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Henru C. Frick. Steel and Coke Maanate. Dead
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CURBING OF REDS, URGED BY WILSON
BAY, REMOVED BY f LAN,
, HINTS AT BIG SCANDAL
- IN SALE OF ARMY FOOD
JOusted After Dismissing
( O'Malley for Profiteering,
Says Markets Head.
"clash ON BANK FUNDS.
"Declares Former Deputies
Transferred Part of Surplus
to Own Account.
' Mayor Ilyltm to-day removed Dr.
I Jonathan C. Ioy, Commissioner otj
'Pu'bno Markets, amir named William (
!p. fcrulry, a Deputy Comtnlwloner'of
lUb,lo -Market, of No. 283 Parknldo
Avenue, Brooklyn as acting Commls-
i'ekracr. It is believed eomo promi
nent Tammany Democrat will suc
ceed Mr. Day.
'. The "lost straw" In tho case of Dr.
(Day, nccordlnn to confidential Infor
iniatlon to-day. camo yesterday after
j noon when the Commissioner per
emptorily romovcu imam v. niimii,
Senior Deputy Commissioner. This
was done without consultation with
(Mayor Hylan. While, tho Mayor ad-
ulta mai a commissioner unucr mm
J hae a perfect right to remove a Dep
uty without consulting him, it is con
sidered "Rood form" In politics to
'notify a superior of such action.
William W. Smith is a personal
friend of Charles F. Murphy,
leader of Tammany Hall. He is
owner of Still's Chop Homo on
Third Avenue, between 17th and
18th Street, where Leader Murphy
and many Tammany braves havo
; foreaathered for years.
Dr. Day was appointed Conimls
rmoncr of Market tn January, 1918.
The place pays $7,500 a year.
At the olllco of his attorney, Mayer
' Goldman, No. 6 licckmnn street, Dr.
( Day made the following statement:
"My removal 1b tho culmination of
friction that began when Kdwln J.
O'Malley, tho deputy I put In charge
of the army food distribution, charged
excessive murglns on the army and
navy food sold under my nuthorlty.
"Although O'Malloy told tho Gov
ernment olncinls and inn that ho was
charging only 2 cents a pound or 2
cents a can us an overhead charge, he
put 7 cents on prunes, dried fruits
and other articles that represented a
profit of CO 2-3 per cent., which was
tin outrageous plcco of profiteering.
That tho food still reached tho public
at a low price was only beuauiic tho
vernment price was so low.
"October. I wroto t .Mallcy a
warning against this, and also called
(him to account for being disobedient.
Imperious and abusive to his fellow
deputies and warned hint that I
would remove him.
"On th.p following day W. W. Smith,
another of my deputies, camo tnlo
my otlicjs and closed the door and
nald he was sorry for tho trouble
with. O'Malley. Ho then ' said hu
wanted mo to forgot I was Cominls
monor and ho was a Deputy and he
wanted to talk to mo as Hilly Hmlth
to John Day. Ho wild thoro was a
lot of money In the surplus O'Mnlloy
had built up and that v,u ought to
tin It among ourselves.
! reminded him wo had obtained
free volunteer labor to get tho food
to the trnbllo at roek bottom cost and
told hull thoro would not bo a G-cetit
piece divided In tho olllee; that any
dlvieton wouiu oo ior inu yuiuiiiuit
workers,
1 asked Smith If O'Malley told
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Coprrinht, 11)111, by The rrtas rnbllhln
Oo. (The Nrw York Wild).
REVISION.
PLENTY OF HARD COAL
TO KEEP NEW YORKERS
FROM REAL DISCOMFORT
Broadway's Lirfits May Be
Dimmed, but Homes Won't Be
Left Cold, Say Experts.
TUB coal shortage 1s not go
ing to make New York un
comfortable. In the opinion
of tho leading coal exports Iherc.
This Is because the shortage Is In
bituminous, not anthracite coal,
and anthracite is the mainstay
of tho city.
Most of the big lighting plants-,
traction plant and heating plants
are run by anthracite, and U Is
predicted that thcro will bo plenty
lor all domestic and public ser
vlca purposes. Broadway may bo
dimmed, but nobody's home or
olllco Is to be darkened or left
cold. Following are a few com
forting statements from experts:
AV. A. Marshall, President New
Tork Stato Wholosale Coat Trado
Association; "The eastern terri-.
tory Is plentifully supplied with
the smaller sized anthracite."
