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GARDNER AND
GRAY CLASH AT
NAVAL HEAR?
Query as to Interest
Mercantile Concerns ii
Propaganda Resented
WITHERSPOON, IN
PROTEST. WALKS OL
Bay State Repr?sentatif
Pleads with Committee t
Sustain General Board.
?
Washington, Dec. 18. The final bei
ing of the llou.i- Committee on Na\
Affairs ended in a noisy interchange
personalities hetnreea Repteenntatl
(iardner. of Massachusetts, and Re
reaentativc (?ray, of Indiana, followii
;.n exam ? 'he .Mas?achuset
??nan held at hil own r<-'iue
a? which Mr. <<ray took occasion
question ths motives and fundament
causes af Mi. GardncC- nativities
behalf of a irrealer prcpercdacss f?
war. For S minute i sehed
though ths ?ai might
? oinn ?
Mr. Gardner, after putting '
before ths ? '.tnti.Htee, ntferen
fer exM?.
Kor B BOH ..lieu b
h . ? resentativa R ?hen
of Mi
.lei . of Alabam ,
'.erry. of Rhone Island, c<
?hem'siUe? with addu Ing facts at 1
(iardner'? asr-rrt ion? and ~o oui
nating his testimony arith pre' M h |(
'erances before the <ommitt?e froi
Hear Admirals Badge!, Flet^ er an
? and Captain Bristol.
Not ho the mi ' navy group. The
attempte ta hait S Gardner ead M
Gardner was not a uM averse to bein
baited. He inte-rogated Thairma
F'adgett with regard to numerous point
in the evidence he had produced in a
effort to show in the record that hi
own facts were corroborated by th
evidence of ths oftcors mentione
above.
Objecta to (?ardner's I'lan.
To th;" Repre entatWs Witherspoon
of Mississippi, objected. With flushe
face the Miaaiaaipplnn, who in distln
guished for his military bearing, aro?
and naidi "1 ..bier? to the method? o
conducting this examination that Mr
(iardner i? trying to adopt I mov?
that the hearings be elesed. I pr?t?e
against this outrage."
"The gentleman will proceed." sail
Chairman I'ad;: liardner ant
then, turning to the indignant Wither
spoon, "1 dntlemaa will with?
hold hi^ i
Immediately Mr. (iardner resumed
his tactics of getting into the record a
complete correlation of his own test;
tnony with tha "hrough
admissions of the chairman. Again
Mr Witherspoon was on his feet.
"I renew my motion," he said, shak?
ing his index tinker at Mr. Gardner.
'?If thia sort of outrage is continued I
shall withdruw from the committee
room."*
Mr. Gardner persisted in his line of
argument and questionings, and Mr.
Withtr-poon grabbed his black broad
brimmed slouch hat, t?truggled his way
into his heavy ulster, took up his big
walking Btieh and stalked from the
loom In high dudgeon.
.Mr. Gardner tharenpea completed his
oeries of corroborative interrogations
to the chairman and presented himself
for further examination. This brought
Representative Fmlay H Gray, of Ind?
iana, who had the distinction of pos
seaaing the most penetrating voice in
Congress, into the arena. Mr. Gray de
msnded to know Mr. Gardner's meth
of developing the nstional defence ci
paign in which he was engaged.
Gardner replied by stating the circi
Manees leading up to hi? resolution
institute a non-partiran inquiry i
national defence and his ill luck w
the heads of the adminietration in
- support for such an inquiry.
Gray Asks About Propaganda.
Mr. Gray interrupted to know if '.
Gardner had been in communicat
with mercantile concerns in tlie I'ni
relative to his propaganda.
"I have teat letter, to every Cha
ber of Commerce and Board of Tn
i nited States." Mr. dardner i
nounced. "I have. 1 mny say, rrceiv
distiaetl*' favorable to euch
tigation, too, from North a
Kouth arid everywhere in the Unit
but, of course, a few letti
disapproving the proposition c.me fn
North Carolina."
Xorth Carolina is Secretary Daniel
State, and Mr. Gardner's ptint wu i
lost on the committee. Hut Mr. Gai
aer tea? not satisfied with telling t
committee this. Be thought he saw
Mr. Gray', question the shadow of
SUggeetlon that back of the natior
i defence movement stood the ammui
? .? . o dr.ance and shipbuilding inte
teta of the country, and he demand
i to know what Mr. (.ray mean*, by IB
a qoestiOB.
