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TEST OF NEW TAX
EGE EARLY HEARISG
.joints on Which Government
six's Decision Stated.
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| Washington. Jar.. 24. — The United States
• Supreme Court took under advisement a
f request for an early hearing of the t-uit to
I tfM the constitutionality of the corporation
! tax. In the event of the failure, of the nt
t tempt to obtain a decision before March 1,
I ih«» date. by which the return on the income
I- *»f corporations must be filed, Congress may
j be -«ked lo extend the date for the law to
% become operative.
' Solicitor General Bowers asked the rourt
for permission to submit oral arguments
and briefs and that the case be advanced
•for an early charing. This suggestion was
msjo in connection with a similar request
hy Maxwell Evarts, counsel for Stella ■P.
Flint, in a brief submitted to the court on
Saturday.
"The deep interest of both the govern
ment and citizens affected by the tax
throughout the country In a determination
' ft this court concerning the constitutionality
of the taxing act before the close of the
p*rln»l for payment of the tax. June 30
next." said Mr. Bower?, "is apparent. The
' government therefore expresses its entire
arrorrt : with th» motion which appellant
has submitted that the cause be advanced
*t,ri set for hearing on a day during The
] * '•'-• term."
Mr Bowers raid in his brief that among
the «p*-oifl<- questions of highest importance
"which are involved In the general inquiry
concerning the constitutionality of the law
■fir* the?* :
Whether the tax is direct in the constitu
• <-;,4\ sense and is void because not ap-
I portioned among the states in proportion to
*. I lieir population.
• • Whether the tax improperly interferes
with the general taxing power of the state
Xf create corporations.
Whether the tax is Invalid in so far as the
■ net" Income of a corporation may be attrib
-•hl*» to state or municipal bonds held by
.• ', he corporation as part of its business
'.capital. •
Whether the tax is invalid in the case of
. vnblic service corporations chartered by a
■tat*.
Whether the taxing act makes an im
proper distinction between corporations on
rlT«> one hand and partnerships and Indi
vidual* on th» other hand engaged in the
. *«m» business.
Whether t!:*> exemptions enumerated In
. l£e statute are sustainable.
Mr Evarts also asked that the case he
" Bflvanced. When Mr. Bowers formally sub
' jnlttM his motion Chief Justice Fuller in
' quired if the tax could not be refunded
if "declared invalid. The Solicitor General
replied that such a course might be a great
) burden on the persons concerned.
Chicago. Jan. 24.— Judge C. C. Kohlsaat
In the Federal Circuit Court, to-day sus
tained demurrers in the two cases brought
to test the constitutionality of the corpora-
Tl'-T! lax law. The demurrers were filed by
' the Northern Trust Company and the. Corn
T-xchans* National Bank, defendants in
the suits brought by the stockholders in
V>th corporations. Nn argument was made
'• bj th«> counsel for the complainants, who
; Irrmediately after the orders were entered
.m*k«>d an appeal to the United States Su
-rreTn* Court,- which was granted by Judge
• 3vohl£aat.
■ Boston, Jan. 24.— John E. Gay, of Jaffray,
; N. H., a stockholder in the Baltic Mining
» Company, brought suit to-day in the United
! States Circuit Court against the directors,
' F**kinir an injunction to restrain them from
! irmking any return under the new corpora
' tion tax law- to the collector of internal
• revenue. The purpose of the suit is to test
the constitutionality of the law.
CANNOT GET A DECISION.
Government's Prosecution of Terminal
Association May Fail.
- Washington, Jan. C4.— Unable <o pet a
decision ' from the courts as to' whether it
1* right or wrong, the government now
•Ttandif a good chance of seeing one of its
truM prosecutions die r.n unnatural death.
This case is the suit against the Terminal
' Jlailroad Association of St. Louis and four
teen railroads, brought in the Circuit
Court in St. lyjuis in 1905. The defendants
were charged with combining for the pur
pose <■ ■' restraining interstate commerce
between the states of Missouri and Illi
| 3»ois and other states and foreign countries.