Hums Brothers: "If tho pcoplo
want coal let them come to us.
Wo have well stocked yards and
will delay delivery only long
enough to got a truck over to
their houses."
Olln J. Stephens: 'There la a
Hllght dearth of nut and stove
sit oa, but it Is no greater than Is
usual ut this season. The supply
of other sizes Is plentiful, and
price have not been altered aa a
result of the strike,"
A SECRET FOR THE WOMEN!
THE PRICE OF GOWNS WONT
COMEDOWN FOR 'SOME TIME1
Cut Merchants in Atlantic City Coiv
vention Say Whole World
Envies American Models.
ATUA.NTIC CITY, N. J.. Dec. 1.
N1
rl-JWS for women camo to
day from tho convention
of .tho Associated Dress
Industries of America with the
announcement that tho price of
gowns would not descend for
somo time. Tho period when this
reduction would nrrlvo dopends
upon tho settlement of tho read
justment, which consists of lowor
prices for raw material, co-op-oration
of labor In increasing
production and tho stabilization
of wages.
A compliment was paid to the
American women, until Incident
ally, to the designers ahd makerw,
In tho declaration that they wero
tho btst dressed women In tho
world to-day. and that their
models wero beln widely copied
abro.id. This statement wus made
by D.ivld N. Nosscssohn of iiuw
York, ex-director of the associa
tion. 11. V. Itobblr.s of Now York,
nno of the founders of tho usko
ciutl.i, gave tho uddrcss of wcl
coino to delegate to-day.
II) Inn mill Aphrodite.
Mayor Hylan Instructed License
(,'ominlssloner John V. Gilchrist and
I'ollto commissioner Unrlght to eo
operate to-Uiiy tn taking such steps as
neemcil to them proper with regard to
permitting tho runtlnunnce of tho play
"AparoUlto at the Century Theatre,"
"Circulation Books Open to A11."
NEW
WILL DIM CITIES
Only Essential Industries to
Get Fuel Under Federal
Restrictions.
THEATRES MAY CLOSE.
Most Miners Still Idle but
Two Districts Increasing .
Output.
CHICAGO, Dec 2.-iReatrlctlons on
tho uso of coal, already put into of.
feet by regional coal committees
where tho pinch of necessity had
been folt to-day, wero extended
throughout tho Nation under an
order of tho Federal Fuel Administra
tor. The most extenslvo shutdown of
industry in history was tn prospect
and domestic consumers were pro-
paring to endure privntlon and dis
comfort aa the atriko of bituminous
coal miners entered 1U second month.
Under the. sweeping order of Fuel
Administrator Garfield limiting de-
livery of fuol or power to essential
consumers In tho first flvo classes of
tho war priorities list, curtailment of
production was In prospect dn fac
tories turning out boots and shoes,
brass and bronzo manufactures,
clothing, machinery (except where
specifically exempted); Iron and
steel. Jewelry, marblo and stone prod
ucts, musical Instruments, paper
goods (nows print excepted); rubber
goods, cigars, wagons and carriages.
wood manufactures, sheet nnd motol
products, leather goods, mattresses.
paints and varnishes, photographic
supplies and miscellaneous non
essentials. Theatres, motion picture shows
and all other places of amusomcnt
faced complete shutdown. Churches
nnd schools also woro Included In
that category, although cirorta wero
being mado to postpone closing
schools as long as possible. Use of
coal to produco light for advertising
signs and other displays was among
tbo prohibitions.
Hakerics, except those producing
only bread, also fell under tho ban,
as did confectioners and certain
packing plants.
In some ut those Industries, how
(Continued on Twenty-fourth Page.)
UNCLE SAM INVESTS
BILLION IN LIBERTY BONDS
AND MAKES $35 000,000
Buys Them Below Par and Retires
Them, Thus Reducing the
Public Debt.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 2. '
rvr
ORB than one billion dol
lars worth of Liberty .
bonds were bought by tho
Treasury and retired during tho
last eighteen month, yielding tin.
Government a profit of approti
mntcJy $35,000,000, nnd reducing
the pimllc debt. Secretary Ulasa
reported to-day to Congress.
