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Dramatic
Close of
Congress
Armed Neutrality Bill Is
Talked to Death as
Session Ends
La Follette Leads
Pacifist Victors
Wisconsin Senator Balked
in Grandstand Play
at Finish
I *-?? Th? TrUHU?-! Burasj
Washington, March s.?Headless of
American ?hips blockaded in port, re
(,ar<i!i'?s of American citizens murdered
n peaceful pursuit"? on the high seas,
??illing to be kicked and cuffed to any
.?Pf-rce that, the imperial German gov
crnment may decree, a little group of
pacifist Senators, headpcl by Robert M.
f>a Pellette, of Wisconsin, and William
loel Stone, of Missouri, triumphed to?
day in preventing the American gov?
ernment from taking any step toward
the protection of American rights.
I'nder the rules permitting endless |
?iebate ia the ,-enate, the filibusters i
'alked against time until it was Men ?
?ha-, there ?.voulu M no possible oppor?
tunity for a veta *? the measure per- !
mitting American ships to arm against,
unlawful atteek, and authorizing the I
President to supply them with arms.
I'nder the direction and pleas of I>a
Follette the pacifists talked, one after!
another, during the long all-night ses-;
don. La Follette was earing himself!
for the death blow--to be delivered in ?
?he last fen hours before noon to i
rowded galleries. Then he planned to ?
remonstrate Ins power.
Pia*, to Galleo- Spoiled
So the friends of the bill took a I
weet revenge. Just as the galleries
iad been lilied to capacity -for th-iy
nad cleared out during the dreary
*arly morning hour*. - Senator Owen, i.:,
advocate of cl?ture, obtained the floor.
When he had finished Mr. Hitchcock, In
rharge of the bi!!, was recognized by,
the cnairman. Senator Lea.
Mr. La Follette had been decidedly
nervous. He began to fear thst he
???ould not get the chance to make his ;
?pectacular closing speech. So when
Mr. Hitchcock was recognized he pro?
tested.
"I have been trying to get recognized
nerel" he shouted.
In a quite audible voice Senator Hoks
Smith, of Georgia, intimated this was
a lie.
"Does the Senator from Georgia eay
?hat is not trae?" Mr. La Folien?
shouted, advancing menacingly across
?he aisle toward the Southern Senator. I
"Yes," snapped Mr. Smith.
"Then the Senator from Georgia .
?ays what is not true," said Mr. La
Pellette.
"I call the Senator from Wisconsin
o order," eried Senstor John Sharp
Williams amid wild confusion on the
floor. "Regular order, Mr. President."
La Follette Wanted to Talk
Mr. La Follette then appealed to Mr.
Hitchcock to yield, so that Senators
onposed to the bill might speak.
"Will you agree to a vote, if I do so,
K-. any time before 12 o'clock ?" inquired
Mr. Hitchcock.
"Senators muet be afforded an oppor
'unity to be heard," evaded Mr. La Fol?
lette.
"I regret that the Senator from Wis?
consin, who has appeared on this floor
and engineered this scheme and has put
forward other Senators as speakers, has
left r.o lime for himself." tiaid Mi-.
Hitchcock.
At another time Mr. La Follette en?
deavored to talk after rising to a ques?
tion of parliamentary inquiry. lie
merely asited if his name were record?
ed as one of those to be recognized by
He chair.
"The Senator has not stated a par
iamentary inquiry," shouted Senater
Robinson. "He is out of order."
"I am stating a parliamentary in?
quiry," replied Mr. La Follette. "I will
continue on tela floor until I completo
?t.y statement unless somebody carries
ice off, and I should like to see the man
do it"
Sena'or Sanlsbury, in the chair, cut
Mr. La Follette off, and Mr. Hitchcock
ADVERUi-LMKNT
ADVERTISEMENT
Egyptian
DEITIES
"Tfo Utmost in Cigarettes
VUunEndorCorhilp
Ihcple of culture, refnemad and
education m?oriubkj VREFER
Deities to any other uoarttk
Thckag: dj 10 -fwentyfiue CM
Ihckage cf to-lify (inis
/j4na\qtitoi
Makes ofthc?mt&s} QaaJg Turkish
and Euyplia? Lijonettts n the Werld
3BBHBB?B
Droeceded, continuing until the Scni
linally adjourned.
