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M'ADOO SEEKS TO
REASSURE BANKERS
Secretary Says Their Fears
of Currency Bill Are
Groundless.
SEES NO REASON TO
WITHHOLD CREDITS
Administration Declares Apparent
Slump in Buslness Due to
Misnnderstanding.
?-, Tba TrlbuB* Buraan 1
W/Oi ' Bi bai Ing that the
bankers of Ihe co intry ara si Ung from a
mlatak.n point of view Ifl wlthholdlnjr,
credlt and pllbag up tbeir reserves to
meet thi requlrementa of ihe propoaed
eurreni y law, Becretary McAdoe laaued a
atatenient to-nlghl doclartog, in effect,
that BUCl S'io indleSfl and that
the Treaaury Departmenl atoada ready
to a;,i the banka in niakinK the neceaaary
t hanges.
There Is llttle douhl lhal ndmlnlstrittlon
leadets ; ed tO BOme ex'ent, nt
least. over the npparent slump ln busi
ness. whlch is BttrlbUted by them to
a BUBunderatandlng bj national b.mk
ers of th.. | : of tiie adminls
tratlon currency blll and a BOardlng "f
res=erves in order t,, cocnply wltb 'be re
serve reouirenients of the proposed cur
reney Byatem. This siiinn ih largely te
aponsibl.. f,,r the adoption of tha radlcal
pariiamentaiy programma by lha Demo
rratlc caucus , ,-?? t>, pass the
blll b< fore Chrlati :
Secretary McAdoo said that tha trane
fera of capital and reservs t,, th" fed?
eral reaerve baaka could ba sccomp
wlth llttla or no lnconvenlence to the
banks and to general bualneaa and that
the Treaaury had large avallabla
aooroea at its comand whlch he would
not healtsta t" uaa ln aaslatlng t:.,- banks
to con-p ly wltb the iaw if Bocesaary. He
al?o ca'.led attentlon to tba fai t tbai the
banks bsd called upon the Treaaury for
only BiMl.080 f.>r erop moving purp
and that he would eonsider favorably and
on its merits the appUcatlon of any bank
for an extenslon for thirty ilr - ol the
tlme durins whlck theae loana wera ,
able.
Mr. McAdoo'a Statement.
Th? atatemenl laaued from the Treasny
I?4?pnrtm> nt f>..
"Benator Pomerena lo-day eem to the
Becretarj rt letter ftom a promlnent man
nfacturer ln Oblo, in whlch he aaya:
"'It has. of COUraa, beea QUjtO as ap?
parent to you ? o are
trylag te manufscture snd market com
modlties that dUting the laal BUl
and fall I , all llr.es baa
conslderably 1n I l ?? the dlBDO
Bitlon on the part of many lankers to
refuse to handle commercial paper in an>
thlr.ar near the usual volume. avefl when,
accordinK to nl! Indlcatli I nda
were avallabla.'
"A prominent note broker advlsed tbe
mai facturer as folk
'?The large banka In the Large cltlea
bai e noi g any papi r
Mareh, and i ave idvli tbeii nt: i
corraspoadanta to make themaelvea j :st
aa llquld a atay s... ln order
to meet the provisions of the Mll, Iri con
aaqoaw <-. wa ai it a stami
etlll.'
"The Becretary said ih il Bimllar com
p'.aints had come to blm from othi r parta
of the country, ai.d thal ll tbe banka ate
reetrbtinK eredlta to tbe extent Indlcated,
on the ground that it ls ? to ? i.
able them t,> meel tl ?? req ilrementa of
the pendlnir eurreni y 1111, they are BCtlng
from a wholl) mlataken point of view,
Ready to Aid Banka.
"The -- ?? ? eapn bbi d Um i ?
that the n?w law will impose no hardsh'.ps
on the banks, Bnd that tho trsnsfera ,f
capital ani reeervea to the proposed fed?
eral rescrve banks will be BCCOmpllabad
with llttle or no lnconvenlence to the
banks nnd to general buslness. The S. ri
tary Baid that the T.-casury DapajtBaenl
had large svallable reaourcea at its com
mand; that be ahould not bealtatc I i uae
them for the purposa of aiding ti,.- banka
to coraply with the new Law, snd that, la
hia oplalOO, the banks COUld with ;
safety pto.ee.I with the gianUng of ac
"ommodations t., tbeir cuatomera in the
norn-.nl ani uaual way,
"The Becretary siil that he did not, of
rmirse, assnme to adVUM the bnnks h<
only wanted them and tba bualneaa public
fo know thal there is no gronnd for ap
prehenslon. and that the attltude of the
Treasury Departmenl ls to be helpful, and
that he thought ;r could ba attectlvely
helpful. He .said that lf any banks are
laborlng undi r tin- Impreaatofl that tbe
new law wiii Beceaaltatc "r occaalos a
reatrlction of credlte, tbey me coatrolled
by *rror, ;is ra, BUCb thing will result.
"The Becretary atated that up to date
the lanks bad called upofl the Tri
for nn'v 884,881,808 f"r erop BBOvIng pur
poses ; that these depOSitS w.re, n:. 1,-r the
arrangim< nts, t" ba rtt arnad ln four In
Btalments, beglnnlng December l.', and
endlnaj Msrch I.
