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ACCUSES P. S. C.
OF WHITEWASHING
TjiRDAVENUECO.
Havward Declares He Was
Voted Down on Move to
prosecute Corporation.
m ORDFRS IGNORED;
7?35J0O FINE DROPPED
?Ailliams Confesses He Does Not
' Understand Figures in Own
Opinion in (ias Case.
Cttmio?oott Haywari accused his
fcllr.? m-mba ? the Public tori?
' '' ' Pom"
mittee yestcrJ^:- of hiving gr.-.nted
immunity to the Th "I Avenue Railroad
,arr i? S e -hut, counsel for
;ol(? "im- w?9
, . ? tOOO that had
commission tor
rroi-cutiov In addition, 'ho cor.
,-OD il?'1 : i'iL,:>' '"''"'"
thf P? ' "' ?'"'?""" " ';''''
(ot ?.? ? WaTtoi it hud
,rcur:t i?- to carry out
?rdc:?
So ?"'" -'?:?' did ('?mmissic?ner Hay?
???rd feel she il I partiaalar ease,
I,, M ? me on the
point sf ? ' - 'i!--'net At
?rniy Perkins for act.on. The caie in
point was the issuance of three hun?
dred orders, requiring the company ti
ir.??? c' ?" hangea by October 1.
Th? asssni ? acceptes] the. orders, but
pajino further attention to them, Mr.
H?r?ard said. On October 27 last, Mr.
Harward ?aid, tie commission of It?
ovn rolltion ext.^ndrd the time to De
ciaber 1. I - eras twenty-seven day?
i'ter the original time set, and no
application had been made by the com?
pany for the extension.
"I ma'le a notion to proceed against
th? company criminally," Colonel Hay
w?rd ?aid, "but was voted down, Com
muiioners MeCall, Wood and Williams
toting aga-rst nie."
Own Figure? a Mystery.
Commissioner William? appeared be
'ore the committee yesterday to tell
loo he arrived at the rate of 95 cents
? thensand cubic feet f>r iras in the
? ? tending Kings County Light Com?
pany ca?e. Hi3 opinion was made pub?
lic yesterday at the request of the
toTiir Ittee, hut Senator Thompson
ukid that the Public Bet vice ("ommis
?.on refrain from passing on it as a
whole until the investigation was eoax?
??>te ?!.
The most interesting part of Mr.
?Utiams'i testimony was his confe?
>wn that be did not understand the
ifures given in hia opinion, although
at had used them in fixing the rate.
Mr. Williams could not explain an
illowance of 33'* per rent for pro?
duction, neither could he give any rea
?or. for an additional allowance of '-"3
per cent for maintenance. He prom
? elucidate the meaning of the
ifsres this morning.
It developed durintr Mr. Williams'?
elimination that thf commis?ion's ex?
perts appraised the plant of the King?
County company at 18,060,000, atid
that against this the company had ou*
randing 13,178,000 in bond-? and $2,
W0.00O in stock, with an application
for ar: ??sue of $000,1
ionds r -ro the commission.
Th's is the oldest case in the dockets
?f the commission. It was started
back in 101 ?, at which t-nie the com
Pitiy '- -?Vred to reduce the
prie? o? gai by s ?tiding scale so that
th* price this year would be SO cents.
The offer ? | ami the con
MMtl are now ; enta. Ac
tordinrto r ? r Williams's as>
? Ikey will continue to pay that
rite until I?ecembe'r next year.
Williams Hlows l'p.
'?n? of ? Williams gave
icr tho . e ha I tixed was the
to pay
for o?1?, Commissioner Bajrward, who
si o hi ? opinion reducing
ite to Si csi l -. declarer. Shal
pinion the contract the company
nade for the parchase of oil was
B that ' wai Bt a much
than other companies paid
and furthermore had been entered i to
BSOathl before the oil actually
eeded.
I Klag! County Company original?
ly paid 4.18 a gallon ?'or its oil to the
dard Oil Company. 1'nder the
newest contract, however, it paid ;
which added more ?hat, I cent., a] 00
t of production. Coni
iOBSr Wiiiiams has allowed 7 '-s per
cent on the appraisal, while Commis
Hajrward thought 7 per con'
Bufficteflt. The latter also wanted his
rate to go into effect on January 1 and
years.
"1-n'f it i fact." Deputy Attorney
General Lewis asked Commissioner
Will ?ami, "that you arc proposing to
allow a return on property greater
than the rate of interest demands?"
'I guess .so." answered Williams.
