with hem If you can.' " 'I don't follow you,' f replied tVhat's that got to do with the hill?' 'Yon Can (> to Hell." " 'Well.' said Murphy, 'th? World has ieen on my neck for a long time, and I | hlnk If you don't push them too har.l j t wouldn't hurt any of u?' "I said ; 'I understand you thoroughly, j tut wrtfle I'm Surrogate I'll make the leolslons.' "Then Murphy turned his back on m,nd mumbled. "I said: 'Turn around here. I'm not ne of your bartenders. Tou Can't treat Continued on I'#** Seven, es - w e - ? /V Lats Lett by Sumn Sadden Lift pfriaI fH/ipatrh In Tris Nrw Tot* HasAi.r [ i'ait Mat, N. J., Oct. 17.?Cat* to the ight of them, cats to the left of them, ats In front of them. That l.t what onfrontu the residents of shore resorts n the fall of tho year after the slimier visitors who occupy cottages have (turned home. Residents of the shore resorts, together elth sportsmen and the Society for the reventlon of Cruelty to Dumb Animals, ire going to Join hands to ask the legtsitors at Trenton to make It nn offer-" o bring cats to the shore and |ea>. hem In the fall. One of the Lest ! luthorltlcs on same in ihe ;-Jti>tc said 4 ?RK H UN-HERALD CORP OKATIO.V.J ip 1 Q 1 QOO ENTERED >B SE ilV lO, XVid?>. POST OFFICE, ( 1 ; \ i Capital Has 124 Liquor | Arrests in 48 Hours Special Dispatrlt ?oTiie Nr.w IIoalo. Xm Vork llrrtllil llureuu, 1 Washington. D. Oct. 17. ( THE capital of the nation made a fair record in the sale, use and abuse of John llurleycorn within the last few days. Four hundred and lifty-thrce arrests were made in forty-eight hours, 101 of which were for drunkenness, five for driving automobiles while Intoxicated and eighteen for violations of the Volstead and other dry laws. Three persons were carried to hospitals for treatment after consuming bad liquor. HAND EXTENDS TIME OF SHIP LIQUOR WRIT Rntorvos llnekian mi PI on 1*1-11' Permanent Injunction in Daujyherty Order. RULING P?V SATURDAY Federal Aitorney Says Government's Plan Is a Mvsv tery'to Him. Judge 1 .earned Hand in the United States District Court yesterday re- 1 served decision on the applications of American and foreign owned steamship lines for permanent injunctions restraining Government officials from putting into effect Attorney-General Daugherty's ruling that vessels must carry no liquor inside the three mile limit, even under seal, when touching at American ports. The temporary order issued a week ago by Judge Hand restraining Fedoral officers from enforcing provisions of the Daugherty ruling was extended until he reaches a decision. The temporary order, he declared, will be valid until tho entry of his order on the motion for a judgment. He hinted that his decision might be handed down by Saturday, the date set for the Daugherty ruling to become effective. The foreign lines affected by the extension of the temporary restraining order were the Cunand. Anchor, White Star. French. International Navigation, Holland-America, Scandinavian-American and the Royal Mull i.Steam Packet. The American lines were the Interna- ; JtZt.'v-ajviile Marine < aumariy and the United American. Judge Hand's reservation came after he had heard arguments by a brilliant array of attorneys for the several complainant companies and from William Hity ward. United States Attorney, in 1 behalf of the Government officials in- j vol ved. The latter were Secretary of; the Treasury Mellon, Henry C. Stuart. ! acting Collector for the Port of New j York and Ralnh A D.iv I'Vdpral nrn hlbition enforcement ofllcer for the State of New York. Doesn't Know United I'lnna. Mr. Hayward, arguing for the Government, objected to a motion made by counsel for the foreign lines for the i granting of a temporary stay, valid I until a decision by the United States Supreme Court. In denying the contention of his opponents that serious damage would be Caused to the steamship lines by the enforcement of the Daugherty ruling before a final Supreme Court decision he said the Government had been courteous in the matter and trad gone to great lengths to avoid embarrassment to ship owners. He declared also that, lie did not know the intentions of the Treasury Department. whieh he represented, or of the Government, and accordingly could do nothing but object to the motion for an Indefinite stay. Mr. Hayward closed the Government's case by arguing that the ships constituted "territory of the United States" in the meaning of the Federal prohibition act. He quoted British legal opinion in support. Vi-chten Van Veeder was the first attorney to speak for the foreign linos. 