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Warns Senate Of Danger in Railroad Bill Underwood Supports Meas? ure, but Sees Menace of Despotism Backs it Because Of War Emergency Final Vote Expected To? day; Action in House Delayed WASHINGTON, Feb. _0.-?-Another session was given over by the Senate to-day to discussion of the Administra? tion railroad bill, with prospects of a final vote before adjournment to-riior low, Voting on amendments will begin . ' 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. < onsideration of the bill was de? layed in the 1 louse by a party fight over a resolution setting aside snace i'i a local park for a monument to former President Buchanan, out the debate will ? '.?ken up there again to-morrow. Although speaking in support of the bill in the Senate to-day, Senator Un lerwood, of Alabama, Democrat, de ? hired it "kicks limitation" and was ?'crudely drafted." He s^ld ho would .?ote for if unless it vus amended so as Co provide for an indefinite period of g< vornment control. The existing law Inder which the President took over untrol of .the railroads, he asserted, was unconstitutional because it did not rovide for a "just compensation" for : iic carriers. Senator-; Poindexter, of Washington, and Sherman, of Illinois, Republicans, also discussed the bill, the former urg ng the substitution of the original Irait, ?''.?icing final rate making power ti the hands of the committee. Sena Sherman supported the bill. Cause of President's Action financial situation., and not war or freight congestion, Senator Underwood told the Senate, whs the n ?1 cause for the government taking ?' er the rail roa ? is. "The real cause was a question of fi nance *' he declared. When tho President issu?>d his proc? lamation last December, Senator Un .- fvvood said, the railroads faced $182, 106,682 in maturing obligations on se? curities for 1918, while for the four ears which would end in 1921 these ?g?tions would total $998.0011,000. ("nder normal conditions the railroads would have found no trouble in renew ? ? ' lern, but because of tho war and he floating of bond issues by th?.? gov t. it would have been an impos ? . i ?? said. "There were then two conditions fac , the President," Senator Underwood ?ontinued, "either the United States Coffee tastes the same with or without caffeine ?so why not give up the drug? It is COFFEE from which 95% of the drug?Caffeine, has been removed. Prepared, roasted and packed in a modem Vmerican Plant. 5gp>i^ 10-Hour Day in Roundhouses Now Under Consideration Federal Railroad Administration Confers on Advisability of Overtime to Hasten Repairs?Road Officials Question .Advantages of Eight-Hour Shift WASHINGTON, Fob. 20. Advantages of the oight-hour day, as described to the Railroad Wage Commission by representatives <>f the road employes, were questioned to-day by operating . officials, who at the same time dis j closed that representativos of tho Fed ! eral railroad administration wore con : sidoring the advisability of longthen , ing the workday in tho shops, in order to hasten repair.''. W, J. Tollerton, general superinten? dent of motive power for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, read a telegram from I.. II. Aishtoh, Western regional director, which asked: "Do you not believe we are justi ; tied in working locomotive roundhouses ' as many hours as possible?" Mr. Tollerton said he had replied, ' recommending a ten-hour day, pro? vided the unions would accept time and '? a half pay for the tenth hour as is ; iiow paid for the ninth, instead of ex? acting penr.lt>- of five hours' pay for the tenth hour, according to existing agreements. He declared there was no , surplus supply of mechanic-, and that he believed mechanics shortly would 1 be used exclusively in "essential" pro duction to cari y the country through the present crisis. Tell? of Benefits in Ten-Hour Day D. R. McBain, of the New York Cen? tral lines. West, said lhe nine and ten-hour shifts of workers had been the "salvation" of his road during the winter, in enabling all the, motive power to be kept in commission. "\h> you not believe that a man does as much work in eight hours as in ten?" Secretary Lane, chairman of the commission, asked both witnesses, ro calling the contention of union leaders that the eight-hour ?lay resulted in as much work per man as the longer shift, because of increased efficiency. "That has not been our experience," Mr. Tollerton said. "We get as much work out of the last hour on the piece ba.