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f AFT LEAVES TARIFF !
TO HIS SUCCESSOR
Tells Congress in "General" Message It Is
Needless to Occupy Its Time with
Recornmendations.
URGES BETTERCURRENC Y SYSTEM
Takes Strong Ground Against Present Indcpendencc
for Filipinos?Sees No Ground for Asking Rad
ical Changes in the Sherman Anti-Trust
Law Provisions.
Washinglon. Her fi.?President Taft will
make no further effoi t to have 00 |
reduce the tartff. ln a "general" Bl******
to Congres* submitted to-day the Praa*
dent clcarly Ir.dicated his intention of
leaving further tariff revtxlon to Mr. Wil?
son and the Congress Just elected
' Now that a new Congress- has be. n
clerted on n platform of tartff for revenuo
only, rather than a protectlve tariff. and
is to revise the tariff on that hnsts." he
said, "it ls needless for BM to occupy th*
time of Congress with arguments or "rr
i.mmendations in favor of a protectlve
tarirT."
Thia mrssage, the second auhm1tte<l
by the President slnce the present session
begaa, will be hls last of a general char?
acter. It dealt with every departmmt
of the government except the State De?
partment. rerominended much of the leg?
lslation whlch Mr. Taft prevlously ",.ad
urged on the BtMBtJaa of Congress, and
t'<ok up and discussed at length several
BUbJ*Ct* oomparatively new.
Buaineaa Conditions.
The message hegan with a review or
b,isi-ies* condltlons. On this polnt the
Pr-sidcnt said:
Th? rondition of the countiy with ref
erence to business could hardly be bett? r.
While the four years of the admlnlstra
Con now drawlng to a close have not
developed great speculative expanslon <,r
a wide tteld of new invtstment. the recov
itv and progTeas made from the _ei
ing condltlons following the panic of li*l
have been steady and the improvem.nt
ha.x been clear and eosily traced tn the
statlstics. The business of the country
is now on a solld basls. Cmlltu are not
undulv extended. and every pha.-" of the
situation seems ?n a state of preparednoss
for a period of unexampled prosperlty.
Manufacturlng coneerns are runnlng at
tbeir full capaclty, and tne demand for
labor was never ao constant and growing.
The foreign trade of the country for this
vear will exceed $4,000,t?00/aj0, while the
balance ln our favor?that of the ex^.ss
?.f exporta over Imports-wlll exceed $SOU.
(wcnoo. More than half our exports are
manufactures or partly manufactuun
i.irtttrial. while our exports or farm prod
ucts do not show the same increase . .?
-t-ause of domestlc consumptton. It la a
\*ar of bumper crops; the total money
^alue of farm producta will exceed $?,Vjo.
CaiO/iran. It is a year when the bushel or
nnir price of a'grlcultural products has
Kraduallv fallen, and yet the total value
of the entire orop is greater by over
| ?? ? ?*i than v\e hav? known in our
lustory
Condition of the Treaaury.
Tb* condition of the Treasury la very
satisfactorv. The total lntereat-beaiing
.iebt ls 1^*8.777.TTo, of which 8184,031 ,9*0
? onstltute the I'anama 4'anal loan. The
non-interest-bearing debt ia $3T*,*1,2M M,
..ling $S46.6M/'iti of groenbacks. \\ e
have ln the Treasury $150.?X>,im> in gold
?<>in as a reserve aKainst tha 0 l?taodlng
treenbacks, and ln additlon we have a
cash balance ln the Treaaury as a gen?
eral fund of S167.loJ.4T!> BJ, <>r an increuac
of |*a,fn,Sal over the general fund last
Racaipt* and Expenditures.
r'oi three years the expenditures of ihe
>io> einment hav* decieaaed under the. in
lluence ot an effort to economlue. Thia
presents an appaient ex.eptlon.
The e*t:mate bv the 8*cr*t*ry of the
Treasury ot the ordlnary r*or4>t*, exclu
aive of postal levenueH. for the y*ai end
lltg Jun<- m. 1911 indicates that they will
arnount to $710,000,000. The aum of the
? Himatea of the expendiiuren for that
aaa** year, exilualve of Panama Canal
dlsbursements and lyoatal disbui-ements
l ayable from postal revaauea, is $.32.
? indicatlng a deflclt of $2::.UOO.OOO.
i'or the vear ending June 30. 1815,
iarlv estimated recelpta were $v37
while ihe total correapondlng eatlmata
..f aap*nditurea f'.r that year, suhmlUed
tmough tlie Secretary of the iTreaaur) iu
.r<-**. anioutited to !?;.>; .?'lO.'J'ai. Thla,
BbOWa an increaae of ITS.rOO.OOu ln the es
t.mates for 1*11 over the total ftetiiuates
?f 1913 This ia due to an increase ol
??,OoO.OOO In the eartlmate for rtver* and
harbors for the next year on projecta
and surveys authorized by Congress; to
aa Increaae under the new penslon bbl
of $32,500,u00. and to an Increase la the
? iilmates for expensea of the Navy De?
partment of $24,OOCi,0O0.
The estiniate for tlie Navy Departmeatt
for the year 1HJ lncluded two baUlefh;ps
? ongress made provlsion for only one bat
tleahlp, and therefore the Navy Depart?
ment nas deemed lt necossary and proper
?o make an estimate whlch lncludee the
flrat vear's expenditure for three battie
ships In additlon to the amount reaulred
for work on the uncompleted ships ?ow
under constru' tion. In additlon to the
natural Increase In the expendlturea for
the tincornpl'teii ships. and the addltlon
al battleship estiinated for, the other ln
< reases are due to the pay reipiited for
*??" or mora ai^iConal enllsted men n.
? ary, and to this muat l>e added the
udditional cost of conatructton imposed
i\ the char.Ke ln the elght-hour law
wrhlch makea 11 appllcablc to ships bullt
h prlvate ahlpvards.
with the exeeptlona of these three
?.-m- tht estimate* show a reductlon
ihls vear below the total estlm.'.tes jor
IM3 of more tlian $5.tf?0.000.
The estlmates for Panama Canal con
tion foi- 1914 are $17.o"O.(a)0 les- than
ror i9i3.
Banking and Currency Syatem.
A lime when panics seem far removerl
ls the best time for us te prepare our
finanolal svstem to withstand a stoitn.
The most crying need thls country haa
ls u proper banking and current >' sy.-tem.