"What's that?" snapped Senator
Thompson. "Do you mean to BBS that
you gaeesed in a matter of this kind?"
"No, r didn't guess when I wrote that
opinion anil you k'ion- it." shouted
Williams, "and I do not rare how much
the newspapers or anj OBO else criti?
cises me; nor do I care whether my
opinion is accepted by my fellow com
m --oners. I ihsll continue to render
opinioaa based on my own Judgment
and information."
The committee had s: lot of fun try?
ing to find out from Charles J. Blaiaey
I how much time CommieaioBor Cram
spent In hit office. Blainey, his secre?
tary, coBfessed to being one of the
Tammany leaders in the 18th Assembly
District, and like rno-r Tammany lead?
ers he had ? poor memo,;.. He guessed,
however, that Commissioner Cram was
in his office about four hours a day
for Ave days in the week, although lie
Wal no! ,-ure of that. The best the com?
mittee could find out was fhat Cran
ti d the office occasionally, and
sometimes stayed as late as 4 o'clock.
[Interborough Partiality
for Gillespie Co. Shown
The old time partiality of the In
terborough Rapid Transit Company for
the T. A. Gillespie Companr, In letting
contracts for subway and elevated road
construction, was shown again yester
j day. T. P. Shonts, president of the In
| terborough, In a letter to the Public
I Service Commission, submitting the
I bids for elevated extensions of the
i dual subway sytem, pointed out cer
, tain irregularities In the live bids made
j by other concerns than the Gillespie
i Company.
Beside" calling attention to irregn
! larities in the other bids, Mr. Shonts
j intimated in his letter that unless the
Contract i?. given to the Gillespie and
' Terry & Tench companies, who sub
I mitted a joint bid for the work, the
Interborough may reserve the right, in
the invitation to contractors, to reject
nnv and all bids received. The matter
will come before the Public Service
Commission to-day. and it is likely
that theie will be strong objection
to the method of the Interborough in
handling the bids.
The Cillespie Company has the con?
tract for 'he third tracking of the ele?
vated Haas. The contract was split up
, on a percentage basis between the
Terrv & Tench Co., nnd the Snnre
& Trust Co.. to whom the Gillespie
Company sublet most of the work. The
Interborough wanted the Commission
: to give the contract for the elevated
: extensions to the same companies, but
the commission saw no reason for so
doing and requested the Interborough
to obtain six bids, in open and fair
competition. It is not likely the Com
; mission will consider the Interborough
has done this.
The names of the bidders and the
total amount bid for the contracts for
the three sections, the West Farms
s.ibway connection, the Webster Ave?
nue line, and the Eight Avenue and
162d Street connection, were as fol?
lows: Hyde, rJeFariin & Burke, |1.?
703,231; Frederick L franford, Inc.,
$1394,015; the Terry &? Tench Com?
pany, Inc., and the T. A. Gillespie Com?
pany. (1,556,063; the Snare & Triest
Company. $1,606,816' William Bradley,
$1,529,18 I.
The Gillespie contract for the third
tracking of the elevated lines has been
? subject of inquiry by the Thompson
Legislative Committee, which is inves?
tigating the Publie Servies Commis?
sion. Evidence WBI adduced to show
I that the construction company received
! almost all of a 10 per cent profit on
1 the contract elthough ?I was doing a
| verv small part of the work itself.
DEFICIT BLAME
UP TO CONGRESS
President Won't Take Re?
sponsibility for Costs of
Defence Programme.
LEADERS OPPOSE
ISSUE OF BONDS
Effect of New Taxes on Elections
Feared?Keating Favors In?
crease in Income Rate.
Pfnm Th? lrOwsa Mnh 1
Washington. Nov. 18. Democratic
'. Representatives who are opposing the
'plan to issue $240,0OO.00u baonds to;
meet the expected ItM Treasury
deficit can tackle the problem without
the President's help, sccording to inti?
mation? to-day. In circle? close to the
Chief Executive It was reported that
, the President would make no recom?
mendation of any specific means of
raising the needed quarter of a billion,
but would push his defence programme,
leaving to Congress full responsibility
for the new revenue measures.
According to these reports, it will be
only when the tax bills reach a critical
stage that the President will take a
band. In th>- meanwhile he i? expected
to listen to opinions and gather infor?
mation, reserving hi? own decision and
?nlluenc?.
The raising of this quarter of a
billion is admitted by leaders in both
1 parties to be one of the biggest ques?
tions that will come before Congress
this winter, not only from the stand?
point o? national welfare, but of party
politics.