^is as the first hour," .Mr. McBain replied. "That's what pulled us through." Reasons for congested traffic were sought by the commission in discussion of shop wages and conditions. Tho op? erating officials said the weather was responsible. Mr. McBain said the New York Cen? tral now was "right up to date" with engine repairs and had maintained its power throughout the winter. "All operating officials worked from fifteen to twenty hours a day during the worst of the congestion. It was the superhuman effort on that part of tho supervisory force which kept things going as well as they did." goverqpneitt must take over the rail loads and finance these securities dur? ing the war or Congress hnd to declare ?i. moratorium and provide that no suit be brought on these railroad bonds and foreclose them during the war and for a reasonable time afterward if we wanted to continue to operate great railroad systems of the country. "I don't think there was a sane busi? ness man in the United States who did not realize that something must be done, and the President, in his wisdom, decided on this course." For that reason, the Senator argued, it was -now necessary for Congress to recognize the wisdom of the President's action and provide for it accordingly. "When you step one foot beyond th? period of war and turn our transporta? tion systems over to one-man power," he said, "you are establishing ma j chinery for oppression, building up an organization for destruction of busi? ness and endangering fundamental rights of the people, "Our own government possesses to? day the constitutional checks ami bai i anees that protect us from the despot? ism of the autocrat and the spirit of i the mol?, provided Congress will up ! hold them. Danger Ahead ? "When Congress 'is ready to sur , render those constitutional checks and establish a government of nun instead ; of law then there is danger ahead for the American people." Senator Underwood declared that, 1 since the bill was only a war emer . gency, Ihe powers vested in individuals i could be performed without danger, i He supported the provision fixing com i pensation to the railroads. "I don't think for a moment," he ' said, "that the President is going to ? pay all that the railroads demand or , expect." Senator Underwood opposed giving : the President power to fix rates, de : daring "there is no war power or war | necessity involved in rate making." Senator Underwood was followed by j Senator Sherman, who said he ?lid not I approve of all the bill's provisions, : but as it was emergency legislation j he would vote for it. Substitution of the bill as originally drawn, providing for an indefinite pe ? riod of government control and author . izing the President to fix rates, in place : of the measure as reported by the com? mittee, was urged by Senator Poindex? ter, of Washington. "The committee bill overturn abso? lutely the initial rate-making powers of the state and Interstate Commerce Commission," Senator Poindexter said, "and imposes the vast burden of that. complicated and technical work upon the President, giving to the Interstate j Commerce Commission that strange i r?le of appellate power over the action of the President. Nothing whatever remains of the rate, making powers of the various state commissions. Kate lixing Suggestion "It would have been far better if the . bill had contained a simple express provision reserving in the Interstate and State Commerce commissions their existing rate making authority, with : the provision that, where necessary only in the exercise of the duties im? posed upon him by this act, the Presi? dent might ?hange raies so fixed. The mero spectacle itself of tho President being subject in any of his actions to the order.} of subordinate executive or administrative officials, appointed by him, is undignified and humiliating. It is wholly unscientific and will be ut? terly ineffective." Senator Poindexter said those who believe in continued private control should support the bill as amended, ' since it would restore private control I eighteen months after the war. llj.t ? those who believe in government con? trol and in the unification of the rail : roads into one system, to be operated under strict government supervision, . with either private or publie owner? ship, should support the original bill. "I do not hesitate to say that the overwhelming consensus of judgment in this country is that our transporta? tion system snouhl not be returned to its former status," he declared. "The Eye Makes You Buy" Surface Street Car Adver? tising in Manhattan. Bronx, Westchester and S t a t e n bland. For Large and Small Advertisers irrito for rates New York City Car Advertising Co. JESSE WINBURN, President 225 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City National Banks' Resources Drop, Last Call Shows On Dec. 31 $18,073,308, 000, or $479,889,000 Less Than Nov. 20 V, AS11?NGT0N, Feb. 20, lie ources of national banks on December .'11, the date of the last call of the Controller of the Currency, were $18,073,308,000. or $479,889,000 less than the high rec ' ord of last November 20, when settle? ments connected with the second Lib ? erty Loan swelled deposits and re sources to unprecedented heights. The decrease was caused mainly by i reductions in New Von?. Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Elsewhen in the ? country deposits and resources showed ; a slight increase over November 20. Withdrawal of deposits by the Treas I ury to meet government expenses was largely responsible for the reductions. Aggregate deposits of all national banks on December 31 was $14,446,689, ' 000, or ?352,647,000 less than deposits November 20. Tho reduction in New , York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania i amounted to 8359,042,000. Of the loss I in aggregate resources since November I 20, $215,000,000 were in banks of New. York City, $65,000,000 in Boston, $28, 000/100 in countr> bunks of .Massa-' : chusetts and $55,000,000 in country ; banks of-New York State. Of the reserve art! central reserve cities, inclusive of New York r.nt\ Bos- : ton, about half showed increase in to-; tal resources since the previous call. Chicago reported the largest in-; crease, $13,149,000, and fhe next lnrg- \ est was in Baltimore, $11,694,000.! Cleveland ranked third, with an in ; crease of $9,348,000. Exclusive of New j York and Boston, Philadelphia re- ; ported the largest decrease, $20,006,- '< ; OIK), and the next largest reduction was $14,904,000, in San Francisco. Iowa showed the greatest, increase ; in resource.