Tha existlng one is lnadequate, and averj
one who haB studied the queatlon admlts
lt
lt is the buslness of the national g"* -
ernment to provlde a medlum. automati
eall) contractlng ano expandmg tn voi
ume. to meet tne needs of trade. our
preaent eyatern laeka the ln_epenaaoie
QUallt) of elaMicity.
The only part of our monetarj rneaium
that .-ity la the banknote c r
rency. Tha pecullar provlalona <?f tha lae
?ing natlonal banks to malntaln re
Barvaa to moet tha call of the depositora
operatcs to Increeae the monej atrlnfj
when i: arlse<- ratber ti.an to expand tne
supjly of currency and reUOVO lt. lt
operatea upon each bank and furnlsi
motlve for the wlthdrawal of currentv
from the channeis of irade by eech ?>anK
to aava itseif. and offera no Indui emeni
whatever for tba use or tha roeerve to
.xpand the aopply of currency to raeei
tl.. ex< apttonal demand.
After the panla of laW ' ? !l7"
CiHt the preeent Byatem was not ada|
to the country'a needa and thal under it
panlca wara poaalble that might properij
be avoided by leglalatlva provlBlon. Ac
ngly a rnonatar) coramleolon wa? .ti ?
polnteO whlch made n report ln heoi
15.12. The aysten whieh they rccommendcl
Involved a Natlonal Reserve Aasoclatlon.
whlch was, ln certaln ol its facultleaand
functl ma a bank. and whlch WM |1ven
through its governlna authomieB t. e
power, bv laOttlng < " ulatlng noie? for ap
proved commerclal paper, b) ruirg ais
counts and bv othei methodi of.tranafer
of eurren-v. u> expand tha BOpBly of the
monetarv medlum where it waa rnoa
needed to prevent tha exporl oi boaratng
of gold and generaliy to exerctae BUCh BU
pervlsion over tha supply of monoy in
every part of the country us to pi iveni b
atrln'gencv and a ptnic The stock ln th.
asaectation was to ba dlatributed to tne
banks of tha whole I'nlted Btatea, itate
and natlonal, ln 8 mlxed proportlon to
bank units and to capltal stock i.al.l ln
The control of the BBBOdatlon w" veated
in a board of dltectors to be elected 1>>
repreBentatives of the banks, eacapt cer?
taln ex-oftlcio dlrectora. three Cablnet
offlcers. and the controller of the I ur
rency The Presldent wm to appolnt l
governor of the assoclation from three
person< to he selected by the dlrectors.
while the two deputy governora were io
be elerted bv th' board of dlrecto
The detalls of the plan were worked II
with great care and ablllty, und the
in general aeems to me to furnlsh the
basls for a proper solutioi of our present
diffl.-uitles. i feel that tht government
mlgbt vei i properly be glven a greater
volce ln ihe executive committee of Ihe
board of dlrectora wlthout flangef of ln
lectlng polltlca Into l>? maiiHgement. i 1
I thlnk the foderatton ayrtem oi bai
a good or:e, provlded proper prt
are taken to prevent bnnks of large capl?
tal from absorblng powei throngh oa i l
ship of stock in other banks. Tha oh .
tions to a central bank. It Beetaa t ?
are obvlatod if the ownershlp of tha r<
Oerve assoclation ls Uistrlbiitr.i aimuiK all
tha banks of a country in whli h banking
ls free, Tho earnlnca of the reet
ctatlon are limited in percentage to a
Bonahle and Ilxed an.o nt. and the pi
over and above this ara to be l
the government Treaaur; lt la quite
probable that stiii greatei .-> irlty agalnat
control by mone) centrea may ba worked
Into the plan
t'ertaln lt la, however, that the ol
tioriB whieh were made ln the paat hlstorv
of thls country to a central hank as fur
nlahlng a fnonopoly of flnancial power to
prlvate indlvlduals, Would not apply to an
assoclation wbooe ownerahlp and control
ia so wldely dlatributed and - dlvlded I ?
tween all tba baaka of tie country, state
and natlonal, on tbe ona hand, and the
Cl ef Executive through three depart?
ment heads and ids Controller of tha
Currency, on the ot!..-r Tlie andont boe
tlllty to a national bank. wlth ts
hranches. in whlcli la conoentrated the
prlvilegf of dolng a banking bualnesiB and
caxrylng on the flnandal traaaaetlona of
tlie government, has prevented the aotab
lishment of such a bank -ln. e it WM
aboMshed ln tha Jackson admlnlatratlon
Our present natlonal banking law lias
obvlated objectlona growlng oul of the
? eauaa by proridlng h fre.- ba
ayatem in whieh any set of atockhold
era can establiBh a natlonal bank If they
(omply wlth the condltlons of law It
seemn to me that tha Natlonal Reserve
Asso. lation meets the same r.bjeetion In
a slmllar wa'. ; that la, by givlng to aach
bank, state nrid natlonal, ln accordance
wlth Its sl/.e, a certaln share In the atock
of the reaerv* assoclation. nontraT?fer
able and only to ba held b| the hank
whlle lt performs Its functlona 81 a
partner In the reserve assoclation
The report of the oommlvlor, reiorn
mends provlslons for the imposltlon of a
graduated tar on the , xpanded currency
of auch a charaeter as to fnrnlsh a motlve
for reduelng the Issue of notes whenever
thelr piesencp in the money market is not
reejnlred bv the exlgenclea of trade. Tn
other wortb". the whole svstem has been
worked out wlth the greatest care.
Theoretlcally it preaenl a plan that ought
to eommand supnort. Practlcally it may
requite modlfieatlon In varlnus tuovi
in onb-r to make the aOCUlity against
abusea hy cembmatlona among the banks
Imj.osxtble. Hut In the face of the crytnff
noeeealty that there ls for Improvement
in our present s\'.st.in i urgently Invlte
the attentfon of Congresa to the pro*
poaed plan and tiie report ol the commla
Blon, wlth the hojie that an e.'trnest con
Blderatlon may auggeal Bmendmenta and
changes within th? general plan whi'h
will had to lta adoptlon Tn the benefll
<<t the eountr)
A banking and currency svMem <?eeni?
far away from the wage earner and tn?
farmer, but tba ffl'-t m thal thev an
vltally lnterested ln a aafe Bystem of
rency whlch shall graduate ll voluma to
the amount peeded and Whlch shall pre
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WHAT TAFT TELLS CONGRESS
Tariff revision left to the coming Democratic Congress.