One more effort was asada by La F
iettee to break In when .Mr. Bitches
. made a last appeal for in agreement
**ot?. La Follette objected and madi
! point of order tha'. as Hitchcock h
talked twice in the ?ame day on t
tame bill, he could not continue foi
! third speech.
Immediately Senator Hoke Sm;
?moved that Mr. 1! * hcoeV* he allow
I to proceed. Thi- tioB ?rhi
! must be settled withoute debate, sad
| the ri?incr vete Mr. 1.a follette vot
I alone against thia penniaaioB. St
eo-worker, saw no r.ec?
bitv l'or allowing Mr. I.a Follette i
opportunity 10 make :. grandstand pli
In the last appeal for t vote If
Hitchcock ma?!?- a great cone*
tsion to the priemet?, by offering to vo
on the House bill, which is mui
Weaker than the Senate measure. Ti
. however, ?rara .l.'ermined
preven", the aligli hie exta
aion of power to defend Amena
The men wlio art re-ponnible for tl
defeat of the bill, in about the ord'
nameii, are: I,a Pollette, Stone, (lap
Norri?, Coauaina, Gronna, Work
.Tonos. Vardaman. O'Gorman, Kirby ar
Line.
Cummins I'rolcvsed i riend-.hip
Cummins at time i professed to be
friend of the bill, hut his Ions; spect'
his frequent Interruption? and his ol
jection at one 'ime when a unanimoi
consent agreement might have her
flipped over, place him in the ranks c
those. ratBjonaibl? d? eat, Ston
profossed to desire t vote, though h
opposed the bill, bal hfl eOBBumed mor
tune thtn my other Senator. The fou
Democrat! bs dc tone, Yardama'
ii'(,nrm.in, Kirby nnd Lane could *'.o
raally be charce.i terini
though they with d to beat the bil
They occupied very little time.
The closing- momenta of the m
were impress fe. 1 en m mute-, bffor
the end Senator Hitchcock had mad1
his last appeal for unanimous eonsen
for a vote on thfl bill. La Follett.
objected. The Nebraska Senator
prefacing his ell
portion of Pr n addrest
to Coagreaa asking fat tha authority
about to be dsaied, '? am:
"It is oi " and dee'
thtt twelve aten in th? ..f thi
United St*tes have it in I
to defeat thfl ?
eighty members ? one of the mosi
reprehensible lilibu??ter? ever record?.!
in rhe biatory of any civilised coun?
try."
Senator Hitchcock pautad, '.a i ol
leite flared stolidly toward tha Ne?
braska!), who pre ten ti y added that per?
haps he ?hould apologise for Cue vio?
lence of hi?, worda.
"You are perfectly safe," La Fol?
lette returned, W Bg from hi?
chair. "No one can SBSWer yon."
No one did, ? noon, sad
tha Sixty-fourth Congress whs ended.
Senator I.a Follette left the chain?
ber Immediately und went to hit office.
Afked it h( tati mant '?> make,
he or.h
"No; but I ,i. graal speech un?
delivered which 1 propon to deliver
throughout the couatry."
Four House Independents
Decide to Hold Aloof
Waal I 2'on. .'larch ?1. ioiir of thfl
fl*re independe!.*- who will decide
whether tha R< ar tha liemo
thfl House in the
next (Jongres?? met to-day an?) agreed
that lor the pr? ; ? o\
??ommit the:. o either party.
They decided to come to \
taja days in advance if an ?
iion should be e i foul were
Rflpretentatifes I'ai.dsll. Prohli I
ist, of California: Schall, Progrcasiffl,
? Besots* Matt in, Progressive-Pro
tactioaist, of Louisiana, and London,
Socialist, of New York.
Thirteen Senators
Declined to Go on
Record for Bill
Penrose Asserted He Would
Have Voted Favorably Had
There Been Opportunity
Waakiagten, March 4.?-Thlrtean
Senators refused to siga the declara?
tion favoring the urmed neutrali'v
bill, which ?vas published to
dviy. but one of them. Sena?
tor Penrose, of Pennsylvania, an?
nounced that he would have voted for
th? bill if there lind been an oppor?
tunity. The twelve who went on record
with the thirteen members ot' the
House aijiainst granting to the Presi?
dent the authority he asked from Con?
grue? m the crisis were:
Republicans Clapp, Minnesota:
Cummins, Iowa; tironea, North Da?
kota. Kenyon, Iowa; La Pellette, Wis?
consin; Norris. Nebraska; Works, Cal?
ifornia 7.