-; among country banks, $6, j 367,000, and in Illinois country banks' ? resources fell most, $14,329,000. Loan; and discounts of all national banks on December -"?1 were reported as $9,390,836,000, a reduction below the November 20 record of $144,691,000, United State- bonds and certificates o?" indebtedness held December 31 amount? ed to $1,624,529,000, a decrease of $729, , 664,000 as compared with the preceding ? call. Other bonds amounted to $1,870, :'.',- .',000. (ash on hand and due from Federal Reserve banks was $1,800,988,-; 000, and bills payable and rediscounts ? were reported as $741,848,000. Whitman Urges Use of Canals to Carry Coal ALBANY. Feb. 20.?If tho Federal government should avail itself to the limit of New York State's barge canal ! system, approximately 18,000 cars a nionth would be released for other traffic, Governor Whitman informed William G. McAdoo, Director General of i [Transportation, in a letter made, public i at the executive chamber to-night. In ? ton-miles tho saving would bo 2,073, : 003,400, the Governor wrote. The sav ! ing in money would be sixty-eight. | cents a ton on bituminous coal and sixty-one and three-tenths cents a ton ! on anthracite. "The utilization of the canal route ? for coal transportation," the Governor's letter said, "would require the use of ? all the present type 240-ton boats now ? in service, and approximately 400 new boats of the -ame capacity, or, if buiit of greater - ize, of a lesser number, and ; also rfhe installation of proper un 1 loading machinery at Ithaca and Wat ! kins. "In view of the acute condition:: j which have existed in this state (.lur? ing the past several months on nc count of shortage of fuel I present for your earnest consideration the sug 1 gestions for the use of the state canals for the carrying of coal, as contained | m the inclosed pamphlet." New Ballot for N. Y. Soldiers Is Planned [Stuff Correspondence] ALBANY, Feb. 20.?Senator George t F. Argetsinger, of Rochester, to-day in? troduced a hilf simplifying the taking j of the vote of soldier- and sailors. It moves forward Primary Day two weeks. to the ninth Tuesday before Election Lay, and provides that the war ballot ? shall be divided into two sections. One : shall be a modification of the Massa? chusetts ballot containing the names > of all candidates with the party em \ blems. The other section is intended for those who want to vote ,a straight ticket. The latter will contain merely ; the party emblems with a circle under? neath. Another war measure was introduced by Thomas .1. McDonald, of The Bronx. It increases the maximum age of can? didates for patrolmen in New York Citj from twenty-nine to thirty-five years. This is to overcome the short* age of young men because of their being called to the colors. Hudson Tubes Operated by UL S. Since January 2 Transfer of System Not Generally Known; Bonds Advance 11 Points Vital Connecting Link Built by McAdoo, Line Never Paid Until Taken Over by Government The Hud ?on & Manhattan Railroad : ? Cotppany, which owns and operator, the ; i double tube tunnel system under the j Hudson River connecting New fork, ' l Jersey City and Hoboken, has been | under government control and opcra ; tion since January 2, This fact did not bicorne gonerally i known until yesterday, when the finan cial district became curious to learn what might be the reason for the con-j spicuous strength of late ?n the com ? pany'a ? per cent refunding bomb;. Transactions in these securities al GO yesterday represented an advance of! about 11 points above the low level of the year. The sharp recovery was. attributed to the assumption that the government will guarantee enrnings on a basis ; fording holders of the bonds ample pro? tection, Wilbur ('. Fisk, president of the com pany, stated that he was not at liberty I to discuss the matter, as bo i now "a ; government employe." IJ.o stated, how i ever, that the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad formed nn important connect? ing link between railroad terminals in ?Manhattan and .To?