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IftT M ARCHBALD Judge Booked for Gair., Admits Impeachment Witness, After Senate Duel. WAS THE "SILENT PARTY" ?? | *Ndb6dys Business If I Wished to Give It to Him," Retorts Reluctant Accuser? Cqnspiracy Hinted. [Freaa Tl-e Trlbune Bureau.l Waahlngton. Dec. 4-A clash betw-en coanaal for Judge Kobert w. Axohbaai. of the Commeree Court. and the manag'rs for the House over the testlmony of the flrst witness summoned to-day broke the monotony of the impeachment trlal. ahortty after Bdarard J- wiiiiams. of Moosic. Tenn., aUaged to have been 09 sodated with Judge Arrhbahl in the Katydid culm dunip deal, began his tes t.mony, a. s. Worthington. attorney fof Judge Archbald. protested agatnat the examlnatlon condueted by Repres.-ntatlve Webb on the ground that he was pro l>ouqding leajling questiona. lAter Mr. Worthington objected to the admlsslon of the document fxecuted bf Wlillams assignlng a two-thirds boteraal (n the profits of the transai.?tion tO W. P. Boiand and n "aUeht party," tha latter admttted by Wlillams to have been Judge Archbald himself. Mr. Worthington BOJd it had not been shown that Judge Ar.-h hald had any knowledge of this aasign ment, and hinted that it was part of a t-onsptracy to bring about his downfall. After the qtiestlon was dlscuased for 'rearly an ho\ir. the BenatO declded to admtt the assignment as evldence. by a vote of t? to 6, Senator Baeon. the pre aJ9Jgaj offlcer, declinlng to take the re eponalbillty of paaaing on it. ^*he testimony of Willlam.?, who stood [ at the elerated <lesk of the clerk nnd. faced Judge Archbald. his frlend, he saio. for thirty years. centred aoont the fir?t artlcle of the charges. alleglng that Judge jMrhbald had extrted hutuenoa upon of ti<?r? or the E'ie Raiiroad. whlch then had a lighterage case pending in his ? court, to compel them tO give an option \< Wiiiiams on Ita BOrtlOn Of the Katy riidL refusf- coal heaps, OWaed thfOOgh its hanllary company, the Hillaide Coal and i ron ?'oatpany. Acted as Hia Friend. Mr. Wiiiiams detlared that Judge Aich baM had nothlng to do with fetttttg the option further than to aci as his frlend and recommend him to the offlcers of the HiiiMde oonpany. Later, bowerer, under the questions of Representative Webb, he .-aid thut Judge archbald would have r< ceived half of the profits reahzed from the aalo Of the property. ? What did Judge Archbald <io for wiil'h he was ,to recetra one-half <>f the profits fron. the coal dtimp?" demanded Reprc . aentatlve Webb. "lr Mis none of anybodya business if I ? wished to give it to him,," mtoited Wiii? iams. ? To this he later added that the intercst Of Judge Archbald resalted from "what he did for me." and that "it was partly through his influence that I got the op tlOfl " DOLLAR DIPLOMACY WINS American Firm Oets Large Con tract from Rumania. [Krom 'll.e Trlbune Bur?au. J Washlngton, I>ec. 4?Another avMeBC4 ' of the praetieal results of the ao-called "dollar dlplomacy" of the Department of State developed to-day when announ^e. inent waa made that an American flrm had been awarded bv the Rumanian gov ernment the contract for furnlahlng a large part of the 17i mllea of plpe to be laid between F'rahova, in the centre of I Rumania, and the port of Constanza, on ' the Black sea. The Rumanian governmcnt authorized the constructioo Of the plpe line last Bprlng. The cettetruc-tion of the line, whlch wo^Id be used to earry petroleum b?twen the two polnui. was placed under the dlrectlon of the government rallway authorittas, and the sum of $8,600,000 waa j approprlated to defray the cost. Iln acce-rdance with the prlnclples of ?dollar dlplomacy" Miniater Jackson, at Buchareat, notified the State Department ,.of the plana for the gigantlc project, and j auhBequently addltlonal Informatlon was i gathered for American contractore. Amer ..ican concein* took the neeeasary steps to 1 tompete for. the contracts, and Mlnlster ) Jackaon has Juet cabled that the Unlted [ S?eel T'roduetg Company was one of the 1 eucceasful bldderfc. HELD yOR "WIRELESS" LACK - Captam cf the Niunidian Accuaed of Sailing Without Proper Equipment. BoatOn, Dec. 4?Captaln John Hall, of the transatlantlc. steam?hlp Numldian, was arreated here to-day, charged with violaHng.it rerent aFt