Democrat? Klrby, Arkansas; Lane,
Oregon; O'Gormnr.. New York; Stone,
Missouri; Vnrdaman, Mississippi V
Associated with them in opposition
to the urrnej neutrality bill were the
following Representatives, who voted
against the Houre bill Thursday night:
Republican?. Benedict, California;
Cary, Wisconsin; ( ooper, Wisconsin;
Davis. Minnesota; Relgeeen, North Da?
kota; Lindbergh, Minnesota; Neliton.
Wisconsin; Stafford, Wisconsin: Wil?
ton, Illinois ?'.'.
Democrats Decker, Missouri; Schack
lcford, Missouri: Shenvood. Ohio?3.
Socialist London, New York?1.
1,400 Nominations Sent
To the Senate by Wilton
Blocked by Adjournment
RTaahingten, March 4. M-:r tii?r:
l.luu nomination?, sent to the Senate
by Pr?s,dent Wilson, failed of con?
firmation with adjournment to-day.
All probably ?rill be returned when
the Senate nier??; ,,, extra session
Tuesday, with those o? the Cabine?,
find such diplomatic nomination^ as
the President ir.av rier.de to mike at
the beginning of nia new term.
"???? of tho*e left over werr? army
and navy promotions and postmaster
tppointmen*.-. Among the more im?
portant other nomination? were Wtll
..?t.* S. Celver and John Franklin Fort
to he members or tv,e Federal Trade
( ommission: Raymond H. Steven? to
be a member of the Shipping Roard.
hr.d Rilev McMillan Little. Mrs. Fran
1 Axtell <''.'.ii 'o!. ; ?'. Reagan to
be nvmber? of t'r:?> Kmployej' Com
iii Commission.
0 the I'avy l- : urre ("ary T. Gray
son, the President's pliysicisn, to be
inedica' director and rear admiral, and
the following to be rear admiral--:
.McLip Huse. Robert S. Griffin,
George K. Burd, .'snies H. Oliver,
Wood and William S. Sim?.
Failure of the nominations was due
largely to the !";gi-t on Dr. Grayson.
II became apparent soon after his
name went in that iie would not be
confirmed without difficulty, but his
Ti'-nd* refused to permit his name to
be takpn from the head of the nomi
i ation Hat when it once got there, and
the o'Jiers gradually piled up behind
it. Ffforts were made at rtrst to
re&ch a vote on the Grayson appoint?
ment or to get bil name displaced,
but all failed, and Republican Sena
toi '?'.io opposed confirmation were
assured 'hat many Democrats who
might not care to vote against con?
firmation would not be a party to
forcing long executive se-sions, so
thai 11 might he jammed through.
We bring to the attention ol men?and o? wive.*- and >i**
tersof men?these very good stocks of men's clothing at price**
which wise men will avail of:
Wanamaker Suits - - - at $24.50
Wanamaker Topcoats - at $22.50
Wanamaker Overcoats - at $26.50
ill considerably higher grades
I here gre enough in etch croup to provide satisfactory choooing m all sises.
'Hi-- suite, ?n particular, arc rich in variety. The overcoats at $*?i>.r>(r arc mostly
silk-lined Chesterfields. The topcoats are nearly all yoke-lined. All are this eee
son's production, in current Wananu?ter styles.
The Men's Store, Burlington Ar? ade floor, N-"w Ruildint
JOHN W A NAM A K ER
Broadway at Ninth, New ^ ork
Neutrality BUI
Had $100,000,000
Bonding Clause
Appropriation Planned to
Meet Expense of Arm?
ing Ships
Gun? 'Tore and Aft"
Provision Proposed Insurance
for Vessels Against
Risks of War
Wottirngltr. Mareo Ir?The text
; or the "armed neutrality" bill as it
! vas before th* Senatr uhto < on
: <7.*f?*s disd at noon to-d/iy was:
"Be it enteted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Cnite.i
' States of America in Concrets asffm
bled. that the commanders and crews
! of all merchant vessels of the Cr.itfd
| States, and bearing? the registry of the
I nited States, are hereby authorised
i to arm and defend such vessels against
! unlawful attacks, and the President of
the Cnited States il hereby authorised
fad empowered to Eupplv such vessels
with defensive arms, fore and aft, also
with the BBCei iry Ammunition and
means of making use of them*, and
that he be and if herebv authorized
end empowered to employ such other
inftrumentalities ?nd methods ss msy
in hi? judgment and discretion aaaaa
neeeatary and adequate to protaet tuen
til and tin? citizens of the Cnited
States in their lawful and peaceful
pursuit! on the high SMS.