-m: City and Ho? boken, including ?he Pennsylvania, the 'Erie and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. He also said that a large amount of government mail was sent over the. company's lines, "There is nothing new about the road being ope rat? d under government man? agement ." ndde I Mr. Pisk. "A not ice was posted ; ; Hi" conrpa ny on Jan? uary 3 'or tho guidai ce o? ?.ho ( ni ployci-, in ivhich was contained the offi? cial commui ?cation from Director ?fil? erai McAdoo notify:!!':; nn tin the company had been put under govern men! conti o] with ; ructiui thai ?he employe; . hould cooperate in every way pos iible." When tin ;??:? Hudson River tubes ??ere opened in February, 1908, under Mr. McAdoo's direction, the accom? plishment was heralded as one of the greatest engineering feats of hi Operation of the property from a finan cial standpoint has not yet been suc? cessful, in 11*13 the company ?und self unable to eai n the full infere ? ? ? i its first mortgngo AVi per cent bonds, ft therefore could not market ecuritics to provide funds to pay the cos? <?,'? needed improvements and bettcrm A readjustment plan was formulated by which Kuhn, Loeb & Co., as syndi? cate managers, agreed to pureha first mortgage bond ? and adju - me?t income bond . Thi i ?? t re o ; standing 533.000,000 of the latter is u -. (")n Februarj 20 Mr. Fisk announced that the April ! cou oi on lb? ?neon bonds would not be paid. Inter at the rate of 2 pe r ceii had ;.i been paid from October !. PJ13, to Oc? tober 1, 191G. VVitli the ; ?ivei iimct I now m control of the property there is a growing belief that this inl rest may be resumed. William G. McAdoo li ."< the pi e ! dency of the coin; any win he ei red President Wilson's ( binei more than four years ago. Grave Robbed of Body Of Girl Thought Slain Another Corpse Substituted in Westbury Cemetery; Husband Charged With Murder MINE?LA, H. I., Feb. 20. - TI c ? tire detective force of Queens < on it as well as private investigators in liie employ of the Queens County District Attorney's office, are searching for the body of Mrs, Helen Coleman Sniegoski, aged nineteen, of Great N'eck, L, I., who, it is alleged, was murdered last October. The girl was buried in St. Brid? ' Cemetery ai Westbury, 1. I. Dis? covery that her grave had not only been robbed, but that another ;> that of a woman thrice her age had been substituted, was made a few daj i ago. Frank S. Sniegoski, husband of tl ? dead girl, is under arrest, chai-g? d with her murder. His trial is to take place shortly. The attorneys defending him I soughl and secured permission to ex? hume the body of the mur li . d v o man : ? secure evidence in supporl of , their claim that she was a suicide. When the authorities did open the j grav? its desecration became known. The robber;, of the grave has been kept secret, and it was only bj ,. i cident that it Became known to-day. The authorities wen of > < ? ?pinio ? at lir.^t, thai a mistake men ly : id 'bee; made in marking the grav Om other grave?that directly adj? ? Mrs. Sniegoski's v\ as open? d, The corpse found there '.'.-as easily ?denti tied from the records of the cometer?, as being that illdicat? d by it : : ? ,. stone. Death of Spring-Rice Natural, Says Doctor Died From Heart Exhaustion; No Cause for Suspicion, Asserts Physician j Spt cial Correspond? net ! OTTAWA, Feb. 20. The suggi I oi of N'oel Pemberton Billing, in the Brit : h House of Commons last night, thai there should be an inquest into the death of Sir Cecil Spring-Rice,' who died suddenly at Rideau Hall last Wednesday night, is nol regarded se? riously here. Dr. Thomas Gibson, who reached the statesman's bedside shortly after he died, said to-day that death was due to natural causes. Tho intimation that I the fornnr British Ambassador may have met an untimely end because of I his activities in exposing the Bolo af? fair, is absolutely dismissed by Dr. Gibson. "It was an ordinary case of heart failure," said Dr. Gibson to-day. "Sir Cecil Spring-Rice had been skiing with the young people in the afternoon. The snow- was heavy, and 'no becami much exhausted. ?Vfter dinner his heart weakened, an I he di? d dui ing th night. There is no ground for the jslightcsl suspicion thai the formera i * bas iador's death w a - ? re: of a i thing but natural causea." Germany by a statement made by Herr Friedberg to the Suffrage Committee, of tho Diet, from which the Berlin So? cialist newspaper "Vorw?rts" draws the conclusion that the government i< open to a bnrgain on the question of equal suffrage. in this statement Herr Friedberg said he believed a plural suffrage which made additional votes dependent upon qualities which every elector could ac? quire 'vas reconcilable with tho basic idea of the Emperor's Easter message and the July decree regarding the f ranch ?so. Kaiser Sends Thanks To President Carranza William, in Reply to Birthday; Message, Wishes Mexicans / Prosperity MEXICO CITY, Feb. 20-?Emperor William's reply to President Carranza.? birthday message to him of January 27 was given out officially here to-day. It , reads: "I am very grateful to you for your! ?iminblc telegram of felicitation on tho occasion o,' my birthday. I send to you, j Mr. President, my sincere thanksA to-j get her with my best, wishes for your-; self and for the prosperity of the Mexi? can people. "WILHELM, Emperor and King." President Carranza's congratulatory j message to the Kaiser was i'ulsomely | worded and declared the recipient had ! "just ?aii.