of Congress regard Jng arircleas eqaipment on passenger car rylna steamers. Tne government allegea that the Numld? ian dM'not have an airxiliary equipment ?ufflclent to send a message a hundred rniles whep the.Fteamer salled from Bob ton. an Oetober 5. THE DAY IN | Krom Th? Tnti'tne Hiir<-au 1 Washington. Decembei l Republicana Will Reorganiza Party. The reorganlzation of the Republkan party along systematlc llnes, and with substantlal flnanrial backing. bl the pur paai of the kaders of the O. O. P., ?nd ways and nieans are being extenslvely dlacoaaod by inembers of the natlonal committee and others ln Washington. Proatdaat Tafl sounded the call for such Mciganlzatlon in his sprech before the l.otos Club, ln New York. and he is heartily in sympathy with the purposes ot tbe Republlcan leaders. Republlcan head- | quartara wlll be eatabllshed and maln- | tained probably in Washlngton. Whlle Cbarlea l>. Hilles, chalrmati of the Re? publlcan Natlonal < ?ommittee. wlll have ultlmate supervlsion. it is purposed to place a eompetent man who can devote his entlre time to the rause In actual charge. Onfl point whlch Mr. Hillea has inslsted on is the flnnnoing of the head quarters In a businesslike manner. so that the dlrector. wluxver he may be, Hh?H not ba contlnually hampered bj mixlety as to funds with wbJeh to meet current expenses. lt ls expected that this niove nient will be glven matertal tmpetus at the Republlcan dlnner whlrh wlll take place at the Waldorf on .lannary 4. and j whlch the President and all the party leadari who can raacb New York wlll attend. J. Vnn Yeehten Olcott. fx-Rcpie seiitatlvf. was here to-day dJoeuaatBf plans for the dinner with Mr. Hilles and other promlnent Republirans, and may 1 i.e some formal announceinent to make regardlng it to-monow or next day. Among the prominent Republicana who are taklng an actlve lnterest in the plans for party reorganlzation are [>avld Mul vane. ex-national commltteeman. of Kan sns: Senatoi Handers, natlonal commlttee? man from Taaaaaaaa; Natlonal Coaualt* teeman Martin. of Vlrglnla; Natlonal Commltteeman .laekaon. of Marvland. and Yictor Rosewater. of Nebraaka. During a Republlcan aumlnlstratlon, the White llouae is inevltaMy a polltlral headquar ters for that party. but with the auccea sion of President Wllson all this will be changed. and lt becomes Impoitant that there be a gatherlng point for Republl oaai visitlng the natlona! capltal. Further naorOi lt is purposed to keep'up a eortaln amonnt of publiclty work throughout the Democratie adniir.istration In order that those who deslre to k<*ep the falth may not become the prey of false prophetg and strange heiesies. Fitzgerald. Carnegie and Ptnsions. Nunierotis efforts have been made to in duce President Taft to express his vlew* on Andrew C'arnegl.'s propaatttOfl to pro vkle per.slons for e.\-Pre?ldents out of the Carnegie Foundatfon. bui without H trsH. Ii. the flrst place. II is probable that Mr. Taft prefers that Mr. Carnegie shall be tba first tn learn !<i? v!ew on this gen eious proposltion. and in the second place it may be that Mr. Taft does not fe< I called on at any time to express his views to the gcnrral public. Those who know Mr. Taft, however, ahould have llttle dif flculty ln dlvlnlng his poeitlon. It ls a Fafe predictlon that Mr. Taft wlll not aaactloa tba srheme and would not 8,-eept a i.r:,sion fi om tha CariMfta Foundaifon. No one in the White Hou-e has been more ptmctilions about keoplng hlmself free from embarraeeing obllgatlons than Mr. Taft, and the same STUpulous rare Wblcb has always actuated his course will be sure to govern his action now. Of course. it may be argued that he might. now that the end of his administratlon is so tlose at hand. accept a pension from Mr. <"nr nfffle. or his endowment, without BCrUpia, but those who so argue do not know Mr. Taft. He would. unquestionably, feel that ba was, to cmploy a eonvenient Rrltlsh ctrcnmlocutlon, "by way of being" under ebllgatlon to Mr. <\irnegie during the re mainder of his term and he would have r.one of lt. Furthermore. a sense of con slderation for his successor would pre vent his sanctioning the proposal cven on in.? last Say of his administration, for. even if Mr. Taft consented to aiCOpt tbf pension onlv on March 3. If the custom thus became establlshed lt could not be gainsaid that to some extent President Wil?on would be under obllgatlons to the lronnu.st'r throughout his term. Fnde, these clrcumstancea. it ls probable tha. DEMOCRATS BEGIN PARING Cut Out Coramerce Court and Ex-Presidents' Pensions. Washington. T>er. 4 -The flrat big sup ply meaaure of the present session of CongresB, the lrglslatlve, exeeutlve and judlcla! appropristion blll, waa reported to tht House to-day The meaaure car rles $34,897,106 BO, a derrease of $319. 