Recommends currency reform on plan outlined by the Monetary
Commission.
Proposes amendment of corporation tax law, to lessen the penalty
imposed when corporations inadvertently disobey its provisions.
Advocates approval by Congress of army reorganization scheme pre
pared by the War College.
Indorses the bill increasing the pay of militia in the field.
Would grant citizenship, but not statehood, to Porto Ricans.
Contends that it is not yet time to grant autonomy and independence
to the Philippines.
Sees no need of radical changes in the Sherman anti-trust act.
Advocates regulation of water power grants so that navigable streams
may be improved by water power companies.
tlrges promotion of Colonel Goethals. builder of the Panama Canal,
to a major generalship.
Recommends a return to the policy of two battleships a year by the
appropriation for three battleships this year.
Would grant authority to the United States Supreme Court to make
rules of procedure in common law cases in federal courts to expedite and
lessen the cost of litigation.
vent tlmes pf Kitiflcltil sti Iaf*rj4 y tbat
frlghten capltal, stop amployment. pre
viit ihe meetlni of tbe p*y roll. deetroy
local market*, aad produoa p*aary anu
want.
The Tariff.
i i.av,- racard?d II a* m> dutj ha t?rm*r
meaaagea lo th* Congreea to urge the re
vi.lon ol the tarlfl upon prlndpte* of c -
lectlon. it waa mj Juugment that in?
customa 0 itle o $1 i W> b; r*vl*ed down
ward, but thal ti>. reductlon !,,l'"'l,1'"'..I?
,?. below b rn'.- whlch would rep ree?ni
:.,. dlfferenci In tha coal ? produetlon
between tha ?rt?cle ln ?B**aaUM , \T h ??
and abroad, and (pi tlll(< ,1,nu PH?r J*,.
Zona i retoed aeveral bllla whlch were
preaented to ma In tha laa "fjjftonof thla
Congreea. Noai thal a new LoniraaaMJ
,.;,.,,,,, on ., piatform ot a l*g?'?Z
revenue only ratfier than a ynij-- tlya
UrltT, and is to rev.se tha tarttf on that
a*|? ll la aeedleafl for me lo o. . up> ?"
time of thi .*re?5 *ith fT_?o*tacU*?i
recommendattoni ln favor of a ptotectne
ever. known M the P?WW^UBB
Auciial I 18**, i d'Sir. t" call attenlioi.
, , V.'tion tt ol thai act, *eeeaalng a
s ,'lal -xclse ta* on PSSSft&Eh *
requlred by law. rhlB addnmna. < n.r*
oflfl per cent oper*tea ln aome ?-*?_?""?
harah Mnal? for wh*l m*) hava been
S^nieif "fflvertance or unlnti aUonau
orerallht, ano the law BhouM be bo
amended aa to mltlgaW be "^*?|0?B
the eharge ln auch '?"?i*!i''* ft,l^f'y.
should also ba mad*f*i the ?*?"n*^*J;
rlltloi .1 taxea hei etofore i olle4 ted im< a i*
the penaltv lui|.r<H? .1 ! .- ?
prtlonate lo tha oflence as equltab W
demnri.l rellef.
The Ph.l.pp.nea.
||| T*f< tO"k strong gro .nd -ga.nst
,.".,.. :.t lad..Metire fOI tk* ri.lliPPino*
lie said. in part.
A blll is ****?!*? la ????>?"
revoiutlonliea the carefully worked out
scheme ol government undei wM J in*
PhlUpplna lalanda are f*w aovarned
_hhh i.inl. - t" 'll'let lln-lll Virt.ianj
rutonorao"! ? *nd aiaoiuteh la
dependent In elfhl ???
w| , an only be founded on tha aeeump
tlon thal we hav no* dls. harged our
truateeal Ip lo tha Plllplno peopl* and i-ur
responslblllt) for them lo Ihe world, nnd
thal thej ?r- noa preparad ror aeit gov
ernoieni ..- well a.- national aoverelgni
\ thorouah and u blaaaed i. .owli <Jge ol
,hr f ??? rh Bhowa that theei l
,,ni,t a . absolutel) wiiiiout juatlli
catlon. A to I ??? '"
r.., BUhartantlal dlffen ? >f oP.ln*_n
among any of thoaa vsi,.. hava had u.e
reaponalblllt; ol raclng Phllipplni prob
ln the admlnlstratlon <.r the lalanda,
_.,.) 1 beltev* thal no one tO whorn the
future ol thla peopl. I" a n
, ern can rguntenai ? pollcj rraugnl
with the dlieai encea in ti.i-se . n
whose behalf II la oatenalbly urged
ir tbe laaa we have undertakan
higiier tiian thal aaaumad bj othni _a
tlon*, Ita i al deanand
rven mon patlei ? We nv.st not forgel
thal are found the FlUplnoa wholly un
tralned ln goi ? 11 n eni I p l ? a?i i
at 11 other experlence aoughl l
rathei than encourage polltlcal powei
it take* long tUne and much rxpei
to inKiain poMtlcnl hablt* ot atradlnea*
and ' :!'? lem > Populai aell govi i nna< i l
? ately muat reat
,,r ihought and upon a reaaonahly devel
oped publl ? , .? No aui h foui.dallona
foi goveri meat, lel alona Indi
dan ? an now .ire-ent ln 'he I'hllipplt.e
our true oonra* i? t<i puraua Btaadlly
and eonrsaaoualy the patl. we have thu*
fu followed; t>. K'.Mi.- the FUlplnoe into
aelf-au*talnln* pinsults. to 'ontlnue the
cultlvatlon "f aound polltlcal habit
througli educatlon and polltlcal practl a
to ??.,? ? ?? ? dli ??> aflli ..t : <?'. Ii d
trie*. and t" re,.h<e tiu advantacea ,,f
r. a
uppi "\ ??ii .pei ath ?? ii.' ?
once . ii(-(klng thf danfera of i oni ??riti atetj
weaith and balldlng up a Bturdy. inue
i ei denl i Itlxenahlp we ahould do ..ll
thla with a dlslnterested eadoavor to t*>
< ure foi the Klllplnoa economic lndep*aid<
?ac* aad to flt them for cotnplete ?eif
rovernment, with the power to de, t'le
eventually, aocordlng i?> then oam larcaai
good, arhether muh aelf-governmenl anall
be aeootnpanled by Indajarndencta A pre*
ent declaratlon avan ot future Indepead*
? ? - arould retard progreaa by the dlaaen
glCN and dlsoider It noiild i?r".ise. On our
pait it would he -i dlalngenuoua atteinpt
under the gulse of cnnferrltig h Denefll on
them. lo relleve ourselves from the heavy
and iiifii'iiit borden whlch Ihu* far w*
b*V. b**B bravely nnd consistently au?