?The Becretary said tbat h*? wmild con
aider lavorably ani upon Its merita tha
nppltration of am' BStlonsl batik holdlng
i rop mo-.tng depoelta for a poatponenii nt
for thirty days of the UflM f"r beglnnlng
r^pa\ments, so thal payflaenta bmj cesa
menre on January 18, I81t, Inatead of on
Perember 1". next, as now ,
Republicans Blame Tariff Alao.
RepubUean leadera <io boI coni ur an
tlrely ln the view of ti.'. DasBocrata that
buslness laaetlvlty is aatlrely due te tha
eurrenc) M Boraa of them say that the
readiustment necer-sltated by the tarlfl
bill ls ti eontrlbUtory ranse. and that ttM
iinrertalnty over the leglaLatlva pro
gramme for the fortbcomlng regular aee
slon has much to <h> with it.
The movemenl to preven! goverameBl
ofBctala from making nse of the knewl
edge r-'aine.i while* handllng the govern
flnancee by takinn promlnent poal
tlona In the banklng world at tha eoa
. : -ioti of their terjnfl found much BUP
ji.rt in the Democratic caucua to-day ln
the (onsidiratliii of the rurretn y bill.
icua api earad t.. be sti ongly la
favor of the prohlbttton <>r membera of
the Fi dei Reserve Ekmrd fi ora a<
aa wlth u prlvate banklng Inatltu
tion wlthtn two yeara aftei tbe esplra
tlon or their tertna of oJHi ??
Tha plan of the Hltchcock faetloa of
the Banklng aad Currency Committee fo*
. arsntee ..f bank depoalta was slso
?i .1 .it length by the i aucus.
The paragraph allowlng national banks
to act as executora ami admlnlatraton
waa referred back te tha committee, to ba
drawn ao that it would nol eonfHct with
i he lan s <>f varloua Btati
Regional Banks Left Open.
? j i.-stlon of the nuniber of rearloaal
reserve banka to he created has beea left
open, aad probably wlll ba takea up to
morroa for settlement The Gfaorgta B< a
ators insist that if the Bouth is to have
a regkmal bank lt shouid be located Ib
Atlanta.
while pragraaa was glow ta-day, the
leaders were satisfle. thal the Owen draft
of the hlll flnally would be adapted arlth
t.ut few rbangee The q awtloo ot blnd
ing the Democrata to aupporl tha con?
ference bill as a party measure baa BOl
yet been taken up, b.it lt is expected
that h b-odlag reaolutloa arlll be preeented
after the bill has been COmpleted.
.. aa Beaatora probably arlll not
take up the currency Mll aa a party
Leadera aald to-day that they
i ...i no i '..n- for a RepubUcan confer?
ence, an.i dedared thelr efforta t.. amend
the bi.l would he noiade on the floor, wltta
oul regard to anj agreemenl tbe Demo?
crata ma] reacb to unanlmo inly support
the Owen bill.
Xhe . defeated to-nlghl a pro
posal to broaden the re-ernption features
of the bill so that the propoeed Treaaury
notea would be redeemable al the Unlted
Btatea rreaaury In "lawful money." The
committee recomniended thal the flnal re
demptlon be llmlted atrlctty to gold, and
thla peaitiou was uphald by tba eonfer
s aoa agn ad to permlta
ii note to he redeemable la either goM or
"lawful money" al the regleaal banks,
but ln gold only at tha Treasury.
a cbanga vvas agreed to ln the form of
the Owea Wll whlch WOUld make the new
Tressiry notea acceptaWe for tba pay?
ment of euatoms dutles.
MODIFY INCOME TAX RULES
(Officials Issue Simpler Orders
to Aid Bankers.
.- B n
: Waahbigton, Nov H Thn
Issued by the Treaaui I ??. u 'ment
to-dsy modlfylng the regJlatlona relal
to the COllectlOa Of the Ineome tax OB
: i. inds or other obhgatlona of c.r;...ra
tlons. nr.e ordfr extende th? tlme ln
. agenta may flle the lem
iporary certlflcate. form 199, when It
i n ,-i-.-..] from a f ?
ntry, from November If, 1919, to
?
The second order walvea untll March
:;!. 1914, the Treaaurj raq ilreaaeata for
fllllng In oa eerttfleatea ti.e numbera of
bond* of < orporations upon the lntereat
from whlch the norrral ln. lOUM taa af I
. . ed to educted at tbe
The third order permlts the gubatltUtlon,
under certaln rondltlona, of tbe eertlfl
catea of banka, hrnkera aad other eotlect
? _- ageadea, for the certlflcatea of own
.-: - requlred to be atte.hed ta lntereat
when preeented for collectlon.
1 i,e regulatlona eomprlaed in th? third
t wlll i.'.. far, lt ls belleved, to ob
I vlate tbe dlfflcultlea ei tered by the
bankers und.i t!.<- regulatlona bow In
fori s
_
DEER CHASES CHILDREN
Oareful Jerseyman Therefore
| Asks if He May Shoot It.
(!'"?? .arraaaeei i
Hackensack, N. .1 , No'.. tt John Jaek
8 farmer, of Mal.vvah, six tnlles f: .,n,
kenaaok, whose lan.i adjolna th.