■A special examiner was appointed and took
j much testimony.
k Under the act to expedite the hearing and
M i termination of suits under the Sherman
•/ '■ anti-trust law the Attorney General cer
tifies that the case was important: but
. that move failed. The suit was advanced
. and the four -judges of the Circuit Court
|f presided over the final hearing. Two were
; in .favor of granting .some .relief to the
. government, and two favored dismissing
the bill. Consequently, on May 21, 1909,
, th*v -handed down an order, certifying the
. «?af.e to the .Supreme Court of the United
; States for review.
S To-day Solicitor General Bower* sug
. yetted to the court that it dismiss tarn
certificate, holding that it was an attempt
! to confer original jurisdiction on it.
, CAN TAX ADMIRAL'S SALARY.
; Washington, Jan. 21.— The question
• "whether money received as salary by an
1 official of the government can be assessed
under the income tar law of a Ft ate was
; r&iP^J in the case of Rear Admiral N.
3k!ayo Dyer agt. the city of Mcl rose. Mass.,
•which was decided by the Supreme Court
of . the United States to-day against the
• admiral. The sum Involved was only $22,
| fcut the assessment was resisted by Ad
miral Dyer on the ground that it was in
j • •ompetent for the state authorities to levy
, a lax upon his salary as a government offi
i cial. The Superior Court of Massachusetts
decided • again.v him. and the Supreme
< Court MiEtained that finding to-day.
GOMPERS HEARING NEXT TERM.
J Washington, Jan. 21.— The appeals of the
j officials- of the American Federation of La
.txr to the Supreme Court growing out of
j The suit of the Buck's Stove and Range.
. Company against them in the Disfrict of
j Columbia, were to-day ordered consolidated
by th* court and set for hearing on the
Dm Tuesday in the. term beginning next
' October.
JUDGMENT AGAINST HAWAII.
. . Washington, Jan. 24.— The Supreme Court
■t'l Use United Siates to-day decided for the
second time that there had been a failure
.or. the part of » the territory of Hawaii to
live up to the agreement whereby the
American Hoard of Commissioners for Koi
«ipn •Missions ■ 1819 transferred its fc-eml
.rary in Honolulu to the Kingdom of lla
/WJdi. The failure wag the neglect to teach
pertain religious doctrines, as required In
. . t he ..4.-OH tract. The court ordered , a |udg
■KM for lUyiM to ■•• entered M g"f*ist the
territory.
GENERAL ALLEN REAPPOINTED.
. Washington, Jan. 24.— President Taft sent
xjit; following nominations to the Senate to
day: ' ''. '■=' :■/./':
. To be ..tii^f Mpna! f.fflc* r-Erigadier Gen
eral idmo aii«mi <r«»appointmem)
T *> ■<■ brigadi .■ « lieutenant Col
*>r,«-i Jliram ■ M. Chittcnden, corps of engi
, To b« riitte.l Bt«l«i8 Attorney for Ne
braska—Framii S. lion ell.
.To fee collector of cuftome at Ilumboldt,
l.al - f-'rr.wt: A. 1 imnVl!
S Had Very Good Results'"
THE O.VEU, tiß^am- FROTECTOH
He£ry E: V«ujrh*n *■ Bos Ha Horn Mgi«.
45504 S5O Broadway,' »•»' York.
. „ ■■ January 31; 1910.
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'■■f.pr+i f"r t&\nm+r. f«rtb» part v •»>. nn <l
>■*>*. »••• •■• mr-i "('nit Kindly rontinu«
'jr "a<i" .-.«£ per Jncl<»£ure. Tours \»rv
'.'trulr.
. THE ONEIJ. TIRE & PROTE' TOM CO.