Ha 'urned furiously upon him, b
Mr Gray refused to pursue the su
Jeet, and Mr. Gardner eras left up
? a. to what he really meant
develop During the interchange b
tween .Ir. Gray and Mr. Gardner tl
Bawling of the verbal combatan
could be heard through the centri
buildi'.r of the Capitol. Mr. Gardni
'tally ombawled his rival, and Chai
! idgett forced a restoration <
iblance of onler and the con
?djourned.
iardaer prefaced h.s genen
?i.-r.t af the reason, leading up t
? ig a hearing before the Niiv
' ..ininittee with the .statement thi
- h _> had to preset.t v. ere faCte H
Id not pose an an expert on navi
tara, or army matters, either, fo
er, but he thought the natio
Id satisfy itself, through a thor
nugn investigation of every phase o
| the national defence problem.
V anted Fxperts Heard.
told the committee that ever
Maternent he would make could b
backed up by the testimony of eipert
Si i further that if hi. request for th
summotis of naval and military su
thi ??ties had not been denied by botl
the executive and legislative branche!
of the government his own appearano
to-day would have been unnecessary
Mr. Gardner said:
"I am here to ask you to appropriati
for the full number of new ship?
. recommended by the General Nava
Hoard for this year's construction
Don't be penny wise and pound fooliah
The country, for a change, is going tc
watch us, so don't reduce the buHdinf,
programme of the general hoard. As
you know, the General N'aval Board
from 1903 down to the present time
has had a pretty definite policy, but
we have paid it no attention hitherto.
The board's programme is based on a
battleship fleet of forty-eight ships,
with ships of other types in varjing
proportion. This plan is calculated to
provide for our defence and the defence
I of our doctrines against any nution ex?
cept Great Britain.
"1 am sorry to pay that Secretary
Daaiels Ifl his recommendations to
Congress has cut the naval hoard's
j building programme for this year al
' most exactly in two. Moreover, tome
of you gentlemen will take a further
hack at it if your nerve holds out
j f-trong, as I have no doubt that it will,
. and if you are not outvoted."
Representative Hensley. of Missouri,
wanted to know how long Mr. Gardner
had been in Congress ata' if he had
had these views during his entire ten?
ure.
"I have been 'n Congress twelve
yenrs." said Mr. Gardner, "and 1 have
- been a coward all that while."
"And why have you suddenly adopted
this method of bringing in an investi?
gation?" asked Mr. Hensley, who is
one of the recognized small navy men
: and pacifists of the committee and an
ardent Bryan man.
' "Because when I sought it through
S. Altmatt & ?lo.
Choice Perfumes
from the leading French parfumeurs are
shown in a very large and attractive assort?
ment in the Department for Toi?et Articles.
Here are to be found, in the artistic flacons
that are reminiscent of Paris, the fragrant
products of Coty, Houlbigant, Guerlain,
Lentheric, etc., as we!! as the Russian per?
fumes of Ragtet et C?e and Brocard et Ci?.
Mtfth Awtmr - ?adtum Anrtm?
3411? and 35th S?rrr?B 8r? fork
the proper channels I found th
Navy liepartment had contra?
lad case of 'lockjaw* because
silence emanating fro
White House on all the ? ?gees
snapped Mr. Gardner.
"If you gentlemen had permit?
to present as witnesses a few r?
retired officers in a single day the
. onld have learned of our d<
se policy of building warships fo
storage' because we are too m<
vote then crews. Out of our
completed battleships do you ktio
twelve o'" them are unavailable, w
a long delay, on account of our r
to pay the bill for manning them
the worst of It is tnat we can
theea battleships out of 'cold it
when we want them.
"If we had gone to war with th
of the first class powers early 1
gust do you realize that no less
nine of our battleship?, would nc
be ready to fight? Three of our b
ships are in ?reserve,' six are in
nary' and three are 'out of cot
sion.' Furtermore, we have 15
- destroyers, 18 torpedo bo;
submarines and perhaps 12 m
laneous lighting ships kept in
storage' with the battleships.
"I charge that our nav.y is 1
men ?h?rt, and, further, a shorta
40,uOo men is in sight.
"I am told that some of you gi
men want to cut down the en?
force of the navy. There is no
simpler just put a few more v<
out of commission. Why not put
all out of commission and depen
the naval militia in war times to
'hem?''