Havemeyer e.-tat.-, on th.- edge of tbe
Raxnapo Mountalna, has arrltten to tbe
deputy game warden aaklng whal can be
done to a wlid <leer that bvslsts on cbae
I elilldr.-n
"My place ls near the former deer pre
.-er\.- of th.- Haveeaeyera, an.i tins buck,
n.< d.c.ht, is aaa of th.- buneh lhal es
<ap?d to the Ramapo Mountalna s..m.
tlma a^o." wrlt.-s Ja. kson "lt has got
so that i am afraM t., let my boya ?.'?.
into th.- woods near by. for this deer has
ckaaed them several time- i don t wanl
to shoot ti..- deer for fear ..f getting
Hit.. trouble erlth ihe authorltlea i may
have to aboot thla aervy follow, however,
ln i ? i defence Can you give me some
Informatlon?"
'ihe daputy wlll r.-port to the BtBte
Flsh and Qaroe Oommtserlon, at Trenton,
f..r the case ll a BOW OtM to h ni
Montessori Lecture Popular.
Tlcketa for the lecture ..: Dr. Marla
Monteaaorl, at Carnegle Hall, Monday,
December i, w>tp reported iaM nlghi to
be ^.?llm^? beyond the expectatlona of
the ? ..n.mitt.e in eharge Miss Margaret
Kiiioit. a taacher ,.f vVllkes-Barre,
I'.-nn . wrot^ in ssklng f..r reservatlona
for tha Phlladelphla lecture f..r a ho.aj*.
here wh.. are going lo PhlUdeT
phla t.i ii..-.' in. Monteaaorl, thal her
slster h. Qalveston, Tex., had ?ir.-.i to
ng for th.- d.it- ?.f th.- i 'in. ago
lecture, saylng thal she Intended to go
from Qalveston there to beai the Ital
UNTIL YOU HEAR THE BEHNING
you can have no adequate conception of tKe possi
bilities of tKe Piayer. Wi4i tKe
BEHNING
PLAYER PIANO
"Sufrtme BB Muu.a! Rtsulti"
you may play dassical selections in a manner tKat
will excite tKe admiration of tKe accomplisKed
musician. To tKe ligKter musical forms tKe BeKn
ing lertds unsuspected cKarm. It is tKe one perfect
Piayer Piano.
BEHNING PIANO CO.
425 5fK A-venue Entrance on 38tK St.
Also Anderaon *i Co., Ine.. Ml Fulton Street, Brooklyn. N. V.
HIGH FOOD PRICES
VEX DEMOCRATS
Will Try to Show Trusts
Not Tariff, to Blame
for Them.
FOUR-CORNERED
INQUIRY PLANNED
Cold Storage Men and Packers
Are To Be Storm Centres
of Investigation.
i Th?. Trfbuaa Boreau -
Waahlngton, Nov. H. -Ifovsd by public
clamor and public erltlclsm, Dsaaoerata or
the House aro prepsrlng to lnnnrh ln Balf
defence an Invsstlgstl.if Ihe hlgb cost
of living and to fix the responstMlity
therefor. Their plana pn.vide that two
i!ou>-e commltteea Bball lenin ?o:k be?
fore the t oi! laya and whlle tbe in,| ilr?
is ii-,t acheduled as a partlssn ena Dem
ocrnta aill si ek to aboolva lf po'Sil,..
it.e new tariff fioin anv blame for tha
. ondltlon of tha mai i.< I
The attack of Reprssentattve AuaUn,
a Tenneeaee Republlcsa upon the Inef
feetlvenesa of the Detnocratte tarlfl laa
lo meetlng Ibe cost of llvlng problem baa
Bjoaded membera af ihe majorlty le a<
tion. nnd they intend tO show. lf pos
alble, thnt the truata an- to blame Two
of tba executive branchea of the govera
ment, the Department of Agi
the Departmenl ef Justice, sre InveetJ
istlng the causo of hlgb prlcea snd a
four-cornered Inqulry will be itarted aoon
after the regular aesaion convenea
The Uouss ''ommlttee on Interstate and
Poralgn Canimarca arlll devote Ita ener
i;...~ t,i determlnlng whether cold atorage
prcd ?? :s held indenntti ly t" f<"< a
prli ea Bball be admlttad to li ta
commerce The .1 dleiary ConMBlttoe,
hsvlng svalbtbls a trust i;..r;',rv fund ol
128,098, will conducl i.eaii:.i--s on the truaf
quettlcn ln i-enei., . bul 1 I Ki\e apeclal
attentlon to tin- beef trust Bl ?'
leged reaponelbUlty foi ? * - 1
Ol lltllth.
Lookmg After PncUerB.
Reprsssntatlve Klakesd, "f New Jeraey,
- complllng aata to ia\ before ibe J ?
? ary '',,inin.it.. < ernlng ths 1
rra ' omblna He bellevi - tbi
?1 tist is obtalnlng a atroi 1
, m;i a latralta snd nslata 1
ihe ib.use commltti ? '1 i>1ng the
tion for ant. truat l<
devi i>- .1 great di al ? ? Ume l 1 I
i Bth ? th? < ? 1: atii ? '??' '?