THEDAyiJST WASHIJVGTOJV
I From Th« Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington. Jan. 24.— President Tnft has
taken occasion within the ism few days to
make it perfectly clear to inquirers at the
\Vhite BOOM that there will be entire con
tinuity of policy In this administration In
dealing trlth the trusts; that no effort will
be made academically to distinguish be
tween "good" and ••bad" trusts; that the
only ten will be, conformity with the law.
sag that those which are found to violate
the law will be prosecuted without fear or
favor. This does not mean that the De
partment of Justice will run amuck, or that
it will-take any step for purely spectacular
purposes. At present there is a perfectly
natural lull in the institution of prosecu
tions. This is due to the fact that ques
tions of the highest importance in con
struing: the Sherman law are about to be
decided by the Sun^me Court in its de
cision in the Standard Oil case. That de
cision is expected 50011, and in the mean
time the energies of the Department of
Justice are he'nt: devoted 10 obtaining in
formation on which to base prosecutions if.
a; is expected, the contentions of the gov
ernment in tho Standard Oil case are sus
tained, as they were In the Circuit Court.
Certain inquirers . who have ventured U>
*i:gßFst to the Chief Executive the danger
of financial disaster, approximating even a
panic. as the possible result of a fearless,
and impartial enforcement of the Sherman
law, have encountered only rebuffs, and
they now appreciate that the present Chief
Executive's view of his duty implies the en
forcement of the law. without distinction
and without regard for financial or politi
cal considerations.
In pome instances the apparent violations
of the Sherman law have been so flagrant
that there has-been no occasion to await
the decision of the Supreme Court in the
Standard Oil case, as. for instance, in the
case of the Beef Trust. Wherever such
conditions are found the prosecutions will
be bejrun immediately. 'The President is
disposed to believe that, in part at least,
the existing: hisrh cost of food products may
bo due to violations of the anti-trust law.
and wherever the investigations of the law
officers of the government indicate the ex
iitence of unlawful combinations the bat
teries of the law will be brought to bear on
the offenders. The existence of an unlaw
ful combination among the great packers
has long been suspected. In fact, an ex
haustive investigation of their operations
was conducted by the Bureau of Corpora
tions a few years ago, but without tangible
results, Since then, however, an investiga
tion has been conducted, with more Satis
factory results, and as a consequence the
prosecution just instituted was decided on.
The Secretary of Agriculture Is greatly
exercised over the increased cost of living.
Mr. Wilson is the most experienced poli
tician in the administration, and he appre
ciates keenly the disastrous effect which
this form of hardship may have, on the
welfare of the Republican party if no rem
edy can be found. Mr. Wilson appeared
before the special committee of the House
District Committee, to-day and pave the
members the benefit of his Investigations
and views. He declared that the farmers
were not profiting to any material extent
from the enhanced prices, but that the
greatest margin existed between the prices
they receive, for their produce and that ex
acted from the consumers. He said Wash
ington consumers were the. worst sufferers
in the .country. In other cities the retailers
were content with a profit of from 17 to 20
per cent, whereas In Washington be found
they were exacting 42 per cent. He said
also that American farm products are. being
sold cheaper abroad than in this country.
and suggested the existence of illegal com
binations which have advanced retail prices
to a point which works great hardship to
the : consumers. . Apropos of the price? of
beef, Secretary -Wilson declared that the
two-year-old steer, which nowadays is the
mature steer, brings no more on the farm
than it did two years ago.
Senator Nelson is the /busiest and in
some respects the most impatient man at
the Capitol. Ever fine? it was announced
that the Senator from Minnesota would be
Chairman of the Ballinger-Pinchot investi
gating committee, he has been besieged
with applications for employment. Every
fair pupil of a business high school in this
part of the country seems to imagine that
there must be a highly remunerative berth
in which her particular talents will prove
of especial use, and apparently every one
has written Senator Nelson setting forth
her qualifications at great- length. Some
of the applicants say that they are not
rapid stenographer?, but they "feel quite
sure" they could do the work of the com
mittee, as they have heard its proceedings
are likely to be "slow,". One fair graduate
Of a business college; writes the Senator
that she is "positive" he will want her ser
vices, as she is a Norwegian and can trans
late for him any parts of the testimony he
does not readily, understand. The report
that the committee will employ legal coun
sel has also played its part in swelling th"
Senator's mail, and the number of lawyers
who are ready to devote their entire time to
the service of the committee for a reason
able compensation Is appalling.