Scoot Ships Lacking.
The absence of scout ships was
cussed by Mr. Gardner, who told
committee that scout ships were
eyes of the navy. The General B
has recommended thirty-nine
ships in the last twelve years, and t
are only three, of most indifferent c
the Salea, Chester and Birmingln
"What sort of eyes are they?" a
Mr. Hobson.
?5 <ry poor ones," answered
Gardner.
"How could they keep the sea
make speed in half a gale?" asked
Hobson.
"They could make speed in a <
calm," was the reply, and then
Gardner resumed his statement.
"You know that we have fifty-e
submarines in all, built and build
good, bad and indifferent. Adm
Badger quotes the General Board
saying th?at we need one hundred i
marines. Last year Admiral Vreel
told us that we needed one hunii
submarines for harbor defence a!<
Do you think we are going to get th?
Not unless the people wake up
make music. What is the matter w
us? We can't seem to manage to
deliveries even of the submarines wh
have been authorized.
"The fact is that we have been da?
ling, and now comes Secretary Dani
and in a few -?oothing words rece
mends submarine? to the paltry M
ber o?" eight or bo."
Shortage of aircraft ar.d ehort
of lo'ig range torpedoes were discusi
by Mr. Gardner, and he ended I
statement with the following inform
?.?on: ?
"The Bureau of Naval Intelliger
of our own Navy Department show
the following warship tonnage co
pleted by July 1 last:
"Great Britain, ti,157,f?50; Germar
BI1.718, ami the United States, To6,l!
I'nited States in Fourth Place.
"The same table showed that tl
following warship tonnage would be
the possession of the four natioi
here specified when the vessels thi
building were completed:
"Great Britain, 2,714.105; German
".; France, 899,916, and tl
I'nited States, 894,889.
"If you have any further doubt aboi
the relative standing of the t'nit?
States navy, put Captain John Hood I
the stand and ask him to give you tl
confidential tabulation which was pr<
pared in his office in the Navy Pepar'
nient."
Mr. Gardner asserted that the Cnite
States was also a laggard a?, to its dt
fence programme. He told the coir
mittee, and was corroborated by M
Hobson, that the coast defence U-inc
guns had an effective range of fou
miles less than the newest navy gun
of Furopean sea forces. He asserte
that even the powerful 14-inch guns a
Panama bad a ranime of lh.000 yards ii
comparison with the 21,000 yard firini
radius of the newer British and Ger
man major marine artillery.
"One of these foreign ships couli
stay a mile and a half out of range o
our most powerful fortress artillen
and plunk 'mashie shots' right intr
our forts," said Mr. Gardner.
Representative Browning, of ' Nev
Jersey, brought out in the course ol
Mr. Gardner's testimony that the ha'
tleehip New York, built at a navy yard
took a considerable period more thai
the usual thirty months allotted to the
construction of a battleship. It was
pointed out, in proof of the frequent
assertion oa the part of one group in
Congre?.? who favor building war ves?
sels at private yard.? rather than in
government navy yards, that the go\ -
ernment yards are dilatory in their
construction work. The authorization
for the construction of the New York
was made June 24. 1910. It was not
until September, 1911, that her keel
was hud
Further, the characterization of the
New York as a completed battleship
was deprecated by Mr. Roberts and con?
firmed from Mr. Gardner's data. It
was shown that within a month of her
commissioning for the "second
can war," a? Mr. Gardner terms last
springs capture of Ver Cruz, the sta?
tistics of the Navy Department showed
tie New York as but 95.3 per cent com?
pleted.
Vntil now she has not had her final
and acceptance bv the N'aw De
i partment. J
Alexander's
Shoe Sale
Our .annual clearance sale of fine footwear from regular
?tock. More shoes, better styles, wider assortments and
bigger values than ever before. Plenty of the populju*
two toned shoes for men and women. Prompt, intelli?
gent service as always.
20*> TO 50% REDUCTIONS
MEN'S SHOES $2.85 T0 $5.75
WOMEN'S BOOTS $2.65 TO $4.75
WOMEN'S SLIPPERS $1.90 TO $3.85
CHILDREN'S SHOES 95c TO $2.75
Sixth Avenue at Nineteenth St.