? ffs whlch a:.' 1 ?' bBSBd dally I .
lha Bvcrage worklngmsa
'i ..? Department <>r Juatlea II a
to-dsy, was !. ..-..-.. many lettera from
.,;; ti, tlona of lha eouatrj offei | ?
deni ?? ??? ' ' ? '
Beveral of th.- letti ra allegi I t tha
11.. .lt l! ? ' ' ' '
li i, . - Of BggS and thSt ? ?
t .i?t Is a BOrt <?:
to tbe meat < oml
Repreaeatatlve MeKellar, a Tenaeasee
?t. w in. has pandlns h biU t" bai
from Interatate , ommeri ? pr i
I ., . - l< ? n ln , old BtOfSge f.,r u.
nlnety da - laaerted ?????!?? - il
:..,,.-1 v ? a for tiie prevall
' ? Ilr lli ' ?
cona iltlng the Been ' I
? .i i .- utoi ? ? ';.:.. r,.| and
? i . t.i ta t,, la before tha i !?? lae
commlttei
"We have learned lhal ???'? p.?al of
the egga ln < I al I there
by the pork packers," he aald "We bave
i,. .-n unable t,, ?;<-? any Information rr.,m
the paekera, but there la a '.4.. ? . .??
tins Information, if ??? bava t,, Bubpcena
aome "f 1 he ; ,-? kerfl 11 foi ? a Congn 1 on
.,: Inqulry.
There la a communlty of li.t.ies', bb
?Ai 11 as b ,'inii ?'t of action, among prac
tlcally all the blg ?? 1 1 We
Intend te ael these facta The Inveatl
gal ona now under wsj will eatsbliati
tl . ni Tbey will be made the basia "f a
new blll that will go t.i tbe bottom of the
,, estton The btn 1 Introduced ln Con<
fi-4- 11 foa iia\s ago Bzlng a penslty for
atoi Ing food pn ducta moi a tha n 1
daya la hiat a atartei It doaa aol )??'
nearly so fai aa the Bnal Mll will go."
Housewives Write Lettera.
I.ettera and telegrams poUTBd 1 ri t,, ,1a
fnim aii parta of tha country, from Indl
viduais, aasodatlona of vsrloaa kimis and
f;,,:n bualneaa men. pralalns Ibe depart
uiint's effoit to break blgfa f,,,.,i piicea b]
i,in.asadlaga agalnat tba alleaed comblna
tion of cold atorage di alera. Inten al ln
Ittoi n. y i lenei ..i IfcRe) noida'a di
tion that a aweeplng InvestJgatlon would
be made of the alleged comblnstlon, and
that if rlolatlona of tba pure f,?,i ?, t
were dlaclesad proaecutlona could ba
lOOksd f"r appatentli In graater than ln
.u. move ti,.- d.-paitiio-nt baa mada ln a
long tlme
Housewlvea who aay they hsva fe t iba
oppreestve hand ?.r high t rit-.s in many
aaya wrote telllng of their ladlvtd ? i
periencea snd beada ol organlaatlona
whlch bave taken an active part ln try>
ing to mll,,.. the living cost wara
anxloua i" tall what they knes Many
of tbe lettera contalned aci . atlona
'agalnat tba paekera of Chleago and
eharged them wlth reaponslbHltj .i
Btorage 111 i
Othera blamed tba mlddleraea, bul there
were few lettera whlcb did not exprasa
tbe convlctloB that the campalsn would
dlecloee aome s,,it >,f nation wid?.p
eration whlch could i"- reached bj the de
t'lii i ment,
CORNER IN_POTATOES NEXT
Houston Told Speculators Are
Buying J. S. Crop.
Washlngton, Noi H \ \?w phssa of
tha coal ol living problem was broughl
to the attentlon of tin Department of
Agrteultura to-day by T. P. 0111, aacie
taiy of the lllsh I'.mid of AgrlCUltUrO
ii.? told Becretary MoustOB tbai apec
ulatora in ihe larn- cltlea of the Unltsd
States weie buybtg .lp llils years shoit
American potato crop to hold It for hlgh
prleaa, COUatJag upon the quarantino
against potatoes from many forelgn
countrles to ald thSBB ln tbeir under
taklr.g.
Mr. "Illl ls here to urge the removal of
the embarRo on potatoea from his ,oun
try. He Insists that the powder]
found ob potatoea tmported from ireland
ls BO ca.se for a nuiirantine, becaBSa B
flinllar blemlsh Is commori ln the I'nited
tftstes. and aa>s that contlnuance of the
tmbargo will contrlbute to tbe growlng
cost of llvlng.
RAILROADS JOLLED 2,535
Injured 49,911 in 3 Months?
Accidents Increase.
Waahington, NOV. ? The Jnfersfate
Commerce Comntlaadon'a aeddanl bulletla,
laaued to-day f'.r th* quarter ended June
M, 1919, ahowa thal ?? eomparad with the
correspondlng cjuarter af I9IJ there waa
a total mcreaae of no In tbe Bumber ot
persons killed and of MH Ib the number
Injured In rallroad acddeata of "? ki"lls
in the Unlted Btatea There araa an hv
crease of IM ln the ni Bahet of train ac
ddenta
i..-',-. ri-.e roadway aad defectlve equip
m< al togettH r cauaad BBora thaa M per
cenl or all deiallraeata reported, U.1 per
Cenl being cauaad by brok.-n rallfl.