Commissioner Dennett of the General
Land Office appeared before the Committee
on Expenditures in the Interior Depart
ment to-day an.l answered the remaining
"rumors" submitted by Representative
Hitchcock. Thus far not one of the ru
mors so loudly proclaimed by the Demo
cratic Representative has proved to have
the slightest foundation, and the chair
man of the committee expressed himself
this evening as disgusted that the time of
the committee had been taken up with
such nonsense. Mr. Hitchcock took occa
sion to-day to call the attention of the
committee to the fact that he had at no
time "made charges," but had merely re
peated a number of "rumors which had
reached him from various sources."
The Democrats In the House are bound
to be in fashion. They have now a fair
sized Insurrection of their own. a num
ber of the more prominent members of the
minority have become disgusted with
What they declare to be the ineffective
leadership of their present leader, ciiamp
Clark, of Missouri, and declare they will
in. longer follow his lead. Just what they
can do they have not decided, but they in
sist that the Democrats are being placed
In a ridiculous light before the country be
cause of Mr. Clark's Inefficiency. Some of
them are advocating unseating him and
choosing Representative Fitzgerald in his
place.
The developments of the Jaet few days
have been such as to indicate that a tariff
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Following days at 3 o'clock daily.
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An Expert Connoisseur's
Collection of
ORIENTAL RUGS
and Carpet?
Gathered during a rec rn< » i%n Jo r»r »i a b.r
Gen'l Socrat Khan, ,
This splendid collection includes
Masterpieces of the Oriental Loom,
with an -unlimited variety of sizes and
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war between the United States and Ger
many will be averted. All contentions re-
Rardlns dressed meats and meat products
have been adjusted, and only the question
of cattle on the hoof remains to be settled.
The exportation of. live cattle to Germany
hi comparatively matt, and, in view of the
fact that this country is now importing
cattle from Argentina, it is not likely to
increase. This country is demanding the
same treatment for American cattle as is
accorded to like imports from Austria and
Denmark, and that Germany admits it can
not grant because of the power •of the
Agrarians. On the other hand. Germany
submits that in making special concessions
to the countries named it is warranted by
proximity, precisely as the United States is
warranted In making special concessions
to Cuba. Moreover. Germany will prob
ably, in the last analysis, makp certain con
cessions with regard to rubber and oleo
m«rßarine imported from this country,
which the President will he able to accept
as an offset to the restrictions imposed on
American cattle. In any event. It is not
probable that a final agreement will he
reached until about the time when a de
cision becomes imperative. Q. G. H.
BLOWN OUT OF STEAMBOAT.
Tug's Engineer Hurled Into Hudson
River and Badly Hurt.
Dennis Sheehan, an engineer of the Ben
Franklin Transportation Company, of Yon
kers. was blown from the engine room of
the tug Joseph Poene. sr.. yesterday after
noon, In the Hudson River, lie "was so
badly hurt that he may die. The Joseph
Feene. sr., was approaching the public pier
Jr. Yonkers when Captain Taveniere sig
nalled to the engineer to back into the
dock.
Sheehari applied the reverse pear, but
the wheel, clogged by a lop in the river,
failed to revolve, and when the boat
crashed into the dock a flange was torn
off the cylinder of the engine and a ter
rifice- explosion occurred.
Shechaii was blown out of the encine
room and across the deck into the rivet
hen pulled out he was unconscious He
was badly scalded about the head' and
body. A fireman was also scalded.
TO AID AMERICAN SHIPPING.