FORMS LEAGUE TO
LIMIT ARMAMENTS
But Meeting Refers Back
Resolution Thanking
Wilson for Stand.
GATHERING SMALL,
BUT DISTINGUISHED
Is Addressed by Greer, Butler.
Villard, Peabody, Holt, Miss
Wald and Others.
A lesoiution thanking President Wil?
son "for refusing to be stampeded by
the historical craze for additional ar?
mament that has affected some o.' ? -
fellow citizen'." was referred t" ? ?
mittee after a s>hnrp but short debate
yesterday at a meeting organised by
Oswald G. Villard in the Railroad Club,
whu-h voted to fera the 'American
League to Lisait Armar.
About seventy-:.w persons were pr?s- '
cnt, about half of them women.
"We are here.' p David B.
Greer, who called the meeting to or.it r,
'to voice our approval of the position
the President ha? taken regard.ng our
national armament."
Or. Nicholas Murray Butler, nomi?
nated as chairman, on taking the chair
declared the movement to be devoid of
partisan politics.
"He must not." said ho. "be put in a
af ?. ? illest in?
. . i. into public affaw-. I foroncwel
? !ii. u propoi .?!..!. nqniiy into the
military and naval expenditure? made
b] the (Jolted States, because I be?
lieve an inquiry would show that we
would, under better conditions, have
received more for our money or got
what we wanted for less."
He wanted to kno*- against whom it
was proposed to prepare for war, point?
ing out that the present conflict will
leave hurope exhausted. No reference
was made to Japan.
George Foster Peabody offered a pre?
amble and resolution outlining the pur?
poses of the league. In substance the
fireamble declared preparation for war
ed to war. The resolution declared
the true policy of the country is not to
increase its land and M .
M -s Lillian I?. Wald, Frederick C,
Commissioner of Immigration!
the Bee. .John Hapnea Holmee, Aueten
(i I? 1.1 and B thop Greet seconded the
resolution briefly, while Rabbi Edward
B. II. Browa raised a cheer by describ?
ing the orgariizt-rs of the movement to
stimalate ?nteres! in th? national de?
fence? hs "people who are nobodies,
lad ''.v a petty lawyer who sen' to
of his chums, to save the nation."
Oswald G Villard explained that the
league was not intended to replace the i
? ng peace ?ocietic , bat to furnish '
a militant force that would oppose all
appropriation? for militar*/ par*
by Congress.
"Wa havp plenty of money in sight,"
he declared, adding that a man of in?
ternational fame was considering ac?
cepting the leadership of the movement
and "be at work every day."
After the meeting he said Bishop
Greer had this matter in bend, but the
Bishop refused to state who we? BBdei
consideration.
Joseph D. Price raised the first
cord by proposing an amendment to
the Peabody resolution declaring it not
to be interpreted as opposing an i -
vestigation of the condition of the
army and navy.
Hamilton Holt declard this would at
once weaken the movement, and the
amendment was voted down.
The Rev. John Berne? Holmes then
off? red this resolution indorsing the
stand of the Presiden! :
Tl.at till. n.in par*l?an nt-'ii'.g '.f Ma*. ?r..l wom
-
>\ ?-?..
a
tlun when ri
ih? t??r a' r a I '?J*o-*J? III :?: rtu .?
?bip a- i dlilnui - ;'.i i... i
ii? ??liaio'd of any II ,
ful pi?i'?r?tlon."
HI., f ?..iii- ti.usi 'I'aat-r?. wiifi n,? I'r.V.'.nit a'i.1
M. belief that * larf? n?n I l ? -. ???
?..farf or ?ar?ty of Hit? rountrr. tlii- I MlfaS ??? ?
t: ?: 11.? I'n-Un.- ha? ...????... .. :i.larri ? fr< ,t
public ?frrt.-e. ??ka f,.r 4
. .... . , | ..
:? ? i - Nat? I -i'
'??I l TWrr. In tl,? 111
mrnt tatif:. Ib? timo . Pir,". 1(4 hint
ttar.ni ? .
William Lyle, who introduced him?
self as a partisan oi President V,
declared he should not be indorsed at
this time. He moved reference to a
committee.
Miss .'aid read an article, repre?
senting, she said, the thought of social
workers, proposing that the making of
armaments he a government function
exclusively, and that an embargo should
be placed on all munitions of war and
raw material adaptable for war pur
p.. at
Un the motion to refer the rote was
?lu to 11, and a motion to reconsider
was lost, 11 to 14.