The Democratic refusal to inoreaee
the tariff, on which, it is understood,
the President will insist, makes it Im?
perative that the money, If It Is to be
raised at all, shall come from some
kittd of direct taxation. The question
before the majority is not only where
taxes can be imposed with the least
harm to business, but also with the
; least danger of arousing resentment
which would be carried to the polls
next November.
Fight to Fix Responsibility.
One of the big fights of the coming
session will be to place the responsi?
bility for the deficit. The Democratic
leaders already have begun an effort
to connect it in the public mind with
the defence programme, and this will
be the keynote of any fiscal legislation
attempted.
The Republicans, on the other hand,
point out that the Underwood tariff has
failed to produce the amounts expected
from it; that over $100,000,000 of sur?
plus has disappeared from the Treas?
ury, and that the financial situation
would be serious even if no increase in
armament were contemplated. They do
not deny the large and necesiary cost
of defence, but point out that this
causes only part of the deficit, and they
will make every effort to force the ad?
ministration's fiscal policy to bear its
full share of the burden.
It has been understood here that
President Wilson and his advisers have
wished to avoid all discussion of fis
cnl matters in Congress a? far as pos?
sible and have planned to accomplish
this by isHuinp bonds to rjeet the defi?
cit. They have available about ?24'i.
000,000 of Panama bonds, largely
saved by Republican administrations
paying cash for the canal construction,
and this will be enough to meet all ex?
pected expenditures.
By thi? means, too, they would avoid
the necessity of imposing taxes on the
eve of a campaign in which any iTho
feit themselves aggrieved, a? thousands
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Tiffany & Co.
i
Pearl Necklaces
of all Sizes
?
!
i
woald be sun to do. could very easily
make their re-entment felt.
Thi? plan, bowi h H very
serions -nigs amoBg Democratic lead?
ers. Several of theSC have argued that
to issue bonds for current I
time of peace woald he 10 Inconsist?
ent with the time-honored Democratic
cry for economy that they could not
face a campaign under the handicap.
Tney ha'e therefore demanded that
some means be found to rai?e the
money as i' is spen?, and have won
many follower
Lately it has ?e.Mr.e.i imaoeaihlo for
the administration to adhere to its
Aral plan without a tight which might
be e\en more dsBgerOBI polit
than the imposition of new taxes.
The President il Dndeistood fi ?B?
nii'e this view on the bond issue an,l
to believe that ->inc<- preparedness is
in a measure an insurance of the
safety of the future of the eoi.rtrv.
the future taxpayers may fairly bear
part of the burden.
If the country favors adequate de?
fence, it is d?clar?e!, tli?ro can be
little justice in objecting to a bond
Issue for tiie purpo?e. Advocates of
tiiis plan also argue that new taxes
can be imposed with much more wis?
dom after the European war Is over
and the ^orld has once more tattled
down to normal conditions and there
is aome hns:s of business conditions
on which to work.
Many familiar with the situation
predict that if the President holds to
this course it will result practically in
the bond iisue. CoBgreSS, they feel,
will not he able to agree or. effective
legislation, and the end of the ?es
sion will find the increased appropria?
tions on the statute books, 'he current
Treasury- debit increasing and no
means provided to meet them.
Fear to Meet Taxpavers.
The bonds, which have already been
r.uthorized, can then be put on the
market to cover both deticit and in?
creased appropriations, and the party
can go into the campaign with a "free
and available balance" of good propor?
tions still showing in the Treasury
statement, and without having to meet
disgruntled taxpayers.
The view that the party should pro?
vide for the def.eit by new taxation was
strongly expressed to 'he ProsldoBI to?
day bv Repr?sentai Ive Keating, of
Colorado, who declared the rich
, be made to pay for preparedness, since
' the poor men woulil be called on in
case of war to risk their lives in de?
fence of the nation. The Pre?ident
listened to Mr. Keating without com?
ment, other than to aay that the fiscal
question? would be very important.
"The poor man will have to do th?
ser.ice in the army, and the tightinjt. ;f
? fhere is any," said Mr. Keating. "I
. think the rich mar. will not object to
furnishing the money. I do not favor
going back to a protective tariff ?>r t -
sper;al totes that ?rill take th* money
from the poor. When the European war
broke out England was collecting from
incomes, a? I recollect, shout $5 per
capita. In thi? country the collection
now i? only $80,00ii.0"0 a year, less
than *l per capita. Nobody in Con?
gress wili favor the ?utrp'e'tion of put
tins a tax on tea or coffee.