Albany. Jan. Assemblyman Linden
Bate?, of New York, to-night introduced a
concurrent resolution, providing that the
Legislature urge Congress to pass a hill
which would favor American shippers by
allowing a lower ;arif rate on goods brought
to tnis country in American bottoms than
on those brought in foreign bottoms, it is
stated in the resolution that the principle
?,rti TT"?*" 1 * Ani^>i«»n "hipping bystfb
sldies te impractical, and at Variance with
the spirit of the Constitution arlAnce wun
9,792.990 BALES OF COTTON
Washington. .lan. 21. The Census Bu
reau reports the number of bale* of cot
!i»'U? 1 v? cd f,f ,A Om thP growth of 1909 to Jan-
ISA 255&589 rr>mrarPrl M*
The Great BUSONI
And the Chickering Piano
The instantaneous and sensational success of this pianist and the Chickering
Piano will, in all certainty, be repeated this afternoon at Carnegie Hall, when
Busoni, whose playing has been creating a furore throughout the country, will be
heard in his first and only recital.
It would require pages to reproduce the absolutely unanimous opinions which
this artist's playing has brought forth.
Suffice to say that "his beautiful tone" was the principal subject of comment.
It must be at once evident to all fair-minded people that "his beautiful tone"
could not have been produced from other than a beautiful instrument. The verdict
upon both was unanimous.
It is the same old story, because it is the
same old relative story. When we mention
pianos of the highest type, we continue to
mention the Chickering. This piano proves it.
not only this piano, but other Chickering grand
pianos that have recently been heard by musical
authorities. This simply endorsed it before the
public through the most difficult of all mcdia —
a pianist like Busoni, to whom the question of
the piano is entirely lost sight of while he plays,
and who insists upon expressing objectively what
he believes to be the intention and purpose of
the masters without reserve, demanding from
the piano every possible resource, from the very
softest triple pianissimo to the most violent con
cussive triple forte passages and chords. His
playing of the A flat Polonaise of Chopin drafted
every possible power that can be concentrated
in a grand piano of the modern day, and made
CHICKERING PIANOS
arc sold exclusively in New York and surrounding territory by the Wanam k
Piano Store. a
We are now disposing of a limited number of
$395.
Which are being sold at this lowered price because the factory is eh
style of case. ** *»
We shall be pleased to show all types of these famous instruments.
II T ir«t Gallery, New Bwldinß.
JOHN WANAMAKER
Formerly A. T. Stewart A, Co., Broadway, Fourth avenur, Eighth to Tenth strc-t
WATERWAY REPORT
COXSERVATIOS PLAN.
Commission Su h m its Rccom -
mend at ions to Congress.
I
"Washington, Jan. 24.— The preliminary re
port of tho National Waterways Commis
| sion was submitted to Congress to-day: It
| will be followed by further recommenda
j lions. The report recommends a general
plan of conservation of water power, with
the framing of projects in the light of
future needs of streams; resort to federal
and state legislation rather than to un
necessary channel improvement merely to
enforce reduction of railroad freight rates,
vlth inhibition, on the other hand, of
manipulation of such rates to freeze out
! water competition; a uniform system of
distribution of cost of waterway improve
ment between federal, state and local gov
'ernmonts; avoidance of multiplication of
! ports; restriction of permits for construe-
I tion of dams, the beginning of such water
! «ay projects only .as can be completed
J within a reasonable time; a federal tax on
[ power furnished to consumers, and res
ervation by the. government of power to
I change or repeal power rights.
The commission holds that th" federal
government has no proprietary right or
interest in navigable waters which would
j authorise the collection of tolls. it be
; lieves that each consent to construct a
dam should provide that the grantee,
whenever necessary to protect navigation
. interests, must construct and furnish pow
| er for a lock suited to the locality and to
j probable traffic development. The com
mission recommends that before the grant
; ing of rights to construct dams in any
' navigable stream the whole stream, or
at least such part as will be affected by
the proposed construction, should be care
; fully surveyed; that, if constitutional au
thority therefor exists, these grants should
I authorize the Secretary of War or other
I official to regulate the charge for the pow
er furnished consumers, and should ex
] pressly reserve to Congress the right to
1 change, amend or repeal.