Th.. total aumber of eaeualtlea in nli
claaaea of acddeata taddeal to rallread
big durlng tbe auarter araa IH killed and
4ii.'>;i Injured Theaa totala Z.M kOled
?i,.i u --1 injured Include accldeats to
employes while al work, to paaeengera
getting on or off caia and ta Iragpaaaara
The total number of caallaioiui aad _??
rallmente reported for the quarter was
_JM Th.- flnandal damage cauaad by t'1*-1
aci Identa was t3.2_-.-9S
WOULD LET UP ON ROADS
Samuel Untermyer Tells How
to Restore Confidence.
Bpringfteld, Maaa., Nov. tt?Tbe ttm*
I ea come, in the opinion of Samuel I'nter
a ho was chlef counael for tha Pujo
rommlttee Inveatlgatlng the "money
trust." t.. restore confidence ln the Indus
triea of the Unlted Btatea, including the
rallroada. How- this could ba ae-om
pllshed h? outllned to-nlghl In a spaech
h. for.- the Bconomle Club b< re
Mr Untermyer argued thal a i!alt
ihot Id i >' called on furtber BDveraraaatal
Investlgatlons Into pasl crlmea tn the
looting of corporations; that the siat<>
ahould be aiped rlean, and the work of re?
rramlng and Btrengthenlng tha laws to
make Imposslble rapetltlaaa of prevloua
? ea shouid be begua, v> th ?? general
amneety to pasl offendera nol yel appre
l ?nded
.. currei cy IIII bow peadlng In the
Benate ahould he paased, Mr. I nti
held. ii-- would give the rallroada HvlBg
I rates; sbollsh flscal sgendea, se called,
"votlng trusta" and Interlocklng i
torstes; make it a erlmlnal oflfence for
any offlcer or dlractor of a corporatlon to
borrow from or make a profll oul of bla
corperstlon; destroy holdlng compaales;
[give minority stockholders leproeentatien
I in .!???:?? and place rallro id n b>
gaiilaat ler the control of tha Inter
.. . lommlaolon and of the
?
Mr Untermyer aaM he wauM roeapel
oxi bangea, so
thal the f thi Irtai n ? ra mlghl be
t to i ' i. ?
LOST PROFESSOR SUICIDE
Former Harvard Faculty Mcm
ber's Body Found in Woods.
l.-Thi Alfred
r of Oernaaa
? ? ? ' ? |
Death araa
? * .'.
I
for al lember ? he
. --
ras 1
? ?
ii bi ia cei
. :.. ii *!',..rt thn*
Poi twelve yeara be a a.s a member of Ihe
'.i '.:ti
WORDS FAIL THAW ONCE
ThankifiTing Away from "Lu
natics" so Different.
: I ?? ' ?
-.??I. N ii . '? ' -i being
aeked to for hl rtews oa the
llng Thankaglvlng aa be dld yee
? ::?!?: li us he .IM s year
ago at Matti -? ?? Hoapltal, Harry
K Thaw aald
, ? ?..?! . uMlBg 1 I
g wl s frlenda aad paaalag i'
i - ?.. sxtjn me i am unable
to i ul ;' Into word* " ?
flled in Ihe I 'nlte i Btatea I
to da) hli anaa er to the petltlon
of the Btate oi Near \.-rk for hle return
I Btati '.'"? ' ; v. us in aceordani e
? ?? pi ngramme agri d upon bj ... .11
and .nai i <.n Novi ml >-r l* The nesl
move wiu i..- the tiiir.*; of brlefe bj the at
? rnt-ys.
SPIRIT EVIDENCE
IN MURDER TRIAL
Counsel for Helene Knabe's Al
letfed Slayer Tests Venire
men's F7aith in Ft.
Bl etbyrllla, tn?i . Ni r, ML Oul or
thlrt) one venlremen examlned up t.. tne
ho.ir of adjournmenl to-nlghl twelve
... .1 aol t"- obtalned aatlafactory
to both sldt s for th.- trlal of Dr. William
ii. Cralg, of Indlanapolla, charged wlth
thi murdei of Di Helene Knabe. The ex
iininatioti of renlremen wiu be eaatloued
to-morrow mornlng Blgniflcance waa
attached by some lo thla quoBtlon aske.i
by Henry N. Bpaan, ..f eaanael for the
.-.-:. n B
"WouM rou have any faltk In evldence
obtalned tbrougb -tplrttuailaaBt"
Tbe havarlabla answer w.,s "\o."
Tbe line >.i questlonlng appeared te in
.11. at.. that the Btate would endeavoi te
bulld ne Bti 111 .1 ?? of Ita cai.n a fo ."
datlon ot compromkdng drcuraataaeea,
which the dUfenee w.mid attempl to de
Btroy 1.' having Dr. Cralg ge aa tbe
stun.i and explaln, leavtafl the nsanner or
Dr, Knabe'a death Bbrauded la myatery.
Tbere waa every Indlcatloa thal the ?"
. -.. 1.: maii tn ami bla lawyera would
Bupporl strongly the police tbaarf of b_8>
. |de
Nothlng in the dajra dirvelapments n.t
mltl.-il B iloui.t lhal Harry 1'. W< bst.-r,
tbe private detectlve who worked up the
.,.,, beball of tbe Indlanapolls Coun
. ? Women, wo iM ba tbe prlm Ipal vvit
',,, ti,,- proescutlOB
i>r Cralg remalned al llberty to-algkt
1.1,11. tne li.'.(>"' bond which ba farntahed
when be was arrested. Tlura-ajhaat a
Uieaocae day he sat beelde bda fourtaoa
vear-old daughter.