Purchases wero irtaiK' to stabil
ize tho market for those sccurt
tltfi, par values being U. 0-13,080,-00,
and the cost to tho Govern
ment S993.3C3.52C. In addition to
$14,204,779 accrued Interest.
First loan purchases totalled
$25,115,000; second, $.171,215,000;
third, $278,635,500, and fourth,
$268,116,000. .
NEW GOAL RULES
AND SHUT PLANTS
YORK, TUESDAY,
LABOR ARBITRATION
HENRY CLAY FRICK
DIES HERE AFTER
Steel Magnate Contracted
Chill While Playing Golf
at Roslyn, L. I.
IN HIS SEVENTIETH YEAR.
Former Business Associate of
Carnegie Left Estate Valued,
at $200,000,000.
Henry Clay Frick, first friend and
then implacable enemy of tho late
Andrew Carneglo In tho American
stoel Industry, died at 6.20 this morn
ing nt his home, No. 1 Cast 70th
Btrcet,
Mr. Frick was taken ill after a
chill which he contracted playing
golf at Roslyn, h. I., about a month
ago. Ho had apparently recovered
yesterday. Ills ton Chllds and his
daughter, Helen Clay Frick, who had
been called to his bedside, had ar
ranged to return to their homes to
day.
Death came. Dr. LatwIs A. Conner
nald, In the ml Jet of what seemed to
be satisfactory Improvement In Mr.
Frlck'n condition, "For tho past
month," tho physician asld, "Mr.
Frick had shown symptoms of an or
ganic affection of tho heart, presum
ably tho result of severe attacks of
Inflammatory rheumntlam, to which
ho was subject In earlier life."
At G o'clock this morning Mr. Frick,
his
volco apparently of normal
strength, called his jnlct, Oscar Rog-;
ers, from an anto room and asked
for a glass of water. After taking a I
swallow, ne said: "I think I'll go to
sleep," and turned on his side and
died.
Tho funeral will bo held to-morrow
at 5.30 P. M. at the Frick home and
will bo private. The Itt. Rev. Charles
Sumner Uurch, Protestant Episcopal
Dlshop of tho Dloccao of New York,
will conduct the services and the
body will bu taken to Plttsburgh for
interment.
Among call-is at tho Frick house
to-day woro Judgo Klhort II. Gary, a
closo business associate ot Mr.
Frick. Mrs, Henry 1. Davison and
John P. Grler of C. D. IJarnoy & Co.,
nald tr, havo been Mr. Frick's ad
viser in ftnuuclU matters. Mr. Gricr
will huvo uhar.70 of tho funeral.
TWO BIG EVENTS IN THE LIFE
OF MR. FRICK.
To tho great mass of his fellow
citizens Henry Cluy Frick was
cMcfly known m connection with two
big events In his career. Tho Unit
wiu his rofusal to compromise thv
strike at Homestead In 1892 evon
atttr ho bed been shot and stabbod
by tho Anarchist, Alexander Uork
man -stinngely enough ordered only
this morning to appear on Friday at
Ellis Islnnd ready for doportation
nud the second wus his quarrel with
Uio lato Andrew Carnegie,
The story of Henry Frick Is a
verltahlo chaplor In tho romanco
of Industry In the United States.
At ten. a boy on it farm In a
family of only ordinary means. Fifty
years later, a man of so manynulllona
that his fortune, llko those of Car
neglo uml Rockefeller, was largely a
matter of guess work uvuu to himself,
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takis iii.i.i.-.v in: on;
1IKALS
ttitl Bt how Cluw u
uj li, Adft.
imSTAIJIIANT.
finwlil for T iTlttlljil IVr. 9. 1S1Q-.
Hip iuu iillb t'ruiwli (ntrt potitow Wc; rtnit
lrt"li luoi. tOi iml nuir, iiui IHjl, d'boU
feuwr. ttei liui (loot, World UuUitni. AAtx.
MONTH'S
NE
DECEMBER 2,
SUMMARY OF THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
GENERAL recommendations on legislation to combat Uio cost of
living, labor unrost, radicalism nnd a readjustment of tho nation,
to peaco tlmo baijts wero tho features of President Wilson's
annual message to Congress dcllvevrcd today;
Tho Peace Treaty, tho President told Congress, will bo discussed In
a ecparato message later, as wfll the railroad question.