1 He contended they were not within any of the express prohibitions of the prohibition laws, and that be ause of their generality should not be applied In a special sphere not coverei by the eighteen 111 Amendment. Liquor carried u . ship stores, he said, does not come within the term "transportation within" the United States. Ductus H. Beers, appearing for the Cuttard-Anchor line-i. argued that intoxicating liquor lawfully acquired and kept ; sealed at sea store? Is legal within tli? territorial waters of the United States.: An act of commerce, he asserted should not apply to the Internal affairs of :? foreign vessel touching these ports. "Possession alone." said Mr. Beers, "is not a violation of the prohibition act and any attempt of Congress to penalize possession Is beyond Its powers under the Eighteenth Amendment." | j He pointed out that the Alaska prohibition law. which went into effect two years before the Eighteenth Amendment, said It applied to domestic and foreign ships alike. "In the Alaska law " continued Mr. Beers, "the Congress made an explicit declaration in the act that it was to apply to botli class of ships. If Congress, in the act affecting prohibition in the United States, had expressly applied it ! to sea stores that settled It." ier Visitors i of Shore Citizens I here to-day that only yesterday he saw a cat with a rahblt the feline had caught i and kilted. The rabbit was as large as , the out. Robin*, small quail anil other i < bird life have suffered (treat Inroads by < eats. i In one yard at a shore resort the . other day eleven rats wore counted, i Farmers say that cat* are known, when hungry, to eat whole flocks of chickens I and that the farmers have had to dispense with rats' services a* catchers of rodents. Fishermen tell of the cats raiding flsh basket* alone the shore. The animate even fl*h the sullies for -mall flsh. ERAL COND CLASS MATTER. NEW YORK. N. Y. PRESBYTERY FIGHTS ' FOSDIGKS SERMONS IN NEW YORK PULPIT Philadelphia Body Sends a Protest to General Assembly. VIRGIN BIRTII DENIED Appeal Made to lliyh Tribunal as Minister Is Baptist. IS PROFESSOR IN I'XION Discourse Preached in Old First Church Here Causes Storm. Spenat Dispatch to The New Yo?k Herald. Philadelphia. Oct. 17.- The Presbytery of Philadelphia has sent a formal protest to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church against the kind of preaching that is being dotte ] in the First Presbyterian Church in New York, preaching said to be against the Presbyterian Confession of 1 Faith. The Rev. Dr. Clarence Eld- ; ward Macartney, pastor of the Arch | Street Presbyterian Church, spurred j his colleagues here into action. The Rev. Dr. Harry Kmerson Fos-; dick is associate pastor of the New j York church, but his name is not mentioned in the protest, or overture, as it i is technically known. Dr. Fosdlck is not a Presbyterian, but a Baptist clergyman, and for eleven years occupied ! a Baptist pulpit in Montclalr. N*. J. He is also professor of practical theol- I ogy in the Union Theological Seminary in mew iorK. Raymond m. fosoicK, associated with John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and recently mentioned as a possible head for the University of Chicago, is his brother. The overture, or resolution, was adopted by the presbytery at a stormy session yesterday afternoon In Chambers Wylle Memorial Presbyterian Church, The Presbyterian Church has no jurisdiction over a Baptist minis- j tor, but Dr. Macartney nn.l his adherents contend that the General Assembly 1ms Jtt: isuiction over the kind ot sermons that shall be delivered from Presbyterian pulpits. Sermon Thnt (rinsed ?t1r. Dr. FosdicU preached a sermon en- j titled "Shall the Fundamentalists Win?" , in the First Presbyterian Church. Nen l'ork, last May, and that sermon, which has been widely commented upon in the church press, has given offenne to many I Presbyterians. Dr. Fosdlck was principally interested In dealing a blow to | the Fundamentalists, who have been creating an uproar in the Baptist de- | nomination, but in doing so he spoke In j a disparaging manner of the immaculate conception, one of the cardinal doctrines of the Presbyterian confession of faith. Dr. Macartney first brought the Fosrllck sermon to th> attention of the I'resbyterv two week* ago at a merlin,; at Llndenhurst. John \Vanainakei' country reside nee, near Jenklntown. Xo action was tal on. but members of the