-c" for rejoicing. Imports in Transit Feb. 16 Exempted From Licen.se Rule! War Trade Board Responds to Request of New York Merchants' Association Responding to a request by the Mer-1 chants' Association of New York for a u ; in -;on of President Wilson's new order requiring licenses for all goods ! imported mto the United States, Vance ('. McCormick, chairman of the War i Trade Board, yesterday wired tho as- | ociatlon ;: at a blanke! license had been j granted eu uns ? ollectors to admit ni ?rchandi ???? v lib h had been in tran :' on February i,; The President' o? igi nal m indate . v n into eff'i i ? on i ebruary 10, The. order had been issued on February I ?? and only twenty-four hours' notice was given. T mediate result, nccor 1 ?ng to report ? which came to I he Mer? chant ' V ociation, was a congestion I of Incoming ? > i ':? lit at all porl s, a well as on railway lines crossing the ("anadian hyorder. This congestion hampered commerce, ccording to the a isociation, and wa ? tlarl icute al : be Port of New York and on the Papille Coast. There-' fore the association asked for -a, delay if . : least a we k, ? rouble ha 1 been caused by the in :-> curing licen ?cs from Wash? ington immediately after the order into effect. Applications for li? cen ; inusi be submitted to the War ach J > ore they can be grant? ed. 1: rr quently happens that appli mo be i lad until I he arri? va ; 'paper : 'com pa n \ i ng I h ? goods. Official of , '-.?? . Mercrii nts' Associa? tion ?aid vest day t hat the modifica ' on of tl Pr< ddcnt'.-i ordc r would re li \-o ituation and give importers an o ?,... it.y to readjust their busi? ness plann ?vithout apparently inter-fer ,::?- ?vith ? in purposes for which the order was iss led. Canadian imports Exempt Until Congestion Clears WASHINGTON, Feb. 20..?A general order by the War Trade Board to-day \ permits, withoui individual import li cen ?? . importation of all commodities from Canada except those mentioned in I President Wilson's proclamation of No nb i' .'.' S, Impor ??; are urged to make haste in sending in their applications for li? censes to import shipments from nil o? her count rie?. The blanke! license arrangement was nut into effi ct, it was ?? {plained u- I In v. . ? Trade Hoard, to relieve freight congestion and to give time for the im? port licensing system to adjust itself properly, Individual licenses for all articles imported from Canada will be required ?as soon as congestion is cleared and when the system is working more i smoothly. Violinist Proves He's Cored of Disloyalty! Morgan Applauds Anthem He Was Forced to Play a Week Ago j -,?' cictl ( '< rrcs ponde net \ STAUNTON, 111., Feb. 20.?One week ago to-night Fred M ligan, music teacher here, accused of disloyalty, stood shaking with fear as he played I "Tin Star-Spangled Banner" on "his violin. His bare feel sank into the j cold mud in the roadway outside his] I e and his nightshirt napped in the id, while dark shadows of men sur i ?? . : ding him watched grimly. ' ho had played the National .nthem the men commanded him to kiss the American flag." This he did, o a in 1er protest. It was part of the evening's proceedings when citizens ot Sti .niton rose against the I. W. W. and ? a? ,j Attorney John L. Motzen, of Chi ? go, a coat of tar. Last night in the Labor Temple,; where tin I. W. W. word was law for years, a timid looking man stood firs*. in line waiting for the doors to open for the big meeting where Julian S. j Nolan, of Chicago, speaker, and the Great Lakes Naval Training Station Band appeared in the interest of the United States War Savings campaign. The man also was first <o cbtain a scat. He sat in the front, row. When the band played the National Anthem he applauded longest and loudest. The man was Morgan. To-day Mor patriot and Mr. Nolan told his hearers thai Staunton is one ol the most patriotic cities 1:,' has vjsited in this campaign. Youth at Front Wins Pardon for Father COLUMBUS, i?;?;,,, Feb. 20.- A single word "pardoned" was cabled to a youth with the American expeditionary forces in France by Governor Cox to-day. It was an an wer to a letter from the Gl io soldier, who asked that his father '?? pardoned from the penitentiary. "I am willing to die for my country and I could die happy if I could but I now he i; free !" care for my mother," ; ote the boy. e man was freed with five other on. ?- Lo-day. He was convicted of st aiing and had almost a year more serve. At request both of the father iid tin m, Go ? rnor ( ox did not - make known his name, Trade Board Asks Limit on Federal Control of Roads Resolution Adopted Here ?Deplores Congressional Discussion Now "People Not Ready" Denounce Attempt to Use War Emergency to Force Pub? lic Ownership Declaring that many million Amer? icans are opposed to perpetual govern? ment control of railroads, 11 resolution : urging the withdrawal or defeat of the proposal for continued Federal control of the railroads was passed at a moot? ing yesterday of the New York Board of Trafic and Transportation. J. Fred- i erick Talcott, who sponsored the reso? lution, said that the question of gov-; eminent ownership should not have been injected into Congressional ?lis eussions at this time, and that further; debate on this measure must b? de ferred for calmer days when it may be considered upon its merits. The preamble or the r?solut ion de? clared that Secretary BTcAdoo's insist ence on the passage of the provision for control after the war is the chief cause of the delay which the Railroads' ; Dictator asserts is now .mperilling the success of the war. The Resolution Adopted The resolution adopted follows: 'The provision for the perpetual .Federal control of railroads after the war has mani? festly not the remotest relation to win ning the war: therefore, "Resolved, That the question of the per- ; potunl Federal control 'of railroads should , not have been injected into the. discussion ! of Congrress at tin? time, and should be . withdrawn at once from the bill or de feated and its further discus: ion deferred ? for calmer days when it may be considered ; upon its merits. "Resolved, That in aur opinion there are ninny millions of the American people who /ire not prepared to accept ? measure radie?! and now so unnecessary as pcr petual Federal railroad control, and they will justly rev.,!?, against an attempt to take advantage of this time of war to force ii. upon the country without due considera? tion." The development of a supph ment? rj lighterage service and the extension of wayside terminals on railroads sorv-1 ing the city is a plan for the re? lief of congestion at New York water? front f.erminuls sugg< ?ted by Calvin! Toi i] kin . fc rmer Dock ( !ommis sion r. Harbor Conditions Here ? v.' ???. York Harbor is at present hampered by archaic methods of c?.m munical on perpetuated by cailroad rivalry," said Mr. Toinpkins. "The cru.x of the necessary development is the tying of the ."Vive-.- side to t? o New York side of the harbor by rail communeations. 'Alien 1 was Dock Commissioner I proposed to bring the railroads to Manhattan, and then to tie them to the New England systems. That, however, is still in the future, although Federal ownership of the rail- ! ways brings the prosped somewhat nearer." Hays's Council. Backs War Management Government's Policies Are Approved by Indiana Defence Board INDIANAPOLIS, Fob. Y. Wilf II. Hays, recently elected chairman of tho Republican National Committee, ten? dered his resignation as chairman of the Indiana Council of Defence to Gov? ernor Goodrich to-day, It is effective whenever the Governor appoints a suc? cessor. Mr. Hays has devoted practically all of his time to the duties of chairman of the Council of Defence. The resignation was announced at the meeting of the Council of Defence to? day. The council adopted a resolution In? dorsing the "vast accomplishments" of the war administration at Washington, expressing confidence ?n the Secretary! of War and "our appreciation of the ! problems thai have confronted him and :he results ho has obtained." extending I congratulations to the President bn the progress mad. by both the Navy and j War departments; recognizing the' right ; of inquiry r.nd constructive criticism, and expressing confidence, that aii things affecting the war wilt be marked by "such a displaj of wisdom, concili- : ation and non-partisanship as will in? sure every resource of the country, in men, money and property be applied with the utmost efficiency and effective? ness to bringing the ?.???r.r to an early : and successful conclusion." The Weather Report u WASHINGTON*. IV". 20..Tho cyclonic t!??; r , slon ,'? Tuesday owning has moretl to N'ewfuui 1. land and Is rapidl; i .. iing e'ast?vard A ? I depression, a* yet t ' llttlo ?itecsity. L. appro? h lag tho California coast, and .i itrong anti cyeioi ? !.. centred irrer tho upper Mi--, art Valley. ?..-. pressure slightly ;..i>"v.< ;;i Inches, and temperature ab"Ut 20 deOT :~* ! ??',,:;, .?/??.,. General rains have fallen In the last twenty four liours In At :r. I i ? i "? districts and l .?? Eastern Gulf States, und Hi :?? ! is been snmv ??: the Oroat Laites, Tin grealct fall hi tempero ti o SO **< 50 di grew- ?'? '. ??- t> ten ??! In tho uj . Ohio Valley Ktid ?I: ? I >wi la! i . and I ; ;is bee . . geni ral in t peraluro : :??'? ?? ??'.i-l into Wns ti T. ! is. I ? where tho cl a; gi .. !. ro lie? n unh Til v - a hi :? . ? - W... fflo . : during tho next forty hours "ill be tali and i 1 oratcly cold, luid the low tpriipuratums will loul less continuo In Atlantic ?Joasl districts until i i end of Lhe ?vi ... li tin . wer Ohio Val tl ? uppor lake region I . weather will bogii I ? moderato Friday. Hi irm warnings r ro dl -,?..? ? ? : ? ? lhe \ Coa it from Norfolk t., ; ,..-,, ? Forecast* for Special Loclaltles, .-- .-?. \. York, fair Thursday; s!i3hU.\ ci ...r .??. the co.i Friday fair? Now .1er- y, Delaware, I. .'. ?v- ;.:,-:? ... Maryland, fair; slightly colder Thursday; Fri fair, continued cold. New England, l..ir . . .' - p in ?: l-'ridaj continued cold. Weitem Pennsylvania. Western New York, ??:. Ht ally fair and continued cold Ji lUrs a; and l'rl day. eicopt snow flurries near "tl ? lake, Local Official Record.?Ttie following official rcc ? m tira Weather Iture u ?shows temperatures during the lasl twentj fotir hours, in compariso . ivitl tin ' ? ling date of last year ...?'- Itu: 1918. 1917 ': ?'? '". ? : P. m . '" u tl li.:,". 40 i n. .: . ?? ? p. in... : m.: 30 11 p. h. Highest temperature yesterday, GS degrees (at *>:10 a. t:t. ! ; lowest. 20 (al 10 p. ra.) ; avorago, 38; average for sarao date last : or :?. ave rugo for ?am ? dat< ' t thli tl rec veai . 51 mldlty BaroicctiT Headings : i p. oi .. 29.84 : Loc;il Official Forecast?Fair and slightly colder t-..:a; . fair to-morrow; diminishing northwest Miniature Almanac >un risos. .. 8 43 ?. ? ? .: : jets. Mi on rises.. 1:41 p. m Moon set . i HIGH WATEIt A M sa' ly Hi . 4 ? .1 t. ? : ?? > Island. 