"I would not fav<>r a bond issue, as
, has been ?uggested. The people will
| eventually hove to pay off these bonds
i and will have to pav the interest dur?
ing their existence.'1
YUAN PAVES BIS WAT
TO CHINESE THRONE
May Pension Manchu Emperor
to Gain His Support.
Washington, Nov. 18. According tu
advices received here to-day, President
Yuan Shih-ksi lias adopted a plan for
meeting adverse criticism that might
follow assumption of the throne by an
i official who, like himself, had occupied
the position of the closest confidence
with the old Manchu dynasty, ar.d at
the ?ame time securing the active ?up
port of the powerful party of conserva
, tives surrounding the little Manchu
, Emperor, who still is living in one of
the imperial palaces in Peking.
It Is understood that Yuan will un
dertake, if he aicends the throne, to
guarantee an annual allowance of $4,
000,000 to the Emperor, to recognize
i him as a Chinese prince, and to provide
i proper places in the government and
I emoluments for the principal member?
of his family and his immediate a?lher
ents.
IS U. S. TIMID.
i SETH LOW ASKS
WhatWillAmericaEndure?
He Queries at Chamber
of Commerce Dinner.
RESTORE MERCHANT
MARINE, HE URGES
Plan of Public Ownership and
Private Operation of Vessels,
Like Subways. Favored.
"I confess I am beginning to wonder
how much we ough' to endure both on
the high seas and at. home before the
United States of 1915 will ahow that
she retains ?he spirit of D<05." was a
part of an address by Seth Low that
caused applause by the 450 members
of the Chamber of Commerce attending
their annual dinner at the Waldorf
Astoria last night.
.Mr. Low, president of the organiza?
tion, was tracing the history of the
chamber and had told of the 1S05 din?
ner given ifl i-., nor of Commodore Pre
ble aad his gallant work in Tripoli,
?hrn he paused and said:
"When 1 recall this circumstance I
cannot help asking myself whether the
t'nited States of 1805 would have been
quiescent in the presence of the Lusi
tania. the Arabic ami the Ancona inci?
dents. Wealth is proverbially timid,
and I sometimes wonder whether we
are simply more timid than in the
younger days of the republic or
! whether we are really more high
I minded.
"1 say this with less hesitation." he
continued, "because I have been in sym?
pathy with the President's efforts to se?
cure the safety of American citizens
Bad of non-be!ligerents upon ?the high
seas, peaceably, if possible."
Mr.* Low, continuing, said in 1887 a
! dinner was given for his father, A. A.
1 Otr, after his return from a trip
i around the world. The senior Mr. Low
| was one of the passengers on the first
Pacifie Ocean liner to leave San Fran
I cisco and he regretted that the recent
sale of the Pacific Steamship Company
by American interests wiped the
American fiag from that ocean.
Restore Merchant Marine. He Irge*.
"If there is any patriotism and any
atatesrr.anship and any commercial
sense left la tho American people." he
said, "a way will shortly be found to
rebuild our mercantile marine on the
greatest ocean of the world. At the
present time the Secretary of the
Treasury It favoring government
ownership ana operation ot ?hips in
the foreicn trade.
"The Chamber of Commerce, on the
other hand, is standing for a privately
owned and operated merchant marine,
which, however, it recognizes must rc
r?:vc government assistance in some
form if it ,*. to be permanent.
"The Chamber of Commerce, there?
fore, will submit bills based on private
ownership, with a provision securing to
the government the right to requisition
all such ships at its pleasure. These
are the two plans which are likely to
divide public attention when Congress
reconvenes. When in the City of New
York after many years all efforts to
solve the subway problem through pri
vate ownership proved unavailing, the
present plan of public ownership, with
private operation, was proposed by the
Chamber of Commerce and carried
through to success. I venture to ask
whether we have not in th? merchant
marine a problem which can be suc?
cessfully solved upon the same lines of
public ownership and private opera?
tion."
Mayor*? Name Causee Cheer.
For the ftr?t time in fifty years the
gue?t table was not graced by some
foreign dignitary. The absence of
Mayor Mitchel was also noticed, an?!
a reference to his name by Seth Low
in announcing that the city was rep?
resented by George McAneny, the
Hoard of Aldermen President, brought
a cheer.
About President Low at the guest
table were Martin Saxe, Rear Admiral
Robert E. Peary, Bishop David H.
Greer, John I. Waterbury, Rear Ad?
miral Nathaniel R. I'sher. Genera!
Horace Porter, Nicholas Murray But?
ler, president of Columbia I'niversity;
Secretary of Commerce William Cox
Redfield, George McAneny, Darwin P.