A great portion of tho message was devoted to a discussion of the
condition and rights of labor. A definite programmo to bring about an
Improvement In the conditions of labor and bring nbout a genuine
democratization of Industry is recommended.
"Tho only way to keep men from agitating against grievances Is to
removo tho grievances," said tho President's message. At another
point It declared "tho seed of rovoluUon Is repression."
The establishment of the principles regarding labor laid down in
tho covenant of tho Leaguo of Nations, said Uio message, offers us tho
way to Industrial peaco and conciliation. No other road lies open to
us. Governments must rccognlzo tho right of men to bargain collec
tively for humane objects. Labor must no longer bo treated as a
commodity.
"Tho right of indltlduals to strike Is -Inviolate,'' conUnoed the mol
es fre, wnnd ought not to bo interfered itIUi by any proccii of Goiern
ment, but Utcra Is a predominant right and that if the right ot tho
Gorernment to protect nil Its pcoplo and to assert lis power and
majesty against the challenge of any class."
Tho President was referring to tho Government's recent InJuncUon
- against the coal strike.
"There are those In this country," said tho message, "who threaten
direct action to force their will upon a majority. It makes tltUe dif
ference what minority It Is; whether capital or labor, or any other
class; no sort of prlvtlego will over bo permitted to dominate this
country. Those who would propose any other method of reform
aro enemies of this country. Let those bowaro who. take tho shorter
road to disorder and revolution."
The mcssago recommends passago of laws now proposed by the
Attorney General for dealing with Uic Reds. s
The President recommends a simplification of lncomo and excess
profits taxes; establishment of a national budget system; legislation to
secure employment and land for sorvice men; laws to encouraga In
creased crop production) legislation to reduce tho cost of living, and
extension of the Lever Act; laws to bring about democratization ot
Industry, Including participation of workers In decisions affecting their
wclfaro; protection for America's new chemical and dyestuffs Indus
try; Federal aid In the building of good roads; development of forest
resources.
PRESIDENT CHIDES CONGRESS
FOR NOT PASSING VITAL LAWS
Quotes His Own Words in
Strong Appeal for Aid in
Curbing Unrest.
By David Lawrence.
((Special Correspondent of Tno Evo
nlnu World.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (Copy-
right, 1910.) President Wllaon haa
put squarely up to Congress tho
necessity qf enacting lawa that will
not merely provldo tribunals fur tim
arbitration and settlement of labor
disputes, but laws that will curb so-
dltloti on the one hand and remove,
on tho other hand, tho causes that lie
at tho bottom ot Industrial urn est In'
the body politic
1 GcnUy reminding tho Republican
Party now in control of Congress
that it has failed to enact legislation
to strlko at Uio prolltcoru and ro
move the barriers In Interstate com
merco that ho believes aro keeping!
up the cost of living, Mr. Wilson calls I
Upon tho legislative branch of thai
Government to take a huud In setting!
America's houso In order.
Tho President doei not fail to at-
tribute much of America's cnocomlc
confusion to tho failure of tho Amer
ican Senate to pass tho Peaco Treaty
and thus help stabilize International
exchange and world markets, but ho
refrains from touching on tho Peace
Treaty Itself. Indeed, ho had do-
(Contlnued on tieoond Pace.).
"Clrculn Hon Books Open
1919.
3 2 PAGES
MISSOURIIN TO SUCCEED
WIELD IN CABINET
President Names Representative
Alexander to Be Secretary of
Commerce.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Joaliua WH
IN AlcxamliT. CorigrcHsinui from Mis
souri, has been selected by President
W llBOti u.4 Secretiiry of Comnivice, suc
ceeding William C. IledOuid, resigned.
It was aiinounctx! to-day.
HU nomhintloii will bo torA-ardrd to
the Benstw tn-inorrow.
KoptofretiMtlve Alexander was tender
ed tl.u iifnxiintmeiit shortly beforo noon
i.y nirroiary jumuicy wno na trie
Pusldmit was IhMMmit that ha accept
I thv post Ml. Alexander wild ho would
nomination had been oonlrmcd by Uie
fcennto.
Mr. Alexander has served continuously
J , cmign ja ilneu laot
He Is 67 years
old and wus born In Cincinnati.