027 8* from the corresponding bill in tba previous aeaaloii The estlmatea of the Secretary of the Treasury. $36,614,$56 50, were cut more than $1,000,000. As presented to the full committee by tba eub-commlttee whlch framed lt the blll lnrluded n provlaion by Representa tno Hurleson. of Texas, maklng ex Presldents members-at-large of the House. with a salary of $1 7.R00. But the full committee dlsapproved and it waa atruck out. The Commerce Court asked for $64,800 for the comlng fiaeal year. but the com? mittee would not allow the ltem. The last leglslatlve, executive and Judielal blll gave the court Just enough money to rontinue it to March 4 next year. Presldent-elect Wllson probably wlll get the regular annual allowance of $26, 000 for travelllng expenses. The bill wlll be ronsldered on the floor at once and will be the ftrst supply meaiure aent to the Henate. Wholesome Nutrltlous Dellclous Order a Case. I .iel?$70-Pl?xa. 1WT BREWERY BOTTLIHQ OU3EHT LAOER BKKfl PRBffEUT IN AMERH'A KRAKAUER F* pianos ?* A very apeclal reduction of $100.00 will be made on all diacontinued etyle* while they last Call and avail yourself of thia rare opportunity. New Pianos-SPECIAL.... from $200.00 l pvvard Player Pianos.$380.00 Easy Payments. MAIN WAREROOMS: 17 East 14th Street Brooklyn, 350 Livingston St. Bronx, Cyprcss Ave.. 136th to 137th St WASHlNGTOh Mr. Taft learned with aome degree of ie gret of Representative Kltzgerald's Im placable opposltion to a federal penslon for ex-Presidents. an opposltion whlch some attrlbute to Tammany's lack of love for the riaalllailt alant although Mr. WU? ?On'a supine swallowing ot the Tarr.many tandldate for Governor of the Kmpire State ahould entltle him to greater consld eratlon than Mr. ritzgerald's course would indlcate. A.s for Mr. Taft. ? f*1 eral penslon would undoubtedly be most welcome. as he ls far from belng a man of means. And the aame muat be true of Mr. Wllson. who. it wlll be recallcd. on<e applled for a Carnegie pension as an ex teacher. Damocrats Playing Paanut Politics. It beglns to look an if the peanut poli tlciana on the nemocratic alde of the Senate would have their way ln the mat? ter of maklng a d.terinlned effort to hold up all iiomlnations eubmitted to the Sen ate by Prealdent Taft. This course, wl.lch Is atoutly advociited i>> men of the QOT*. Oarea. Raai atamp. is begtontng to re eohre the aupport of oartain Doinarratle Senators of a dlfferent < at, and even Senator O'Oorman has lndlcated that he may be a party to any filibuster Ondei - itaken to that end. It is fraukly admltted that strong pressure from offlcese.klnK Democrata In every atate In the Cnlon Ia being exerted on Demonatic Henatoia to lnduce them to refuae to conllrm any of Prealdent Taft's nomlnntlons. These pa trlota frankl\ admlt that they want the apoila for tlu-m*elvcH. and they fear that every nomlnatlon .onttrnvd DOW will mean one leas joh for the hungry horde which wlil beslegr Washington m Marel Tbera at* some Demoeratle St-m'tors who proteat that they will stoop to no auch mathoda and wbo aeaert that thaj win DOt ba h party to them. but the short seaslon Wlll be so ahort and t'.ie calendar so crowded. espeelally with the Impeadi ment ense taktnp up a large share of the 1lme of the upper house. that a comparu tlveiy few Democrats can conduct a suc ceaBful nlibuster if their colleagu.s can be lnduce! to pfQganra a m? rely neutral attltude. Will Prolonq Mexican Invaatigation. Senators Smith, of Michlgan. and Kall of New Mexico. purpoae to 1090991 their Inve.stlRatlon of the M?xic;m revolutlon. and to that end tnav go to the Mexh an boundary When laet autumn they made some atateroenta for the presa whl'h led to dlspatchis from lalifornla assrrtlng that they favored lnterventlon Preetdeat Taft made It veiy cle.tr that b4 w?