tainlriR It would he a dlagttlaad po'lrv
of scuttle It would make th* halpla**
Flllplno the foothall of Oriental polltlc*.
under the t>r??ectlon of a guarantee of
their Indttpcndrae*, whlgh we would be
powerleaa to aBfaraa,
i iinservntloii was llghtl\' tOUched, the
1*8?Idanl rerommendlng the amend.ne.it
nf hills now hefore I'o.igi'-ss ao that
water power conipnnles Wbi*ll dam navl
gahie rtv*ra \4iii o*aatrlaata t* the im
provement of theae stream?
Proaecution of Tru*t?.
He uci lared that BO radlcal CBaaga in
ii. Sherman anti-tni"! law \\ as needed,
and pruised li'e Supreme Courl for lln re
cently announoed cbangaa la rule* of
cqulty pioceduc COBC*rBlng the piose
cutlon of trnsts tb* I'resl'leni -aid:
The pr***cutlon "f traata under the
Bheiman antl*tr im law haa ajone ?>t. with
out reatralnt or dlmtnuUon, and dacreea
: Imllar to those entered ln tha Haadard
oll and tha Tobacco caaaa have been
entered bi other suits, iik< tb* s-.ut',
again*! tb* pOWd*r trust and the bath
tub trust. I am very Btraagiy convln< ,,]
thai a ateady, conoutenl oouraa in this
regard) wltb a contlnulag qf Bapramg
court dedalona upon new phaaea ><t tbe
trust queatloe noi already finally doclded,
H going to 'iff'-r a aolutfon of thi* much
dlaouaaed and troubleeome laaue ln a
qulet, caltn and judiciai way, arlthoat any
radlcal leglalaUon cbanging tb* govern
nientai potlcy ln rajanrd to Mmbiaatlona
now deaounced by the sherman ami-trust
law. i hava alread) ra. ommended as an
ald in this matter leg?latlon arhlch would
declare unlawful certaln well known
phaaea of unfalr competltlon in intersi.-ue
trade, and I hBVB also BdVOCated volun
tary nnllonul Incoiporatiou for tb* largei
indusirlal entarprl***, with provision foi
a closer siip'ivlslon h\' the Uurea.i of
. orporatlons, or a board appointed for the
purpOM, so as to make more < ertaln com
pllance Wltb the antl-truat law on the
one hand and to give grentet Becurlty to
the Btockholden agalaat paaalble proaecu*
tlona on tl.e other. i Delleve, however,
that the orderly oouraa of iitigation ln
the courta and the regular proaenitlon or
trusts charged with Ql? vlolation of tlie
antl-truat l*w la produdng among bu*i
ne?s nH'ii a clearci and cl**r*r perc*ptlon
of the Un*- Of dlstinctlon between htislness
that is to I.ncouraged and huslnefls
that ls to bc condemn**, and that ln this
milet way the queatlon ..r trust* can bc
aettled and '?onip<tltion retalneg as ,m
economic force to aecure raaMon*hleneaa
ln prlcea and freedom an<l lnd?-pendence
in trade.
>lr. Taft asked C*8*gr**fl tfl B*gg legts
lalion which wu.ild allow the Siipren."
? 'oiirt to loimulate i ulea of procedurc
under the comrnon law In federal courta.
and predicte.i that auch action would fa
rllitata fuatlea ln thooa ooarti and reduca
the cost of lltlgation to the public
The Panama Canal was dismissed In a
few words, the Presldent prophesylng Its
OpeoiOg !n the latter half of W.l Ife toob
? io-. bowavor, te aay thal Coagreea
ld reword the work of Colonel (lee
thala by an appetntatoni aa major gen
aitb th [.io\i:oon thol ba Boeoma
chief of englneara when the teran of the
present Incarabsal aaafroa Ha made only
? brlef referenoa te 'he a_aote ?*??
Qreal BrttOttl over the POOOflaO Canal 8?1
atd sald that when a formal protest was
lodged nuainst that art It would be taken
0| b] the I'nlted Ftates
A-my Recommendationa.
The army tha Prealdenl dlaeuBaed at
Bome hngth He pralsed tha arm\ lef
, of the last Congress. DUl said thal
provlaton ahouid be made by law so thol
the natlon'a foreign reglraenu ntay be
glwaya meintaloed opon ? *?i feotlng,
? i urged tba peaeoga of the paadlng
mlUtla pey blll, daalgned te make Barvlce
ln tha mllltla more Bntldng, and ahowad
thal ihe home army nlU be nothlng more
than a akelaton nnlll Congraoa profldaa
tl,at lt ba '"otic entrated in fOWOT POBta
than are now mamtalned lle urgod
tb* paaaagn of anothei blll now 11
Congraoa dealgnatl ,f? raise a fetuateer
arra) ajutckly hi aoea of war
lie daprarolril tha pottcy of one battie
siui a year, Inetead or two
The President also .llscussed the pio
posed Bystem Bf ft BOt?8?1 lOdgOi "how
r;g aajopoeod expi nditur-s and rOI'? "
Htfl rein.irka on the btaOgOt BOateBB, ha
?aid, voold he aubmitt'd te COagraoa
late aecompaaaed by a aaod
TO AID BELMONT'S BRIDE
Girl's Father Says His Home Is
Open to Her.
albert i muner. father ol F_yta___ BOt"
mnnt ? hrlde. whom he ls pa have
left usjB?i pareatol preaearo, aaM reeter
iinv that aJthoaagk ba had ael had an'.
,i tughter ft r BOtae yeara
ba wn* ready la fcei . ? ?? I "" ?blea to
stand bv hei to tha r>:11 asteal of ? fsth
\t heaaa bj epa la hei II aha aaata t.
retoti i=e said reetaeO?] ?J eTBaOgO*
ter If al! right, BithOOgh B ll'?le hit he_.|
Btreai Bha left booaa when she aoaiea'l
<?,. _d weat te Baa alth
so a nt Letoi ahe leti her aoat te -
? t.iae i am ? roipeetable businesa
... . man
- . r *- to m> ataartlag aad tba te
' bH to famll>
i 8?vkrad my daughtet mkm.ii'i ?? rry?
mg Mi 1(. la 8 t. ?? ?' -he uent aheaO.