The Wilson resolution and Miss
Wald's proposal of an embargo on war
material- were referred to ii commit?
tee, nade up of C ('. Burlingham. Mi-s
Wa!d, Mrs. Ruth .-'. Baldwin, iNwal.l
G. Villard, L. H Wood. Nelson B. Spen?
cer and Mrs. Anna Garland Spenser.
ACCUSED IN SWINDLE
Providence Stock Broker Is
Under Arrest Here.
Bl r.rv Gannon, a stock broker of
Providence, ?as brought to Pel
HeauquarterlFlast nig1 t by Det.
Flood, of the District Attorae***? office,
ind locked up on a charge of being im- ,
plicated in a swindle. The arrest is
said to have been caused by revela?
tions made by Donald L Persch. who
got into trouble on hid own account
early in the fall and apparently is seek
ing leniency.
The complain-rt in the present case
i? M K. Shinks, of Springfield,
He alleges he was induced to invest :
120,000 in worthle?.? stock by a gang
end four other? ?.vert
members. The police arrested this
Nicholas An,stein, whom they ,
called "Get B b-Qaiek Wallmgford,'
a? a ? ? ?e gang. Persch says
Arnstein conceived the scheme which
-hink? money. George W Fair
rh;ld. of Philadelphia, also contributed
almost v.I, it is said.
h ?Us i? an old one.
Bade in January'?
1912, bot the : : -oni.rs escaped p
PLANS TO' MAKE
INTERBORO OBEY
Public Service Board Seeks
Way to Enforce Order for
Non-Rush Hour Seats.
There i ? ?o be a decision on the
to whether the Public Ser
lion can force the transit
lines ? - niers as to main'ain
Ibk proper service.
The commission yesterday as
unanimously a resolution referring to
.... ?; Coloman, its counsel, the
question <f bringing proceedings t.
fores the Interborough to comply with ?
Msltbis order recently adopted. :
This order '-as that the cot-..
should rot only operate the maximum
oars, but enough
il the non-rush hours to
? gar u m at.
nsel tua; ash fer a mandamus'
from the court comnelling the company
i -, the Maltbie order or proceed
? imposition of the penalty pro?
vide?! by law. If ths latter coui
I commission may either
imposition of a fine at the
rate >>'' IS.0M a .lay or pro-ecute the
th" company for a misde
i ..h : ' Cram and ('?.airman
ed yesterday over the for
attitudc toward the Interbor
ough.
Mr, Cram ir.'.ioduced a resolution
| for the equipment of the elevat
sd lins - : t H an automatic system to
prevent collisions. The chairman sug
ges'.d thru it be referred to the com?
mut?e of the whole.
"That committee 1.? a graveyard,"
declared Commissioner Cram.
"I don't think that a proper state?
ment to make." commented Chairman
McCall. "I think that statement is a .
reflection on the commission."
"I an: s'irry you take that, view of it.
I'll say, then, that the committee of
the whole i? a star chamber body."
"I don't like either of your expr?s
siens."
This retort fron, Mr. McCall was fol?
lowed by further discussion, which
?rded when Mr. Cram agreed to let tl, ?
.'ion m to the committee of th?
:' h date ares se? '"or action. The
second Tuesday m Jonenry was set.
MORGUE SYSTEM
AGAIN UNDER FIRE
Body of Man for Whom Alarm
Was Sent Out Lay There
a Week.
The ?? i lentifli 'ion of un
knowi ires reoix'aniiied
after thi bed) o "B | i Im" Sullivan
lay m thii ?
marly reached a grave In potter's field,
v . ijeet of inquiry.
??? Attorney Martin of Bronx
County is acting on the complaint of
Mi.-, ii. rthe Nieto, a/hose father, Ferdi?
nand S i .. Bellevue Hospital
and lav in the morgue Tor nearly a
. ulthough the police had sent out
a !.. iier.il nlei in for him.
Seymour Moik, the Assistant District
ney to e/hom ths eass ees as?
rigned, will eall several witnesses on
Monday. When the preliminary In?
quiry la finished there I i . prob?
: go before the grand
Jury. Mr. M
?miry v. i .?i ligned to remedy the de?
nt systi m, wh i ii bave
airead] been touched upon by Leonard
M. Wal I stein, Commissioner of Ac
. in bis inquiry into the conduci
tiers' office.