Hondt Are Authorized
"The .?uni of $100,000,000 i? hereby
appropriated, to be expended by the
' Presiden* af tha United state?, for tha
1 purpose of carrying into effect the fore
i going provisions, the said sum to be
, available until the Orst day <>! laaaar?
1?18.
"For the purpose of meeting the . ?
1 uendi'.ures herein authoiued, the Sec
retsry of the Treasury, under the di
! rection of the President, il herebv au?
thorised to borro'.v on the credit of
I nited States and te il Bf there
tor bond;-, of the United States boI
' ey,-.?<?din.?? in the aggregate S'ilO iHnl.
. .?:'i bonds to be in such form
and subject to such terms sud condi?
tions si the .?-vrenn:, af the Tress?
| tiry may prescribe, and to bttr later?
: est ft t rate nr.v exceeding "? fOt
centum per annum: provided that
?r.ch bonds shall he sold at BOl
'than per. shall not BB*f] th? ? ireula
tiofl pritrllegfl aad that al! ? .'
the Cnited S'ate .hall bfl given tn
equal opportunitv to sub rr:oe
,'or, but no commission ?hall be tl
' lowed or paid thereon; that Doth prin?
cipal sad Interest ihall be payabia Ifl
I'nited States gold coin of the pr?s?
ent standard Of value, and be exempt
from a!! u.\ation tnd 4utl?
United States, a: well a- fresa I
tion in tny form of all State, ?
i-jal or local eutaoritiet; that any
bonds issued hereunder ?ay, andar
such conditions a?- th? Secretary of the
j Treasury may prescribe, be convertible
, into bund?? bearing a higher rate of in
???i- ' than .'* per centum per annum if
i anv bond.? shall be Isaaed by the
; Cnitfd States tt t higher rate than ?1
per cen'.uni i ?r BOBOBI by virtue of
Bay act passed on or before Pecimbci
II, Itlg,
Kipense? Are Provided
?In order to Bay the neees?;,i\ ,
i pente, connected arita the -aid iSeue
of bonds, or any conversions thereof,
a ?um no* exceeding one-fifth of i per
?centum of tha BmOBBl af boadl I'.erein
1 authorized ft b? issued, or which may
be ceavarted, ?a hereby appropri?tes,
out of Ri.y mon?*' '.:; the Treasury not
' otherwise appropriated, to be- expended
I aa tha Secretary of the Tressur;. stay
' direct.
"The President atithatixed to
transfer -?? iiurh ot' the amount herein
appropriated a: he may deem nece?-,
fltry, BOt exceeding ?'Jj.UOO.OOO, to the
Bureau of War Rita Insurance, created
I by tct of ConjjTe. h, approved Septem?
ber 2nd, nineteen hundred tnd four?
teen, for the purpose of iiuuring ves?
sels, their freight, passatre, moneys and
enrgoes again?t '.oss or damage by the
: present risks of war."
i
Taft Hopes President
Will Arm Ships Anyway
Former Executive Criticises
Senate Minority
New Haven. March I. V.\ Pre :dent
Taft *u-night keenly criticised the j
members of the Senate who blocked
the passage of the bill allowing Presi- |
dent Wilton tu arm the merchant mi- I
rine.
"The failure of tha Senate to pa?
the bill whtcB th? President reqassted
authorizing him t>> arm merchant .hip.
to resist the attacks af tohasarinea is !
rerj disappointing*'' ha .?aid. "Thtt
eighty ?aembera sat of aiaetj ils in ,
the Senate should he prevented from'
cnaetiBg s ?aw of such vital interest to
? he nation by the BBatraetiofl Of I
?mall minority of twelve is mo?t di?
tresiing. Let us hope that the mani?
festo of the eighty Senators will re?
move the bad impre-snion that the fail
ure of the bill might otherwise -rue at
home and abroad. I feel sure the I'n
?dent han the Authority to arm our
commercial ?esse!, to resist such at
taeks without the special legislation
Which ha re.iur?te<|. and I sincerely
hope that he will now take the necea
lary Itep to el able our ships t.. make '
effective resistance."