?if.*: koweeor, make- i.,, dlfferea ?
ii.. i betteee, pow that ba haa osai lae
ihoeM aoaka
M: Llndner. who Uva iM B Weat
Ittth . m ??< U ? !? ro ' ? '
tha Uorreraol Hii?"?'"k W
., . . aeUbUBhn?nl ??( Ne MI
West B? rtte.t
Mrs Bajiwal oaloaoat, II araa aald ?>'
Um Oeeford apartment. whera t-'.e llvoo,
was out. and has not bOM thara fB* three
llei pie.ent wh. t'e.. bOOl - BTOI |
known I waa aald
B_ymond Brlnaoot. ? < aoi leoraod i
terdoj frooi a friet.d of hia alnee ba Mt
brtoa haa Baeo sta>ii.g with bta
brOther August Helmont. Ji , at IHtPi
l?ong Island.
SOCIETYAT CHURCH BOXING
Clergy on Front Seat Oheer
Hempstead Events.
Ilempstead. l.ona hy?nd, De I -The
Hev. Wllliam H. Burgwln. of the Flrst
Metaod?I Church. wras. of eourae, not
present to-nlght at the athletle. eventa ba
had tirotested against helng held ln tha
Kymnaslum of St QBOtgO- church. aad
few of the '?iinderworld' be had predl.ted
BTOUld b- brOUght fot'th made theli gp.
paaranra atther. in toot the large au<n
onea thal aal ln th- Btab estabiishod bi
Ifra _ H Harrlman ln memory of hei
boahaad was oaeapooad f.>r the m>>at part
pf men and women well known In aoclety.
The Hev. and Mr* C II Sm-dekcr. of Bt
Oeorge'l Churoh, and the H?v and Mrs
Roy f Duffleld and DeOfl lOOO RflbiOi
Meeee, of the Ooroeo City Cethedral, and
Mrs Moses were all there ln tOO front
row.
There was plenl> of OnthUOU?m, 8800
< lally when ''Kddle" Toy and "And "'
Benaalt, Impoeted from Browo'a Qym
BaetUBB. ui Manhattan. bagOO to mlx It.
as an opanlng OfOOt, T?| and Boonett
a:. poth artlsts with the fclovcs, and both
ajroroen an.l men npplanded luudly.
A QiaottlOg match betWOOB "WUl"" Hlng
haiii. . hamploti of KiiKlatid, and Mat?0
Ludl< ke. a cle\ei CelCh 00 OQtCh-OOn
wiestler. was probabl'. the Btar attraciion
of thl evenlng. Hoiiors were about evenly
dlvided. Two of the he-t amuteiir folls
men of Manhattan eroaood BW08-0 in tha
fenctng houts. Thev oera I Botimboik
and ?'. Mlller.
MRS. REYBURN DIVORCED
Freed from Husband Who
Wouldn't Associatewith Her.
' Hv Telegraph to The Trlhiin- |
Ht Ui'liB, Dec. 8? Klorenoe Kelley Ke\
burn, rlaaghtor of aUbati T. Keiicv. a New
York banker, was grante<l a dlvOroa bOTe
to-di|y from Anuidee \'alle Reybura, Jr.,
a member of an old St. l,oula family, on
the ground that her husband r< fused to
BJOOBOtetO with her and her friends. Hhe
teatincd that he had an Ineome of Jl-',ixm,
and she was awaided tiort a month all
iiiuii) and the custody of theli son, Al
bert Tat? Iteybum. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Heyburn BBtOrod Into an
OgreoaaeOl POOOl two years ago whereby
his father, Amadee V. Heyburn, ar.. a at.
l.ouls banker, haa heen paylng her money
at atated Inlervals. The court ordered
any money pald to her in future to t.e
i redited agalnat thr ??| a month all
Bgony. Mevburn did not contest the suit.
MTRJ BBBN BftSKINI OLCOTT
Who will be Bponeor for the new bo.it
of the Fludaon Rlver l>ay Ltne, to be.
launched to-day
Fifty Titian Haired Girls as
Omens of Luck at Launching.
MRS. OLCOTT AS SPONSOR
Hudson River Day Line Sure
Now of Good Fortune for
Washing-ton Irving.
. ? r ! m * ' I I r
? ' . ?
I ? ? - r r
Cheatlng these WOrdfl te an alr from "ne
. ' oiibert and Bulltvan - peraa
flftj glrla, Btudanta al tba w*aehlngton
Irving Hlgh '" Phlla
aartj tius rnoralng to tak<
la thi _unchlng of the largaot rl ar
ateamer thal aver oaaaa off the sraya
i or some time th- Mew forh Bhlpbulld
Ing Company, al Camden, BJ, ?' . has been
ol work ..n a tteai ataauner for tha Htaaaon
Rlver Day i.ine for aaialea between thla
? ? The bnll la fmlOhed and
, ti ? Bnal puab to aend II into
.ter
lag thal tl ?? leuat blng abo ild be
Bjada ander most favorabla i i?-??????. with
II etneaaa of K?od fortune Bt_ndent, B.
i: i.i nt- praaMonl of the Day Luv .et
to thlnkin,. fctet how lt should be
'
t whlte hora
for l m k," oneth he. ??? I ? ?? itJy ba had
(nt upoi. the II.a It was not that whlte
- BhooM play ?? eeaaaricooua perl m
the .eretnonv elther. and next dav 88*88*9
girl || " ?? R tahtagtOO Inrlng Utgh S'-i'ool
art? ha.l not red hiir wNhe.l ahe had
Those who WOfl ' 8 0? B aWTJ ?0008
tVfB were Kle.l of .i foi 08?8 ln thstf
llvea
ui an tha |irla loeva Kee rorl this
morning 88?0 Oao will weur a w ktta BWI I'
reeentfrom tba Bteejnehtp companv.
wlth ?'Washlnr; Ma_BMOd a ross
Ihe front
"Waahlngtoa ir\ing." it aho ild be Btatod,
ia the Baraa of the aoo DO! ttaor, ahleb
win t>e lat net?d lo da and pul hi -? i
etee on I Hudaon nea Her
length ovi an ? ttI f."t I Inchea and
?aot I f" i 6 inehao. The avallahla
deeh apeoa arftl ba IMM sojiare faet,
wht h will mean that 7.*0O 8008000080 t?n
bo aeoommodated. The new atooaoor re
. alvod her aaaaa as a trlbarte te tha
author ? bo Imrnortal?od tha legenda aad
hiatory of the Hodeoa Rlver
The aeb ??? Mob Ihe Ii ar ? III
brlab iad i i hia?
tha ? -iate ,.f
Waahlagton Irving Mra Bben Ei
Oloott, wlfe of the preahlent of the line,
will be the Bhlp'B BPOOBOr, BJ tl ? !? ;lk
of the vess,.i aitoea forwerd ahe wM
ilash Iba water frotfl tha Old w*ell upon
tho deck. a peeoi, erttten for the o cav
aion, win ba roetted by the nigh achool
glri. ai the same time.