While not denying the tendency of river
j improvements to lower railroad rates, the
commission holds it undesirable to spend
! money on river channels solely for the
; effect on such rates. The fundamental cri
i terion, it says, should be whether a rail
| way or a waterway, when constructed or
; Improved, will he a profitable investment.
The most essential requirement for the
j rehabilitation of water traffic is asserted
i to he the establishment of harmonious re
, lotions between railroad and water lines.
: The commission believes transportation fa
■ cilities will be still further promoted by
: compelling joint rates and prorating agree
! ments between rafl and water agencies.
i Terminal and wharfage charges should bo
! reasonable, regardless of the ownership of
! these facilities.
Please Note These
from the "Musical
CHAMP CLANK'S VIE \VS
Democrats to Support Many of
Preside n t 's Me as v res.
[From Th» Tribune Bureau.]
- Washington. Jan. : - ■ M, - Representative
Champ Clark, the minority leader, believes
that the most important legislation with
which Congress will he called on to deal at
the present session is that to specify and
regulate conditions • under which water
taken from navigable ami non-navigable
•streams may he utilized. Mr. Clark Is of
the opinion that, while this is alluded to
by conservationists as regulation of water
power sites, the legislation may go furtner
and control the use of water for all pur
poses. He. points out that this is most in
tricate and difficult legislation, as it { In
volves the states rights question, as op
posed to federal control; that It gives the
advocates of state expenditures, as dis
tinguished from federal development, an
opportunity to express themselves, and
goes to the bottom of the conservation
movement.
Aside from this legislation, in which Mr.
(lark is deeply Interested, he feels certain
that all the progressive recommendations
of President Taft will receive united and
cordial Democratic support.
lie thinks that it will be necessary for
the Democrats to hold a caucus after sev
eral of the President's measures have been
reported from committee, but he hopes to
delay this a<<| long as possible in order that
Mich a caucus may he held after all his
followers have studied the questions and
formed their opinions. He does not better*
In the efficacy of caucuses called so early
that many members have not had an op
portunity to formulate their views, but
rather in those called after all are reason
ably familiar with the measures submitted.
The measures which the Democrats who
follow Mr. Clark will support are the inter
state commerce bill, anti-injunction legis
lation, postal savings banks and most of
the conservation hills. They will not fol
low the President on his federal incorpora
tion plan, and it is understood that there
will be a solid Democratic opposition to
ship subsidy.
When Representative riark finds time to
study the Taft-Ballinger hill dealing with
water sites he will undoubtedly realize that
the question of states rights is not In
volved. The bill is po drawn that it rn-og
nizos the control of the states over the
waters of the stream?. It provides that
when a corporation or individual desires to
use water for power purposes the right
shall be obtained from the state, hut shall
be transferred to the government in part
compensation for the use of the land along
the stream.
PRESIDENT WALKS IN RAIN.
Washington. Jan. 34.— President Taft took
a long walk in a drizzling rain this after
noon, accompanied by Captain Butt, his
military aid. and two Secret Service men.
The sight of the little party setting out
from the White House in the downpour
recalled the strenuous days of President
Roosevelt.
Extracts
Courier"
it a triumphant exhibition of what Chickering
& Sons are capable of producing in all shades of
piano expression through their instruments.
In view of this fact, it is evident that Chick
ering ft Sons have not stopped in their pro
gressive march towards the culmination of grand
piano manufacturing. This is the new epoch, as
this instrument at once demonstrates that the
Chickerings have not only maintained their
standard among the highest grade pianos ever
made, but this instrument, on the other hand
proclaims through its quality and the manner in
which it met all the requirements of such a
stupendous player as Busoni that its grade not
only has been reserved and preserved, but that
it has moved along in the highest development
of piano construction of the present day and
stands out as one of the great factors that can be
applied to the highest demands of the highest
artistic ideals of piano-playing before the public
— this makes the epoch.