Wilson's Logic Strained,
Wickersham Declares
Says President Supposes We
Are Friendly with Germany
Qflargfl tV. Wickeraharn, r\ Attorne-,
General Bf the United States, did not
remember until it was called to hi?
attention It? t night that there was
such u law as that of 1819 which.
? President WilsBfl says, prevent, him
from arming merchant ?hip? Mr.
W ickerbhtm thought it extrfordinary
t that the President, had discovered the
?tatutfl tine* hlfl addre??? to CtfBjSJffftaS.
"That law b s pa ??'!." be said, "ta
enable American merchantmen t., pm
tact themaelvea against pirates, a:.?I the
President's point, in evidently predi?
cated upon the Assumption that ?re are
Ifl arnit?, with QerBsan). That is a
pom' up?.?, which Americans mighl dif
fer. i regard that ai itrained raasoB?
?B| "
Before hearing of the Preaident'?
statement, Mr V. n-ker?,ham had made a
speech in Public School 84. at dlenmor?
and Bteaa avenue?, Prooklyn, where he
?aid thai Americas "?tiling ship? Bsed
to arm thet.iael.es against pirales, and
prr?haM-.? eonld do -?o now, whether the
piratea auiltd the gaUfaCS g| Lcluw it.
Text of Old Law
Which May Bloc
Arming of SI
_
' Statute Mentioned by Fres
Was Passed in 1819 an
Amended in 182)
_>
Washington, Mareh 4. The I
1 referred to by the Pr?sident i
statement to-day as making his
1 to arm ships doubtful ??as pas?
March S, 1819, and amended Ja
ISO, 1823. It is as follows | R. S <
"The commander and err-- >
merchant vessel oi" the Lnite' I
owned wholly or in part by a c
? thereof may oppose and defend a|
? ny n>Ta*i-?ss'on, search, restraint, c
dation or seizure which shall b
tempted upon Ruch vessel, or uno
other vessel so owned, by the comr
: rr or crew of any armed vessel wl
ertrr, not being a public armed ?
of some nation in amity with the
??I States, and may subdue and ea
the same; and may also retake
vessel ?o owned which may have
captured by the commander or
of any such armed vessel, and sen
same into any port of the I.'
States."
?
The law is found in a r*roup er.
'"Regulations for the sagpresei.
piracy."
? ?
Wilson's Delay
After Breakin;
Puzzles Beri
Press Expected Quick Bl
Instead of Hesitatior
on War Issue
B] RUHT KAHN
nt*M '?! H * T.lr?!j''
!:? ! lin, March 4.?The newspa]
here interpret President Wils
speeches as meaning that the Pr
drat hesitates to jro forward al
the beaten path and that lie is I
ir.g to procrastinate. After
brusque breach of dip'omatic r
tions everybody over here cxpet
recolute action.
President WlUon's late ; SMCl
CongTStSS was l'ttle noticed h
since it cannot change tin* C.'ern
decision. Whatever Congress ?
the American government may
the speeches of Chancellor B(
mann-HoOwsf and Foreign B?m
tary Zimmermann prove conclusiv
ti:at in (?ermany nobody eran c
tompiate? any moderation of the s
marine warfare in favor of Ameri
The safe arrival of the Dries
tnd the Rocaeeter shonld not n
!r ail Americans.
Armine; of merchantmen ?rill hi
? ? (Tact on the present form of si
marine warfare, ai.d the barring
the submarine is most unlikely.
Wilson's manifestations of rop-a
;? r humanity an?! l'or the lives
women and children excite BUrpr
bare, for Germany is convinced th
a ii?terrnincd defence of these prin
pic? c( his again-t the British w
? [ starvation would hav* proved rr
rrutrality and would have made ai
'?erm?-n-Amencan conflict impos:
ble.
The Chancellor's speech oxprc:-.
this bitti'r feeling. Al! <,ermany nn
ror.sideru the eventual warlike d
cii-ion of the American fOfOmmoi
something undesirable, but prohab
a consequence of its own policy ar
.-. thing which will hardly influem
th?- course of martial arante.
?? ?
Filibuster Un-American,
Say New York Wome
"The filibuster is a di igenaoas, in
American and undemocratic," *=?itl Mr
.lames I^ee'i Laidlaw, a vicc-presidei
of the New York State Suffrage Ass?