< not and had no purpose of being guide.l in 991 condud of our relatlona with Masleo by anythlng these stat.sm-'n pjtfght than or thrreaftcr conclude, so thnt prior to March 4 they can pror.ably do little harm. <ven if they aecompUeh na x.i. by re Mimlng their Invrstlgatlon. It Is intl mated by these tn-mbrs of the 9*9944 that thoy are satlafled that General orozco has abundant funds to OOBdOel a prolonged flght If he aaai Bt, anL fur? ther, that no part of his reaoun aa <r furniahed by rltlz.iis of tha I'nlted Htat-s it ia aiao latlatated that the latter asset tion could not he made of the revolutlon whlch placed T'resldent Mad.ro In pOwOr. In this connectlon It is of Interent that s.natnr Pall is ajenarelly cradlted arldi being an Oraaea ?ywpathtoar L? Follatta'a Heur of Joy. Senator Ia Follette at l99t tmds him self In a posltlon which affords hlm ln tense pleaaur*-. for lt ls generally con ceded that on hl^ declston depen.ls tha fate of S?nator Oalllnger a aaplratlon* tO hKt-m' ITesident pro tem. of ti.? ?enete Mr U iWletta ai.'l hla ir.MM.K<n< l,r,,hr.-n have preventM throughout thla Congress the t|eettOB of a l'res!,|e?t Pro taao af the Banate, eart if the wis.on tln Senator would ylcld now Mr. C.al llnger mlght .-njoy the ho. or for thla brlef Beaalon and the compen?at.on of tM V|C? fresld^nt. In 1190 of that of a Bcna tor a.- well. Mr I.a Collette Is regorted to 'be keenlv enjo> ii.R hla posltlon of power. while Senator tialhnxe, nasJouaiy W8trhe? the Senatorial thurnb whlcb, H turned down. wlll defcat his ambltlon, but 1f turned up wlll make posslhle the h<-.n..r whlch !>r. Oalllnger's OOUeagaea have long aought to bestow upon hlm. COMMERCE BOARD PRAISED Aided in Solving Express Prob lems, Says W. D. Hines. Walker D Utaea, general 0000901 for the Atehlaon. Topeka * H;inte l'e *>> tem and Jolnt roun^ei fnr most of the htg exi reas rompanles ln the general ex? press Inquiry pendlng b.fore the Inter state Commerce Oonmtaaton, tn 1 k-U on "The Expreaa f'ompaiiles and the I'ub ii.??? b.fore the piaaaea Poruai of the West Side Young Men s Chtl.-tlan Asso clation last evenlng. "The commis?lon." he said, "has taken great Interest ln the development of the express r-ervlce and the increase of ita efflciency. and I believe that not <>nly the publlc but the expre?s (ompnnles wlll derlve great and lasting benetits from the attentlon tt is glvlng tr. the grave abd exceedlngly dlfflc.ult probtenu whi< h are now belng solved In exprt-s tninM portatlon buainess. "The offlcers of the rompanles are eo operating with the utmost slncerity with the commlsslon ln worklng out tiese prob lems. and they have derlved great betp and stlmulus from the work of that BOdy, L?t me say, however, that the ii!<reM^> in the buslness of the express companles has not by any means correapondingly b> creased their net returna. but on the contrary, the returna are v.-ry much lesa proportlonately at preaent than ln the past." Mr. Hlnes said he helleved the Inter atate Commerce Commlsslon and the rompanles were going to solve satlsfac torlly to the public the tariff problems by means of the "zonc j-ystcm." WRECKDUETOBROKENBAR Rails and Ties in Good Condi tion, Says Report. Hartford. Conn., Dec. i. -Chlef Kngineer Bltwell of the Public rtiuties ComnUaaloo flled to-day his report of the lnqulry into the wreck of the Merchants' I.imited ex? press on November l*. Me attributed Ihe accident to a broken equalUer bar On a diner. whlch, dragglng through a Hwlt< h, dlaarranged the points. The ralla, ties and awltch fasterdnga at the place of the wreek Were in good con dltion, he flnd.-. He eaya lt haa been shown concluslvely that the defect In thw equallser bar could not have been eeen at any car lnapectlon. Me recommenda frequent speclal ex amlnatlon of equlpment. with u vlew of dlscoverlng defects In rnetal parts. GAUNT HEADS JER6EY GRANQE. Atlantic ( ity, Dec. 4.? The State Urange of Kew' Jersey at to-day'a seasion of the annual convcntlon re-elccted Senator George W. F. Gaunt. of Mulllca IIIII, Glouceater County, to the offlee of maater. There was no opposltion. PRESIDENT IN FAVOR OF Would Spend $50,000,000 in River Improvement for Pro tection Against Floods. UNDERARMYCONTROLONLY Boston Mayor Tells Rivers and Harbors Congress Govern? ment Should Own Ooun trys Coal Mines. | from The Trlhune Bur.au | Wa.