Presbytery wore notified that l'r Macartney's charges would be considered at an adjourned meeting In Chambere-Wvlie Church on October h efforts have been made to surround the proceedings of the adiournod meeting with the strictest secrecy, hut it itknown that Dr. Macartney presented his esse and that a debate raged rnor> tran three hours nefore the resoluto-i was finally adopted. Dr. Macartney's charges against Dr. i Fosdlck and his sermon have be?n pub llshed In tract form under the title, "Shall Pnbelief Win? A Reply to Dr. Fcsdlck." Dr. Macartney's Tract. in that tract. Dr. Macartney outdmsi his ease against Dr. Fosdlck as follows. "Dr. Fosdlck does not orcept tho Firgin birtli a? a hlstorlp fact. He rejectwhat he calls 'u special biological i miracle' as the explsnation lor the way in which Christ carne Into the world. Tho Virgin birth to him Is merely an I < ffort on the part of religious devotion and faith to account for the maul- , fc<t superiority of the character end person of Jesus." Dr. Macartney then quotes a passage from Dr. Fosdlck'a sermon, the gist of which Is that It was quite common in ancient times to credit the founder of a religion with supernatural hirth, that being done in the case of Buddha, Zoroaster. Lao, Ts?e and Mnhavlra. Me quotes Dr. Fosdlck as saying that the first disciples of Jesus did the same with Ills birth and "phrased it In terms of a biological miracle that our modern mind* r-annot use." Me says that St. Paul and St. John "never even distantly allude to the virgin birth." "This speaks for itself." Dr. Macartney declares In his tract, and then goes on to show what would follow If the virgin birth were not accepted. The opening ciiapters of St Matthew and St. Luke are pure myth, he savs. and the alleged facts and acts of thos< pages are merely a pious, devout and natural effort of believing men to account for the personality of Jesus, In much the same way that the followers i nf Buddha. Zoroaster. !.co Tstr and Mahavlra tried to account for them. Xot only doc* l)r. Fosdlck repudiate the virgin mn n mn rir mik'i'h inn opinion" on the mibjeet Are of little Importance In no way affecting vital Christianity. "Dr. Fosdlrk la not a Presbyterian. > Nt he atandii In a Presbyterian pulolt tnd geta hla bread front a Presbyterian congregation. In view of thla fact, hot* an lila holding the purely naturalistic recount of the stories of the blrtli of feeus be In harmottv with his preaching In the pulpit of a church whose creed, never revoked, declares fthe Confession of Faith, chapter VIII Article ' Continued on Page Three. t I AIIH'H c lU ISF. KOtND THK WORLD. PSri'inal management; oiperlvnent staff ' 11,000 tin: 4 months, Jan. 22 Frank C ciaik^ *10 1 bum Ulvis.. N. 1.?A 4 v. DTHE BE! The New Yor best of The S the whole revil and sounder r PRICE TWO Ci IN XKW YOHK CtTV. Mrs. Hall Still Loyal; Mills's Views Change New wunhwick, n*. j., Oct i 17.?Mrs. Hall, widow of the ! slain rector, refused to-day to give up iter faith In her husband despite the published letters to Mrs. -Mills, whi< h she admits were written in handwriting resembling that of the clergyman. On the other hand James Mills, the janitor, said: "1 really believed in my wife. It is a bitter blow to fuel that the:.e charges arc true. I feel 110 vindlctiveness to any one. least of all toward Dr. Hall. It is a disappointment that he should thus have failed my ideal of him." LLOYD GEORGE READY TO STEP OUT AT ONCE f _____ Jf Conservatives Turn Down Coalition Premier W ill Force Fighting. CTUSIS IS DUE TO-MORROW Chamberlain's Task to Quell Mutiny Which Die Hards Are Heading. Gprr-ial Cabt* tn Thb N?w York HmtAf.D. Copyright, 192*, by Tub nrw York Hkraid. ?w York Herald Bureau, ) london. Oct. 17, i The political torpedo aimed to - the leadership of Premier Lloy&x has so veered during the lost twehtyfour hours that it now threatens to j blow wide open the Conservative ship of state unless Austen Chamberlain,. the party leader in Parliament, backed up by his ablest associates, succeeds on, Thursday in maneuvering it safely into the coalition haven. The immediate danger appears greater for England's strongest party , than for the Prime Minister for if the Conservative leaders cannot quell the mutiny they wi'l go overboard and strike out for the Premier's platform. This will still give Lloyd George great strength for an appeal to the country. It was said in Liberal circles to-night that Mr. Lloyd George contemplated ' resigning the Premiership immediately