? lation. !a?t ni^ht. 'I am not savin
now whether I believ in these bill
I nm f-aying that I consider such rul<
of procedure an outrage."
"This is a perfectly terrible thing,
Mrs. Raymond Brown, of g?4 We?
Ninety-second Street, declared. "I
seemr to nie that a democratic povern
ment i? on trial before the ?vorl<
It I ?<? tairibl? blow that the highc?
liranoh ei our legislativ? l?oi)-.- shoul
not take the lead in ?viehiag to defer
oir country."
"I believe in peace. mOel nSOUredl]
but net ?> ' ?? sapease of eitiaenship,
said Mies Marv OerroM Hay, ehairmai
of the Woman Suffrage party.
Mis* Roue Fall" Bm?, chairman o
'.he Women's Pr?s? ClttO'l 'eijal eon"
mittee, ?aid the defeat would be a kee:
??^appointment to almost the cntin
Vitited States.
"It seems to me that the action o
these twelve Senatars has don? mon
te elid? f I the country and get it ir
lia? behind the President than enythinf
else could possibly linve done," sai?
(iertrude Kobinson Smith, New Yort
.State chairman of the National Lean-,
for Women's Service,
U. S. Guarantees
Fair Vote in Rebel
Provinces in Cuba
Commander Fernandez Will
Be Recognized as Result
of Conferences
Santiago, t uba, March 4. ? Command?
er Reginald R. Relknap, representing
the American government, signed M
agreement to-day with the leaders oi
the revolutionary movement (nanti
teeing. Brat? fair elections in .''anta
Clara and Oriente provinces, end, sei
i and, recognition of Major Rigoberte
' Pi rnande*. commander in ?h-et .?:' tin
revolutionary army in Orier.tr i'tov
inre.
This agreement era? the entrame of
various conferencei, ?tad as a reealt of
it the military Oevernor of ??nente.
Lerei de Mol?, has Se?ni replaced by
l.areta Mu?o?, vice-president of the
F'rovineial Council, ihn? withdrawing
the military edmlnistrntton of Santi?
ago. This agraament was signed by the
(?immander? of the t'nitcrl States war
?.huys keif und tin- American Consul.
I Wilson's Defence
Measures Lost
By Adjournment
Only Two Laws on Presi?
dent's Programme Get
Through
$500,000,000 Bills Fail
Railroad, Commercial and
Conservation Legislation
Left Untouched
l ram fee Trttiun? Hur**?..
Washington, March 4. - Congress so?
journed to-day with bills appropriating
| more than $500,000.000 unpassed, with
important measures tha Pr?sident had
I ??ike.] for the defence? of the country
j ignored, without consideration of the
railroad and commercial laws he had
I demanded, and without touching i'?n- ;
i servation bills which are urgently
I needed.
Of all the President's legislative
i Programms only two bills, that to In?
? crease the revenue and that conferring
: citixenship on Porto Rico, got through.
Following is the record:
BILLS PASSED
On President's Programme. Revenue
bill. Porto Rico cititensi.ip bill.
Not on Presld-ait's Programme.?Dis?
I tnct of Columbio prohibition bill;
' "bone dry" rider on postofflce bill; Im?
migration bill over veto.
\ppropriation Bills. Navy, $535.000,
? 000: postofflce, $:':'0.000,t)00: invalid
'pensions, $160.000.000: legislative, e?
I ecutivc and judicial, $"0,000,000; forti?
? ?ications, $01.000,000; agricultural, $26,
' 000,000; District of Columbia, Jll.OOO,
000; Indian, $12,000.000; diplomatic and
consular, $5,000,000, and urgent defi?
ciency. $5.000,000.
BILLS NOT PASSED
On President's Programme. Armed
i t-hip bill; to supplement Adamson rail- I
Lway law; to enlarge Interstate < o
merc.e Commi ,sior.; to legalize join*
? foreign uelli.ig agencie--; general dam |
, and water power conservation bills.
Not on President's Programme.?
Army reform bills; granting Presiden*.
power to commandeer ships; anti-spy j
land neutrality bills; amendment toi
Peder?! Reserve act to increase reserve I
bank uold holdings and decrease num
her of member banks.
Appropriation Rills. Army. $2T0,
: 000,000; sundry civil, $139,000,000; gen
? ral deficiency, $*2,000,000; rivers and
harbors, $~,3.000,00n; military academv,
iiitsjtes.