-hlngton. Der. 4.-President Taft, addr-cslng the 1,500 delcgates to the Na tional Rivers and Harbors CongresB at Its openlng aession at 'the New Wlllard Hotel to-day, deelared In favor of spend ing JlO.noo.OOO or $.-/i,00n.of)0 for the improve mmt of the Mlssissippl. but sald such axpaadltara should not be urged for the improvem.-nc of navlgation but for the protection of the country against dam ages by flood The Presld.nt de. lared that not only should this great sum be spent for the Improvement of the levee aystem of the Mlssissippl. but the work should 1>? done by the federal government, with or with? out tba ald of tho states. and that the whole Imorovement should be under the dtrecl control of the army englueers and tba War Daaartaaaat Wlule ba spoke >>f waterway Improve ments In general. President Taft I onflned his remarks alnvst entirely to the ques tlon of whether the federal government ahould or should not approprlate the necessary money to Improve the Mlssis? sippl levees for tho piotectlon of llfe and property. Me polnted out that this Im? provement was not of a local eharacter, but was of intereat to the whole country, and sald: The hlutory of the Mlsslasippi f'.ivet has est.it.ilshed. it aaama to me, its treat m.-nt to he cnnsldcrcd a nationnl quoa tlon, and If 1 weie raoponafbh as I am not golng to ba?1 would not hesltate to taoa tbe prohiem of the Mlssissippl River b) s.iving. not that we want a twenty four foot waterway when we haven't tha ooromtroa for lt. not thst we are golng ahead Ia any aay to persuade peopk- on the theorv that lt Is navigatlon that takea ua there, but on the gronnd that we have as the real object the savlng of a large aactlon of the country, so large that it requlrea natlonal a.-^HtHnce, and i iroold make it an ubsolute .ondltion that the whole Improvement. from one end to the other, Hliould I.oanplataly under the control of the army englneers and the \\ ai DoparUacntf and tbal tha oontrlbu tlouH from ea< h state jihould be m?a? ut'.-d lti some Just way. and tli.it tl.e gov ? rt.no nl foot the dlfference, whlch under any ronelderatlon wlll be !arge enough The reason why we have the rlght to approprlate t.'iO.WW.OOO for thla purpose is thal it Ia eloaaly eonnoctad with the jurls dl< tlon of the natlonal government over navlgable atreama. and therehy tha gov arnmant is better ntted. through its an> gineer <orps and other roaana whlcb It ha>- at Ita handa. to do the work. and ba cause lt is of such a rhar.icter that th? whole povernment in i ? f?t do It and the Itatea along tha way cannot do lt Now, I would not pr.vent the utate* from eon trlbutinjc. aa they ought to contrlbute. to this \?oik. wh.ch !h golng to wv. theni: and what thev ought to do i? to tum over the work entnely to the gov ertiment of the I'nlted Ktatc*. and get rld of th?'|r local ma?-hlnery that doen not wo: k as well or as aCODOtnlcally U fed? eral engineerlng work MHyot Fltzgetald. of Bost'.n. ma.la the dclaratlon ln an uddre*? that tl.e I'nlted Staten nhould own tiie coal mines of the oonatry. Ba did not a?ree, aoaro7ar, v. ith Senator Townscnd, of Mlchlgan. who had praOOSal him, that It inlght ba well for the federal government to take pos seaslon of dock ajtta on rivers improv.d b) tlo gfiverntnent, so a? to kcep rall wa\.( from preventmg water . ..mp. ti tlon ?ii,e raitraaSa of the country eaaM not enrry aii the baatnaoa, the Maw.r aaM, and EhOOM have pb-ntv of water comPe tltlOII He deelared that on $30'?0.o?0 worth of coal Boston had pald WfjtMSM ln transportation rharges. and something Khoild he done to Improve the rondltlon. The government would take pos?eg?ion of the coal nvnes of the country ln a tew vr..rs be asserted. If thlngs kept on aa they had bern golng during the last few vears. Mrs. F.lm"r '! I.nnrenee, ?.erretarv "f the Woman's Natlonal Rivers and Har? bors Oongress. told of the rneans being used bf that body to arouae intereat In waterways. If. MoU Hardlng. ronaul' |ng englneer of the New York CMj Dork Department, ?a\e an lllustrated lecturc on water termlnab Rapreaentatlva fUnaaaD, ?f i/iuisiana, praaldeal of the conaraaa, ln ids aaaoal addre-s < harged that rallroads monopo li/.rd river t-rmlnals and destroyed the OOa of thetn after Improvementa had been naae. He quoted from t'olonel fjoethali, In (haige of the con?