GATES A TEXAN, SHE SAYS
Widow Resists Minnesota T?.x
Claim of $500,000.
Mlnnaapalla, Nav. B a eaaa la deter
mlne tbe kajal reeleaaaaa af the late
Charlea iJ. Gates arid whether Minnesota
or Texaa shall roll,-.-t the Inherltance tax
was begUB ln probate eourt to-day.
William J. Kteven*. as.alatant Btate at
tarnay general. flled a petltlon to probate
the wlll, aneertlna thal Mr. Qatea'a home
was ln Mliiiicapolls. I.ater Frnnk T. Cor
rlaton, represenUng Mrs. Qatea and other
helra, flled a copy of the arlll and ? petl?
tlon with the court iioth Mr. Corriaton'a
and ihe Btate'a a.-tions wiu be heard on
Januarj v
Mrs. ilates'* petitinn dedared that ber
hiiHhand* legal restdence was at I'ort
Arthur. Tex. The helra' eatlmate of the
Minnesota portlon of the estate ta J>'X)((XK).
BORDEN PLEADS
FOR CLOSE TIES
Premier Urges More Inti
mate Relations Between
Canada and U. S.
VVANTS PUBLIC MEN
IN PERSONAL TOUCH
Visitor Aleets Presldent and Dis
cusses Cost of Living with
High Officials.
? Preta The THbuasi Borcaa I
Waahlngtoa Kor. K <'ioso parsonai
relations between tho public men of tbe
Unlted Btatea and Canada are urged by
the Premler of Canada Robert i- Bor>
ibn. wbo arrlved ln Washlngton to-day,
Brmmnanled by Mrs. Ilorden. from Hot
Sprlngs, Va.. where he had been spend
Ing a inonth'B vacatlon
The f'atiii'Min PratalaV was presented to
thei Presldent this afternoon l?y rhe Boe
retary "f Btata wbo was boat at a din?
ner t.i-nii7lit ln honor of the vlsltor. The
Becretary <>f the interlor, Fraaklln K.
i.an.'. iiivi, a luncheon for Mr Borden
this afternoon at tho Unlveisity Club,
membera <,f th- Cablnel belng tbe prin?
cipal gueata
one of th.- subierts dlaeua ed by Prs
mi<r Bordan with th- adminlatratlon of
Ilrl.-ils was th- "hlgh COSt (?? Ilvinn" ln
the Unlted Btatea and Canads He as*
s,.!t. .i tbst ha ta.k"! aboul no public
questlona with th" Prealdent, but it !*
known ihst ha ahowed mueh Intereal in
i i.j converaai na i th i ? ? ??? '? ? vt tha
? 'ablnet ln the ati i ? prop ?? ? d to b" taken
by this governmenl to raduoa tne cost
Of living.
Reticent on Reciprocity.
Mr Bordi n d.?- llned to dlacuss for p ib
.. s be has for
tbn ,. of tho two countrlaa bl
I - ? . ma enl on the
p, Balblllty Of a v I '-w.il "f BegOtlStli
brtng al tui a rsclproi il ai ? be
iiv," n the i'nited Btatea and Cana
Neverth leaa, Mr. Borden atnpbaslaad In
a torn .,'??? . nt to Tl - Tribune the
practl ? Intlmate perao tal
offlcial atwei n tba ofllcial i '
ti;.. two ' ounti k i
? m- ?,. lt m V'lrglnla bsa beei
:. Csi adlsn Pren
....
i.. and coui tee ia Im Ita
tlona of thi : Ihe
tlaaat
?
ta i llon l t publle men
,.., well l ' a ?
nii.ith' r lt |a '
; ' . ? ? :' , ,1 ' '
leiattona I atwi ? n
tbe ta To that and u la lm?
int that i f each intry
il \i i* point of tbe
othi r '
rin belng I the I Igh coal of
ad thal
i\ thi ?
. Um de
f the < < rnment
bad m.> tlgstlon
J,,t. bttl :? ' ' Bll '"'?:!.I b" BA
' ?
Mi i i ' . t ? i v uaed from
ment, s- t be had beea aa a ball
t .?,-,?
rtii tba factfl an 11 t all
? ? ? ? - ient
Guests of Bntiah Amb.isaador.
ind Mra Borden w< . ta of the
...
??. v. lahtngtoa Th y lefl to-nlght for
'
the Pn mler, tba r ursrs' nt the
Untverall ? flub luni h< l ' ? were
-. retary Bryan of the Btata Department,
Poatmsster Oeneral Burleaon, Benator
Bacon, John Bai aett M ? Uor of
Iment; Secn tarj Houaton
of tbe Department of Agrlculture, Becra
tai y n> dr.. Id ol the Departmi f of Com
mai ?. < h.u ii s ii. n. j Butler, of thi Bu
i :. me Court . Bi aator l lalllnger and
Charlee J. Bell, a Washlngton banker.