5:03 Thursday, February 21, 1918 This department i? engaged in ?eparating the *h??ep 0f advertiting, and of the ?ervice which backs up advertising, from the goat??and hanging a bell on the goat?. It invites letter* describing experience??pleasant or unpleasant?with advertiner?, whether they be manufacturers, wholesale house*. retail ?tores or public service corporations. It will print those letters which seem to ?how most typically how an advertiser's decida square with the words of his advertising. Only signed letter?, giving the writer'? address, will be read. But the name will be printed or withheld, as preferred. Address: The Ad-Visor, The Tribune, New York. TH Let Beauty papers published in Manhattan for AD-VISOR'S OWN BEAUTY COLUMN eware! in her interests we have watched the 4_i veral weeKS and have cupped there ?'r?m advertisements which promise to color and grow ha'.r, to take op i twenty ounces or twenty year:; overnight or to restore the bloom of yoati to ancient, cheeks. From these advertisement.; we have prepared a tiaeh Guide to Beauty, and would suggest that it be hung - milady's dna*. ing- table as a warning against both danger and wa te. PREPARATIONS FOR THF rTAIR PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM "helps to eradica e ?ruff"; it aL. "restores color and beauty to gray or faded hair." Dr. Wiley says: "A solution of lead acetate, with suspended silphur. The Lead salt is poison? ous." MARY T. GOLDMAN'S HAIR COLOR RESTORER " ?n't a crude dye, but a mild restorer, which brings back the original color in from four to eight days." This is untrue .Mary T. Goldman's preparation is a dye, and a crude one, because it contains ilver : itral . ich is caustic in its effect. Hair dye." containing the salta of silve nd lead, says the Bureau of ?Standard0, should be labelled "Poison." BARRO COMPOUND advertises under the heading: "Beau y Special? ist tells secret." It claims to give a "simple hon emade recipe to darken gray hair. . . . This will make a gray-haired p--r-(A.i | iok twenty yean younger."? Like Parker's Hair Balsam, Barbo < ompoun i contains lead acetate. "The person who wishes to ruin his hair can hardly adopt a more certain means of doing so than to use a preparation containing lead as? iate," says the report of the Connecticut state i DANDERINE is the most hoary of thi' hair tonics. It "will grow hair" and "double its beauty in a few minutes," according to tl e advertU ments. In this column about three years ago this comment was made on 1 Danderine: "It will no more grow hair on the human head tl an it veil ? on a billiard ball. The only thing that will grow hair ?s a fer te scalp. Danderine is not a good fertilizer." CANTHROX calls itself a "liquid shampoo." Dr. Wiley .ays of ir" "Borax, soap and baking soda. A mixture that would dry out the natura oils and probably be injurious if continually used." As a matter of in? formation, it is interesting to know that the ingre lients of Canthrox are worth Si cents, bi '. the preparation sells for 50 cents. FOR THF COMPLEXION CUTICURA SOAP claims to "'prevent pimples." A Government Bulletin (Notice of Judgment. 1691), < uticura Soap is .-. colored soap with a sma?i amount of petrolatum having m inal oi antiseptic properties not found in ordinary toilet soap. LA MAY FACE CREAM (L'Ame in French, the advertiser alwayi adds) "is wonderful for rough skin, wrinkles, crow's feet and enlarged pores. Better than cold cream, because it cannot prow hair." Thii product advertised by Ilei bert Roystone, c ' New . ork, who also adi er ?ises Ara-mara in der the heading, "New way to wash yo ir poor complexions." Ara-r like La May face cream, th ows growing scare: "Any face cream called 'cold cream' is sure to contai:: ti ineral oil, and everybody knows mineral oil grow = hair." It cold ??ream could :. 'ow hair, how the bald would rejoice! Ara-mara is ;>. new prepa? ration which follows old tandard oi advertising. If .:. i a good ace i ream i1 ? advertisers should be content to say so; thej should be ingenious enough to find a convincing and truthful way of presenting their products ?vithoui deriding rival preparations. Others have done ?r an ? succeeded. SAXOLITE?"A home recipe (they are all 'home recipes'!) for wrinkled, saggy skin. The famous Saxolite lotion recom? beauty specialists for removing wrinkles and for . ing distended porq can easily be made at home. . . . R suits are remarkable and in? stantaneous. The skin tightens and this naturally reduces the wrii -? as well as creases or folds aboul the neck, cheeks or hands. . . . Many women look live orten years younger after using this onh ? short , time." Saxolite contains alum. Alum is an astringent used more fre? quently for perspiration of the feet. The -: ;' tight? is ai o as is ?laii i? d, b it lid;- is only tempor?r; , and tin ultii ate cond ioi a more pronounced bagging. The nostrum is '. "efore n good "repeater"?ai element thai is essential tc th| continued sale of preparations of this kind, if you must try it use I on you? feet fir t. Note ,: ? effect on ihem before you put il on your face. MER( OLIZED WAX "absorbs the chapped, r< : ?? cuticle, bringing forth a brand new skin, clear, of! mi beauti? ful. . . . It smooths oui wrinkles and draws . tissue." The Journal the American Medical Associatio; .; -, ' tuff is caustic poison, and in the interests of public ?afety the law shut:'; require tin t it lie labelled as such." FLESH REDUCERS AND PRODUCERS MARMOL-A gives matrimonial advice: Many a too plump lady :' groaning in 11 ?-.- tl mon ? loll b? ?'