*.iuctlon of the I'an ama f'anal, to the eff.ct that three tfnMa he had s.en Weatern rivers lmproved. three tlmes boat llnrg establlshed as a result of the Improvement, whlle the aaterwny commerce Increased by leaps and bounds. and In ev.ry <ase the boat Hnes hai been hought by rallroads and SfataaattaS. a 'CLEAN UP" B0Y GANGS "Bottle Scarred" Police Uet Revenge on Assailants. f'.angs of young men and hoys who In fest the npper BOft Slde, drop brlcks and bottl.H upon the heads of pottoatnan and terrorlze glrls who paas through the streets at nlght, are to be "eleant-d up" lf ('aptaln DoaaJakk llenty, of the Kast 67th stiert statlon, atid hla men can do It. Sin'e November 16 they have arrasted tea hundred of the young ganasters whosa ages varled from fourteen to nlneteen years. In most Instances ronvlctlons have be. n obtalncd. Man.v of the prlsonera over alxteen wrre taken to the police courts. where they were found gullty of dlsorderly fonduet and flned. The young ?r boys were aent to the rhlldreif* Court. The police last nlght arrestrd flfteen youngsterfl ln the preclnct. finly flve of th-rn were more than slxteen yeara old. C.iptnln Henry sent for thelr parents and told them they would ha' e to keep thelr aors ofl the ntreet>. The cruaade is the result of Injuries re rel.ed by bIx pollremen uttached to the 67th street station, all of whom bear ntarks of hottlea or brltka thrown at them from roofs. <'aptaln Henry formed the injured men Into a sperlal squad, and they ha\e been buay maklng arreats. The boys are uaually to be found hanglng about candy and clgar stores ln the croaa streets between So< ond avenue and Ave? nue A. RABBIT HUNTING KILLS NINE. ? leveland. Dec. 4.?The rabbit huntlng aeaaon of twenty daya In Ohlo. whlch began November ir> and enda to-day, coat nlne lives. Thirty-?lght were wounded, a large proportion of them having loat an eye, an arm, a hand or a leg. MACVEAGH OUTLINES L Urges Central Agency and Tak jng Treasury Department Out of Banking Business. PRESENT SYSTEM EVIL Need of Flexible Currency and Reserves Pointed Out? Deficit in Wilson's First Year Seen. Washinglon, Dec. 4-Strongly urgtng radical reform of the "unreasoned and unsclentlflc" banking and currency sys tem of the I'nlted Statee, Franklln Mae Yeagh. Beeretary of the Treaaury. freely warna Congress in his annual report sub mltted to-day that the federal government as long as the present acheme exlsts- will be aaaluajvaly reaponelble for the com mercial. Induatrlal and soclal disasters whlch flow from panics and attack. ol rectly or Indlrectly, every home In the natlon. The present system promotes and de velops panlca, and leglslatlon Ia uigent. declarea Mr. MacVeogh, in outllnlng his ldea of the necessary general provlslons of an adequate rellef meaaure. Aslde from affordlng flexible and elastlc currency and reserves, such a revislon, he says. should brtttg the banks Into oiganired co-opera tlon and provlde for a central agency through whl. h they could work togethcr. free of polltlcal or truat control. A< cordlng to the estlmates of the Treaa? ury Department, the Hecretary foreseeB a dcfblt of 122.864.023, exoluslve of Pan ama Canal expendltures, for the flaeal year ending June 30, 1914, the flrst flscal year of Presldent Wllson'a admlnUtratlon. Including the canal expenBca, the denclt is estimated at $.'2,780.4M. The canal ?x pendltures. he adds, however. may be pald under the law from bond aalea. The ea timated re< elpts for that vear are $710, 000.000, while the ordlnary approprlatlons are estlmated at $732,sr*>,0.!3 and the canal expendlturea at g$0.174,432. I'ndoubtedly havlng piobable tarlff revislon ln mlnd. tha Secretary announces that these ea timatea are based on pre?ent conditions and lawB. Surplus for Currant Yaar. For the current flscal year, ending June 30, 1913. Mr. MacVeagh estlmates that there wlll be a surplua of H0,2O'.'?W ex eluslve of 1'anama < anal expendltures. and a deficit of 11.800.000 Including the canal transactions. Ile estimatea recelpta for thla year at |T11,000.000 and ordln.iry' diaburflementa at $t>70.WO,9O0. In connection with flnanclal reform Mr Ma?