Queata al tha dlnner given i Becreta
and Mrs Bryan t,, nlght were tha French
,| ,r ani Mme. Juaaersnd, the
Oerman Ambaaaador and Counteaa von
Bernatorff, Ladr Bprlng Rlca the Mlnlater
of Coats Rlca snd Mme. Calvo, the Mtn
ister of Norwsy and Mme. Bryn, th.> Chlef
Justice of tba Bupreme Ceuti nnd Mrs
w'liit*-. the Be< retary of the Interlor and
Min i.ane, Juatlea tfughea snd Mra.
rlugbea, Benator Baoon, Benator nnd Mrs.
Newlanda, Benator and Mrs. BUtherland,
Representstlve and Mra Osoper, the
Counaellor of the Brltlah Bmbaasy nnd
Mra, Barclay, Mr and Ifra Henry White,
.lis. .I.l.n 11.i'. and Miss Mab.l Hi'.ird
man
TOO ROUGH TO DROP PILOT
Lusitania, Therefore, Brings
Him Here from England.
Tha I'lnard llnsr Luattanta, now under
permanenl command of CaptalB DavM
DoWi formerly of tha Caronla arrlved
i,. i- ? tei day after an szci ptlonally
fast trlp through unusually rought
westher.
From tha tlme the Lualtanla left
Queenatown until shw arrlved ln i"it
yeaterday she had bad weather. A full
gale was blowlng irhen she cleared tha
Rogllafa coast ea aaturdarf and Oeorga
T. Cotllna her Uverpool piiot, could not
ba aenl aahore Cotllna came over on
the reeeel, much to dellght "f captaln
Dow, who baiis from Dundalk, near the
home of tin piiot.
Captaln Cbaula*), formerly of tha Luat?
tanta. Will SOOB COmpleta bla BBSeial work
for laa Brltlah Board of Trade, and wiu
taka command of tha Mauretania, Cap
tain Turner, ber presi nt comnuuider, be
mg ordered aahore to dlreet the bnal
work on tha new Cunarder Aaultaaua,
which b" arlll bting t" New fork on her
maiden paaaage, next Bummer.
Captaln Dow, known among the aklppar
fiatetnlty as "l'add>" How, was ln com?
mand of the Maiin taala for on.- trlp
over s year ago when ahe lowsred th.<
world'a westward IranasUantle record,
Biahlng the Journey from Haunt's Roefe
lo aWUtdy Booh l.lghtshlp ta 4 days 10
liouis nnd 41 tnlnit'-s.
Says Life Isn't Worth $20,000.
Washlngton, Nov. 28 ?t'ontendlng that
|20,'<x) Is too much for the life of a ],,,-o
motive aagtaaar, the Bouthern Rallway
ompany to-,iav BPPSalad to the Supreme
'onrt of the i'nited States to rOVSrse tha
Siipr-me Court of South 1'arollnn, Whlch
iwarded that auni to the wldow Of an en
?ln? drlver who waa kiiled when bla train
laahed Into a burnlng trestlo near Alston,
9. C, on August 29, 1911.
FISH WINS $30^000 SUIT
Needn't Pay Lawyers?Ditten
hoefer's Last Case.
Stuyvesant Flsh wlll not have to pay
tha $30,000 for professlonal aervdces aued
for by Maxwell Bdgar and Osslan Cam
eron, Chlcago lawyers. A Jury ln the Su?
preme t'ourt hrought In a verdlet yester
day ln favor of Mr. Flsh.
Tba lawyers su.-d for nlleged aervlces
r-nd.-r.-d to Mr. Flsh In his stockholder's
BUlt against the dlrectora of the Illlnols
Central llnllmad after he qult the pr.-si
deocy of tho corporatlon. Mr. Flsh daaled
that he ha.l engaged the lawyers for the
?arvlcaa.
Former Judge A. J. Plttenhoefcr made
thw atinouncement durlng his eummlng
up for Edgar & C-U-wroa that it would
probably ba the laat cas? in which he
would njipear ln court. The former Jurl*t
?add that he was ln his s.-yenty-elghth
year an.i that lt was against tho advlee
of his family, phvshlan and office assocl
af'-.s that he appeared In the case.
HAVEMEYER's'wiLL UPSET
Son Gets Estate, Though He
Expressly Forbade It.
Jam.s Havemeyer, non of the late May?
or WIllLnm F. Havemeyer and a member
of the family of BUgSUr r.-llners, left an es?
tate valued by the State Transfer Tax Ap
pralaer at tUJAJL Mr. Havemeyer died
AugUBt 18. 1912.
The entlro estate of Mr. Havemeyer
arenl to his son, J. Cralg Havemeyer.
The appralsal showed depoelta of 112,-..".;
peraoaaJ effeeta, Ji.-Oi; Lntereat in the
.state of his wife, JlCo. and a s*at on th"
Consolldated Btock Bschange. It was the
Intentlon of Mr. Havemever that no rhlld
. r hla shouid recelve any pait of his es
,,,-,, f-.- he wrote ln hts will. eXOOUted Ir.
19H
"1 hereby expresely daclara thal II !c my
Intentlon not to *jlve any portlon of my
. -.-.. to a- v chlld of mlne pOW livlng
or hereafter to bo horn "
?-??
Entertalns Historians.