Ferdinand Bchtee was eiprh'
years old and a v-teran of the Civil
War, dn November SO hi? daughter rc
ported his absence to the police and an
alarm was sent out. (in December 3 a
policeman !'? und him in a house in
Third av. and ent him to Bellevue.
He died two day- '?ter. ThON were
sad B ring was
missing from his linger. The ctuiic of
? m given as heart dise;,?o,
Mrs. N ieti laid it Ws .1 De?
cember il thai Detective Boyle told
her that her father's body was in the
red on the
in aera name.
and lettei ? i i si In his po
favs in? -ni.in a- and the name and ad
I'r. George O'nanlon. general m?iii
iperintendent of Bellevue, is o!.-o
'ing an investigation.
p?lice yesterday found the body
of William Bradley, <>f 129 West nth
st., in the morgue within a few hour?
after a roqueet had been received from
his son tiia? an alarm be sent out for
him. Bradley ' -i I died suddenly in a
mber 10.
A woman who was found ~n Third av..
ths Hr. ? ix, on December .'? and srl
In Lincoln li- ipltel fron s fractured
?kull, Monday, was Identified by the p<.
lice la-t night as Elisabeth O'Connor,
forty two years old. of 116 Baal lS7th
st. Finger pun?-, 'ney said, mude the
identification possible. It is believed
she was struck by an automobile.
Mrs. Oarman Quits Suffragists
Freeport, Lone Island, Dec. 18. Mr
Flore rice Carman, who was one of the
ers of the Freeport Suffrage
Club, and until a few days ago its sec?
retary, baa, It is understood, decided
to relinquish her work for the cause,
at least fur the present.
A? the annual meeting of the club
tip her rcsinnation as secretary
was accepted.
Vis Carman had been popular in the
organization.
BABY LOVERS SEND AID TO
HELP BABY MAGER TO LIVE
Tribune Readers Give Good Start to Payment of Nurse
Fund by Contributing $24 First Day, But Or?
phan-Born Babe Still Must Have $226.
Th? Tribune's sppesl for PM for
Baby Mager, the Beth David Hospital'.?
orphan infant, yesterday brought V-4.
The response encouraged tho hospital
authorities to tske the initial steps in
according the child the required at?
tention. Last night s nurse was in
?tailed exclusively to attend to Baby
Mager.
The contributors were Dr. Nathan
Blaustem, $i>; J. Carlinger, $?; Bel Ap?
pel, J? Mrs. I.e\y. J'i; unknown, $'J;
Simon Levin, SI; Mr- Hoffman, ?1;
George Arthur ('., $1, and "L.," $1.
Mrs. Maroney, mother of a two
mor.ths-old baby, is to be Riven a trial
as Baby Mnger's nurse. The trial
period is three day?. If Baby Hager
ha? no complaints to make at the end
of that tune the arrangement will be
continued for the prescribed eight
weeks.
In addition to the money offerings,
eight le*!. I i., i .
son? desiring to adopt tue child, and '
r.? persons called at "he hospital
to talk the question over.
line letter writer, who described her
lell as eighteen years old, wrote from
Cohoee, N. Y.. that her mother hail
givaa her permlaaion to adopt the baby
and desired that it "be shipped imme?
diately."
A woman who called at the hospital
said that she wanted the baby for her
moth? i old woman and alone.
She also desired that it be sent by the
next post.
Ail who write m regard to the child
are receiving replies, in which Dr.
Blaustem reiterates that the baby
tai aot leave the institution for eight
weeks. At the end of that time, he
. the various homes will be lu?
lled before a decision is reached
arhieh the baby is to enter.
H?MBwhile, the $24 is only a start,
and ths balance of the *:'.'.i) itill \?
Contributions should be
? i it Nathan Blaasteia Heth David
- ? tea .iv., or to the
oflcs ai Tne Tribune,
SAYS CITY FOOD
WENT TO WHITING
Ex-Employe of Municipal
Lodging House Accuses
Superintendent.
ASSERTS CLOTHING
ALSO WENT WRONG
Accused Official Declares That
Charges Were Inspired
by Spite.
Walter J. Sloan, formerly a steward
at the Municipal Lodging house, testi?
fied yesterday at the State Civil Service
Commission's investigation of the mu?
nicipal commission that William A.