Chickering Upright Pianos at
CUTS OFF ITS MOSEY.
report was practically worthK, tH||f *-*
" : *■■ practically -vo—- „, p ' J
son* • - .. .\,\f,. , and Salati T r< *"
II mis'* Strike* f /flow at Imni- H=o^Sz^^.
... ■' * h ' : '' l r^i»h m^t
"ration Commission. Mr i'*wons said ttie commission-,*!*;.
■ wna of an unusual character »„< w<>r
[From Th. Tribune Bur*« .l ... of wha- mhr' , * -»-
Wa.-hlnKton. Jan. 24.— Refusing to a,- „.-.. Ka nce wa, neW™ *, 1°! t0 **
proprlate an? money tor the expenses of i .-.,* , conditions ralsh^b* , x "^ mr^ tUt
the immigration commlMlnn, th- House of declare! th*t two subject rot- H ,
Representatives .lay pa.-eed the urgent | cussed In reports will p'rov h"? I'"*1 '"*
deficiency bill, carrying a total appropria- to th« country. H* referred to tl*
UN of nearly $5,000,000. which is more cation •! population in cities a-* C " n *
than -11.000,000 i,,.:.,-. the rstlmates nub- physical asjimilatlon report? M- th *
tnltt^d by the Treasury Dopartrii-nt. praL«Pd the work of the nmmiiliii 7
Charcfs of «••»•••*■ and unwarranted nZL M t nat lt •w-nut.i h» if "~ a^ '" 1
fxtrnvapancc «-M"O made apainst the com- value. i:»prp«entative Macon's p*^ 116
mission, and several members cxpr^efl order wa? su-ttaln^d. F ' °*
tlMWllrW in favor of an Investigation of Th» provision making the pciiu_
the exp*«ndltur' > s of that body. R"prr?cnta- salaries of the Cnat« Court jut-?*?-^
tives Butler, of Pennsylvania: Macon, of j nas rh»ns<-d =•> that th<»y , j"*^ •••"■•
Arkansas, and Sabath. of Illinois, led the at this rat* until July, and the!- '- -"" '*
attack, while Representatives Malby and .«ation thereafter will b<: «mnvi|| > th^r*"
Parsons, of New York, made somewhat Illative appropriation bl:i. Rf>w before *•*
apologetic defences. committee. wl *
M' Macon mado a point of ordor a?:ain.«t ; Following the action taken by the Dew*.
th»» appropriation and said that $557,000 cratic caucus, th* lloon elected Ri>nr»««
had already been expended by th*> mmm!.«- tative Graham, of Illinois, to succeed Rei>
sion. '•prartica'ly -without -return." Hi resentatlve r.loyd. of Missouri. as ame
charped that Professor Jenks, of Cornell b«>r of th* Ballmßer-Plnehot ln\ «ati«atta«
University, was placed on the commission Committee. "•
for political purposes, and that he could . MCBI .. M c mi- c- rr « ~
have been of little service, as h» continued AMERICAN ENGINEER RELEAGEO.
his duties at the university. He declared Washington. Jan. •:♦. Joseph Woods. the
that th« Kuropean trip of the commission American rncrineer who has ix»n impris
was a "junket' and that no meetings would oned in Monterey. Mexico, for Am , wetka
hay«» li*>pn held had not Senator I^atlmer. on a char** of hoixs«?br«ikin?. has toea
of North Carolina; Insisted that he would, released by the Mexican authortma.
return home unless something was accom- This Information earn* from the Unit»4
piished. He asserted that Representative '. States Embassy at Mexico City, and th«
Bfnnet. of New York, made several trips to action taken I* believed to bo the result of
Kurope. and that no accounting of his ex- ' representations made by S;cr»tary Hon.
rinses or of those of the commission had ' Tn< * offence with which Wood* was chared
ever been made. i li not bailable under the Mexican Utt. \nt
Representative Butler declared that he **'" release is beloved to have b'en efTerte* »
had voted for the commission and was upon a pledge that he would return lat»r
■arrjr for it, and that he would not give ' ot " trial.