Kingsley, John Skelton Williams A.
Barton Hepburn, Jacob H. Schiff, Al?
ton B. Parker and Morgan J. O'Brien.
Mr. Low introduced Nicholas Murray
Rutler. president of Columbia Univer?
sity, as the next speaker. Dr. Butler
said he was strongly in favor of pre?
paredness, but he felt that the greatest
part of preparedness is in getting
ready to bind up the wounds of a
stricken world after the European war?
is t-nded.
Secretary oi Commerce Redfteld
urged the organisation to appoint a
standing committee to cooperate with
his department m increasing the pros?
perity of the country through its for-?
eign trade.
Darw.n P. Kiagaley, preeldeat of the
New- York Life Insurance Company,
urged preparedness, but said that when
the great conflict is ended the United
States, if the countries ot Europe agree,
should enter into an agroosSCBt for a
great international state that will mean
the laying down of aim? and the estab?
lishment of permanent world peace.
MARY JORDAN SINGS
Programme of German. Russian and
English Lyrics Please* 1 arge Audieare.
Miss Mary Jordan, a church con?
tralto and at one time a member of the
Century Opera Company, made her
d?but in the song recital Sold yoitSff'
day afternoon at Aeolian Hall.
Miss Jordan's voice ir remembered
from lier performance at the Century
ot" Dalila in Saint-Sa?n*'? opera. Her
volee is rich in timbre la the lower anil
middle reg: ter and ample in volume.
She lacks authority and poise, due, no
doubt, to lack of expert, nee.
Among har songs last night were
Bach's "Schlage doch gowfinehte
Stur.de." Schubert's "Nacht und Trau?
me," and groups of Raseiaa and Eng?
lish songs.
The .audience was lnrge and showed
enthusiasm, atjse Jordan received a
large number of floral pieces.
"ROOT BEST FOR 1916"?TAPT
Ex-President Repeat* ex-Senator la
Republicans' Logical Choice.
William Howard Taft, ex-Preslden*
of the United Statei, last night re?
iterated his statement of a few days
ago that Ehhu Root uaa the logical
can i'date of the Republican* for the
Presidency in 1916.
"I said Mr. Hoot wat the best fitted
man 1 know," said Prof'-asor laft, et
the Hotel McAlp.n. "I am out of poli
tics, entirely ?atistied with my present
position a good one. and I don t want
to chana* it but if any one asked my
judgment m the matter, I would sey
that Boot ts the best man for tho
place."
To the question. "What ate the
chances for Republican success?" he
i replied, "I feel that we will win."
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in many other varieties. See list in Takhoma
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A thin, obiong efice of cj?te, topped ?Hth marsh
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Sauaahine Afternoon Tee. Re?oit?10c
Soro? are chocolate, some vanilla tas
cake?. A happy contrast in look? arel
flavor, all in the aame package.
Son-hin* Matinee Biscuit?10c
A Uttle too eob-rtantial to be
called cake a little too deli?
cately flavored and too sweat
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National Distribution and World-Knowl?
edge of Fashion.
And remember, we buy the leather?we
make the shoe?and we guarantee the
quality and workmanship.
A customer m the Regal store is a customer of
the Regal factory.
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NewYork Theatre Pmqmmc
Will
Wear
Evening.
WHOEVER dashed ""off That
whimsical ?old doggerel?"An
Austrian army awfully
array'd boldly by battery besieged
Belgrade"?wrote better than he
knew for the Austrian officer of a
"crack" regiment has always been
the most finished dandy In Europe,
slashlngly dashing and groomed to
a hair. His boots are the wonder and
envy of tho world.
Symptomatic of the military motif
In dress is the evening boot, ebowo
In the accompanying sketch, bor?
rowed from the kit of the Austrian
officer, who wears It as a gala.dress
and dance boot.
It is made of glove-soft-patent
leather with an unstitfened toe. The
sole Is thin and
flexible, and the
uppers have silk
elastic side?
gores, like those
on tne old-fash?
ioned Congress
gaiter of our
grandfathers.
You put this
boot on with
straps fore and
ait," bit to tl.?
American o;.c th>:
Etrai <s' look 'io^
eared and u??ly,
and" are often
omitted. The Austrian officer has
such a boot benched on his riding
last and wears it with trousers
strapped under the ?hank.
Though the smartest CtUtOM boot?
makers of New York and London
have always turned out a boot of
this type, It has not aspired to the
dignity of an established fashion
until this, season. Such a boot
fetches a stiff price?you cannot
proctjre It to your measure for less
than $18 or $20 the pair.
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