Whiting, superitnendont of the Munici?
pal Lodging House ami prominent as a
social worker, and his family were the
Brat to be considered when the allot?
ment of food and clothing was distrib?
uted at th? lodging ho .
Superintendent Whiting, in a state
nu-ni last night, ?aid the charges made
by Sloan had been investigated in de?
tail by Depot*" CoBsraisaioner Thomson,
who pronounced them groundless. Mr.
Whiting said the Sloan charges were
pure!) ?pita work.
Sloan aaaerted that when he notified
Whiting that there was an insufficient
supply of cereals to serve a different
one tvt'iy -aoraiag he was ordered to
ge out and btt*f seven different kinds.
"Ii.- told me.' Sloan said, "when 1 ?aid
than were no funds for the cereal, to
the nifjtiey from the cash register
of the office and buy it."
The cash referred to is a $150,000
contingent fund kept up from what is
taken ROB? lodger? I when they have the
price to pay for tiieir lodgings) and
from gifts from chariti'ble persons.
Clothing, specified by tne witness as
an overcoat and vests, given by the
National Cloak and Suit Company for
paupers. Was pio to Whiting's father.
Shoes, four pairs, of sizes 2 and B, went
to Mrs. Whiting, he said. Blankets from
the ?torerooa. were used by Whiting on
hi? launch, ?sloan asserted. Oranges, |
. ". eek, allowed the institution for1
fifty of the help, were ordered to be
livered to the superintendent and c
sumed by Whiting and family, the *
ness testified.
The superintendent lived with
wife, two children and a maid in
rooms and bath on the top floor of 1
lodging?house, which had been fitted
for them. Sloan said Whiting's fat!
and mother-in-law and other relativ
were frequent visitors and stayed i
indefinite periods. Prior to Whil
being appointed a* superintendent
the institution by Commissioner Jo
A. Kingsbury of the Charities Depai
ment the rooms now occupied by h
were used by attendants of the lodgi
house. Whiting was selected for t
piace following an investigation
mu de of the administration of the ci
lodging house under William York.
Sloan said Whiting abjected to t
meat supplied to hi.? family and order
it examined by an inspector. The i
spector reported that it was choice V
round steak. There was no furth
complaint of the meat.
? i he had complaim
??> Whiting that his family was eatir
food intended for the employes ai
lodgers. V. hiting replied, Sloan sai
"My family comes first."
Prior to this Sloan testified he hs
requested of the superintendent thi
an investigation be held of the disaj
pearanee of nightgowns. "There wei
fifty a day disappearing," Sloan sah
When he complained of this he wi
?old to "get out." he asserted. Whitin
explained, according to the vitnesi
that this eras a dismissal. Later, h
said, he went back to the office to dra?
$.'Jii which was due him, and met Si?
niund Simons, assistant superintended
Slotin said he refused to let Sirnon
?leduct ?13 which he had borrowed fron
the superintendent, saying he was mai
enough to pay his own debts. Sloai
alleged that Simons tore the eyegln-.se:
trorn his nose and cut his face.
Superintendent Whitinsr came into th?
room, the witness testified, and said:
"We've got you. You went dowrttowr
and made trouble for us, and now w?
are going to have you locked up."
Sloan also charged Whiting with hav?
ing ?een Simons kick and cuff some of
the "down and outs" who came to the
city lodging house for shelter without
interfering with the brutality.
Commissioner Kingsbury, called to
the stand, offered in evidence a forty
one-page statement repudiating the
charges made against his department.
Commissioner N'eu, chairman of the
state commission, objected to the rerd
ing of the lengthy report, but admitted
it in evidence.
John A. Daly, an examiner of the
Charities Department, told of having
been transferred to Staten Island to
eover tifty-six square miles of territory
tmm^ag^^mmBms?t9mo??s9mimommo^tm?om^?msr - -, ,-ilJ?jaj^^
after he had visited Dr Mosbo.>its ?4
protested against thf* u^poir..risnt ?f
forty-seven examiners who had a?.
passed the civil service ex?'.- n?ti-?
Daly lived on the upper en-i ?f ^
hattan. _
BOARD PLANNING
BETTER DEFENCES
Washington. Dec. 18. Headed by jb.