Profeesor rVIUlam A. Duaalng, of
."olumhla Unlveralty, tba president of
t.. American Historhai AaaoCtatiOB.
c;i\" a dlnner laat evening at the Metro*
polttan i'I"-!', at whlch th- following were
I i. ??? nt:
Admiral Alfred T Mahai:. ( i.arles
Pranda .dame and Jamea I ord Rbodea,
Foston: .roh.ti Harh M. Mast.-r, Bdward
i.,t<-i Cheyney and Profeeeor Hannaa
\m.-s. PbtLadelphla; Prederlck J
Robert M John--on and Cbarles
II. Ilasklns. Harvard Cnlvcrrtlly; QaOTge
H. A.lams and Max Farran.l, Vale, Will?
iam M Bloane, James 11 Ri
Henry Jobnaoi aad Carlton Hayee,
Columbia; Jamea A \Voodburo. Indlana
I'ntverslt) ; Dana C M mro. W
ty; John M- Vlnci :.t. Johna Hop
i ,,. .;,,,:,;.- i.. Burr. Corm
MacDorfald. Brown; Rlchard Fr<
Hchols. L'nlverslty of Callfornla: >'?
)Bat, L'nlverslty ?.f the
South I'red Morrow nua.-. IJnlversty
nf Sehra ika: Andrew C. McLaug lln.
? iitv; J. Pranklln Jameson.
Carnegle Inatltutlon, and vtctor Hugo
Paltslts, Btate lllstor an
IF
you bought stocks^
or bonds three
years ago and
must now af*?_
realize on your in- M
vestment, how much '
will you lose. ?
If you had invcsted in
our guaranteed mort
gages and must now real?
ize on your investment,
you would lose nothing.
We have a limited num?
ber of guaranteed first
mortgages on New York
City real -sl|/rtf
estate net- KW#)
tmg. ?*?**
NEW YORK MORTG4GE
& SECURITY COMPANY
135 Broadway, N. Y.
-apltai aad Burj laa, $;.?oo.ooo
GONE WITH STEPDAUGHTER
Becker Took Their Savingi
Also, Wife Tells Police.
Mrn. __atharlna Becker reported yester?
day that Inr bUBhand, Mnrtln, had Kone
away thr>" weeks ago w'.th his twenty
two-year-old _Ca9J__*_aj_tter arid h(s five
year-old dai gl.t<-r Kv.-lyn, t-U-tag .1,0?
from a joint aceount they held in the
Dry Dock Bavtnga Baak, bn Ma-d-Bffgaj
Mrs. Becker llvea at Bd atiaal an_
Woodslde avenue. WirifhM, I_ I She
marrled Martin six y.ais a^o; he li
her aecond hueband. By her Brat riini
rlage Mrs. Becker had a daughter, Lii-?
lian. now twenty-two yeara eM and at
tractlva Last Beptember, Mis Beekar
aald, ahe waa ln a hos; ?' week*
and wh?n she returned home _i?cover*d
that her .'.hr daughter nnd her liua
band bad growa very .ond of i athai
Bba also found her h i wlth
drawa the COM from thelr krfnl accaaal
and redepoalted it ia b i Hb
told her he bad done thla to be prcrared
lor etnergenclee while she was 111. On
November E Becker aaked i er for the
hank hook. saylng h" WOOld KdeaaaJl
the accou
That same mornlng Ulllaa arent to
Manhattan Wltb 1. and Mrs H.-cker
arraaged to meel them Ultlan o;.i n<vt
keep the appcintment, and whea Mrs
returned to her ho- ?
the houae deserted. A aote from
Becker read: "i.iiiian. Bvetyn pid I
have Kone awaj ' Noxl day Mrs. n-.ker
:. .inv .1 that bi - I had .lrawn
tl ?? $:,? 9 from the 1 ank.
Mrs. BeckM drea bll dty, b'it
dedded yesterda) I I to tha re
-,,.. she arould welcome botl har
?'. . ;_h'.
huaband
B. Altman Sc Ca.
wiii piace on Sa!e this day (Saturday),
Several Thousand Yards of
Cholce Dress Sllks
consietlng of Whlta Si-ks/Evemircg S:"" ?
Biack Sllks, whlch will beoffered at ?
ftlons from the regularprlces. Bmicluded are.
Imported White 5at:n Brocadee, regularly
$3.00 per yard . . . at $1.58
Even:r.s Crepes, 40 to 42 Inches w!de, regti
larly S2..5Q to 3,5? per yard . at 51-.78
Ite Washable fiabutal Sllk, 32 Inchea w
regularjy $2.50 per yard . . cA
Black 5at:n Liberty, 36 inches wide, r
larly $IM per yard . . . at 9Se?
Indla SJIIks. 27 Snclhes wide, ntm eveirung shaieif
regularly $1.00 per yard . . at 62c.
(Arrareged In Dress and Walst lengthg)*
ExcepUonal Vakies in
Wornen's TaUored Separate Skirts
im the latest mraodeHs, mnade up :m choice ^~?--=
tces of the desoralble new P^aids ar " ?'
Broadcloth, will. be offered this day
(Saturday) at $6*79
S. Altman Sc (Ui%
have mow ln stock a large amd comraprehercsive
aasortment of
Chlldren's Hoslery
so weights and textures suiitalble for practical
Autumnio and WSimter use, as well as for party
wear. Included are siflk, Uile, wool, nraerino
and cotton MosDery, representanig the Ibesi
products of the fleadjrcg mmaoufacturers oi
Europe and Amerlca*
Jiflij Awnuf, 34tij ottfc 35tlj &txttU, Xtm for*.