? with a lollipop b tween finger and thumb, at tl though of her matrimonial chances. c"-.- tolla herself she can never giv< up her lolling (?nd her lollipops and go in for c \> r ilsing and dieting :' stead. Xot even for a husband. . . . Now, such girls are simp) behind the times or they would i o1 worry about their reducing. They would reduce and do it '.v:'?,i>-:' di turbance ?*?f their appetite for candy or luxurious ease. A;i that is needed *o take off twelv? to sixteen ounces a day and Rapidly reduce 'lie hips chin, abdomen, etc. (where fat is most objectionable) is one pleasant, elegant, Marmola Prescrip? tion Tablet Lifter meals and at bedtime. Get the fat ofl and si ?what?, that change will do towa.rd attracting the mon. This quotation from the copy is not complete; certain portions 8P deleted because they are unfit to print. This preparation formerly con? tained dried thyroid gland, which will unquestionably reduce flesh, bol may seriously endafttger the health and leave the skin rinkled am, yellow. Whether or not Marmola still contains thyroid onl> analysis could prove. If it does not it is probably nothing but :? simp:? laxatiw which will no more take off flesh than will a daily ?lose of castor oil If it does what it claims, therefore, it is dangerous, and if it is no long?' dangerous then it is no longer effective. EASY BREAD is another flesh reducer which requires "r.o strenuous exercises, no special apparatus, no medications of any kind; no dieting that deprives one of dishes that are palatable." A conrph te "course" o? Basy Bread treatment for obesity covers fifteen wee!-,-, costs ?l? om includes fifteen loaves of Basy Bread. The subscriber must follow t_( Basy Bread diet. ''Here, of course." says Propa r;anda for Reform. "lies the joker." Tins diet is typical of those recommended ?"or the reduction of fat. ... It may be remembered that in the trial cf the Sargol fraud LSargol claimed to put on flesh ) it was shown that if one followed the diet instructions that came w/tli Sargol, and fed the Snrgol tablets to the cat, the same results would be obtained. So it :" with Basy Bread. Dr. Wiley well summed un the case when he wrote "There is one way in which Basy Bread will reduce; that is, dont cat any of if nor much of any other kind.' " DR. CHARLES FLESH FOOD has recently burst forth with a whole galaxy of Winter Garden beauties indorsing it. It claims thai Tn-. Charle Flesh Food . . . nourishes by absorption" ... ; that "thin cheeks, necks and arms may be quickly rounded out and beautified by applying the flesh food as directed." The American Medical Association -ays of it: "From the chemical analysis it is apparenl that the allctCW 'flesh food' is no better than, if as good as. an ointment made bfW&ff five parts of vaseline with four parts of starch and adding a dab of ?* oxide. Dr. Charles Flesh Food is not, in any sense of the rd, a 4fUj food'; it does not 'build firm, healthy flesh'; it will not develop the bust,a? it does not 'nourish by absorption.' " Th dage lies; beauty . .Ait only skin deep, it is the result of * good digestion, pure blood, a quiet mind and a sweet spirit; and w none of these things can any scientist, however skille.l. provide a specpt A good digestion and pure blood may be acquired by patient dietu* exercise and wholesome living, providing one has no organic weakne* but they cannot be achieve?1 by hit-or-mis_ medication. Several of the preparations which we have described use the ''pr(' Bcription fake." method of advertising; that is, they pris,', a p.euac prescription in which is liste?] as one of the ingredients the nostrum tag are offering. For example: "The Alarm?la Prescription Tablet ?s DJ** of the famous fashionable formula: '_ oz. Marmola, % oz. fl. ex. |?? rara Aromatic. 4 94 oz. peppermint water." Also: "Ask your dru??P? for saxolite in powdered form, one ounce, and a half pint of wrttf hazel." Most of them have adopted the plan of using only smallJ***_3 for their products, the belter to fniplj that they are simple drups insteac cf secret remedies. ?Saxolite, mercolized wax, arvon and ara-mara*? examples of this. It is a cheap subterfuge, which by its very preteBtW*" ness stamps the preparation as one which lias no power to add to the sU?-' of human health or beauty. ,v There is one ray of hope for loveliness. It has been suggested W th? Bureau of Standards that all beauty preparations containing pot?0;' ous ingredients should he labelled and sold as poison-. In the BuW** bulletin it was pointed out that rouge may cause mercury poison^ owing to the presence of mercury sulphide;'that hair removers ,'ont*i"v ing cak-ium sulphydrate with calcium hydroxide are corrosive, and if?*? contain calcium hydroxide with arsenic trisulphide they are aC*uf'T poisonous; that hair dyes generally contain one or more of the ^'-^ silver, lead, copper, iron or bismuth and can cnuse serious poison?1,?^ when taken internally. . Picture Beauty's dressing table if the recommendations of t!^ Bureau of Standards are adopted! Picture the array of fancy boU.%. and boxes, tied with dainty ribbons and bearing fancy labels, and P^' lire, on each and every label, wreathed with tlowers. the skull and effw1 bones which shall say far more plainly than we can say it now: "Let beautv beware!" [Tke ne.ci Ad'Visor will appear Thursday, February *$*