?sistant Secretary Brecsenndge, ? ?^
cial board of army officer* ?f high n^
has been in session at the War Dias?.
ment for several days considering ?4,
state of the coast defences . f th? tatt
try. am! particularly the military -,,*.,.
ation la the Canal Zone.
Proceedings of the board ara utnt
' but the fact that it was sitting btcaa?,
known to-night. It is expectsd tri.
dences of its work ?ill ?-on be tUIWi
through recommendations *o Coagrtu
for funds to carry out ami d.velope?..
tain plans for the improvemen, of tit
coast defcace?, probably based U: mo?
measure upon the remarkable dtTtUv
ments 111 the siege operations in ci
existing war.
Members of the board includs Maj?r
General Leonard W ood. Brigadier Cit?
erai William Crosier, chief of ortj.
nance; Brigadier General D. ('. Kiaf.
man, chief of engineer?; Hrtgad,<(.
General Krasmus M Weaver, chitf ?f
coast artillery; Colonel K.chmond P.
D^vis, coast artillery corps, Captaia
Harry S. Kn pp. U. S N ; C?ptala WS
ism R. Shoemaker. I'. S N, and Cap?
tain Krank S. Cocheu, of the Gtntrtl
Staff, as reporter.
Major General William W. Wotktr
spoon, recently retired as chitf of
staff, was present at to-day's mteti?j
Brigadier General Hu,;h I.. Scott, chief
of staff, and Colonel George W. Get
thals are members of the board, I.:
both are absent from Washington.
KINGS REPUBLICANS GROW
Gain 10,000 in Enrolment.
While Moose Lose.
The Republican enrolment in Broni
Ira this vear la B2.286, a gain of s Ir
tie more than 10,000 over the figurttif
a year ago. The Democratic enrolrsw*
is 127,80*. a gain of 4,000. Thi Pro?
gressive party has lost about one-thlrt
of its small enrolment- The flgarti
this year are l".i!15, as compsred wit?
15,78? a year ago.
The enrolment of the Independen??
League is 1,824. while that of thi So
I :ia!ist party is 5.395._
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Found?the Carcass
Of a Mammoth!
Picture to yourself an animal with its body
covered with thick fur, a monster about thirteen
feet high and fifteen long, with tusks eight feet
long, thick and curving outward at their tips. A
stout trunk about six feet long, colossal legs one
and a half feet thick and a tail naked up to the tip,
which was covered with thick, tufty hair. The
writer of this story for The Sunday Tribune saw
this great mammoth just as he was when he died,
over one thousand years ago. You will find it
almost as interesting as "Robinson Crusoe."
Read it.
WILL NEXT WAR BE ENTIRELY IN THE AIR?
The work of the air warriors in the conflict now raging
demonstrates the great military value of fighting aircraft. In
The Sunday Tribune you will learn of the steps now being
taken to improve the present conditions in this branch of the
United States Army and Navy.
A REMARKABLE DOWNTOWN CLUB. Dovm
among the skyscrapers, at the hub of the great financial &%
tnct of New York, you will find the India House. It has all
the atmosphere of the land of dreams and romance, of fab?
ulous wealth and poverty, of splendor and rag?. The Sunday
Tribune explains how this out-of-the-ordinary club came to
be, and introduces you to some of its prominent members.
ARTISTIC HOMES ABOVE A MACHINE SHOP.
Doesn't sound reasonable, does it? Nevertheless it is so.
Near the East River, standing on the Brooklyn side, with a
lovely outlook that includes the fine old Brooklyn Bridge.
It is a new use for unused buildings which could be very
profitably imitated. Illustrations in The Sunday Tribune
show interior views of these artistic apartments.
ART TAKES HER RIGHTFUL POSITION AT EX
POSITION. Never before in the history of expositions has
sculpture been honored with so much attention as at the
latest and greatest of all world's fairs, to be held next year
at San Francisco. One full page of The Sunday Tribune will
be devoted to this very interesting phase of the work of beau?
tifying the wonderful location on the shore of the Pacific
Beautiful illustrations of beautiful subjects well worth
keeping.
FINDLEY and RIGNEY have got together and finally
decided that "the big idea" just now is Santa Claus, and so
have produced a combination feature that will surely meas?
ure up to your highest expectations.
Altogether the features prepared for your
entertainment and instruction in The Sun
day Tribune form a very strong reason
why you should instruct your newsdealer
to make certain you get