President Bus> Signing Bills
President Wilson v..i a*, the Cepi?
| toi during the closing hours of the
MOSiea, signing bills as they were de
li'-er???l to his office. Members of the
Cnhiaot and Secretary Tumulty, Irish
h .?tan* from the White Houcc, were ;
', on hand to assist.
Among the measures to which the
President attached hi-; Mjrnature were1
the N'avul and Agricultural Appropri- '
ation bill?, a resolution providing for |
a $150,000,000 bond issue to speed up
?varshig construction, a resolution
postponing until July 1 the effee- -,e
nesa of the pro!. i tare ef the
Postofflce bili, a resolution appropri* i
fir-;- $3.000,000 to continue -vork on
the Alaskan railroad, anil more than !
a scor?; of minor re-'
[he last meosur" signed provided !
pennies for the widow of Major I
General Trederic!; Pnaetan.
-,
Germans Accused
Of Stirring Friction
With Japan Here
Tokio Newspaper Says Mex-;
?co Plot Shows Needs for
Western Co-operation
Tokio, March 4. In its eemmsnt oi |
the plot to Involve Mexico and Japan i i
war ?rtth the United States "The Japan
Times" alludeM to the German conspir-,
acy as "proof of a diseased m?ntality,'':
but thinks it will serve h good purpo e,
because it will clarify in American
miade many doubts and suspicions of
?tapan which, however unfounded, it
says, they ?rete unable ?Hoget.her to
freo themselves from, owing te con?
tinuel poisoning.
"American?." say? 'Th? .une?, "now
SOS as clear as the sun that German
intrigue Is at the bottom of all thai
pernieioo? efforts in Amcr.ca to nursa j
fr;etion between the United States a"d
Japan in the last three year?. '
V'hat has ,'oilowed the exposure of
the conspiracy, adds tne newspaper, in*!
dieatee ?hat Germany's ambition toi
gain a footing on the American eonti* ?
nent through Vcxiro will solidify the
cohesion of the Western Hemisph?re ,
again.-t the dangers of German militar? j
Spring Will Bring
A Decision in War,
Painleve Predicts
Germany Preparing for Su?
preme Effort, Says
French Minister
i
Pans. March 1.--Professor I'aul
Tairileve. Minister of Public Inrtruc*
I tion. speaking to-day at the Sorbonne
on the question of when the v>ar will
, ?nd, said th? decisive phase of tho
Straggle would begin this spring. Ry
dec.i'ive, however, ha said he did not
! mean brief, and he predicted that
| Germany su? prepit'ing for h supreme
, effort.
"The nearer i ? ?aproad the He*
! ".ouemenC" he declared, "the harder
I will b task." The ^peak"?r warned
civilians against impatience and de
! rlnrerl their duty was to enduro cour?
ageously the m?iltlple difficulties
?an ed then? 'o the end of the war.
lie asked his hearers to i-end this
message to the soldiers at the front:
"Von may count on us to do our
??nire ?Ill's tu the Stty end without
flinching.''
Cn le-niorrt?? Mfht SM MM Dr. AI?-*S,
f.irni?il> John n. ItWkefell???'? pastor
?P??K on "The WnrM Kttrr Ih? W-tr,"
Hi? Hr.iA.lv. a S r.,1 rrnai I?. :.?th y j | .
?li-jJvi.. S ?tvlvck. ?je au U*e.
Y our Estate?
Put j our Executor's burdens
in experienced hands
AMAN sometimes uncomfortably tin-da
himself named as executor of a i-elg.
five's or friend's will. With no praiiuaaj
experience, he is expected to cugage in the
intricate duties of executorship.
Kxecutorship has become a >-p?ciali/.ed busi?
ness. Few individual.?* combine the nercMjarv
knowledge and facilities with which the modern
Trust Company is already equippe?!.
Kxecutorship is an important part of uur
business. We know from hmg experience what
to do and bow best to do it.
If you are thinking of making your will .n-j
arc interested infurther information about etecu
torships. Mr. Warren, Vice-President, at onr 60
Broadway office, or the Manager at any one of our
uptown branches, will be glad to consult with you.
IN FINANCIAL
PISTBICT
60 freed???)/
INMABtlM
l2S*t*St4
Lenes Av?
COLUMBIA
TRUSt
?COMPANY
IN SHOPPING
CENTRE
5*>A?re ?S 34* S?
INTMlllCNX
Thteej Av?