\>agh 99] s the people are helpleaa under exlatlng evlls The present ayatem nevi-r permlta free aetlon at any tlme, be cauae ita liablllty to sudden constralnt and re>trlctlon Ib always a pait of the natlon'a flnanclal conaclousnesa. ? There never Ib a tlme," continues the Serretary, "when there Is any long look ahead. exeept when we are ln the mldst of a panlc, when there Is a long look of dlsaater ahead. There Ib never a long look of eaae and convenlence and pros perlty ahead." In the .rop-moving season, Mr. Mac? Veagh polnta out. there Ia apeclal stress and r?stralnt Me rlnds an obje. t leason In the conditions last autuiun. when the banks were called upon to flnance the movement of record-breaklng <rops, ne cessltating the employment of nearly all their avatlable resources under "our con strlctlng aysterrf.'' ? This relief. which Is so urgently needed by the legitlmate buameaa and enterprtse of our people," he adda, "le not rellef from a flnanclal eltuation bullt up by 9 nnan. ;al world Itself. but is from a aya? tem and conditions superinduced by the government and forced upon the buelneaa communlty and upon American Boclety. The banking and currency ayatem is the product of federal law. and there can be M rellef from lt untll rongreas acta. And thla ia why Congieaslonal aetlon la ur gent. Systam Unaciantific Potntlag out that the banks fortunntely had 9*99 abk t'- flnance the crop move? ment of the laBt autumn unalded by tha government. the Secretary says that the anomaloua relatlon between the Treaaury Department Hiid the general nnamlal world Is a part of the aystcm to be re formed. He adda Taklng large auins of actual money out of the ordlnary flnanclal u?? and w?-"Kln9 lt up as a dead nuiHs ln the vaulta of the Treaaury is a proceedlng a? unacUntlflc and unreaaoiad u. any other oart 9f our unreaaonad and uaaetaattna banking amt currency ayatem. A rellef riieasure reformtng the banking and currency ayatem muot Inolude anwai its naceaaary feature*. provlslons roi never fnlllng reBer\c, and never fatllna curraney, ?nd for the perfeot eUsti- f and flexlblllty of both: for the p . rnanent organWton and organlaed co. oneratlon ol the banks. whlch are now surfe.ing and . auslng thf na? tlon to suffer b; reaaon o7 thel un orcanlaed sta'?; for a central agenc\, to preaent and art for the orgai.uad and o operatlve hanka-thla agency tO 99 99/ , urelv free from polltlcal or trust control. but with the' government havlng adeouate and Intlmat* supervlskon of lt. for liirte pedint banking unlta- so |9*apet?dea that no one bank can be owned coi 'oned or?ahared ln rn any degroa dlreet Iv or Indlrectly, by any other bank fo he equality of all bank. ??tlonal M Itate both as to Btandords and as to fmctlons so that every requlrement made Tf\ natlonal J?*^? -J. ?%? plled with equally by a atate bank. ann everv functlon or prlvllege Cnjoyod by ? anTte Lank aball be enjoyed bya natlonal bank for the ut llzatlon and the flul ilt> ?f hank aaaeta- for the acientlflc develop SeWOf eRx8c'hanges-dome.tle and forelgn, for forelgn banking aauan adjunct of our forelgn commerce. and for taklng the Treaaury Department out of the banking buslnesB. Dlacusslng cuatoms reforms. Secretary MacVeagh *aya that wldeapread expos nraa by the present admlnlatratlon of frauds have resulted in an annual sav Ing to the government of more than $10. (00,000. "dlattnctly an underestimate." Cuatoma Frauda Fawer. To show that Incomlng travellers sre now more honestly declarlng their bag gare as the result of reforms, the Heo ,?tary polnts out that at New York alonc the revenues from travellers* Imports have Increased from a yearly average of ?J?t0?S8 for the prevtous admlnlstratlon to abo'ut $2,100,000 in 1912. Thla daaa of frauda. he aays. had been not only con Bplcuous. but almos"t defendtd. Regatdlng the pendlng Inveatigatlon of the Board of General Appralsers at New York by a commlsslon appolnted by Fresldent Taft. Secretary MacVeagh aays the board haa drlfted from lta orlglnal Inatltutlon as a board of cuatoma ravlew withln the Treaaury Department to a quasl-lndependence as a court outslde of it. The department. he adda. needs a board of general appralaers withln the department to supervlse and unlfy tha appratBlng work of the country Mr. MacVeagh urgea that all collectora