should the Conservative rank and file turn down Chamberlain. Observers regard Chamberlain's chances as being better to-day, although a definite cleavage has developed. headed chiefly by the diehards. Th" parly heads are confident that rhcy t. n carry the day hut fear that tho majority will be irreconcilable. which will weaken the influence of the party. After another day of conferences by all sides it becomes clearer that the crisis will break at the Unionist meeting Thursday. If Chamberlain is then successful In gaining a vote of confidence Lloyd George at Leeds on Saturday - * - .a pronaoiy win unnuuiivu <u> dissolution of Parliament. If Chamberlain fall*, which thua far seems unlikely, he and his Tory colleagues In the Ministry will resign to l>e followed by the resignation of the Government itself. In that event Lloyd George Is expected to advise the King to send for the leaders of the movement which precipitated Chambet Iain's resignation, and upon rltrtn would If placed the responsibility of forming a netv administration. It is calculated that at this ttage thev could not succeed, ai d therefore an appeal to the country would he delayed only a few days I.oral 4 nr/oii In tlonhi. Lord Curzon's position is claimed to be som* what vague. but otherwise all the Tory Ministers arc with Chamberlain with the exception of Stanley Haldwln, president of the Board of Trade, and Sir Arthur Oriff.th Boacawen, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, who have not yet committed themselves. Among the Junior officials mho have been hesitating there Is a growing feeling that nil must rally around the chief or they will suffer the fate of the Liberal party and bp hopelessly spilt. If the coalition advocates win balloting alone will determine Lloyd George's position In flie new government, be if his personal popularity in the country continues he ts almost ?vrtain to head the government again. Tub Nbw York Hkijat.o correspondent Is reliably Informed that Lloyd George is looking forward to the coming election fight with I ho keenest pleasure. To-day he saw the coalltlnn-Llberal supporters and was assured of their loyalty. Confident that the "new generation" Is with him he wants a popular vote of < onfldence before he goes on. The two wings of the coalition will go to the country separately but with a working arrangement whteh already has been settled between the Prime Minister and Chamberlain. The chief difficulty of the coalition's enemies now as for many months Is the fact that they have no outstanding candidate to accept the leadership. It u? doubtful If I<ord Ourxon would consider a struggle against his old colleagues. Andrew Ronar Law 1- lemaiuing noncommittal, but his health Is not yet ful'y restored and many believe that ho would not undertake the high office In the fuc of such strenuous dnvs as are bound to come. Lord Derby Is be In* heralded by the anti-Lloyd Georgians, hut he would be without experienced as- .elates. T-alior Is awaiting an opportunity so ominously that this danger Is tending to support <'bsrtiberlaln' acne.il. Si h stalwart conservatives as the Karl of Balfour unci Lord Birkenhead arc out of the question because they already have cast ihelr lot with Chamberlain. Opponent* Ithonf l.rndff, The crisis has so developed?or lia.? born *o maneuvered?that no iliriiro ba?t arisen yet who la generally considered to have ft chance of leading the Pt Ime Mlnlater to the wilderness lie himself pointed out. Amltl the confuaion of marshaling forees the man who appears leaat con'fused la t.loyd Oeorgo tic arrived at Downing Street early to-(laj, a* smiling Continued <>n Pago >lnc. \\ II IT K M 11111* (ilsrtau. rwiw for rr?t and sport tlolf, tennis, bor.fbark. i Mtvil bath*. (raw N, V ? 5T IN ITS HISTORY. k Herald, with all that was un intertwined with it, and talized, is a bigger and better lewspaper than ever before. itvtq f torek cents ciinlo j with in 200 mi1.e3 [ focr cents elsewhere. WIDOW QUESTIONED AGAIN IN INQUIRY INTO HALL KILLING Forced to Don Long Gray Coat and Dear So rutin) of Foreign Woman. STEVENS QUIZZED TOo Letters Written l?y 31 rs. 3Iills Bare Her Strong t t> i;mr n?i jictiui. ARREST LIKELY TO-DAY Latest Deduction Is Janitor'* Wife W as Not Included in First Murder Plot. Special Dixpaich fr. Ttif New Yokk Hxhai n Xew Brunswick, X. J., Oct. 17.? Proceeding on the theory that the Rev. Edward \V. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills were shot with Hall's own pistol and that the killing of the woman was not deliberately planned, but due to her unexpected appearance on the scene. Prosecutors Strieker and Beekman, of Middlesex and Somerset counties respectively, to-day expedited their efforts to wind up the ?sterlous murder case, recalling a half dozer, witnesses they had previously examined. To-night authoritative reports were in circulation that arrests may be looked for at any moment. Two are expected. One may take place before daybreak. Unless the plans of Strieker and Beekman miscarry, both will be made before to-morrow night. The Prosecutors believe now that they have their case completed and that there will bo no necessity for the. intervention of the Attorney-General. Those Wlio AVere Reexamined. Those called for reexamination were Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow of j the rector; Willie Stevens, her brother, , who lives with her; Henry Stevens i he crack shot, who lives at La Vallette; Charlotte Mills, daughter of the dead choir singer, and Barbara Tough, a maid in the Hall home. The prosecutors also questioned Florence Xorth | who sold the letters of Charlotte's mother to a newspaper, and asked he: i what right she had to withhold these I Important documents from the prose' cutors. She said afterward she had promised to turn over the letters to i the authorities to-morrow. During the examination of Mrs. Hal. i a sensational episode occurred. Mrs. : Hall was asked by Strieker to put on | her gray coat. Then there was led into j the room a woman who looked to be a ! Hungarian and was dresseo as a work| ing woman. She sat on the other side | of the room and gazed at Mrs. Hall for ! a matter of minutes. Then she was led i out. She said not a worn, nor was she asked a question. While no announcement was made, it 1 is understood that this was tho womu i who reported seeing a strange woma: ' wailing for eomi'onc,some distance be before the murder wu committed. Her story v. as that site recognised a news ' paper picture of one of the women in the case as that of the woman who waited The authorities are keeping the Idcnti' of this woman secret. To Visit hofe Deposit Ho*. Mr? Hall is expected to visit her personal safe deposit box to-morrow morning, and a representative of the Prosecutor's offlee Is to be present. The purpose of this visit is not disclosed. The examination *f .Mrs. Hall was long; thai of Henry, who came all the way from j I.aVallette. and of Willie was brief. At j the conclusion Prosecutor Beekman said "We have to-day examined Mrs Francis N Hall ami hit brothers, William and Henry Stevens. These examinations were prompted by some new information ret vlved which cannot bdisclosed. We do not luf?n<l the arrest. , of any perron to-daj ami any other statemcnt than tlfc above is unauthoi | lsed." Two handkerchiefs fWrure,j in the examination. One. bearing the initial o' ' S" xvaa compared with one llenrv Stev?n* had. Another, obviously a woman'*, was showr. to Charlotte Mills She could not Identify It. Her exanC rstlon was mad* by the State troopers only. One of them said: "Well, the handkerchief was found in the pocket of your mother's scarf." "Then It must have been hers," r?p'led Charlotte calmly. Questions were asked Mr*. Hall and the Stevenses about the pistol Hall 1? understood to possess and used fo pastime from time to time. This was * gun of ,;12 caliber. The authorities be ; lleve for the present at least that Hall was killed with this weapon at a spo I not far from the place at which th* I bodies were found. They think, too. that Hall wn* act-ally shot before Mr*. Mills arrived. bir 1 that she come along almost Instantly and made such an outcry that she wa hot to Sllenoe her. though there h;"' been no deliberate intention of kill! ^ her. hednellnn about Killing. I There is a version of the story curre which Is to the effect that Mrs. Mill* was expected at the point where a part\ of three waited for Hall, and that ther was somo thought of killing lilm arc throwing suspicion on the woman. Thi? ' theory Is supposed to explain the flndlnr. of the letters which might have bee i regarded us Incriminating had Hall beet found dead and Mrs. Mills remained alive. How far tho two Prosecutors hav< gone actually to establish this sheer> Is not known. The most damaging blow to the Pro*' enters that has been dealt came w! the publication of the letters Hall wr t* to Mrs. Mills. The existence of thr?? letters has been mentioned time ?' aistn in ths tiers dispatches, but St.It