Store Ready at 8:15 A. M. Eight Car Lines
Directly on the Interborough Subway. Each Way to Store.
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j|r / New York, January 25, 1910
Annual Sale of Hosiery and Underwear
Today !
23,000 Pairs of Stockings and Socks and
19,812 Pieces of Underwear
$26,000 Worth for $14,000
This is the oncc-a-year event for which so many ha^e
waited.
It is not a hurrah sale, hut a sort of safety valve to our
larg-e regular husiness. A vast amount- of o<l<ls-anrl-en<is
accumulate during a year's work — good things all of them—
hut we have no time to stop in mid season to match up odd
sizes.
This year, in addition to our regular stock, we add a
purchase of tine underwear from a New England mill at just
half price. The mill was changing its business plans and
sold to us for our New York and Philadelphia stores its
entire surplus stock. *
Even-thing in the sale is of first quality except some
fronds sold in the Basement which are marked "seconds.""
These -"seconds" we sell all the year around — at specially
low prices and always under a tag plainly stating \lieir "sec
ond" quality. -
Those in the sale hear a still further reduction in price.
It is interesting to note that this sale begins in face of
notice from the hosiery and underwear manufacturers that
prices are to advance 25 per cent, next season.
Selling begins at 8.15. None sold to dealers.
Lower Priced Goods, Basement. Old Building.
Women's Hosiery $ UndenccarJlamFloor.Oldßmldinz
Men's Hosiery § Undcnvcarjfain Floor \Xciv Building
Women Stockings, from 18c to $1.50 a pair.
Children Stockings, 12 l-2c to 35c a pair.
Men's Socks, 12 l-2c to $1.50 a pair.
Women Underwear, 5c to $1.50 a garment. '
Children's Underwear, 15c to 50c a garment.
Men's Underwear, 25c to $1.50 a garment.
Carpet Remnants
Whether One Wants Enough Carpet for an
Entire Room or Only a Few Feet for a
Small Mat— This Is the Opportunity.
Prices are certainly interesting enough, and there will be arrple
variety from which to choose for those who come early er _■ - " -
morning.
This stile is the natural sequence of our large carpet
business. When a store buys as many as twenty-nine Bs9a oi
carpets from a single maker, places large orders with'cther factories,
and disposes of all this immense amount of floor-covering at
retail, it is a natural thing that a great many remnants «j3 be
left over.
It is impossible to fill orders for carpets, and cut up rolls so
that they will come out exactly even.
We have therefore taken the odd rolls and the remnants of
rolls, aggregating in all about 3.000 yards, and marked them at
about half their former prices, and those former prices were,
we believe, the lowest for which carpet has ever sold at ratal U
New York during the season.
You will find these rolls on the Fourth Gallery.— some of them
contain fifty or more yards, some thiee or four yards. All of them
are plainly marked, with their yardage and price.
Just as an index to what you may expect we cite these few
examples :
Best Wilton Velvet
And Body Brussels
Yard Trice
47 IL.l L . yards for $35.75— 75 c.
23 yards for $17.25— 75 c.
13 yards for $9.75— 75 c.
10 yards for $7.50— 75 c.
5 yards for — 50c.
Velvet
Yard Price
40' _ yards for $24.50— 60 c.
31 yards for $18.75 — 60c.
H yards for $8.40 — 60c.
4' i yards for $2.25— 50c.
Best Axminster
Yard Pries
44 V« yards for $33.50— 75 c.
1 9 yards tor $ 1 7. 1 0— 90 c.
13 yards for $11.70— 90 c.
8 yards for $7.40— 90 c.
4' , yards for $3.20— 75 c.
Tapestry Brussels
Tard Toe*
52«:. yards for $21.10— 42 c.
31 yards for $15.85— 50 c.
21 yards for $10.50— 50c.
7 yards for $3.25— 46 c.
Fourth Gallery. New Building.
P. B.— Estimated price by yard in above table is given merely
for information. These pieces will be sold only as rolls and not cut
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