and aurveyora of eustoms, naval offlcera, appralsera and aaalatant appralsara, cul leetora of Intarnal revanue and all lil<? offlclals of tha Treaaury Dapartment. whoaa appolntment requlrea conflrmation by the Senate, be tranaferred to tha elasalfled eivil aervlce. Complete aepara tlon of tho Treaaury service, eapectally the classifled part of It, from practical pohtica ls recommended by the Secretary. The abollUon of all aaaay offlces ln the country. except the one at New York. Ia urged by Mr. MacVeagh. All aaaay work, he adds. should be done at New York or at the mlnta. Secretary MacVeagh announces hli ln tentlon of reformlng the Treaaury De partment's bualness methods by a scheme for ?he payment of government obllga tlona ln such a manner as to avold ex change on government checka. He ap partntly contcmplatea the dlatributlon of government funds at convenlent polnta over the country for the payment of checks. He polnta out that penston checks, for example, in many Inatancea are not teally worth thelr face value be eause the dlfflcultles of collection enforce an exchangc charge. Other recommendationa by the Secre? tary Include constructlon of four revenue cuttere and a, bullding programme of *t least two cuttera ycarly In future; pow er pr?MBen tor the Bureau of Kngravlng and Printlng; provlslon for disabled and old membera of the Ilfesavlng service; re tlrement penalon for clvil service em ployea; complete revlslon of the oleomat garlne law; legislatlon for the prevention . of the opium tiaftic. and the creatlon of |a bureau to "aupervlse the cxpression of laws," co-operatlng with I'ongress to make thelr meanlng plaln to executlve offlclals who enfoice them. DENY PROFITS IN MAIL PAY Roads Say Hitchcock Underesti-' mates Their Expenses. The committee on mall pay represent tng 26$ rallroads made publlc a state ment yesterday ln whlch It Is aaaerted that the Postmaater General undereatl m.ited the annual mall expenses and taxe.8 of the rallroads at least $9,600,000 when he eatimated that the roads made an ex cess proflt of $9,000,000 on mall contracts. The rallroads aasert that the percentage of space in pasaenger tralns taken up by mall ia 9.2, and that in maklng his estl mateS the Poatmaiter General flgured that the mall spaoe was only 7.16 per cent. No allowance was made, it waa aald, for "wotklng apa"e," whlch waa deelared to !*? abaolutely necejisnry. The roada de clare that in>tead of gettlng too much for what they glve they are very much under paid. It Ia further set forth In tha atate ment that the railroada furnlshed Infor mation sufflclent for an exact estimate, but that space whlch should have been ossigned as mall space was asaigned to TheGift of Pleasure Try as you wlll. you cannot make a <'hrlitmaa Olft that cnmblnes the . harm of nov.-Ity with that of pleasur* ?n<l bene flt llko a barrel contalnln* 10 dozen bottles of Cvans The King of thristmaa bev eragea aad tha purveyor of good wtahea, good ebeer, good bealth and bonpitality. Kearect Dealer or Grocar. C.H.Kvan* * Hoaa, Hu.l.on. S.Y.' passenger trafflo in the estlmates u.ade by the Postmaster Onaral. Ralph Petera, president of the Long Island Railroad. U chalrman of the committee on railway pay. WIDOWS DUNjJNCLE SAM Families of Navy Yard Work men Want Back Pay. One hundred and twenty-tive wldows of workmen of the Brooklyn navy yard gathered ln Trlnity House, No. tM Pros pect avenue, Brooklyn, yesterday after noon to dlscuss thelr rhan.es of reeovar lng $30,000 in wages whlch they < lalm Ia due them for overtlme work on the part of thelr husbands. It meanB almost 000 to each clalmant. Thelr claims hava been hanglng flre for more than thlrty years Oa March 21. 1*78. an order. slgned h\ R. W. Thompson, Secretary of the Xv.y, was posted In the various navy yards, whlch atated that elght hours would eoti stltute a day'8 work. It sald that aajr workman who i hose to labor ten l.ourg a day would get a proportlonate lnereaa* of pay. Most of tba men worked ov?r time on the strength of the order. Dur? ing the time It was in operatlon many earned slx months' extra pay, but did ii"t receive lt. A blll is now under conetderatlon ln tha I'nlted States Senate. providlng for par tlal payment of th> se claims. 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