U, S, WARSHIP IN FLEET
OFF DALMATIAN COAST
' "
Despatch From Laibach to Copen
hagen Says It Was Near
Spalato Su.tay,
ropHNHAUUN, D-c. 2 A number of
Allied w.irship, including an American
vefwii. wero cruising off Siuiato. on tho
D.ilm&tlnn ooiat, on .Sunday, srwrdlng
to u Uiibacli despatch received here.
(Raolna EntrUt on page 24.)
to All.
S PRICE TWO CENTS.
PLAN FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE,
REDUCTION OF LIVING COSTS
SET FORTH
Tells Congress in Message Sent From
Sick Bed He Will Deal Later With
Peace Treaty and Railroads Asks
Revision of Income Taxes and for
a National Budget System.
WAB11WQT0N, Dee. is Tho menage teitl to Congrct by President
Wilton to-day, and read by clerks in the two Home, it a iolloict,:
"To the Senate and House of Repiesentatlvcs:
" sincergly regret that I canot be present at the opening of this ses
sion of Congress, I am thus prevented from presenting In as direct a
way as I could wish the many questions that are pressing for solution at
this time. Happily I have had the
of the several executive departments,
affairs in their detail and whose thoughtful recommendations I earnestly
second.
"In the matter of the railroads and the readjustment of their affairs
growing out of Federal control, I shall take the liberty 'at later date of
addressing you.
CALLS FOR A BUDGET SYSTEM.
"I hope that Congress will bring to a conclusion at this session legfc
lalion looking to the establishment of a budget system. That there should
be one single authority responsible for the making of all appropriations
and that appropriations should be made not Independently of each other,
but with reference to one single comprehensive plan of expenditure prop
erly related to the nation's income, there can be no doubt.
"1 believe the burden of preparing the budget must, in the nature ol
the case, if the work is to be properly done and responsibility concen
trated Instead of divided, rest upon the Executive. The budget so pre
pared should be submitted-to and approved or amended by. a single com
mittee of each house of Congress, and no single appropriation should be
made by Congress, except such as may have been Included in the budget
prepared by the Executive or added by the particular committee of Con
gress charged with the budget legislation.
"Another and not less Important aspoct of the problem la tho ascer
tainment of the economy and efficiency with whldh tho moneys appropri
ated arc expended. Under existing law tho only audit Is for tho purpose
of ascertaining whother expenditures havo been lawfully mado within the
impropriations.
"Nu one is authorized or equipped to ascertain whether the money
has been spent wisely, economically and effectively. The auditors should
! bo highly trained officials with permanent tenure in the Treasury Depart
incut, free of obligations to or motives ot consIderaUon for this or any
J subsequent administration, and authorized and oinpoweml to examine into
and mako report upon the mothods employed and the results obtained by
tho axecutlvo departments of tho
to u,0 Congress and to the Secretary ot the Treasury,
CALLS FOR QUICK ACTION
"I trust that the Congress will
Prublem of future taxaUon,
Slmpllllcatlon of tho Income
medlato necessity. These taxes performed Indispensable scrrlco dur
ing tho nur. They must, honeier, be simplified, not only to sore the
taxpayer Inconvenience and expense, but in order that his liability
may be made certain and definite.
"With reference to tho details to the Revenue Law, the Secretary of tho
Treasury and the Commissioner of Interim! Revenue will lay before you'
for your r r.slderatlon certain amendments necessary or desirable In con
nection with the administration o: Mo law recommendations which have
my approval and support.
"It In n f t Jin utmnst lmnnrtnnen Hint In ilnnllnir with thl mnttnr tha
present law should not be disturbed so far as regards taxes for the calendar
year 1920, payable In tho calendar year 1921. Tbo Congress might well
consldor whether the higher rntcs of Income and profits taxes can In peaco
times bo effecUvcly productive of revenue, and whether they may not, on '
tno contrary, bo destructive of business actlrity and productive of wast
,.,ni-
and inefficiency. -
"lucre Ib a point at which in
and profits taxes, discourage energy,
BY PRESIDENT
advantage of the advice of the heads
who have, kept in close touch with
Government. Their reports should be
ON TAXATION.
give ita lmmedlato consideration to tho
nnd profit taxes has become an lm
peace times high rates oi incK
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