The bfOW Of each of the auhuin flfty
will be decked wlth a ehaplet of |vy cut
f'om the vlne planted Hf Hunnysldo hy
Washlngton Irving. whlcn was orlghially
a glft to tha author fmm Slr Oraltor B oti
GUILT BASED ON 7 WORDS
Phrase Sole Evidence Against
Alle^cd Bomb Plotter.
InOlaaapotla Dee I The phrase "Pretty
hard to do Bnythlng to It" was oaTored bv
the apvonuBeat lo_a) ns ppla avklenee
thOl llertiuin Q Selffert, of Mllw.tukee.
was Itnpllcated In tha Ml N.itn.n.i Iwih
iniic conaplroc)
Selffert. as one ..f the forty-one labor
union ofootaJa ehargoi witu aaaafna, a??
ploslons on non-union work. had wsiteil
Veet? to tOOttfy, and he WOl BO tha stand
leas than tweaty aotaotag tpplwlnlng what
lie meant by theOO aeven words. About
? month before mi: > \ploslon ln Mll
aeukoe, on March 14V, lf?, when aa ua>
loedlag hoi.si aad a ataemai near the
dock were aB-D0g0d by dyiiamito wlth
|MJM loas. Selffert took the place of
Wllliam K. lleddln. buslness _gOBl Of the
lrotiworkers' I'nlon, B/hO was sh k for
four days During that tlme Selffert
wrota a lettei to Joha j. MeNaBuuro,
secrctary of the International Iionwoik
etM' i'nlon al Indlanapolla
KalUK thOl phrase. the witness sald, he
referred to efforts to unloniie the Job, for
McNamara re<|uired lOfOila frOOB all
local uidons as to pTOOpectlVa w.nk for
memberi of tha untoo, Balffart usserted
t ti ? I he that leai ned of th,; e?ph>alon
from Dewapapara on the followlng day.
Ortla B. Melianlgal oonfaaeed to having
actuuiiy plaoed tha axploelva
BANK DISSOLUTION DENIED
Transatlantic Trust Co. Not a Dence
to Return Imtuigrants.
aJbony, Dee I Attorney Oeoorel Cor*
mody danlad to-day a pollllon fiied hy
Marot? Mraun. Of New Vork. rOBJUOBtlOg
tiiat an action be. hegun to dlssolve the
TraiiHatlaiitic Trust Company. of New
Vork. 011 the ground that it ls lllegal. It
was aileged that the company waa "0Ot>
BhtaOad by Iba llungarlan government.
whose ohject, under the gulse of soclal.
phllanthroplc and altruistic purposes, ls
to return 11 ungnrlah emlgrants to their
fatherland for mllltary purposea."
The Attorney Omeral aavs "the chargea
ha\ e not been BOOtOlOOd by a sclutllla
of evidence, and bave no haals ln foet or
law.''
WOMEN VOTERS AVOID
PARTY^ AFFILIATIONS
Official Count of Presidential Election Dem
onstrates This?The Allied Anti
SllfTVaoristS.
By Ida Huated Harper.
The ofTJcial count of the vote for Presi
dentlal electors proves nothlng at all as
to the party afflllatlona of women m the
states wher* they are l nfrar.chlsed, and
this fact U verv Rratlfying to those who
are trylng lo P<'t ihe suffrage for woin":.
In other staus. <allfornia m:'.v K>e dls*
nilssed from < onslderatlon. as Taft sup
porters were prevented from expresslng
themselvea. Washington gave Roosevelt
over 24,000 above Wilaon. but he would
have been defeated by about ?.^W lf the
Itepuhlican vote had been adde.l to that
of ihe SodailMs and Prohlbltlonists. ta
whi.h Woan** doubtleas ? ontrlhuted Urge
Iv. Slmllav .onditl'vis prcvallcd In 'o'.
orado, whl.h gave it.-, eicctoral vote to
Wilson, with Itoosevelt a veiy poor thltd.
Wsoming gave Wilson only 1,200 more
votes than Taft. with Roosevelt a still
?roraa third. Idaho ea*l l.ld more rotai
for Wilson than for Taft. with a good
showlng for Roosevelt.
Theref'ire the re?*nt electlon gives no
eVaar Indlcatlon as to womens pollticnl
prcfartac?, except that apporentl; th''?
v. ere -iot BtBBBBWalod to Itoosevelt. (>f the
three *tatcs havlng the larirest nun.her of
?s he furrled on* Washington. Taft
on* Utak; wilson aaa C*larado--aa1
also Wyoinlng and Idaho by very sn.all
plUIBlltla* In all of these states .-xcept
Wa-hlhRton WOBa*B have had the full suf
fra?e for from sixteen to forty-threc years.
aad the poiitical boss. s have nel J Bl been
able to asceitaln to what party the
majority of then b*long. The r***oa for
this ih that they hava alwaya malntaln*d
a non-partlsan attltude, and thi? is tlie
reas/m alao why the party "ma'-hine r" .11
tlMMM states hale the very |d*B of wotnan
auaTraa*
Suffrage DeFeat m Wisconain.