Weber <&) Heilbroner
Have Assembled at lheir Store at
241 Broadway, Opposite City Hall Park
and Offer tor- Sale Today
725 Seasonable Suits
(Heavy, Medium and Light Weight
At $14.50
lormerly $35. $30, %V) and $20
AI
fO
436 Winter Overcoats
At $16.50
formerly $33, $30 and $25
These most attractive sale offerings com?
prise broken lots taken from the r?gul?t
3tocks of their Five Clothing .Store?
A Moderate Charge will be Made tor Alterations.
Observe that the Sale is at the One Store Only
No. 241 Broadway
Urged On by T. R.,
Oyster Bay Adopt?
2,400 Belgian Waifs
Roosevelt's Plea Stirs Hear?
ers to Add 2,100 to Village
They Vowed to Support
Ail Oyster Bay went to trie Opeia
House las- right and decided to
"adopt." a Be'gian \ iilsge of 2.400 chil?
dren, instetd of one of 500, as origi?
nally had been pltnntd. The tudienc?
tt the mass meeting took this action
after a tpeech by Colonel Roosevelt.
"I should be git'," the Colonel said,
"to have some Tilace Ifl tarop? where I
could show my fact after the war ?it
ovrr without being auhsmo'l that I B*?JB
an American but I ?-hould Ilka to have
It lala place larger t'ntp s vi'lage con
tsining 500 ehildr??"."
Colonel Roosevelt iscisred that BA)
hsd been muzzled so long that it was a
relief to fiat! ? topic upon which he
could pet??
"We should give l.bertliy and whole-?
hearteiilv." he said, "since at ?ori'
future ?aste thh country may hav? to
deperd upon charity to save the lives
of its children. Seven years tgo,
Brussels, I htard many persons voicing
their satisfaction that Belgiun. v.?i
t'rre from vir'? peril; ? ,1 h t:-e n"
"stuitv that many o<* tar o*e ft*)
no?** dUals?*. whal P-'jiurs'i a**
Bramen and children nea ?r? ia#i'"!
your children snd ?ramiehil dr?? at'
IFer at Htm? ratura sata."
Monrv for Belgian ehlMraa ?*?
be appropriated frefJ the BBBBI
treasury, Colonel Koooevelt UioufV
Through the ?y???m of the ?"?as
lion *'? r Belgium H ??????J
noath te ma ta the lira ?
child. Ojrater Bay' ?.ontrib?'?
?hereto-??, trill be $.',.'0'/ ? montV *
tim of the commission ?* tfl hi?.
fort State taha over the ??"??,'
province of I.iige. aritl MM* I
dren.
Other ?poskers were Mr?. 1 BBSS*
Killogg, whoio hu.'band hai ukif B
Herbert E. ?"?over's work :> or-***
and Oeori-fl B. Bak?r. a ?aaBBIJ
the Cnmmnston for Rell?f in s?Tr
John F. Berminghtm \OJffWa ??
meeting.__^
Rights League to Prott*
A mat.? asee! | I h? h?U m'A
r.-j?s Mall thil SfSB f. '-i''?*r ':* '
:.pu-"?i o? the America- '? ?*-??*?*'
*.o proie.'t Bfalaat th? blocatai
Ajaeriet a font ' ** nf,.\
ate, the doc ? ' ' I aat*2
? the President ?< wrtaf" ???*
;n any tction to protect the titerU'*
the country.
ing th _
cV, Dr. Lyman Abbott. 't*r
Mai i incTwill am C. Ktti,\r
ine country. .^
Among the ?-?eaVer? ?rtl r? ???
M. RecW, Hr. I.jm?" Atthett, ??? J.
u . I. Manning, Will sm ?' Hiei,?1:
T. Bu?h. (?corre H? en ?,u!".Vr'"
?am Kooe rhav-r ?nd BBSBJi
Patrol Protection
lor $2.00 a month, you un hi?*
a Ilolnio? patrolman ?usrd )?,tf
property.
In turn, the Holmes urgent??1?*
provides an elaborate fy>trro I'
supervising the work of ihe *'?lc.|
inau?relieving him ?n-a??<>?V'
nrs* or accident and other*!*
feeing to it that >our proptlj *
properly safeguanicd.
W? also furnish tfSSum
turn for special duty.
HOLMES
ELECTRIC* PMJfTCCIlVE ?COMEANj

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