Appreciattnn is <l tt* to Mr* Cry*t*l
llastman Benedlct. one of the leaders in
the recent suffrage 'ampalgn Ifl Wls>on
iln, for her Illuminatlng report. on ;he
"ui'litlons whlch led to the defeat of the
' Kutlnnal amendment Hefore consld
ertng this report it is aignificant to note
thal at this electlun aho ;t W*JmM \otes
v.ere cas' for Pre^idential electors. V*.M
(wltb one . ounty yet to he ad.ted) were
?1-1 on the woiii.-in aaaYaaga aaaandmawt,
? praportlOB nover before approache.l ln
gny stat.- In ohio, for Instance. ai><>_t
!>_.0"i? \otea were cast for Preaidentlal
alectora, and two months I'fore only
HMM on the suffrage amendment. As this
WBA, however. Ht least a*\*M more than
were polhd for any other B**a*M***a*BBt in
the new B*BjatttUlloa, and as the increase
wa< ent'.rely ln the negative vote. It sliowa
the effort that was made hy the opp"?l
tlon
IB ''hio there wer* ClS.IJU *v>, ;Vl?i.S75
B0*Ni; la Wiaconsln. ln round 11-li.bera,
UtOOt i.ves. 2C4.UUO noes The fact that
althoiign MtBa* lesa rotes were cast In
Wlaconsln its adverae vote waa b.<*> l*rg*r
than ln ohio shows the atrength Bfj
the opposition In the former state. Mrs. ,
Denedl. t'a report provea cleariy that the ,
prlme ?ause ?l the defeat wa* the v?st
i.iewing lateraeta, and arhtta th* eanf
fragtot* aap*et*d their hostnitv they did
BOt dream thal ti-*'4 bgtatlWBt* v.ould look
',|x>n the en'ranrnisement of women as
such a menace Many inUilons of 1 ;ipitai
are inveated ln them, and there la t.ardly
B town of a few thousand Inhabitants Iu
tlie BBBtlB part of the state that haa not,
one or more breweriea ln many of the
lOWB* BBd small cltles not one busineaa
BaBB WOUld ailow the women of his famlly
|0 ba MJaatlfltll in any way with the auf
frag* BIOV**a*Bt Not only the r'-tail B**]
<.n, sal 'onkeopers. grocwra and druggists,
bat ti.t) 0**_*a*B and all who conauine
B**r; tho newapapera, wlih artvertlslng
space to sell; the farmers. who value this
K.'" market for their graln. the makers
of barrt:i*. botth-s. <orks and supplles ot
all klnda, wore glven to underatand that
th*y 11111st work and w.te against the
amendmeat
The BjraataBl bluw tO the t-uffragists
wr.i* ll.. defe,-tlou ol thoee 011 WB*** they
ha*l Coaatad for support. The Progtea
BIV**i part of them under the leader?hip
of La r'ollette and part under that of
I'.uo.t velt, eaat itt.800 vote*. Compaie
tluac with the 1XI.00U for the suffrage
?im< r. lni-nt! And then thero were H.810
I'mlnbitlon votea?where did they go?
How far dtd the So.-lallst* atand by thia
cardinal princlpi-: of their platform? A
considerable number of wards in Mllwau
kee whlch gave Vlctor Berajer large ma
Jorttiea went two to one agatust the
BB_*fl*4_a*at! Never waa there ao atrlking
au tlluBtration of what the non-partlsan
suffragists so stotitly mainUlu-that no
one party can ever be depended 011 to
earrj tbla maaaar*, hm that it muat r*
.-elve the support of its I'nend* ln all par
tt*g There I* no doubt that many Denio
eaata bt \Vlaconaln, bound liy no party
plevlK*. neverthelesa voted (or the amend?
ment.
The Swedea and Norwegians aiso proved
11 ureat d!*appointnient. Il was aupposed,
of courae. that as the women ln their
native country had the suffrage they
aroaald KluUly gtve ll to them ln their new
home. lt waa not taken Into consldera
tlon. however. that in Norway and
Hweden ihe Indlvhlual nicn B***r had had
a chance to vote on the question. which
was settled by I'arliameni, and. a? the
eleetlon showed. tliev w | re tl 1 more llb
cral than other men
The All.ed Anti-Suffrag.ata.
ll will he notlod that 111 no unalyaia
from any aoiirce aa to the causea of tne
dateat la Oblo or IViaeonaln haa the
allghteat credit been glven to tho Anti
Huffrage Asaociatlon of Women, and yet
they themselvea are claln.lng a large
share of lt and redoubllng tneir efforta ln
other atatea. Nothlng i* more generally
conceded by the pre*s and the publc than
that the defeuta wei? due priucipally to
thosn dumlnutlng forces ln politica
agalnat whlch the whote country haa now
rtaen ln rebelllon. ('au any explanatlon
1 b iiiade of the fact that the proprletor
of one of th* Urgest department atores |g
otilo ga\o 11,000 to help the untl-suffrage
workers m that state T Many of tho
women who openly fought the meaaure
laat June In New liampahlre recelve their
Income from its mllls, whlch employ
thousand* of girls. In everv state whlch
has an antl-suffruge assoclatlon lt will
be found that many of its leaders owe
th*lr auppoi t to what are known as
'veated lnterests.'' whlch are opposed to
democracy and would prefer to llmlt
ratlier than llMlnaN the voterB.
If the antl-auffrage women never held
another meeting or uttered another wonl
the foroea.of the oppoaltion would be 111
no wlae dlmlnlahed. These alwaya have
been, are now and ever will be the veated
interest* of corporatlona nnd employeia
of labor; of tho manufacturera and re
tallera of lutoxlcatlng llquora; of organ
Ued and ptote.ted crime, gambllng of
every klnd and the social cvll ln all ita
forms. For the flrst time in all hlstolf
women have assoclated themselves to
gethor to make common cause with these
forcaa Their posltlon Is BOt one of tgno
ranoa, for they openly rejoiced and con
fciafulated themselves OVer the tht '? 11
ened defeat of the suffrage amendmrnt
ln Michigan at the veiy moment when
the dlspatches annotmcod: 'A saloou
keeper and a BOOlroom keeppr have
BffOOghl suit to have the favorahle \0t
Of IWO counties thrown out on a trohnl
cality." After the courts decided ad
versely these "antls" at their meetinxa
and In th? papers deelared that the
probeMa defeat in Michigan gave them
BJQPB and cotirage. although the Hovernor
had just laoaod an oftiolal statement "d?
nounclng the llquor interesta for their
attempt t. OOPaOl the will of the people
by fraud," and saylng; 'Those moft
feared are certain election crooks in cer?
taln election preelncts. who would not
beaftata to do anythlng thev thought they
. ould get away wlth"'
Do Women Want to Vote?
For a long time the only argument left
to tba OfNtoaoata of equal Buffrage has
been that the raai laojuiMy of women do
not want it The great outpouring ef
wome0 to vote ln the six states (80818
they are allowed to do so, lt was sup
posed. had sllenced t'rs ovrworkerl Oec
laratton, but immedlately after thla Ia.t
election the "antls" are using columns
of Bpaea in the daily |>ar'ers to repe.it lt
The sense of humor was left out ln their
make-up, This has heen the cry In Ore
gOO OVer abaoa women began to ask fc
the hallot. and the little "antl" ao-;?
in Portland kept it flying at the mt.st-'
head The women were enfranohlsed on
November ?">. four w<-eks later a numbev
of cltles have Just held elertlons and th-!
pr??s dlspatches are headed: "Women
g*lBek to th.- I'oiis: Korty POr Coal ef
tho Votera Are RToaianf* ab this is ptob
ably tha proportlon of women to men ln
that state the onn<Tislon must BO that
thev sOOad quite us generally as men
Thls !s tba record n all of those six
states aad it haa been the re.onl rver
slnce the WOOOafl were enfranohlsed as
mav re verlfled by the eler.||.,n statistlra
There is but one w*ay to prove whelhrr
women want to vote and that is 80 gtve
ti-.em a chance. C.ilbert Bt? Sulltvnn Iti
their moBt hllarlous momenta neve
imaglned anythlng ao rldlculoua as th
half column letter Of that member of
:lie NOW York assoclation. publlshed
thla week. Just after the Oregon election,
and beginnlng: "The last oaOOH ||vaa
the number of women of votlng age in
the I'nlted States as 24.0W,OOf). Of thla
number those who deatro the vote.
corOlng to tha BetTraga Boctety of thla
,.,. ajnoaa! te l>tat,on N'ftTV if **'? ?llb'
tra. t thla number from the whole we fii.l
Ihere are 21.000.''vl Whe ta BOl BOBlrO the
ballot What BOrt Of Justiee is U that
theea 2i,<W.O00 women should be foread
to vote against theli wll! by I 1
After begging thal tktl terrlble kaJaaOM
i__ ooi ba paa*petrated against i
belpleoa belnga tbe t.ttei elooaa: "Have
no tlaaMN ooaaen ao rlghto?wa wha
lt ls for the ?ood of o;r con
aj I oor own e*x that w. should not I I
Ia tlie hoty raaaea ol fuotlea Bjloa ua our
woman's riahts""
1 ? ' |a! did anyhodj e>er read iocb rot?
lu the flrst place. tha bVO taaaPOl ??**
only 44.640,000 fema aa la the t'nlted
State, and lt is Imposslblc that onwe
than half are of t Then tbara
are 2,602.000 more malea than fematcs. -
tba men ejoofd ba abla to eo*antoi*eat the
barm that aroi ? roold de to the coun
tn and their 0W0 BCS I t ?OtJ_Bj J ' '
they probabb tried to lell the rrlgotei ? I
ajajter al l - BwaaTs*rt*artaei aroa
that 1OOX0M 8800800 are already -n'tle.1
to rete, although that la aa aaoggora
tlon ef BOvaral hundred thousand. NO
?odj Knows how many women want tn
but iudgtng by the test of fr.o.e
arho do rota aben they are ajjowad tn
tha Bombir is abool w per ceat of the
Now. in tha hoiv iama
,ight have that little 10 per eeet o<
"antls- to act u> B stumhling BBOCfcl
EnglBnd'a Desperate Women.
when the Pathtek foaraac? peetad
c-mpany wlth the Tankhursts beeOOM
thev could not indorse their future p-o
uramme of milltancy there waa BBOCb Btu*
mlae v to what further eutremea It nnght
be carrled Thls baglns to he PirteaTBt in
the destructlon of mail ln boxes ln the
leadlng btislnees aectlons of London an<i
in the reported lntentlon to use bomba
To scores of thousands of suffraglata ln
Clreat Brttain'thla will cause the deep
pst sorrow and Indi,-natlon. for they ara
u law-ablding as are those In th* I'nlted
Htates and all other countries. These
actlons seem to be dellberately sam
tloncd by Mra Pankhurat wlth tho oo -
>f torrortzing the government Into grant
Ing the demands of women for the fran
imlsa.
ln the mldst of 'he condemiutlon whlch
wtil be almost unuersally expTewed. th*
fact muat not be. lost slght of that ln no
nther country in the world have men
tieated women who ask for the auft'rage
as have the men that oompoae the gov?
ernment Of Ctreat Hritalti Nowhere ?la?
have there been such unfairncss. decvlt.
treaehery and brutallty, and theae ha\e
BOt been caused by liie mllltaM ' act
jf the women. but are themaelves whHt
bave driven the flromen to mlbtaaoy.
I tider similar treatment It ls not at all
niprobattlc that the women of other
?ountrles would have retallntcd ln 1 hke
manner
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PRAISES JWNJ3E DRESS
Mrs. Catt Wishes America*
Women Would Adopt It.
Chuiese dre^s for American wotr.en ??'<*
Jdvocated b] Mrs. Cartie Chuom3ii I
reoterde] afternoon at B meetlng Of the
?ajOOl Suffrage I.eague at the Hotel Astor.
Vlrs. Catt confessed herself so lmpresse.1
hy the beauty. comfort and hyglene ef
he chlnese trousers and BOOta for wonien
:hat she wlshed all Amerlcans would
idopt them. .
"The Chlnese women sie the BOPl
Iressed women ln Ihe world." Mrs catt
iald "The costume ls Itiflnttely heoom
ng. lt gi\es frOOOaaO to the walst and to
the lejjs. Hesldes. it never goea out of
fashion Ue would be BgOTOd the expenn*
if changing our gowns he'ause they weie
;ut last year."
Mrs. Belle De Rlvera offered to stump
the state for the suffrage cause, and Mrt
Ida UUBtOd llarper also apoke
URGE3 COLLEGE FIRE ESCAPE8.
Albany. Dec. ri-State Klre Marahal
\hearn has recommended to the trustaes
)f Cornell I'nlveraity and olher BObOOM
ittd colleges of the atate the neccaslty ot
^rovldlng aderpiate protoctloa Hgalnst
1ro. Flre eacaiies and flre preventlon ap
iliances should l>e Inatalled ln all pjibllc
bulldltigs, Mi. Ahearn auild to-day.